A dramatic 800-m retreat of a lake-terminating glacier on the Tibetan Plateau during 2014–2015, caused by glacier calving
Pan, Baotian
Compared to land-terminating glaciers, lake-terminating glaciers generally experience a higher mass loss due to the feedback from processes such as calving, dynamic thinning and flow acceleration associated with proglacial lakes. These processes often result in substantial changes in glacier length. We analyzed the evolution of the Jiongpu Co lake-terminating glacier on the Tibetan Plateau between October 2014 and November 2015, during which the glacier retreated by approximately 800 m. This dra