Glacier retreat and climatic variability in the eastern Terskey–Alatoo
Changes in the extent of glaciers and rates of glacier termini retreat in the eastern Teskey–Alatoo Range, the Tien.
Shan Mountains, Central Asia have been evaluated using the remote sensing techniques.
Changes in the extent of 335 glaciers between the end of the Little Ice Age (LIA; mid-19th century), 1990 and 2003 have been estimated through the delineation of glacier outlines and the LIA moraine positions on the Landsat TM and ASTER imagery for 1990 and 2003 respectively.
By 2003, the glacier surface area had decreased by 19% of the LOAN value, which constitutes a 76 km2 reduction in glacier surface area. Mapping of 109 glaciers using the 1965 1:25,000 maps revealed that glacier surface area decreased by 12.6% of the 1965 value between 1965 and 2003.
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