Shrinkage of Glacier AX010 in Shorong region, Nepal Himalayas in the 1990s

Areal extent, terminus position, surface flow speed and mass balance were observed every year since 1995 at Glacier AX010 in Shorong region, Nepal Himalayas after the first observation in 1978. Areal extent and terminus position showed that the glacier has shrunk since 1978, and that the shrinkage rate has accelerated in the 1990s. The surface flow speed suggests the thinning of glacier thickness since 1978. Mass balance and air temperature data also support that the shrinkage tendency seemed to accelerate in the 1990s.