在东方 Pamir 的冰河为水资源和这个区域的社会、经济的发展是重要的。在最后 50 年里,这些冰河由于气候变化缩小了并且输冰质量。以便在这个区域理解最近的冰河动力学,新库存从在 2009 获得的 Landsat TM/ETM+ 图象被编,没有云并且与 glacierized 山上的最小的雪盖子。区域的第一冰河库存被从被修改了并且验证了使用天线相片的地形学的地图数字化冰河轮廓也更新。全部的冰河区域在 10.8% 减少了 ??? ┰吗??
Glaciers in the eastern Pamir are important for water resources and the social and economic development of the region. In the last 50 years, these glaciers have shrunk and lost ice mass due to climate change. In order to understand recent glacier dynamics in the region, a new inventory was compiled from Landsat TM/ETM+ images acquired in 2009, free of clouds and with minimal snow cover on the glacierized mountains. The first glacier inventory of the area was also updated by digitizing glacier outlines from topographical maps that had been modified and verified using aerial photographs. Total glacier area decreased by 10.8%±1.1%, mainly attributed to an increase in air temperature, although precipitation, glacier size and topographic features also combined to affect the general shrinkage of the glaciers. The 19.3-21.4 km^3 estimated glacier mass loss has contributed to an increase in river runoff and water resources.