caa a22 4500 445299509 CHVBK 20180317142552.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20100601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11430-010-0073-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11430-010-0073-4 Glacier runoff variation and its influence on river runoff during 1961-2006 in the Tarim River Basin, China [Elektronische Daten] [Xin Gao, BaiSheng Ye, ShiQiang Zhang, ChengJun Qiao, XiaoWen Zhang] Using monthly precipitation and temperature data from national meteorological stations, 90 m resolution DEM and a digital vector map of modern glaciers from the Chinese Glacier Inventory, the glacier mass balance and glacier runoff in the Tarim River Basin (TRB), China, were estimated based on a monthly degree-day model for 1961-2006. The results suggest that the modified monthly degree-day model can simulate the long-term changes in glacier mass balance and glacier runoff, which have been confirmed by short-term observation data and other results in literatures. The characteristics and trends of mass balance and glacier runoff variation were analyzed. It was found that the mean annual glacier mass balance during 1961-2006 was −139.2 mm per year and the cumulative mass balance over the 46 year period was −6.4 m in the TRB. The glacier mass balance displayed a clear decreasing trend over the entire TRB during 1961-2006. The average annual glacier runoff in the TRB was 144.16×108 m3 for 1961-2006. The results also show that glacier runoff has increased in the last 46 years, especially since the 1990s with 85.7% of the increased river flow being derived from the increased glacier runoff caused by loss of ice mass. Over the entire TRB, glacier runoff accounts for 41.5% of the total river flow during 1961-2006. The impact of glacier runoff on river flow has increased in the TRB as a result of glacier shrinkage. Science China Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010 glacier mass balance nationallicence degree-day model nationallicence glacier runoff nationallicence Tarim River Basin nationallicence Gao Xin State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences CAREERI, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000, Lanzhou, China aut Ye BaiSheng State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences CAREERI, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000, Lanzhou, China aut Zhang ShiQiang Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000, Lanzhou, China aut Qiao ChengJun State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences CAREERI, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000, Lanzhou, China aut Zhang XiaoWen The Resource Environment and Urban and Rural Planning Department, Lanzhou Commercial College, 730020, Lanzhou, China aut Science China Earth Sciences SP Science China Press 53/6(2010-06-01), 880-891 1674-7313 53:6<880 2010 53 11430 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-010-0073-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-010-0073-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gao Xin State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences CAREERI, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000, Lanzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ye BaiSheng State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences CAREERI, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000, Lanzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhang ShiQiang Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000, Lanzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Qiao ChengJun State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences CAREERI, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000, Lanzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhang XiaoWen The Resource Environment and Urban and Rural Planning Department, Lanzhou Commercial College, 730020, Lanzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science China Earth Sciences SP Science China Press 53/6(2010-06-01), 880-891 1674-7313 53:6<880 2010 53 11430 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer