Journal of the Japanese Society of Snow and Ice
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Mass Balance of Glacier AX010 in Shorong Himal, East Nepal during the Summer Monsoon Season
Glaciological Expedition of Nepal, Contribution No. 66
Yutaka AgetaTetsuo OhataYoichi TanakaKoichi IkegamiKeiji Higuchi
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1980 Volume 41 Issue Special Pages 34-41

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Observation of mass balance of Glacier AX010 at the southern front of the Nepal Himalayas was made from June to September in 1978. Since much of the annual accumulation due to the monsoon. and ablation occur simultaneously in the summer, the separate measurement of the amounts of accu mulation and ablation is difficult in this area. Accumulation is estimated from the precipitation on the basis of the relation between the probability of occurrences of solid precipitation ana surface air temperature, and ablation is obtained from the difference between the accumulation and the observational results of the balance. The probability of occurrences of solid precipitation had different linear relations with the air temperature between daytime and nighttime. The relation of air temperature to the estimated ablation is expressed by a power function. Although the change of accumulation depended on air temperature, the ablation was much more sensitive to the change of air temperature. The average summer balance over the whole area of the glacier was negative, but the positive summer balance in recent years is deduced. It is concluded that the fluctuation of the summer temperature on glaciers in the Nepal Himalayas under the influence of the summer monsoon is important for the variation of mass balance.

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