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BGRvol2_p49HeatBalanceStudyonYalaGlacierinLanangHimalNepal
HirosiTKHARAKeijiHIGUCHIandDhrubaDasMULMI GgfrJEw′JYdJoJJJJ90
Je∫rC∫′′αr∫′α ‘J′lJ…lw1JJ…nJJ‘JkJJJ
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Himalabout60kmnorthofKathmanduNepalThetopographyoftheglacierandthe
SurrOundingareaisshowninFig1Theareaoftheglaciersurfaceisabout26km9The
glaciericeowsftomthehighestpoint5700mtotheterminus5100minasouthwestward
direction
MicrometeorologicalobservationswerecarriedoutatthesitesshowninFig1byMP
andBHMindicatesthemicrometeorologicalobservationsite5100montheglaciernear
theterminuswithanaVerageinclinationof8degreesTheheatbalanceattheglaciersurface
WaSObservedatthissiteatadistanceof70mmtheglaciericemarglninthedirectionof
theprevai1ingwindPindicatesapointnearthe‘GlacierCamp’GCatthemoraine5090
atadistanceof30momtheglacierterminusThegroundsurfaceiscomposedmainly
OfgneissBHindicatesthelowlevelobservationsite3920matthebottomofthewide
Val1ey00rOftheLangtangRiver
andtbedensityorsnWWaSmearedasnovamplerTheoseryationsatsiteMw¢
madefbrtheperiodftomSeptember27toOctober28in1982Thetimesinthepresentr¢
poarestatedinNepalStandardTime
ttIl′Ilj1ileIItl1Irr111illil111IiIlenlelilrltIi111prilturr
tol6mlevelwasoccasionallymadewiththermistorsensorsAttheobservationsiteBH
measurementofairtemperaturewasmadeataheightofaroundl5meveryhourbytheuse
OfathermistorenSOrYamadaetal1984InadditionPreeipitationwascontinuously
nlISuldby11iIllIIilalle
ltrOlogiIlIditinSduriObilri
insareaislovpre¢ipitationTbetotalprecipitationobse8datsiteBHwSabot00
m111jnSeptcnltlerbutilcreISeJhlboLItUnlminOe10heri111iLingthhL1ni11gl
thepotmOnSOOnSeaSOnttheobservationsiteMattheglaeiermOStOftheprecipitation
WaSduetosynopticscaledistutbancesandftllinthefbrmofsnowduringtheobservation
p¢riodContrarytothisnearlyallprecipitationtookthefbrmofrainattheobservationsite
T”lTllelemIinsuTrOUnIithtIILeiern→ithou†nLeOVelinSeptemberhuLocci
Sio71a11ytherewasthinsnowcoveroflessthan20cmdinOetoberWhensynopticscale
dirbancespassedthisarea
lleCIoud1OllntOh→erCdalittl“uqJ…ilhiICnnVlJuLLt10ithedntimt
Th¢cioudamntOfmorenS710vassom¢SObservedtoeassociated¢
PaSSageOfsynopticsealedistlancesorthefbrmationoforogra‡icdoudsDeneOrO
0 5 0
10 10 15 20 25 25 5 SER OCT
Fig3Dai1ymeanairtemperatureSfromSeptember27toOctober23Opencircleshowsthedataat
SiteM5100mSOlidcircleatsiteBH3920m
basedonthedataffom2lobservationdaysThegeneralpatternOfthewinddirectionwas
nearlyalwaysomtheSSWinthedaytimeandfromtheNEwiththehighfiequenCyOf
morethan80atnighttimeSuchdirectionscorrespondtothoseoftheupslopeanddown
SlopewindsreSPeCtivelyTheupslopewindusuallystartedtoblowataroundO900andended
alittleaftersunsetSuchadiurnalvariationwaspronouncedonfinedaysSincethegeneral
WindwasweakduringtheobservationperiodSuChawindreglmeCanbeconsideredtoform
partofthemountainValleywindsystemdevelopedinthisarea
Fig4bindicatestheffequencydistributionof30minuteaverqgedspeedofprevailing
windsatl1mlevelatsiteMobtainedfromwholedayobservationson16daysWindspeed
WaSlessthan5mS1throughoutmostoftheobservationperiodwithameanvalueof31
mS‾1ItcanbeseeninFig4bthattheNEwindspeedismuchgreaterthanthatoftheS
SWwindthefbrmeris34mSrlandthelatter26mS‾10ntheaveragerespectivelyThe
greatwindspeedwasusuallyobservedintheearlymornlngOfafinedayduringthepost
monsoonseasonSincemaximumspeedwasobservedoftenataleveloflOtol5mabove
theglaciersurfacethiswindcanbeconsideredasaglacierwindinducedbythestrongcool
ingoftheairlayerneartheglaciersurfaceHoinkes19541955MunroandDavies1977
OhataandHiguchi1979DirenceinspeedbetweentheNEwindandtheSSWonewas
PrObablyduetothefactthatsuchakatabaticwindwassuperimposeduponthemountain
ValleywindWhichwasffomtheNE
O 1 2 3 5 6
U N ⊃ 0 ∝
0 2 3 4 5 6ms
Fig4TheffequencydistributionofwinddirectionandwindspeedatsiteMduringthepost
mOIISOOn SeaSOn
a3hourlywinddirectionbWindspeedorprevajlingwindsatllnllevel
aboveSSWwindbeIowNEwind
5Hee…taiersw¢ingpotmOnOnaSOI1
5lCal1ationoeatbalanc¢COmpOnentS
Theheatbalanceoft1eSrcelayerraaciercanbeexpressedasfb1lows
¢eeg¢e0 l
WhereQsisthenetshortwaveradiationQLthenetlongwaveradiationQHthesensibleheat
uxQEthelatentheatuxduetoevaporationorsublimatiorlQwtheheatusedtowarm
SnO7andiceoftiSW∝ayerandetheeattlSedtomeltsnovandiceFleStOWard
eadersurc8Wiiledenedaspositiveandtboseawaymthesw00aSnegae
HeattranSfbrbyprecipitationwasneglectedbecauseofitssmallamount
1Radiation
ThenetshortwaveradiationQswascalculatedfromtheglobalsolarradiationandthe
rectedsolarradiationmeaswedindependentlyTIenetlongweradiationCanbe
OainedasaresialneobseryedYalesregandlletradiationee
2SensibleandlatentheatxS
Consideringthethermalstratiationoftheairlayerneartheglaciersurfacetobestable
thesensibleandlatentheateSWereCalculatedbytheequations
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βC8r kgJJ
ingtoftchcriteriaestablishedbyBradley1968andRaoetal1974Zlandzgweretaken
astheroughnessheightmean03cmandthelowestprolepointwithinaheightof40
CmreSPeCtivelyWherethetllrbulentheatCSWereCOnSideredtobeconstantwithheighL
ThisdsomitigateseectordiYergen∝arisingmtIeCbaraeristicprooat
baticwjnd
3Heatusedforwamingsurfacesnowandicelayerandmeltingsnowandice
InmostcasesthethicknessoftheoverlyingnOWCOVerOntheglaciericewas520cmnear
SiteMTheheatusedtowarmsnowandiceQwwascalculatedftomthetimevariationofthe
temperatleprO1eintlleSWcelayerdorntOadeptbor40cmaSSngthdensityortbe
gheierieeot05glenl‾IndtheCiliele11LorieeorO5cIl‾llglLhedensityot’
SnOWtheactualmeastredvaluewasused
TheheatusedinthemeltingprocessQMWaSeStimatedbythedirectmeasurementofthe
lowerlngOfthesnowsurfaceandthedensityofsnowThefteewatercontentwaslikelytobe
lessthanlOeveninthecaseofmeltingsnowSOitisnottakenintoaccounthere
SpeeddryandwetbulbtemperaturewereusedDaytime06001800heatbalanceatthe
glaciersurcewasobtainedfbrtheperiodsffom September29to
Octoberlandffom
October12to15DailybeatbalancewasestimateddtbeperiodomO600onOctober
i2toO600onOcOber16Whencompleter∝OrdswereobtainedAlltheotSerVatndays
Werepnmarilyaracteriz¢dbynewearconditionsandtIedevelopIntOrelocal
WindsystemIntheafternoonthesiteMwasoftencoveredwithorographiccloudshowever
SynOPticscaledisturbancesrarelycametOthisareaHencetheseperiodscanbeconsidered
asrepresentativeofthepostmOnSOOnSeaSOnTheglaciersurfhcenearthesiteMwascovered
Vitbsnow5J8cmindeptbbteOundneartbeglacierteminSVaSeeonsnow
Componentsofheatbalanceinedaytimearehovndiaamatic1yinFig5The
meanvalueOfcomponentsofheatbalaneeinthedaytimefbrthe7daysarcsummarized
inTableltOgetherwiththosevaluesofdailyheatbalancefbrtheperiodfromOctober12
to161tcanbeclearlyseeninFig5thatthcpredominantcomponentofheatgainisnet
S0WaVeradiationeWcIamOntStO83ortbeIleatgainonthera1lowed
QE ⊂ewt
Fig5Daytimeheatbalaneeattheglaciersurface
qnetlNiliali0etl“ler1′JihIekill11∫1illcnlIll
nuxQIrheatusedtowarmsnowandieeQNheatusedtonleltsnowandiee
ytes¢n1eheatfhxg17TbesuαaledoatmiddayraedmO65toO8
ThcnetIinoTltlSSOrIItCntheLLtnuiSmIlIilCeltLlrVapOrllreneIrthcnTue
ateglaciersw∝HeatlossbynetlongwaveradiationwasiaSinceradiation
fromthecloudswasmallduetolowdoudamountTherefbreheatgainbynetradiation
QNQsQLissmallmean66calCm‾aaCCOrdinglythesensibleheatfluxmean27
CalCm‾isatasignificantlevelThenegativevalueofQwrevealsthattheheatusedtowarm
tbesurα1ayerwiartba‡1heatreleaseetocoolingTes∝iayeriscooleddown
lltenCrentrblo“lutnightiLnLlmuIlhItiruirJtLr1iCil→lemlrItureL
00Cinth¢daytimeWhicbresultsinalowpercentageorheatavailablertmeltingproc¢SS
QMAsaresulttheaveragedailysnowmeltduringthese7dayswaslessthanO5cminwater
equivalentTheabsolutevalueoftheheatgainisnotsolargePreSumablybecauseofthe
reductionofincomngsolarradiationintheafternOOnWhentheorographiecIoudswere
medThegeneraltendenOreXCeSSiYatgaininreliontoeIeatlossn17
bepartiallyetol‡nderestimationorheatingintbescelayerSinceitwascalc1at¢d
ffomtemperatureat4dcpthsinthislayerbutnodatawereavailablebelowthedepthof40
Cm
TabelMeanvaluesofheatbalaneecomponentscacmattheglaeiersurfhee Mean
Mean
OL QTT QN heatgain heatoss e ¢ e Daytime balance 135 69 27 2 w54 20
162 145
9 ¶15 19 177 196 Dailybalane 131 153 46
DaytimebaJaneemeanValuesforSeptember29OctoberlardOctoberl15061800DailybaJanec
meanILLLSrUrOrl0l′1LInheItgIiilrnSenltSLHllIJllitiU1Lltll
meanheatTossttleSumOreaChnegaivecomponent
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53Dailyheance
AsseeninTablellargeheatlossduetonetlongwaveradjationisthemostsignificant
54DirnalvariationormaincoInpOnentSOrheatbnce
InFig6atyPicalexampleofthediurnalvariationofnetradiationQNandsensibleheat
uxQHduringtheperiodOctober13060141800isshownbyho11rlymeanvaluesThe
LirlIreLtLunlltlnll7∴thLIitlthneOrIiltL11erIiureiIlthelirlU111ItL
theglaciersurfaceAZlthewindspeedatl1mlevelul1andthewinddirectionarealso
SbowinFig6eVaSne1y0121Cm‾min‾1ringalopedodatnigbtTbisis
areasonrtenegatiYeVaieOreindailybeatbalance‡ncontrasegvasalwaysposi
lYmin‾
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6 2 18 0 6 12 18 0CT13 1
Fig6DailyeourseofmaineomponentsofheatbalaneeattheglaciersuTfaeeairtemperatureat
O8mevetemperatutedirencebet≠eenO8mlevelandtheglaeiersurfaeewindspeedatllm
levelandwinddirectionTheperiodswhensnowmeltoccurredarealsoshownSeetextfbrdetails
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aretbecbangeorradiativeheatbalanceatesceandtbelocaladv∝tionSincethe
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19701eisman1977Riordan198Suchanedwassdiedbysimltaneousoserva
tionsonmeltingofnewlyfallensnowatsiteP30mawayomtheglaciericemafglnatthe
morailleairtemperareandsurcetemperareattIleSitesMandTheosemation
periodwasomOctober17to2l
T0ndwasemSnOWOnOctober17sno71locclredonOctober18lover
ingthesnowlinetotheelevationofabout4600mAfterthattheweatherrecoveredbutthe
SI10rCOVerremainedntilOctober21Considerabiecompactionortbesnowoccedon
October19ThewindswereSWnamelyomthegroundontotheglacierthrothoutthe
dtimeddngteobseationperiod
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‰ 912158 9 12 9 2518 9 12 OCT 19 20 21
Fig7EtOfwarmairadveetionfromthesnowfreeareaonlhetemperatureinerSionabovethe
glaciersurfaceatsiteMSnowfa1loccurredonOctober18
J7ltemperaturedireneebetweenO4mlevelandtheglaciersuTface
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z0anddWaS00dtovithinlCOctoer19enSnOV00¢rbecamenine
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