%0 Dataset %T Dataset of Glacier Surface Elevation Changes in the Hongzha River Basin of the Karakoram Mountains (2000-2020) %J National Cryosphere Desert Data Center %I National Cryosphere Desert Data Center(www.ncdc.ac.cn) %U http://www.ncdc.ac.cn/portal/metadata/76d5982d-6e9b-4159-8fd5-c4aa6d70215c %W NCDC %R 10.12072/ncdc.nieer.db2842.2023 %A Wu Kunpeng %A Liu shiyin %A Zhu yu %K Changes in glacier surface elevation;Karakoram Mountains;Hongzha River basin %X <p>&emsp;The data set is glacier surface elevation change in the Hunza basin in Karakoram, which acquired from SRTM and ZY3-02 images, using DEM differencing. The surface elevation of glaciers in the Hunza basin in the Karakoram decreased significantly from 2000 to 2020, with an average change of -5.48±0.39 m.The current data set provided fundamental data for water resource evaluation, and gacier hydrology research in the Karakoram.