Primary investigation of statistical correlation between changes in ice volume and area of glaciers

• 作 者: PuYu Wang ZhongQin Li ChunHai
• 机 构: StateKeyLaboratoryofCryosphereScience/TianshanGlaciologicalStation,CollegeofGeographyandEnvironmentS
• 出 处: 寒旱区科学:英文版
• 发表日期: 2019年1期
• 关键词: VOLUME CHANGE area CHANGE thickness STATISTICAL CORRELATION glaciers
• 基金项目: funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41771077),the Funds for Creative Research Groups of China (41421061),the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Acad emy of Sciences

This study makes an attempt to investigate through statistical analysis the correlation between changes in ice volume and area of glaciers.Using data from nine sample glaciers in the Tian Shan,the results show that a linear relation exists between changes