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Glacier pattern changes directly indicate variability in local climatic circumstances. The present study dealt with the proposition and estimation of spatiotemporal glacier movement using a synthetic aperture radar-derived polarimetric tracking method which revealed improved estimates over four selected large tributary-bearing glaciers (Siachen, Bara Shigri, Gangotri, and Zemu) in the Indian Himalayas. The average estimated velocities in 2021–2022 for the four glaciers were 0. 13, 0. 06, 0. 08 and 0. 09 m/day. The thick debris cover hindered the movement temporally in the middle and lower reaches of the glaciers. The effect of meltwater influx along the tributary confluence zone was also witnessed over the glaciers. Comparison and validation with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Inter-mission Time Series of Land Ice Velocity and Elevation (ITSLIVE) products has shown the utility of the proposed method in studying the contributions of active feeding tributaries of the glaciers in the ablation zone.
Bhattacharjee et al. (Wed,) studied this question.