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In this paper, we utilize Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) imagery, applying the continuity equation to obtain altitudinal specific mass balance (SMB) for 615 glaciers (&gt;2 km2) during 2002\u20132011, 2011\u20132020, and 2002\u20132020 to research glacial health and its response to climatic forcing. The results show dissimilar glacier SMB patterns between 2002\u20132011 (0.10 \u00b1 0.14 m w.e. a\u22121), 2011\u20132020 (\u20130.12 \u00b1 0.14 m w.e. a\u22121) and 2002\u20132020 (\u22120.01 \u00b1 0.07 m w.e. a\u22121). Additionally, the glacier equilibrium line altitude (ELA) in WK was 5788 m, 5744 m, and 5786 m, respectively, and the corresponding accumulation area ratios (AARs) were 0.59, 0.62, and 0.58, during 2002\u20132011, 2011\u20132020, and 2002\u20132020, respectively. Regarding glacier response, compared with the ordinary-least-square (OLS) model, the artificial neural network (ANN) model revealed a respectively less and more sensitive glacier SMB response to extreme negative and positive summer skin temperatures. In addition, the ANN model indicated that the glacier ELA was less sensitive when the integrated water vapor transport (IVT) change exceeded 0.7 kg m\u22121s\u22121. Moreover, compared with IVT (\u2212121.57 m\/kg\u00a0m\u22121s\u22121), glacier ELA shifts were chiefly dominated by summer skin temperature (+154.66 m\/\u2103) in the last two decades. From 2002\u20132011 and 2011\u20132020, glacier SMB was more susceptible to summer skin temperature (\u22120.38 m w.e.\/\u2103 and \u22120.16 m w.e.\/\u2103, respectively), while during 2002\u20132020, it was more influenced by IVT (0.45 m w.e.\/kg\u00a0m\u22121s\u22121). In contrast with eastern WK, glaciers in western WK were healthier, although mitigation measures are still needed to safeguard glacier health and prevent possible natural hazards in this region. Finally, we believe that the inconsistent change between glacier SMB and ELAs from 2002\u20132020 was connected with ice rheology and that the combined effects of skin temperature and IVT can explain the WK glacier anomaly.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14143465","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,19]],"date-time":"2022-07-19T08:28:25Z","timestamp":1658219305000},"page":"3465","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["The West Kunlun Glacier Anomaly and Its Response to Climate Forcing during 2002\u20132020"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2124-9246","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jianwei","family":"Luo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science and Technology, Key Laboratory for Land Satellite Remote Sensing Applications of Ministry of Natural Resources, School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China"},{"name":"Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Novel Software Technology and Industrialization, Nanjing 210023, China"},{"name":"Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies, Nanjing 210023, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0212-4069","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chang-Qing","family":"Ke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science and Technology, Key Laboratory for Land Satellite Remote Sensing Applications of Ministry of Natural Resources, School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China"},{"name":"Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Novel Software Technology and Industrialization, Nanjing 210023, China"},{"name":"Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies, Nanjing 210023, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5055-8959","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Thorsten","family":"Seehaus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"382","DOI":"10.1038\/s41586-019-1071-0","article-title":"Global glacier mass changes and their contributions to sea-level rise from 1961 to 2016","volume":"568","author":"Zemp","year":"2019","journal-title":"Nature"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"726","DOI":"10.1038\/s41586-021-03436-z","article-title":"Accelerated global glacier mass loss in the early twenty-first century","volume":"592","author":"Hugonnet","year":"2021","journal-title":"Nature"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"555","DOI":"10.1038\/nature09440","article-title":"Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity","volume":"467","author":"McIntyre","year":"2010","journal-title":"Nature"},{"key":"ref_4","unstructured":"P\u00f6rtner, H.O., Roberts, D.C., Masson-Delmotte, V., Zhai, P., Tignor, M., Poloczanska, E., Mintenbeck, K., Alegr\u00eda, A., Nicolai, M., and Okem, A. 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