@article{fdi:010070976,
  title = {{A} spatially resolved estimate of {H}igh {M}ountain {A}sia glacier mass balances from 2000 to 2016},
  author = {{B}run, {F}. and {B}erthier, {E}. and {W}agnon, {P}atrick and {K}aab, {A}. and {T}reichler, {D}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{H}igh {M}ountain {A}sia hosts the largest glacier concentration outside the polar regions. {T}hese glaciers are important contributors to streamflow in one of the most populated areas of the world. {P}ast studies have used methods that can provide only regionally averaged glacier mass balances to assess the glacier contribution to rivers and sea level rise. {H}ere we compute the mass balance for about 92% of the glacierized area of {H}igh {M}ountain {A}sia using time series of digital elevation models derived from satellite stereo-imagery. {W}e calculate a total mass change of -16.3 +/- 3.5 {G}t yr(-1) (-0.18 +/- 0.04 m w.e. yr(-1)) between 2000 and 2016, which is less negative than most previous estimates. {R}egion-wide mass balances vary from 4.0 +/- 1.5 {G}t yr(-1) (-0.62 +/- 0.23 m w.e. yr(-1)) in {N}yainqentanglha to +1.4 +/- 0.8 {G}t yr(-1) (+0.14 +/- 0.08 m w.e. yr(-1)) in {K}unlun, with large intra-regional variability of individual glacier mass balances (standard deviation within a region similar to 0.20m w.e. yr(-1)). {S}pecifically, our results shed light on the {N}yainqentanglha and {P}amir glacier mass changes, for which contradictory estimates exist in the literature. {T}hey provide crucial information for the calibration of the models used for projecting glacier response to climatic change, as these models do not capture the pattern, magnitude and intra-regional variability of glacier changes at present.},
  keywords = {{ASIE} ; {CHINE} ; {INDE} ; {PAKISTAN} ; {AFGHANISTAN} ; {TADJIKISTAN} ; {NEPAL} ; {BHOUTAN} ; {TIBET} ; {TIBETAIN} {PLATEAU} ; {TIEN} {SHAN} ; {HIMALAYA} ; {PAMIR} ; {PAMIR} {ALAY} ; {HINDU} {KUSH} ; {KARAKORAM} ; {KUNLUN} ; {SPITI} {LAHAUL} ; {NYAINQENTANGLHA}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature {G}eoscience},
  volume = {10},
  numero = {9},
  pages = {668--673},
  ISSN = {1752-0894},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1038/ngeo2999},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070976},
}