@article{fdi:010060785,
  title = {{B}alanced conditions or slight mass gain of glaciers in the {L}ahaul and {S}piti region (northern {I}ndia, {H}imalaya) during the nineties preceded recent mass loss},
  author = {{V}incent, {C}. and {R}amanathan, {A}. and {W}agnon, {P}atrick and {D}obhal, {D}.{P}. and {L}inda, {A}. and {B}erthier, {E}. and {S}harma, {P}. and {A}rnaud, {Y}ves and {A}zam, {M}.{F}. and {J}ose, {P}.{G}. and {G}ardelle, {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he volume change of the {C}hhota {S}higri {G}lacier ({I}ndia, 32 degrees 20 {N}, 77 degrees 30' {E}) between 1988 and 2010 has been determined using in situ geodetic measurements. {T}his glacier has experienced only a slight mass loss between 1988 and 2010 (-3.8 +/- 2.0mw.e. (water equivalent) corresponding to -0.17 pm 0.09mw.e. yr(-1)). {U}sing satellite digital elevation models ({DEM}) differencing and field measurements, we measure a negative mass balance ({MB}) between 1999 and 2010 (-4.8 +/- 1.8mw.e. corresponding to -0.44 +/- 0.16mw.e. yr(-1)). {T}hus, we deduce a slightly positive or near-zero {MB} between 1988 and 1999 (+1.0 +/- 2.7mw.e. corresponding to +0.09 +/- 0.24mw.e. yr(-1)). {F}urthermore, satellite {DEM} differencing reveals that the {MB} of the {C}hhota {S}higri {G}lacier (-0.39 pm 0.15mw.e. yr(-1)) has been only slightly less negative than the {MB} of a 2110 km(2) glaciarized area in the {L}ahaul and {S}piti region (-0.44 +/- 0.09mw.e. yr(-1)) during 1999-2011. {H}ence, we conclude that the ice wastage is probably moderate in this region over the last 22 yr, with near equilibrium conditions during the nineties, and an ice mass loss after. {T}he turning point from balanced to negative mass budget is not known but lies probably in the late nineties and at the latest in 1999. {T}his positive or near-zero {MB} for {C}hhota {S}higri {G}lacier (and probably for the surrounding glaciers of the {L}ahaul and {S}piti region) during at least part of the 1990s contrasts with a recent compilation of {MB} data in the {H}imalayan range that indicated ice wastage since 1975. {H}owever, in agreement with this compilation, we confirm more negative balances since the beginning of the 21st century.},
  keywords = {{INDE} ; {HIMALAYA}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}ryosphere},
  volume = {7},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {569--582},
  ISSN = {1994-0416},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.5194/tc-7-569-2013},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010060785},
}