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dc.contributor.authorWang, F.
dc.contributor.authorLi, Z.
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Peter
dc.contributor.authorLi, H.
dc.contributor.editorUnknown
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:54:16Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:54:16Z
dc.date.created2015-10-09T02:44:31Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.citationWang, F. and Li, Z. and Edwards, P. and Li, H. 2007. Long-term changes in the snow-firn pack stratigraphy on Urumqi glacier No. 1, Eastern Tien Shan, China, in International Symposium on Cryospheric Indicators of Global Climate Change, Aug 21-25 2006, pp. 331-334. Cambridge, UK: International Glaciological Society.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16171
dc.identifier.doi10.3189/172756407782871198
dc.description.abstract

We report on changes to the snowpack of Ürümqi glacier No. 1, eastern Tien Shan, China, resulting from climate change between 1961 and 2005. Data from more than 120 snow pits were used to investigate temporal changes in the snow stratigraphy for three periods 1961–62, 1980–83 and 2002–05. Both the thickness and structure of the snow were found to be significantly altered by climatic warming. The proportion of coarse-grained firn, which is usually formed by infiltration water, was found to have increased from 40% to 65% over the period 1961–2005, and the distribution of the glacier zones also changed significantly, with all boundaries moving up-slope. The recrystallization–infiltration zone disappeared in 1989. The mean ablation rate over the melt season increased by ~26% from 1962 to 1980 at the west branch site and by ~75% from 1980 to 2004 at the east branch site.

dc.publisherInternational Glaciological Society
dc.titleLong-term changes in the snow-firn pack stratigraphy on Urumqi glacier No. 1, Eastern Tien Shan, China
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.startPage331
dcterms.source.endPage334
dcterms.source.issn0260-3055
dcterms.source.titleAnnals of Glaciology, Volume 46
dcterms.source.seriesAnnals of Glaciology, Volume 46
dcterms.source.conferenceInternational Symposium on Cryospheric Indicators of Global Climate Change
dcterms.source.conference-start-dateAug 21 2006
dcterms.source.conferencelocationCambridge, UK
dcterms.source.placeUnited Kingdom
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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