Brief Communication: Contending estimates of 2003–2008 glacier mass balance over the Pamir–Karakoram–Himalaya
Andreas KääbDepartment of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, Oslo, NorwayDésirée TreichlerDepartment of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, Oslo, NorwayChristopher NuthDepartment of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, Oslo, NorwayÉtienne BerthierCNRS, Université de Toulouse, LEGOS, 14 avenue Ed. Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
2015en
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Abstract. We present glacier thickness changes over the entire Pamir–Karakoram–Himalaya arc based on ICESat satellite altimetry data for 2003–2008. We highlight the importance of C-band penetration for studies based on the SRTM elevation model. This penetration seems to be of potentially larger magnitude and variability than previously assumed. The most negative rate of region-wide glacier elevation change (
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