山地冰川对气候变化的响应最为敏感,在全球变暖的大背景下山地冰川和极地冰盖正在发生显著的变化。冰川运动速度的变化是气候变化的结果之一。乌鲁木齐河源1号冰川是中国西部山地冰川的代表,本文以1981-2007年27a的运动速度资料与1982年以来的季节运动速度资料为基础,结合冰川物质平衡、气温、降水等资料分析冰川运动速度对气候变化的响应。研究发现,27a来1号冰川运动速度下降趋势明显,冬、夏季节运动速度波动较大,但夏季运动速度较大。气候变化通过冰川物质平衡的改变作用于冰川运动速度,物质平衡的持续亏损最终导致了冰川运动速度的持续降低。夏季的高温与降水对冰川运动速度具有加速的作用。
Valley glacier is most sensitive to climate change under the background of global warming,and hence glaciers and ice caps of the world have changed significantly.Glacier movement is one of the results of climate variation.No.1 Glacier at the headwater of the Urumqi River is the representative of valley glaciers in western China.In this paper,based on 27 years'(1981-2007) velocity data and seasonal velocity data in combination with glacier mass balance as well as temperature and precipitation data,the authors analyzed the response of the glacier movement to climate change.Researches show that in the 27 years the velocity tended to decrease obviously,seasonal velocity fluctuated considerably,and the velocity was higher in the summer than in the winter.Climate change acted on glacier movement by mass balance variation,and the uninterrupted loss of mass balance led to the continuous decrease of glacier velocity.It is also found that high temperature and high precipitation accelerated the glacier movement.