基于第二次冰川编目数据的中国冰川高度结构特征分析

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According to the Second Chinese Glacier Inventory (SCGI), Distribution of Glacier at Different Altitudes (DGDA), the Equilibrium Line Altitude (ELA) field and the Accumulation Area Ratio (AAR) in different mountains of western China were calculated and discussed systematically. The results show that: (1) The DGDA presents a pattern of normal distribution, the ratio of the percentage that the largest glacier area accounted for the total area to altitude difference of the glacier distribution can be used as the morphological parameters to delineate the character of the DGDA. (2) The ELA, affected by climate and topography, gradually decreases from south to north, and increases from east to west. Additionally, the ELA of the northwest and southern edges of the high mountains is more intensive than that of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. (3) The distribution of the AAR is related to the water vapor and topography. The AAR of the mountain exterior side and marine type glacier region is lower than 0.5, while that of the mountain interior side, the Tibetan Plateau inland and maximal continental glacier region is higher than 0.7.

Key words: Second Glacier Inventory, area altitude distribution, equilibrium line altitude, accumulation area ratio, western China

Xianhe ZHANG, Xin WANG, Shiyin LIU, Wanqin GUO, Junfeng WEI. Altitude structure characteristics of the glaciers in China based on the Second Chinese Glacier Inventory[J].Acta Geographica Sinica, 2017, 72(3): 397-406.

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山脉	面积(km²)	平衡线高度(m)	最低海拔(m)	最高海拔(m)	最大面积比值	冰川作用差(m)	形状参数
阿尔泰山	187.75	2978	2363	4309	0.08	1946	0.04
天山	7179.77	4085	2640	7083	0.05	4443	0.01
冈底斯山	1296.33	5837	4901	7027	0.13	2126	0.06
横断山	1395.06	5132	2979	7143	0.07	4164	0.02
喀喇昆仑山	5988.67	5598	3973	8532	0.06	4559	0.01
昆仑山	11819.2	5582	3955	7130	0.04	3175	0.01
念青唐古拉山	9559.2	5004	2459	7092	0.04	4633	0.01
帕米尔	2159.62	4895	2818	7575	0.04	4757	0.01
祁连山	1597.81	4820	4018	5765	0.08	1747	0.05
羌塘高原	1917.74	5799	5134	6748	0.10	1614	0.06
唐古拉山	1843.91	5574	4190	6572	0.09	2382	0.04
喜马拉雅山	6820.98	5527	2945	8798	0.04	5853	0.01

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