C44A:
Climate and the Changing Cryosphere in High Asia II

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Chairs:  Jeffrey S Kargel, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States and Umesh K Haritashya, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, United States
Primary Conveners:  Jeffrey S Kargel, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
Co-conveners:  Umesh K Haritashya, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, United States and Michael Peter Bishop, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Jeffrey S Kargel, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

4:00 PM
C44A-01
 
Adding the Long-Term Perspective: Tien Shan’s Glacier Mass Change during 1961-2012
Daniel Farinotti1, Laurent Longuevergne2, Geir Moholdt3, Doris Duethmann1, Tobias Bolch4, Sergiy Vorogushyn1, Andreas Guntner5 and Abror Gafurov5, (1)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (2)CNRS - Géosciences Rennes, Rennes, France, (3)Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway, (4)University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (5)German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
4:15 PM
C44A-02
 
Glacier Retreat Recovered from Landsat Images by Object-Oriented Classification in Central Tianshan, 1977-2013
Xianwei Wang, Mei Liu and Jiarong Wang, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
4:30 PM
C44A-03
 
Glacier dynamics of the Pamir-Karakoram-Himalaya region over the last 40 years
Amaury Dehecq1, Noel Gourmelen2 and Emmanuel Trouve1, (1)LISTIC / Université de Savoie, Annecy-Le-Vieux, France, (2)University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
4:45 PM
C44A-04
 
The deformation of ice-debris landforms in the Khumbu Region from InSAR
David A Schmidt, Adam D Barker and Bernard Hallet, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
5:00 PM
C44A-05
 
Regional Glacier Sensitivity to Climate Change in the Monsoonal Himalaya: Implications for Water Resources
Summer Rupper1, Joshua Michael Maurer1, Joerg M Schaefer2, Karma Tsering3, Tshewang Rinzin3, Chhimi Dorji3, Eric Scott Johnson1 and Edward R Cook2, (1)Brigham Young University, Department of Geological Sciences, Provo, UT, United States, (2)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (3)Ministry of Economic Affairs, Department of Hydro-Meteorological Services, Thimphu, Bhutan
5:20 PM
C44A-06
 
High-Resolution Monitoring of Himalayan Glacier Dynamics Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Wouter Immerzeel1,2, Philip D.A. Kraaijenbrink3, Joseph Shea4, Arun B. Shrestha4, Francesca Pellicciotti1, Marc FP Bierkens3 and Steven M. de Jong3, (1)ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (2)Utrecht University, Department of Physcial Geography, Utrecht, 3584, Netherlands, (3)Utrecht University, Department of Physcial Geography, Utrecht, Netherlands, (4)ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal
5:40 PM
C44A-07
 
Seasonal and Elevational Variations of Black Carbon and Dust in Snow and Ice in the Solu-Khumbu, Nepal and Estimated Radiative Forcings
Susan Kaspari, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, United States, Thomas H Painter, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Martin Gysel, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland, McKenzie Skiles, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Margit Schwikowski, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villingen, Switzerland
 
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