Ablation glaciaire ; Bilan de masse ; Chine ; Couverture détritique ; Eté ; Glacier ; Impact ; Modèle ; Température de l'air ; Tibet
Air temperature ; China ; Debris cover ; Glacial ablation ; Glacier ; Glacier mass balance ; Impact ; Model ; Summer ; Tibet
in the summer of 2008. Mean ablation rates varied from 10 to 52 mm/day, strongly correlated to debris thickness. Synchronous observations of air temperature allowed application of a simple degree-day model to calculate ablation rates. Maximum values of both