Recent glacier retreat and climate trends in Cordillera Huaytapallana, Peru

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 112, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Lopez Moreno J I ^a   Fontaneda, S ^a   Bazo, J ^b   Revuelto, J ^a   Azorin Molina, C ^a   Valero Garces B ^a   Moran Tejeda E ^a   Vicente Serrano, S M ^a   Zubieta, R ^c   Alejo Cochachin J ^d  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

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

^c INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^d Division of Glaciers and Water Resources   (Peru)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cordillera Huaytapallana; Glacier retreat; Lake formation; Peru; Snow line

Indexed keywords

CORDILLERA HUAYTAPALLANA; GLACIER RETREAT; LAKE FORMATION; PERU; SNOWLINE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKES; SNOW; WATER RESOURCES;

LANDFORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; DEGLACIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MELTING; MOUNTAIN REGION; SNOWLINE; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING;

CORDILLERA HUAYTAPALLANA; JUNIN; PERU;

EID: 84887810493     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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