Mass Balance on Xiao Dongkemadi Glacier and Hailuogou Glacier

Studying the mass balance on the Xiao Dongkemadi Glacier and Hailuogou Glacier shows that the mass balance variation of continent type glacier in the interior of the plateau is in the same phase with that of the marine type glacier in the southeast margin of the plateau. However, the mass balance in the continent type glacier is always positive, and the marine type glacier is in large negative mass balance. The continent type glacier is slow to climate change and the marine glacier is sensitive to climate change.