Current state of glaciers in the tropical Andes: A multi-century perspective on glacier evolution and climate change

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-102

  Rabatel, A ^a   Francou, B ^a   Soruco, A ^b   Gomez, J ^c   Caceres B ^d   Ceballos, J L ^e   Basantes, R ^a,f   Vuille, M ^g   Sicart, J E ^a   Huggel, C ^h   Scheel, M ^h   Lejeune, Y ⁱ   Arnaud, Y ^a   Collet, M ^a,f   Condom, T ^a   Consoli, G ^a   Favier, V ^a   Jomelli, V ^j   Galarraga, R ^f   Ginot, P ^a,k   Maisincho, L ^d   Mendoza, J ^b   Menegoz M ^a   Ramirez, E ^b   Ribstein, P ^l   Suarez, W ^m   Villacis, M ^f   Wagnon, P ^a   more..

^a VERIMAG   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^c IGEMA Calle 27 ^*  (Peru)

^d INAMHI   (Ecuador)

^e IDEAM   (Colombia)

^f ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^g STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ CNRS   (France)

^j LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^k OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

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

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; EL NINO; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOLOGY; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; SURFACE AREA; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOSPHERE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WARMING;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; COLOMBIA; ECUADOR;

EID: 84873930214     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-81-2013     Document Type: Article

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