Integrated assessment and adaptation to climate change impacts in the Peruvian Andes

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 22, Issue , 2009, Pages 35-39

  Salzmann, N ^a   Huggel, C ^a   Calanca, P ^b   Diaz A ^c   Jonas, T ^d   Jurt, C ^a   Konzelmann, T ^e   Lagos, P ^f   Rohrer, M ^g   Silverio, W ^h   Zappa, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^c Servicio Nacional de Meteorologa e Hidrologa del Peru   (Peru)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^e FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^f INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^g METEODAT GMBH   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; PERCEPTION;

ANDES;

EID: 77949392791     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-22-35-2009     Document Type: Article

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