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As an indicator of the equilibrium line altitude (ELA), the glacier snowline altitude (SLA) at the end of the melt season can reflect variations in the glacier mass balance. Therefore, it is extremely crucial to investigate the changes of glacier surface albedo and glacier SLA for calculating and evaluating glacier mass loss. In this study, from 2011 to 2021, the surface albedo of the Muz Taw Glacier was derived from Landsat images with a spatial resolution of 30 m and from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer albedo products (MOD10A1) with a temporal resolution of 1 day, which was verified through the albedo measured by the Automatic Weather Station (AWS) installed in the glacier. Moreover, the glacier SLA was determined based on the variation in the surface albedo, with the altitude change along the glacier main flowline derived from the Landsat image at the end of the melt season. The correlation coefficient of &gt;0.7, with a risk of error lower than 5%, between the surface albedo retrieved from remote sensing images and the in situ measurement data indicated that the method of deriving the glacier surface albedo by the remote sensing method was reliable. The annual average albedo showed a slight upward trend (0.24%) from 2011 to 2021. A unimodal seasonal variation in albedo was demonstrated, with the downward trend from January to August and the upward trend from August to December. The spatial distribution of the albedo was not entirely dependent on altitude due to the dramatic effects of the topography and glacier surface conditions. The average SLA was 3446 m a.s.l., with a variation of 160 m from 2011 to 2021. The correlation analysis between the glacier SLA and annual mean temperature\/annual precipitation demonstrated that the variations of the average SLA on the Muz Taw Glacier was primarily affected by the air temperature. This study improved our understanding of the ablation process and mechanism of the Muz Taw Glacier.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14246405","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,20]],"date-time":"2022-12-20T02:05:02Z","timestamp":1671501902000},"page":"6405","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Surface Albedo and Snowline Altitude Estimation Using Optical Satellite Imagery and In Situ Measurements in Muz Taw Glacier, Sawir Mountains"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Fengchen","family":"Yu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Cryosphere Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China"},{"name":"College of Sciences, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Puyu","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Cryosphere Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China"},{"name":"College of Sciences, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7236-3973","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hongliang","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Cryosphere Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"1","article-title":"The imbalance of the Asian water tower","volume":"3","author":"Yao","year":"2022","journal-title":"J. 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