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Characteristics of the daily melt water discharge cycle and the relation between melt water discharge, air temperature, and precipitation are analyzed based on observation data during 2001-2005 in the Glacier No. 1 basin at the headwater of the Urumqi River, Tianshan Mountains (hereafter, Glacier No. 1). The results indicate that the daytime and nighttime discharges were less during the preliminary...