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Radio echo-sounding through supraglacial debris on Lirung and Khumbu Glaciers, Nepal Himalayas
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Gades, A. M. Conway, Howard Nereson, N. A. Naito, Nozomu Kadota, Tsutomu |
| Copyright Year | 2000 |
| Abstract | We have used ground-based radio echo-sounding (RES) to measure the ice thickness of debris-covered Lirung and Khumbu glaciers in the Nepal Himalayas in pre-monsoon season, 1999. Successful ice thickness measurements of ice up to 450 m on Khumbu and 160 m on Lirung Glacier were made using a portable lightweight (<5 kg) RES system at elevations up to 5400 m a.s.l., through supraglacial debris up to 3 m thick. These measurements provide valuable data for glacier climate response modelling and demonstrate the suitability of RES for making ice thickness measurements on a wide variety of debris-covered glaciers. |
| Starting Page | 13 |
| Ending Page | 22 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://iahs.info/uploads/dms/iahs_264_0013.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
