Threats to water supplies in the tropical andes

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5781, 2006, Pages 1755-1756

  Bradley, Raymond S ^a   Vuille, Mathias ^a   Diaz, Henry F ^b   Vergara, Walter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

CLIMATE MODELS; TOWER ATTITUDES; TROPICAL ANDES;

WATER SUPPLY;

FOSSIL FUEL; ICE; RUNOFF;

CLIMATE MODELING; GLACIER; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; TROPICAL REGION; WATER SUPPLY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; FREEZING; GLACIER; HUMIDITY; MELTING POINT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICS; WATER SUPPLY;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745481247     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1128087     Document Type: Review

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