@article{fdi:010062048,
  title = {{R}econstruction of the annual mass balance of {C}hhota {S}higri glacier, {W}estern {H}imalaya, {I}ndia, since 1969},
  author = {{A}zam, {M}. {F}. and {W}agnon, {P}atrick and {V}incent, {C}. and {R}amanathan, {A}. and {L}inda, {A}. and {S}ingh, {V}. {B}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his study presents a reconstruction of the mass balance ({MB}) of {C}hhota {S}higri glacier, {W}estern {H}imalaya, {I}ndia, and discusses the regional climatic drivers responsible for its evolution since 1969. {T}he {MB} is reconstructed by a temperature-index and an accumulation model using daily airtemperature and precipitation records from the nearest meteorological station, at {B}huntar {O}bservatory. {T}he only adjusted parameter is the altitudinal precipitation gradient. {T}he model is calibrated against 10 years of annual altitudinal {MB} measurements between 2002 and 2012 and decadal cumulative {MB}s between 1988 and 2010. {T}hree periods were distinguished in the {MB} series. {P}eriods {I} (1969-85) and {III} (2001-12) show significant mass loss at {MB} rates of -0.36 +/- 0.36 and -0.57 +/- 0.36 m w.e.a(-1) respectively, whereas period {II} (1986-2000) exhibits steady-state conditions with average {MB}s of -0.01 +/- 0.36 m w.e.a(-1). {T}he comparison among these three periods suggests that winter precipitation and summer temperature are almost equally important drivers controlling the {MB} pattern of {C}hhota {S}higri glacier at decadal scale. {T}he sensitivity of the modelled glacier-wide {MB} to temperature is -0.52 m w.e.a(-1) degrees {C}-1 whereas the sensitivity to precipitation is calculated as 0.16 m w.e.a(-1) for a 10% change.},
  keywords = {accumulation ; climate change ; glacier mass balance ; glacier modelling ; {HIMALAYA} ; {INDE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}nnals of {G}laciology},
  volume = {55},
  numero = {66},
  pages = {69--80},
  ISSN = {0260-3055},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.3189/2014{A}o{G}66{A}104},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010062048},
}