Sensitivities of the equilibrium line altitude to temperature and precipitation changes along the Andes

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 355-366

  Sagredo, Esteban A ^a,b   Rupper, Summer ^c   Lowell, Thomas V ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Andean glaciers; Andes; Climate change; Equilibrium line altitude; Glacier sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; TROPICS;

ANDES; EQUILIBRIUM LINE ALTITUDES; MASS-BALANCE MODELING; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; SENSITIVITY TO TEMPERATURES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER; GLACIOLOGY; MASS BALANCE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE ENERGY;

ANDES;

EID: 84897025321     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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