Bulletin of Surveying and Mapping ›› 2021, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (5): 43-48,101.doi: 10.13474/j.cnki.11-2246.2021.0139

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Influence of Nepal Mw7.8 earthquake on glacier deformation and velocity in the Everest region

HE Zhengfeng1,2,3,4, ZHANG Jixian5, HUANG Guoman4, SHENG Huijun4,6   

  1. 1. Faculty of Geomatics, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China;
    2. National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Technologies and Applications for National Geographic State Monitoring, Lanzhou 730070, China;
    3. Gansu Provincial Engineering Laboratory for National Geographic State Monitoring, Lanzhou 730070, China;
    4. Chinese Acadcmy of Surveying & Mapping, Beijing 100830, China;
    5. National Quality Inspection and Testing Center for Surveying and Mapping Products, Beijing 100830, China;
    6. School of Marine Technology and Surveying and Mapping, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China
  • Received:2021-02-22 Revised:2021-03-23 Published:2021-05-28

Abstract: Based on the L-band ALOS PALSAR-2 data, this paper uses time series InSAR technology to dynamically monitor the Tibetan Plateau from September 2014 to August 2019 and combines the offset tracking method to obtain the difference of the results of the glacier flow velocity distribution in the distance, azimuth and horizontal directions some glaciers before and after the Nepal earthquake. It is found that during the monitoring period, there is a general phenomenon of subsidence in the study area, only a small range of uplift occurs in a few years, and the maximum annual average deformation rate can be achieved -203.1 mm/a during the monitoring period. it is believed that the earthquake has a special impact on the fluctuation of the time series observation results in the study area; during the study period, the velocity of some glaciers increased during a long period of time after the earthquake, and the maximum velocity can reach 2.645 m/d, it is believed that earthquake is the cause of the rapid increase in glacier velocity.

Key words: InSAR, time-serise, change offset-tracking, glacier velocity, Nepal earthquake

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