Abstract:Glaciers in the Central Asian mountain ranges Tien Shan, Pamir and Pamir Alay are important water reservoirs for the dry low lands. These mountain glaciers attracted scientific interest already early. Soviet research programs investigated several sites from the 1960s until the 1990s. The resulting historical data are unique for the region and essential to answer open questions about the glaciers’ response to climate change. Regional-scale remote sensing studies reported balanced or positivemass changes for gla… Show more
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