Glacier changes and climate trends derived from multiple sources in the data scarce Cordillera Vilcanota region, southern Peruvian Andes

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-118

  Salzmann, N ^a,b   Huggel, C ^a   Rohrer, M ^c   Silverio, W ^d   Mark, B G ^e   Burns, P ^f   Portocarrero, C ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c METEODAT GMBH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Independent Consultant ^*  (Peru)

^h Division of Glaciers and Water Resources   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; HUMIDITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RESERVOIR; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

ANDES; CORDILLERA DE VILCANOTA; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [PERU]; CUZCO [PERU]; PERU;

EID: 84873853429     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-103-2013     Document Type: Article

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