High Mountain Asia (HMA), known as Earth's "Third Pole" and"Asia's water tower",. is the largest glacier and snow reservoir onEarth except for the polar ice sheets (Text S1 and Fig. S1 onli...High Mountain Asia (HMA), known as Earth's "Third Pole" and"Asia's water tower",. is the largest glacier and snow reservoir onEarth except for the polar ice sheets (Text S1 and Fig. S1 online)。Snow is an important component of the HMA cryosphere, and itsvariability directly affects the water and energy balances in theregion [1,2] The average warming rate in the HMA region in recentdecades is approximately twofold higher than the average warm-ing rate in China and the world in the same period. The climatologyand trends of snow cover in the HMA have been investigated basedon station and satellite observations. However, these methodshave some limitations, resulting in large uncertainties or limita-tions in assessing long-term snow cover changes in the HMA.Snowpack changes in the HMA region analyzed over a short timeseries may also lead to conclusions that are inconsistent with con-ventional assertions. Several studies of the temporal and spatialvariability of snow cover in the HMA region using short-termModerate Resolution lmaging Spectroradiometer data revealed nosignificant shrinkage in the snow cover area (SCA) [3].展开更多
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文摘High Mountain Asia (HMA), known as Earth's "Third Pole" and"Asia's water tower",. is the largest glacier and snow reservoir onEarth except for the polar ice sheets (Text S1 and Fig. S1 online)。Snow is an important component of the HMA cryosphere, and itsvariability directly affects the water and energy balances in theregion [1,2] The average warming rate in the HMA region in recentdecades is approximately twofold higher than the average warm-ing rate in China and the world in the same period. The climatologyand trends of snow cover in the HMA have been investigated basedon station and satellite observations. However, these methodshave some limitations, resulting in large uncertainties or limita-tions in assessing long-term snow cover changes in the HMA.Snowpack changes in the HMA region analyzed over a short timeseries may also lead to conclusions that are inconsistent with con-ventional assertions. Several studies of the temporal and spatialvariability of snow cover in the HMA region using short-termModerate Resolution lmaging Spectroradiometer data revealed nosignificant shrinkage in the snow cover area (SCA) [3].
