Heat Balance Study on Glacier AX010 in Shorong Himal, East Nepal

Glaciological Expedition of Nepal, Contribution No. 67

Abstract

A heat balance study was done on the small glacier AX010 in Shorong Himal under weather conditions of air temperature (ave. 2.3°C), low humidity (ave. 7.0 mb), low wind speed (ave. 1.2 m/sec) and high cloud amount. For the whole observation period, the percentage of each component to the heat income was 87 % for net radiation, 12 % for sensible heat, and 1 % for latent heat.