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Our results indicated that the recent surge of the Monomah Glacier, the largest glacier in the Bukatage Massif, started in early 2009 and ceased in late 2016. From 2009 to 2016, its area and length respectively increased by 6.27 km2 and 1.45 km, and its ice tongue experienced three periods of changes: side broadening (2009\u20132010), rapid advancing (2010\u20132013), and slow expansion (2013\u20132016). During 2000\u20132012, its accumulation zone was thinned by 50 m, while its ice tongue was thickened by 90 m. During 2015\u20132017, its flow velocity reduced from 1.2 to 0.25 m\/d, and the summer velocities were much higher than winter velocities. We conclude that the recent Monomah Glacier surge is thermal-controlled. The subglacial temperature rose to the pressure-melting point because of substantial mass accumulation, and then the increased basal meltwater caused the surge.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs12060966","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,18]],"date-time":"2020-03-18T08:20:44Z","timestamp":1584519644000},"page":"966","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Investigating the Recent Surge in the Monomah Glacier, Central Kunlun Mountain Range with Multiple Sources of Remote Sensing Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Lei","family":"Guo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"},{"name":"Laboratory of GeoHazards Perception, Cognition and Predication, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"}]},{"given":"Jia","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"},{"name":"Laboratory of GeoHazards Perception, Cognition and Predication, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"}]},{"given":"Lixin","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"},{"name":"Laboratory of GeoHazards Perception, Cognition and Predication, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4575-5258","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhiwei","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"}]},{"given":"Yanyang","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering, Shanghai 200090, China"}]},{"given":"Xin","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"}]},{"given":"Zelang","family":"Miao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"},{"name":"Laboratory of GeoHazards Perception, Cognition and Predication, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7930-9147","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"},{"name":"Laboratory of GeoHazards Perception, Cognition and Predication, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Xie, Z., and Liu, C. 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