Changes in equilibrium-line altitude and implications for glacier evolution in the Asian high mountains in the 21st century
Keqin Duan, Tandong Yao, Ninglian Wang, Peihong Shi, Yali Meng
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GlacierAltitude (triangle)Climate changeGlobal warmingElevation (ballistics)Effects of high altitude on humansContext (archaeology)Physical geographyLapse rateAccumulation zoneGlacier mass balanceEnvironmental scienceClimatologyRepresentative Concentration PathwaysMean radiant temperatureAtmospheric sciencesGeologyGeographyClimate modelMeteorologyCryosphereIce streamOceanographyMathematicsPaleontologySea iceGeometryCryospheric studies and observationsArctic and Antarctic ice dynamicsClimate change and permafrost