Recent changes of glacier coverage in the western Terskey-Alatoo range, Kyrgyz Republic, using Corona and Landsat

Narama C, Shimamura Y, Nakayama D, Abdrakhmatov K

Published in: 2006

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Annals of Glaciology

Region / Country: Kyrgyzstan

Topics: Investigation of recent glacier shrinkage in the Terskey-Alatoo range of the Kyrgyz Republic using Corona and Landsat satellite images from 1971 and 2002.
Abstract:

Corona images from 1971 and a Landsat image from 2002 are used to assess glacier variations in the last 30 years in the western Terskey-Alatoo range (a part of the Tien Shan), in the northeast of the Kyrgyz Republic. The glaciers have shrunk during this period. The 269 mountain glaciers measured in the study area had an original combined area of 245 km2, which has decreased 18.4km2, representing a loss of 8% of the original glacier coverage in 1971. Individual glaciers covering

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