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The data set includes the reconstructed long-term annual, ablation-season, and cold-season glacier-wide mass balance and its components for Guliya Ice Cap and the reconstructed daily meteorological data on the glacier from 1969 to 2019. The reconstructed meteorological data includes air temperature (℃), relative humidity (%), wind speed (m s-1), air pressure (hPa) and downward shortwave radiation (W m-2) at an elevation of 6004 m a.s.l. and precipitation (mm) at an elevation of 5491 m a.s.l. ERA5 data from the grid point (35°N, 78°75′E) around AWS2 were calibrated by the measured meteorological data. The exact method has been described in the reference. The long-term mass balance of Guliya Ice Cap during 1970-2019 was reconstructed using an energy and mass balance model and calibrated ERA5 data, which was calibrated and validated by in-situ measurements and geodetic mass balances. Please see the reference.

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Zhao, H. (2022). The reconstructed mass balance and meteorological data on Guliya ice cap during 1970-2019. A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, DOI: 10.11888/Cryos.tpdc.272203. CSTR: 18406.11.Cryos.tpdc.272203. (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

1. Zhu, M., Thompson, L.G., Zhao, H., Yao, T., Yang, W., & Jin, S. (2021). Influence of atmospheric circulation on glacier mass balance in western Tibet: an analysis based on observations and modeling. Journal of Climate, 34(16), 6743-6757.( View Details | Bibtex)

2. Zhu, M., Yao, T., Yang, W., Wu, G., Li, S., Zhao, H.*, & Thompson, L.G.* (2022). Possible causes of anomalous glacier mass balance in the western Kunlun Mountains. online( View Details | Bibtex)

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