Chairs: Michael Peter Bishop, Texas A&M University College Station, Geography, College Station, TX, United States and Umesh K Haritashya, University of Dayton, Earth and Environmental Geosciences, Dayton, OH, United States
Primary Convener: Jeffrey S Kargel, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States
Co-conveners: Umesh K Haritashya, University of Dayton, Earth and Environmental Geosciences, Dayton, OH, United States and Michael Peter Bishop, Texas A&M University College Station, Geography, College Station, TX, United States
OSPA Liaison: Umesh K Haritashya, University of Dayton, Earth and Environmental Geosciences, Dayton, OH, United States
Glacial Lake Expansion in the Central Himalayas By Landsat Images, 1990-2010 (7638)
Yong Nie, IMHE Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China, Qiao Liu, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China and Shiyin Liu, Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
An estimate of glacier melting contribution to inland lakes on Tibetan Plateau (19501)
Qinghua Ye1, Geir Moholdt2, Tandong Yao1, Shiyin Liu3 and Yinsheng Zhang4, (1)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)the Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway, Norway, Norway, (3)Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming, China, (4)Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Cosmogenic Be-10 Constraints of the “Little Ice Age” Glacial Advances in the Eastern Tian Shan, China (27696)
Yanan Li1, Yingkui Li2, Gengnian Liu3 and Yixin Chen3, (1)University of Tennessee, Department of Geography, Knoxville, TN, United States, (2)University of Tennessee, Department of Geography, Knoxville, United States, (3)Peking University, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
Modeling the Mass Balance of Arctic-Asian Glaciers using the WRF data: case study in the Altai Mountains (12023)
Yong Zhang1, Hiroyuki Enomoto1,2, Tetsuo Ohata3, Hideyuki Kitabata3, Tsutomu Kadota3 and Yukiko Hirabayashi4, (1)NIPR National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan, (2)SOKENDAI Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Kanagawa, Japan, (3)JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan, (4)The Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Estimating the Bedrock Topography of the Gangotri Glacier in India (12263)
Prateek Gantayat, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Anil Vishnupant Kulkarni, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Bengaluru, India and Jayaraman Srinivasan, Indian Institute of Science, Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Bangalore, India
Impact of glacio-morphological parameters in the glacier change: A case study of parts of Western Himalaya, India. (13139)
Rupal Brahmbhatt1, I M Bahuguna2, B P Rathore2, Anil Vishnupant Kulkarni3 and Rajesh Shah1, (1)M.G. Science Institute, Department of Geology, Ahmedabad, India, (2)Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organization Satellite center - ISRO, Ahmedabad, India, (3)Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Bengaluru, India
Ice Cliff Backwasting over debris-covered Glaciers – Insights into their Formation and Development based on new Measurements and a point-scale Model (16323)
Jakob F Steiner, Utrecht University, Department of Geopgraphy, Utrecht, Netherlands, Francesca Pellicciotti, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Pascal Buri, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland, Evan S Miles, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Tim D Reid, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom and Walter W. Immerzeel, Utrecht University, Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht, Netherlands
Complex erosion patterns produced by the Haizishan paleo-ice cap, SE Tibetan Plateau (13445)
Ping Fu1, Arjen P Stroeven2, Jon Harbor3, Jakob Heyman4, Clas Hättestrand2 and Marc W Caffee5, (1)Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, (2)Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm, Sweden, (3)Purdue University Global, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (4)University of Gothenburg, Department of Earth Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden, (5)Purdue University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Lafayette, IN, United States
Thermal State and Characteristics of Permafrost in Qilian Mountains, Northwest China (11830)
Bin Cao1, Tingjun Zhang2,3, Xiankai Zhang1, Xudong Wan3, Lei Zheng1, Xiaoqing Peng3, Jia Liu3, Binyan Wu3, Cuicui Mu3, Lin Cao3 and Hong Guo1, (1)LZU Lanzhou University, Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems(Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China, (2)University of Colorado, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)LZU Lanzhou University, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China
Effect of Permafrost Degradation on the Development of the Rainfall-controlling Thermokarst Ponds on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (14411)
Qihao Yu1, Xicai Pan2, Yanhui You1, Lei Guo1 and Yanping Li3, (1)CAREERI/CAS Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Lanzhou, China, (2)CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China, (3)University of Saskatchewan, Global Institute for Water Security, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Response of Changes in Soil Seasonal Freeze/Thaw to Climate Change from 1950 to 2010 in China (19983)
Xiaoqing Peng, LZU Lanzhou University, Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems(Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou, China, Tingjun Zhang, LZU Lanzhou University, College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou, China; University of Colorado, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, Dong Yue, MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China, Rui Jin, CAREERI/CAS Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Lanzhou, China and Kang Wang, University of Colorado Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO, United States