## 5 Conclusions
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Glacier Surface Elevation Change** & **Data Source** & **Time Period** & **Coverage Area** & **Study** \\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{**(m/yr)**} & & & & \\ \hline \(-0.505\pm 0.005\) & Bi-static InSAR data (3 m) & 2000–2014 & Entire SETP & This study \\ \(-0.30\pm 0.13\) & ICESat & 2003–2009 & Entire SETP & [PERSON] et al. [15] \\ \(-0.81\pm 0.32\) & ICESat & 2003–2009 & Entire SETP & [PERSON] et al. [16] \\ \(-1.34\pm 0.29\) & ICESat & 2003–2009 & Entire SETP & [PERSON] et al. [17] \\ \(-0.39\pm 0.16\) & SPOT-5 optical stereo pairs & 2000–2011 & About 1/3 of the SETP & [PERSON] et al. [5] \\ \(-0.73\pm 0.23\) & ASTER optical data & 2000–2016 & Entire SETP & [PERSON] et al. [18] \\ \(-0.66\pm 0.02\) & ASTER stereo image pairs & 2000–2020 & Entire SETP & [PERSON] et al. [19] \\ \(-0.50\pm 0.57\)\(-1.40\pm 0.57\) & Bi-static InSAR data (3 m) & 2000–2014 & Five glaciers in the SETP & [PERSON] et al. [44] \\ \(-0.54\pm 0.05\) & Bi-static InSAR data (3 m) & 2000–2013 & Part of the SETP & [PERSON] et al. [35; 36] \\ \(-0.69\pm 0.14\) & TanDEM-X DEM product (90 m) & 2000–2013 & Entire SETP & [PERSON] et al. [12] \\ \(-0.649\pm 0.059\)\(-0.849\pm 0.056\) & Bi-static InSAR data (3 m) & 2002–2012 & Part of the SETP & [PERSON] et al. [27; 45] \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 7: Comparison of the estimates of glacier mass balances in in our study and previous studies over the SETP. **Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, Y.S. and L.J. ; methodology, Y.S. and L.J. ; software, N.G. and S.G.; validation, Y.S., L.J. and J.L. ; formal analysis, Y.S. and L.J. ; investigation, Y.S. ; resources, S.G.; data curation, N.G. and S.G.; writing--original draft preparation, Y.S. ; writing--review and editing, Y.S. and L.J. ; visualization, N.G. and S.G.; supervision, S.G.; project administration, S.G.; funding acquisition, N.G. and J.L. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. **Funding:** This work was supported in part by the Henan Science and Technology Research Fund Program under Grant 222102320414, in part by the Research and Development and Application of Key Technologies of Urban Flood Control and Emergency Management Based on Beidou under Grant 22111321600, and in part by Research Funds for the Henan University of Urban Construction under Grants 990/R-X2020014 and 990/K-H2023099. **Institutional Review Board Statement:** Not applicable. **Informed Consent Statement:** Not applicable. **Data Availability Statement:** The TanDEM-X bi-static InSAR data presented in this study are openly available from the German Aerospace Agency (DLR) at [[https://eoweb.dlr.de/egp/](https://eoweb.dlr.de/egp/)]([https://eoweb.dlr.de/egp/](https://eoweb.dlr.de/egp/)) (accessed on 11 January 2023). The SRTM DEM data presented in this study are openly available from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at [[https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search](https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search)]([https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search](https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search)) (accessed on 13 January 2023). The ICESat-1/GLA14 data presented in this study are openly available from the National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at [[https://nsidc.org/data/glah14/versions/34/](https://nsidc.org/data/glah14/versions/34/)]([https://nsidc.org/data/glah14/versions/34/](https://nsidc.org/data/glah14/versions/34/)) (accessed on 17 January 2023) The Meteorological Data presented in this study are openly available from the Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles at [[https://poles.tpdc.ac.cn/zh-hans/data/7a35329](https://poles.tpdc.ac.cn/zh-hans/data/7a35329)]([https://poles.tpdc.ac.cn/zh-hans/data/7a35329](https://poles.tpdc.ac.cn/zh-hans/data/7a35329)) c-c53f-4267-aa07-e0037d913a21/ (accessed on 29 January 2023). **Acknowledgments:** The authors would like to thank the German Aerospace Agency (DLR) for providing the TanDEM-X bi-static InSAR data and the Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles for providing the meteorological data.