Tobias Bolch
Biographic Data
| ID | 6824724 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tobias Bolch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tobias |
| FAMILY NAME | Bolch |
| SIGNATURE | BOLCH T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8201-5059 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Declining glaciers endanger sustainable development of the oases along the Aksu-Tarim River (Central Asia)
Tarim River basin is the largest endorheic river basin in China. Due to the extremely arid climate the water supply solely depends on water originating from the glacierised mountains with about 75% stemming from the transboundary Aksu River. The water demand is linked to anthropogenic (specifically agriculture) and natural ecosystems, both competing for water. Ongoing climate change significantly impacts the cryosphere. The mass balance of the gl…
Importance and vulnerability of the world’s water towers
Six Decades of Glacier Mass Changes around Mt. Everest Are Revealed by Historical and Contemporary Images
The accurate quantification of current and past Himalayan glacier mass budgets is vital if we are to understand the evolution of the Asian water tower, which provides water to the planet’s most populous region. In this work, we generated a geodetic time series spanning six decades over 79 glaciers surrounding Mt. Everest and found consistent acceleration of glacier mass loss between the 1960s (−0.23 ± 0.12 mwe a−1) and the modern era (−0.38 ± 0.1…
The Aral Sea Basin
The alpine cryosphere, including snow, glaciers and permafrost, is critical to water management in the Aral Sea Basin (ASB) and larger Central Asia (CA) under the changing climate, as it stores large amounts of water in its solid forms. Most cryospheric components in the Aral Sea Basin are close to melting point, and hence very vulnerable to a slight increase in air temperature with significant consequences to long-term water availability and to …
Glacier Changes
Glaciers are naturally subject to changes in line with the Earth's climate variability. Area and length changes of glaciers which are not influenced by debris cover, calving, or dynamic instabilities show a filtered and delayed climate signal while the glacier mass balance can be more directly linked to climate. Glaciers retreated on average strongly since the end of the Last Glacial Maximum about 19 000 years ago with several periods with glacie…
Glacier mass changes on the Tibetan Plateau 2003–2009 derived from Icesat laser altimetry measurements
Glacier mass changes are a valuable indicator of climate variability and monsoon oscillation on the underexplored Tibetan Plateau. In this study data from the Ice Cloud and Elevation Satellite (ICESat) is employed to estimate elevation and mass changes of glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau between 2003 and 2009. In order to get a representative sample size of ICESat measurements, glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau were grouped into eight climatically h…
The future sea-level rise contribution of Greenland’s glaciers and ice caps
We calculate the future sea-level rise contribution from the surface mass balance of all of Greenland's glaciers and ice caps (GICs, ~90 000 km2) using a simplified energy balance model which is driven by three future climate scenarios from the regional climate models HIRHAM5, RACMO2 and MAR. Glacier extent and surface elevation are modified during the mass balance model runs according to a glacier retreat parameterization. Mass balance and glaci…
The State and Fate of Himalayan Glaciers
Going More Slowly Himalayan glaciers sometimes are called the “Third Pole” because of the amount of snow and ice they contain. Despite their importance as a global water reservoir and their essential role in Asian hydrology, how their mass is changing in response to global warming is not well known. Bolch et al. (p. 310 ) review the contemporary evolution of glaciers in the Himalayan region, including those of the less well sampled region of the …
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The State and Fate of Himalayan Glaciers
Going More Slowly Himalayan glaciers sometimes are called the “Third Pole” because of the amount of snow and ice they contain. Despite their importance as a global water reservoir and their essential role in Asian hydrology, how their mass is changing in response to global warming is not well known. Bolch et al. (p. 310 ) review the contemporary evolution of glaciers in the Himalayan region, including those of the less well sampled region of the …
The future sea-level rise contribution of Greenland’s glaciers and ice caps
We calculate the future sea-level rise contribution from the surface mass balance of all of Greenland's glaciers and ice caps (GICs, ~90 000 km2) using a simplified energy balance model which is driven by three future climate scenarios from the regional climate models HIRHAM5, RACMO2 and MAR. Glacier extent and surface elevation are modified during the mass balance model runs according to a glacier retreat parameterization. Mass balance and glaci…
Glacier mass changes on the Tibetan Plateau 2003–2009 derived from Icesat laser altimetry measurements
Glacier mass changes are a valuable indicator of climate variability and monsoon oscillation on the underexplored Tibetan Plateau. In this study data from the Ice Cloud and Elevation Satellite (ICESat) is employed to estimate elevation and mass changes of glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau between 2003 and 2009. In order to get a representative sample size of ICESat measurements, glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau were grouped into eight climatically h…
Glacier Changes
Glaciers are naturally subject to changes in line with the Earth's climate variability. Area and length changes of glaciers which are not influenced by debris cover, calving, or dynamic instabilities show a filtered and delayed climate signal while the glacier mass balance can be more directly linked to climate. Glaciers retreated on average strongly since the end of the Last Glacial Maximum about 19 000 years ago with several periods with glacie…
The Aral Sea Basin
The alpine cryosphere, including snow, glaciers and permafrost, is critical to water management in the Aral Sea Basin (ASB) and larger Central Asia (CA) under the changing climate, as it stores large amounts of water in its solid forms. Most cryospheric components in the Aral Sea Basin are close to melting point, and hence very vulnerable to a slight increase in air temperature with significant consequences to long-term water availability and to …
Importance and vulnerability of the world’s water towers
Six Decades of Glacier Mass Changes around Mt. Everest Are Revealed by Historical and Contemporary Images
The accurate quantification of current and past Himalayan glacier mass budgets is vital if we are to understand the evolution of the Asian water tower, which provides water to the planet’s most populous region. In this work, we generated a geodetic time series spanning six decades over 79 glaciers surrounding Mt. Everest and found consistent acceleration of glacier mass loss between the 1960s (−0.23 ± 0.12 mwe a−1) and the modern era (−0.38 ± 0.1…
Declining glaciers endanger sustainable development of the oases along the Aksu-Tarim River (Central Asia)
Tarim River basin is the largest endorheic river basin in China. Due to the extremely arid climate the water supply solely depends on water originating from the glacierised mountains with about 75% stemming from the transboundary Aksu River. The water demand is linked to anthropogenic (specifically agriculture) and natural ecosystems, both competing for water. Ongoing climate change significantly impacts the cryosphere. The mass balance of the gl…
Geography (7 works) · Cryospheric studies and observations (6 works) · Glacier (6 works) · Physical geography (6 works) · Climate change and permafrost (5 works) · Environmental Science (5 works) · Geology (5 works) · Geomorphology (4 works) · Climatology (3 works) · Geology (3 works)