supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2005CB422004 and 2009CB723901);the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(ZCX2-YW-146);the National Natural Science Foundation of China-Projects of International Cooperation(40810019001)and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771048)
This paper calculated and evaluated the area and ice volume changes of Kangwure Glacier in Mt.Xixiabangma,middle of Himalayas in the past 3 decades,based on the field survey of glacier boundary position by differentia...