Evaporation and percolation effect on melting at debris-covered Lirung Glacier, Nepal Himalayas, 1996
Evaporation and percolation effect on melting at debris-covered Lirung Glacier, Nepal Himalayas, 1996
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2004
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A. Sakai;K. Fujita;J. Kubota
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A. Sakai;K. Fujita;J. Kubota
Heat flux with rain has not been taken into account in estimating melt amounts of debris-covered ice, although there was a lot of rain during the melting season in the Nepal Himalayas. Some of the rain falling on the debris-covered glacier will evaporate, and the rest will percolate through the debris layer and will supply heat to melt the ice beneath it. Evaporation amounts during a melting season from 15 July to 29 August in 1996 were measured using a lysimeter on a debris-covered area of Lirung Glacier, Nepal Himalayas. Observational results indicated that 25% of the total rainfall evaporated at that debris-covered glacier. The heat flux with percolated water has no effect on the heat needed to melt ice under the debris, although percolated water accounts for as much as 75% of the total rain amount.