@article{PAR00008944,
  title = {{F}rom balance to imbalance : a shift in the dynamic behaviour of {C}hhota {S}higri glacier, western {H}imalaya, {I}ndia},
  author = {{A}zam, {M}. {F}. and {W}agnon, {P}atrick and {R}amanathan, {A}. and {V}inicent, {C}. and {S}harma, {P}. and {A}rnaud, {Y}ves and {L}inda, {A}. and {P}ottakkal, {J}. {G}. and {C}hevallier, {P}ierre and {S}ingh, {V}. {B}. and {B}erthier, {E}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}ass-balance and dynamic behaviour of {C}hhota {S}higri glacier, western {H}imalaya, {I}ndia, has been investigated between 2002 and 2010 and compared to data collected in 1987-89. {D}uring the period 2002-10, the glacier experienced a negative glacier-wide mass balance of -0.67 +/- 0.40 m w.e.a(-1). {B}etween 2003 and 2010, elevation and ice-flow velocities slowly decreased in the ablation area, leading to a 24-37% reduction in ice fluxes, an expected response of the glacier dynamics to its recent negative mass balances. {T}he reduced ice fluxes are still far larger than the balance fluxes calculated from the 2002-10 average surface mass balances. {T}herefore, further slowdown, thinning and terminus retreat of {C}hhota {S}higri glacier are expected over the next few years. {C}onversely, the 2003/04 ice fluxes are in good agreement with ice fluxes calculated assuming that the glacier-wide mass balance is zero. {G}iven the limited velocity change between 1987-89 and 2003/04 and the small terminus change between 1988 and 2010, we suggest that the glacier has experienced a period of near-zero or slightly positive mass balance in the 1990s, before shifting to a strong imbalance in the 21st century. {T}his result challenges the generally accepted idea that glaciers in the {W}estern {H}imalaya have been shrinking rapidly for the last few decades.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {G}laciology},
  volume = {58},
  numero = {208},
  pages = {315--324},
  ISSN = {0022-1430},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.3189/2012{J}o{G}11{J}123},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00008944},
}