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A holistic view of Shisper Glacier surge and outburst floods: from physical processes to downstream impacts

Sher Muhammad
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Jia Li
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Jakob Steiner
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Finu Shrestha
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Ghulam Shah
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Lei Guo
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Li-Xin Wu
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Lide Tian

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The lower parts of two glaciers in the Aru range on the western Tibetan Plateau (TP) collapsed on 17 July and 21 September 2016, respectively, causing fatal damage to local people and their livestock. The giant ice avalanches, with a total volume of 150 × 106 m3, had almost melted by September 2019 (about 30 % of the second ice avalanche remained). The impact of these extreme disasters on downstream lakes has not been investigated yet. Based on in situ observation, bathymetry survey and satellite data, we explore the impact of the ice avalanches on the two downstream lakes (i.e., Aru Co and Memar Co) in terms of lake morphology, water level and water temperature in the subsequent 4 years (2016–2019). After the first glacier collapse, the ice avalanche slid into Aru Co along with a large amount of debris, which generated great impact waves in Aru Co and significantly modified the lake's shoreline and underwater topography. An ice volume of at least 7.1 × 106 m3 was discharged into Aru Co, spread over the lake surface and considerably lowered its surface temperature by 2–4 ∘C in the first 2 weeks after the first glacier collapse. Due to the large amount of meltwater input, Memar Co exhibited more rapid expansion after the glacier collapses (2016–2019) than before (2003–2014), in particular during the warm season. The melting of ice avalanches was found to contribute to about 23 % of the increase in lake storage between 2016 and 2019. Our results indicate that the Aru glacier collapses had both short-term and long-term impacts on the downstream lakes and provide a baseline in understanding the future lake response to glacier melting on the TP under a warming climate.
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Sher Muhammad, Jia Li, Jakob Steiner, Finu Shrestha, Ghulam Shah, et al.. A holistic view of Shisper Glacier surge and outburst floods: from physical processes to downstream impacts. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 2021, 12 (1), pp.2755-2775. ⟨10.1080/19475705.2021.1975833⟩. ⟨hal-03719685⟩
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