我国大陆型山地冰川对气候变化的响应

以乌鲁木齐河源１号冰川、唐古拉山冬克玛底冰川和祁连山“七一”冰川为例,着重探讨青藏高原冰川变化的能量机制．得到了在不同气候变化情景下,冰川平衡线对气候因子波动的响应值,并预测未来气候变化对青藏高原冰川物质平衡过程的影响．文中所选取的３条冰川中,以１号冰川对气候变化的响应最为强烈,而“七一”冰川以其独特的能量交换特征,对气候因子波动的响应相当迟缓,从而在全球山地冰川普遍缩小规模的背景下,该冰川处于相对较为稳定的状态．     

气候变化背景下山地冰川旅游适应对策研究——以玉龙雪山冰川地质公园为例

相对于极地和高纬度冰川, 山地冰川拥有更为优越的地理优势与客源市场条件, 加之山地冰川极高的自然与文化遗产价值, 以及对旅游业带来的巨大经济收益, 历来备受各国商业媒体、政府部门和旅游者的关注. 目前, 全世界已有50多处山地冰川被成功开发为著名旅游目的地. 然而, 全球变暖却严重影响着山地冰川旅游及其周边环境, 按照目前山地冰川的加速消融趋势, 部分山地冰川的自然文化景观质量将明显减弱乃至消失. 另外, 气候变暖也将不可避免地影响着山地生态系统、冰上旅游线路和冰川体验项目. 同时, 冰川消融或消失也将明显导致冰川旅游目的到访人数的下降和地方经济收益的缩减. 基于以上原因, 以玉龙雪山冰川地质公园为例, 分析了玉龙雪山典型冰川旅游资源的消退趋势, 提出了未来玉龙雪山冰川旅游应对全球变暖的响应机制和适应对策, 以期对国内外山地冰川旅游应对气候变暖有所裨益.     

1980-2015年青藏高原东南部岗日嘎布山冰川变化的遥感监测

基于地形图、航空摄影相片和Landsat OLI遥感影像,对青藏高原东南部岗日嘎布山1980-2015年间的冰川变化进行了研究。结果表明： 1980-2015年,岗日嘎布山冰川面积减少679.50 km²（-24.91%）,年平均面积退缩率为0.71%·a^-1,末端海拔平均抬升了111 m。研究区范围内有10条冰川处于前进状态,冰川长度平均增加566.17 m;其余冰川均处于退缩状态,冰川长度平均减少823.49 m。与中国其他山系冰川相比,岗日嘎布山冰川面积年平均退缩速率较大,冰川长度变化速率最大,是冰川退缩最强烈的地区之一。岗日嘎布山冰川变化与气候变化关系密切,对研究区附近三个气象站5-9月平均气温和降水变化分析表明,自1980年以来,岗日嘎布山5-9月平均气温显著上升,降水变化不明显,是导致该区域冰川呈现快速退缩的主要原因。     

大陆型冰川与海洋型冰川物质平衡对比研究——以天山和阿尔卑斯山典型冰川为例

物质平衡是冰川对气候变化最直接的响应,是冰川变化的重要参数.大陆型冰川与海洋型冰川发育在不同的水热环境下,它们对气候变化的响应程度、过程和机理存在很大差异,因此在全球变暖背景下对这两类不同性质冰川物质平衡变化特征及其机理做一全面的对比研究意义重大.以东、西天山的乌鲁木齐河源1号冰川和图尤克苏冰川以及阿尔卑斯山东、中、西部的欣特雷斯冰川、Caresèr冰川和Sarennes冰川为参照冰川,在对比分析这五条参照冰川近60 a来物质平衡变化幅度差异和阶段性差异基础上,对大陆型冰川与海洋型冰川物质平衡变化特征及其机理进行了对比研究.结果表明:在物质平衡阶段性变化上,阿尔卑斯山参照冰川物质平衡变化具有相似的阶段性,而天山和阿尔卑斯山参照冰川之间以及天山内部两条参照冰川之间物质平衡阶段性变化存在很大的差异,可见,无论不同性质冰川还是同一性质的不同冰川,其物质平衡的阶段性变化都可能存在差异,这与不同冰川所处环境水热变化的时间差异有关,而与冰川性质无关;在物质平衡变化幅度上,海洋型冰川变化幅度明显大于大陆型冰川,原因是不同性质冰川发育的水热环境及其对气候变化敏感性差异;在前人对冰川加速消融机理的研究基础上,本文也讨论了大陆型冰川与海洋型冰川物质平衡变化的机理及其异同.     

尼泊尔冰川1980-2010年的变化特征

利用尼泊尔已发布的冰川编目数据、遥感数据及DEM数字高程模型,利用GIS和Excel对尼泊尔境内冰川的结构特征及1980-2010年的冰川变化特征进行了分析,并运用冰川系统功能模型模拟了同期尼泊尔冰川的变化趋势。结果表明：（1）尼泊尔境内冰川平均规模较小,且冰川分布的海拔差异大。（2）尼泊尔冰川平衡线高度分布受地形影响明显,呈现出反纬向性变化特征,存在若干以高峰为中心的高值区域。（3）1980-2010年尼泊尔冰川整体呈现退缩状态,冰川数量增加了378条,冰川面积和体积均减少,分别减少了24%和29%;小规模冰川或冰川系统退缩更快,1980-1990年冰川变化速率最快。（4）采用历史时期的气温变化率,冰川系统功能模型可以较好地模拟冰川历史时期的变化特征。     

Climate change and tropical Andean glaciers: Past,present and future

Observations on glacier extent from Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia give a detailed and unequivocal account of rapid shrinkage of tropical Andean glaciers since the Little Ice Age (LIA). This retreat however, was not continuous but interrupted by several periods of stagnant or even advancing glaciers, most recently around the end of the 20th century. New data from mass balance networks established on over a dozen glaciers allows comparison of the glacier behavior in the inner and outer tropics. It appears that glacier variations are quite coherent throughout the region, despite different sensitivities to climatic forcing such as temperature, precipitation, humidity, etc. In parallel with the glacier retreat, climate in the tropical Andes has changed significantly over the past 50–60 years. Temperature in the Andes has increased by approximately 0.1 °C/decade, with only two of the last 20 years being below the 1961–90 average. Precipitation has slightly increased in the second half of the 20th century in the inner tropics and decreased in the outer tropics. The general pattern of moistening in the inner tropics and drying in the subtropical Andes is dynamically consistent with observed changes in the large-scale circulation, suggesting a strengthening of the tropical atmospheric circulation. Model projections of future climate change in the tropical Andes indicate a continued warming of the tropical troposphere throughout the 21st century, with a temperature increase that is enhanced at higher elevations. By the end of the 21st century, following the SRES A2 emission scenario, the tropical Andes may experience a massive warming on the order of 4.5–5 °C. Predicted changes in precipitation include an increase in precipitation during the wet season and a decrease during the dry season, which would effectively enhance the seasonal hydrological cycle in the tropical Andes.These observed and predicted changes in climate affect the tropical glacier energy balance through its sensitivity to changes in atmospheric humidity (which governs sublimation), precipitation (whose variability induces a positive feedback on albedo) and cloudiness (which controls the incoming long-wave radiation). In the inner tropics air temperature also significantly influences the energy balance, albeit not through the sensible heat flux, but indirectly through fluctuations in the rain–snow line and hence changes in albedo and net radiation receipts.Given the projected changes in climate, based on different IPCC scenarios for 2050 and 2080, simulations with a tropical glacier–climate model indicate that glaciers will continue to retreat. Many smaller, low-lying glaciers are already completely out of equilibrium with current climate and will disappear within a few decades. But even in catchments where glaciers do not completely disappear, the change in streamflow seasonality, due to the reduction of the glacial buffer during the dry season, will significantly affect the water availability downstream. In the short-term, as glaciers retreat and lose mass, they add to a temporary increase in runoff to which downstream users will quickly adapt, thereby raising serious sustainability concerns.     

Numerical modeling of valley glacier stagnation as a paleoclimatic indicator

Stagnation of the terminal region of a glacier occurs in response to sufficiently large and rapid climatic warming, so the presence of stagnation deposits provides quantitative information on the climate change that forced retreat. Here we use a simple flow-line glacier model to investigate the relationship between stagnation, climate forcing and aspects of the glacier bed. For climatic warming greater than the threshold to cause stagnation, larger or faster warming events cause longer regions of a glacier to stagnate. Smaller or slower warming episodes, below the threshold for stagnation, cause retreat while active flow persists along the entire glacier length. The threshold for stagnation depends not only on the climatic forcing but also on many other aspects of the glacier, with stagnation favored by factors including a lower mean bed slope with greater roughness. Quantitative determination of the climatic forcing consistent with the occurrence or absence of stagnation deposits requires that these site-specific characteristics be incorporated in modeling.     

1987—2016年雀儿山冰川变化及其对气候变化的响应

深入了解全球变暖背景下青藏高原东南部海洋型冰川的变化趋势及其对气候变化的响应,对认识不同类型冰川对气候变化的响应方式有重要意义.根据Landsat系列遥感影像和数字高程等数据提取了青藏高原东南部雀儿山地区1987—2016年期间多年的冰川边界,并对其变化过程和特征进行了分析.结果表明:1987—2016年雀儿山地区冰川...     

Mountain glaciers under a changing climate

Mountain glaciers are found around the world in ranges such as the Himalaya, the Andes and the European Alps. The majority of mountain glaciers world‐wide are shrinking. However, the rugged alpine topography through which these glaciers flow governs their dynamics and impacts on the regional climate systems that modify glacier mass balance. As a result, the response of mountain glaciers to climate change is difficult to predict, and highly spatially variable even across one mountain range, particularly where orography controls precipitation distributions. To understand how mountain glaciers behave and change, geologists combine many different techniques based on direct observations and dating of glacial geology, measurements of present‐day glaciers, and predictive numerical (computer) models. Recent advances in these techniques and their applications to glacial environments have demonstrated that the glacial geological record is a rich archive of information about how climate has changed in the past, and gives greater confidence in predictions of glacier change in the future, which is required if populations living in glacerised catchments are able to adapt to the rapid response of glaciers to a changing climate.     

1993-2015年喀喇昆仑山努布拉流域冰川变化遥感监测

利用Landsat TM/ETM+及OLI遥感影像,通过比值阈值法和目视解译法提取冰川边界,分析了1993-2015年喀喇昆仑山努布拉流域的冰川变化特征。结果表明：（1）冰川面积萎缩103.24 km²,占冰川总面积的4.64%,年均萎缩率为0.20%。与青藏高原其他地区相比,研究区冰川萎缩幅度较小。气温升高是冰川面积萎缩的主要因素。（2）规模≤ 0.1 km²的冰川面积萎缩幅度最大,规模较大的冰川萎缩幅度相对较小。（3）不同朝向的冰川均处于萎缩状态,北朝向冰川萎缩率最大,因为北朝向多为小规模冰川,而东朝向冰川的萎缩率最小。（4）有9条冰川末端发生前进现象。     

中国冰川变化对气候变化的响应程度研究

理清冰川变化对气候变化的响应程度、揭示响应度的空间变化规律,是开展冰川变化预估及其对社会经济影响程度量化研究的基础。使用1958-2010年西部地区150个气象站点的夏季平均气温和年降水量资料、中国第一、二次冰川编目数据,通过夏季平均气温和年降水量变化趋势值定量反映气候变化,以冰川面积变化率表征冰川变化,借助GIS技术平台,采用参照对比方法,从宏观层面研究了中国西部冰川变化对气候变化的响应程度。依据等分分类法（Equal Interval）,将响应程度分为极低度响应、低度响应、中度响应、高度响应、极高度响应5级。结果表明：中国冰川变化对气候变化的响应方式与程度不同,对夏季平均气温变化表现为正响应,而对年降水量变化主要表现为负响应,冰川分布区年降水量增加带来的冰川积累量增多不足以抵消因温度升高而增加的消融量,升温是中国西部冰川快速退缩的主导性因素。就整体而言,冰川变化对夏季平均气温变化的响应程度相对较低,但局部地区冰川变化对温度变化高度敏感,响应程度高与极高。不同类型冰川的变化对夏季平均气温变化的响应程度亦不同,海洋型冰川的变化以中高度响应为主,极大陆型冰川的变化主要呈现极低、低响应程度,而大陆型冰川变化的响应程度呈两级化。     

Glacier variations in the Caucasus Mountains from 1960 to 2020北大核心CSCD

Glacial meltwater is an important freshwater resource in the Caucasus and is important for regional irrigation and hydroelectricity generation. This paper analyses the spatial and temporal patterns of glacier change in the Caucasus Mountains from 1960 to 2020 based on Landsat images, coherence images from Sentinel-1 image pairs, GLIMS glacier inventory and WGMS glacier mass balance data. The results of the study show that in 2020 there were 1912 glaciers in the Caucasus Mountains, with a total area of（1 087. 36±66. 44）km2. The total glacier area shrank by（587. 36±98. 66）km2（35. 07±5. 89%）between 1960 and 2020, with an average annual shrinkage rate of（0. 58±0. 10%）·a-1. The area shrinkage rates of Caucasian glaciers for 1960-1986, 1986-2000 and 2000-2020 are（0. 44±0. 20%）·a-1, （0. 66±0. 77%）·a-1 and（0. 96±0. 31%）·a-1, respectively, indicating that Caucasian glaciers in a state of accelerated retreat over the last 60 years. Analysis of mass balance information shows that both the Djankuat and Garabashi glaciers in the Caucasus have been in a strong negative equilibrium for nearly 60 years, with a significant acceleration of mass deficit after 2000. Analysis of climate data suggests that the strong warming is the main reason for the accelerated retreat of glaciers in the Caucasus mountains in recent decades. © 2022 The authors.     

近30 a来雅鲁藏布江流域冰川系统特征遥感研究及典型冰川变化分析

综合运用RS和GIS手段, 利用卫星遥感影像, 结合中国第一次冰川编目数据及数字高程模型(DEM), 获取了雅鲁藏布江流域不同朝向上冰川面积分布、 冰川面积随高度带分布状况统计结果, 及3个冰川聚集区21条大型海洋性冰川在1976、 1988、 2005年的冰川面积、 厚度、 冰储量及物质平衡线等基本参数, 丰富了该研究区相关冰川信息, 并统计分析了21条大型冰川面积变化状况及与气候变化的响应关系. 研究表明: 3个区域冰川在1976-1988年和1988-2005年时间段内随着气温、 降水的变化出现了相应的波动, 但总的来说在1976-2005年间, 这21条大型海洋性冰川并没有出现明显的前进或退缩现象, 这可能是由于降水的增加抵消了气温升高给冰川积累带来的不利影响, 也可能是由于大型冰川在高海拔地区有较大的积累区补给造成的, 进一步的研究亦在进展中.     

On the sensitivity of Holocene talus-derived rock glaciers to climate change in the Ben Ohau Range,New Zealand

The morphology and surface ages of talus-derived rock glaciers are investigated to establish the timing of rock glacier formation in the central Southern Alps. Samples of rock weathering rinds show that all rock glaciers studied were formed during the Neoglacial period, but differences exist between sites in the number of new rock glacier lobes formed by Holocene climatic fluctuations. A qualitative conceptual model is proposed to explain rock glacier formation in terms of two thresholds. An external threshold relates to the presence of a cool climate capable of allowing internal ice to form within talus slopes. An internal threshold relates to the presence of sufficiently thick talus at a site to generate a shear stress capable of overcoming internal friction within the talus/ice mass. The model produces a non-steady-state response to explain why unmodified talus, single-lobed and double-lobed rock glaciers developed at adjacent sites under the same climatic regime. Individual landforms have different sensitivities to formation, which depend partly on the previous history of talus accumulation and rock glacier activity at a site. The model demonstrates how successive cool climate periods may be fully represented by rock glacier lobes at sensitive sites but under-represented at insensitive sites. Sensitivity (and therefore climatic representativeness) is favoured by high rates of debris supply. By implication, the timing of formation of rock glacier lobes in regions of prolonged cool climate and low debris production is less likely to correspond to the timing of climatic cooling and more likely to follow the ‘rules’ of deterministic chaos.     

青藏高原冰川对气候变化的响应及趋势预测

青藏高原是世界上中低纬度地区最大的现代冰川分布区,这里冰川末端在近百年来总的进退变化趋势是退缩,但在本世纪初至20～30年代和70～80年代间多数冰川曾出现过稳定甚至前进。对比近百年来气候变化,冰川变化虽然滞后于温度变化,但它们之间存在着很好的对应关系,多数冰川对温度变化滞后时间在10～20年间。根据80年代以来平均物质净平衡值,大致将青藏高原划分为:内部为平衡或正平衡区;向外为负平衡区;边缘为强负平衡区。以冰川对气候响应滞后关系预测,在今后10～20年间,青藏高原边缘冰川末端仍继续处于后退,而高原内部冰川末端位置变化不大。     

中国西部冰川对近期气候变暖的响应*

中国冰川主要分布在青藏高原及周边地区,在这一广大的区域内分布有冰川46377条。研究表明,中国西部变暖显著,1950年代以来平均气温上升0.2℃/10a,其中1990年代是近千年中最暖的10年;同时,1950s以来西北各省的降水量增加了约18 ％ 。为认识这一气候变化对中国西部冰川的影响,利用遥感和地理信息系统方法,获取了近50a来5000多条冰川的变化状况。结果表明,中国西部82.2 ％ 的冰川处于退缩状态,冰川面积减少了4.5 ％ ,同时也有一些冰川处于前进状态。此外,近数十年中国西部冰川变化表现出明显的区域差异,青藏高原中部和西北部地区的冰川相对稳定,而高原周边山区的冰川物质亏损严重,处于加速退缩状态。     

念青唐古拉山西段冰川1977-2010年时空变化

青藏高原现代冰川变化是对气候变化的响应, 对区域水资源评估有着重要的理论意义和现实意义.采用GIS分析方法, 利用三期卫星遥感数据研究青藏高原中部念青唐古拉山西段冰川在2个时间段(1977-2001和2001-2010)的时空分布和变化, 并对比分析其在南坡和北坡变化速率趋势以及在不同海拔高度的变化特征.研究发现: (1)2010年念青唐古拉山西段冰川面积为571.81±16.01 km2, 主要分布在5 500~6 200 m的高山区; (2)1977-2010年念青唐古拉山西段冰川退缩明显, 总面积减少22.42%±2.90%;(3)相比于1977-2001年时间段, 近十年来该区冰川退缩速率呈明显加剧趋势; (4)与前一个时段相比, 低于5 700 m海拔区域, 各海拔段的冰川年均面积退缩速率呈减缓趋势; 而在5 700~7 000 m海拔区域, 则呈加剧趋势; (5)北坡冰川退缩率(23.6%±2.88%)高于南坡(21.97%±2.90%), 且南北坡2001-2010年年均冰川面积减少最大的海拔段比1977-2001年都升高了200 m, 研究区冰川的持续退缩有向高海拔转移的趋势; (6)南坡拉萨河流域内的冰川年均减少面积最大的海拔段比北坡高100 m左右.气温升高是影响近十年以来研究区的冰川退缩加剧的根本原因, 将对区域水文和生态环境产生重大的影响.      

冰川动力学模式模型进展及研究

冰冻圈是气候系统中的一个重要圈层, 其中冰川又是冰冻圈的重要组成部分, 冰川、 尤其是山地冰川的本构方程和建模一直是冰川动力学的核心任务。首先, 简要回顾冰川模型的研究和发展, 简要介绍了基于Navier-Stokes方程耦合温度场的三维冰川模型。然后, 介绍了冰川建模过程中的常用的静水压力近似、 一阶近似、 浅冰近似等的基本概念, 总结了冰川的动力数值模式建立的主要方法, 对于常用的GLIMMER冰盖模式的物理框架及其应用进行了介绍。最后, 针对目前的简化模型难以准确地描述山地冰川的物理过程及其变化的问题, 提出了一个基于全Navier-Stokes方程的山地冰川模型及其动力框架、 边界条件处理的设想。本文可为建立、 发展冰川及冰架模型, 尤其建立和发展山地冰川模型提供基础知识和参考。     

念青唐古拉山现代冰川1999—2015年期间动态变化遥感研究

利用1999年ETM、2014/2015年GF-1为主的2期遥感影像作为数据源,采用人机交互解译的方法完成了2期冰川编目成果,并对最近15年(1999—2015)念青唐古拉山冰川变化进行分析。结果显示,从1999年至2015年间,念青唐古拉山脉冰川呈退缩趋势,以东段海洋型冰川退缩为主,西段亚大陆型冰川相对稳定。冰川总面积减少了56. 32km2,减少变化率为0. 67%;有10条冰川消失,减少变化率为0. 16%;冰储量减少5. 315 km3,减少变化率为0. 78%。调查结果还显示,念青唐古拉山地区冰川各朝向均呈退缩趋势,偏南向和东向冰川数量与面积减少大于偏北向和西向的;平均坡度在20°～35°范围的冰川数量和面积减少最多;海拔介于4 500～5 500 m区间的冰川面积退缩最明显。在恒河流域和萨尔温江流域的冰川消退最显著。总体上,不同规模冰川均有退缩,规模≤5. 0 km2的冰川是念青唐古拉山地区退缩最多的。冰川退缩与气候变化关系密切。选取念青唐古拉山脉附近3个气象台站,对最近50多年以来的年均气温和年降水量变化分析表明,自1961年以来,念青唐古拉山年均气温呈显著上升趋势,而降水量变化不一,有增有减。气温上升而降水减少,可能是导致念青唐古拉山地区东段冰川退缩的一个因素。