简介：Manysmallmountainglaciershavebeenreportedundergoingstrongshrinkage,anditisthereforeimportanttounderstandhowtheyrespondtoclimatechange.Theavailabilityoftopographicmapsfrom1962,LandsatTMimageryfrom1990andASTER(AdvancedSpaceborneThermalEmissionandRadiometer)imageryfrom2006andfieldinvestigationofsomeglaciersallowacomprehensiveanalysisofglacierchangebasedonglaciersizeandtopographyonMt.Bogda.Resultsinclude:(1)anoveralllossofaglacierizedareaby31.18±0.31km~2or21.6%from1962to2006,(2)amarkeddependenceofglacierareashrinkageoninitialsize,withsmallerglaciersexperiencinghighershrinkagelevels,(3)thedisappearanceof12smallglaciers,(4)astrikingdifferenceinarealossbetweenthesouthernandnorthernslopesof25%and17%,respectively.Asubsetoftheinvestigatedglaciersshowsthatthearea57.45±0.73km2in1962reducedto54.79±0.561km~2in1990and48.88±0.49km~2in2006,witharelativeareareductionof4.6%during1962–1990,and10.8%during1990–2006.Thecorrespondingvolumewasteincreasedfrom6.9%to10.2%.Threereferenceglacierswereinvestigatedin1981andrevisitedin2009.Theirterminusexperiencedamarkedrecession.MeteorologicaldatafromstationsaroundMt.Bogdarevealsthatglaciershrinkageiscorrelatedwithwinterwarmingandanextensionoftheablationperiod.Precipitationonthenorthwestsideoftherangeshowsamarkedincrease,withaslightincreaseonthesoutheastside.
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