%0 Dataset
%T Simulated thickness and area of glaciers in the source region of Yangtze and Yellow Rivers using IGM model
%J National Cryosphere Desert Data Center
%I National Cryosphere Desert Data Center(www.ncdc.ac.cn)
%U http://www.ncdc.ac.cn/portal/metadata/b1d24e82-3154-46c5-b29f-a58af6766857
%W NCDC
%R 10.12072/ncdc.glacier.db6957.2025
%A Guo Wanqin
%A Wang Zhenfeng
%A Wu Xiaodong
%K Glacier Thickness;Glacier Area;Glacier Dynamic Simulation;Glacier Mass Balance Modelling;IGM Model
%X The glacier volume and area are two fundamental data sources on simulating the impacts of glacier change on hrdrologic processes at drainage basin scale. However, the lack of historical satellite imageries significantly limited the compilation of early stage glacier inventories. The rapid changes of glaciers in the source region of Yangtze and Yellow Rivers have large influences on the basin scale hydrological processes, but the shortage of multi-temporaral glacier inventories has largely impeded the studies on the hydrological impacts of glacier change in both river basins. The glacier thickness and area dataset during 1960-2020 in the source region of Yangtze and Yellow Rivers were aimed to fill this data gap. They were produced by the latest glacier model named IGM, which is a deep learnig based glacier model drived by glacier dynamic model and mass balance model, can simulate the century scale glacier evolution and give acceptable illustration on glacier change processe under climate change. The dataset includes the glacier depth with 5-year interval between 1960-2020 of glaciers in the source regions of Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, and the glacier area deduced from the glacier depth, which can fill up the glacier data gaps in both river basins to a certain extent.