Assessment of CMIP6 performance and projected temperature and precipitation changes over South America

M Almazroui, M Ashfaq, MN Islam, IU Rashid… - Earth Systems and …, 2021‏ - Springer
We evaluate the performance of a large ensemble of Global Climate Models (GCMs) from
the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) over South America for a …

Fluctuations of the Universidad Glacier in the Andes of central Chile (34 S) during the latest Holocene derived from a 10Be moraine chronology

H Fernández-Navarro, JL García… - Quaternary Science …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The reconstruction of glacier fluctuations during the latest Holocene (< 1000 years) is
necessary for understanding the climate context preceding the warmer conditions of the 20th …

Glacial lakes in the andes under a changing climate: a review

BK Veettil, U Kamp - Journal of Earth Science, 2021‏ - Springer
In this article, we review the current knowledge of the glacial recession and related glacial
lake development in the Andes of South America. Since the mid-1980s, hundreds of glacial …

[HTML][HTML] Glacial lakes of the Central and Patagonian Andes

R Wilson, NF Glasser, JM Reynolds, S Harrison… - Global and Planetary …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The prevalence and increased frequency of high-magnitude Glacial Lake Outburst Floods
(GLOFs) in the Chilean and Argentinean Andes suggests this region will be prone to similar …

Snow cover and snow albedo changes in the central Andes of Chile and Argentina from daily MODIS observations (2000–2016)

JK Malmros, SH Mernild, R Wilson, T Tagesson… - Remote Sensing of …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The variables of snow cover extent (SCE), snow cover duration (SCD), and snow albedo
(SAL) are primary factors determining the surface energy balance and hydrological …

[HTML][HTML] Glacier runoff variations since 1955 in the Maipo River basin, in the semiarid Andes of central Chile

Á Ayala, D Farías-Barahona, M Huss… - The …, 2020‏ - tc.copernicus.org
As glaciers adjust their size in response to climate variations, long-term changes in
meltwater production can be expected, affecting the local availability of water resources. We …

Hydrological response of Andean catchments to recent glacier mass loss

A Caro, T Condom, A Rabatel, N Champollion… - The …, 2024‏ - tc.copernicus.org
The impacts of the accelerated glacier retreat in recent decades on glacier runoff changes
are still unknown in most Andean catchments, increasing uncertainties in estimating water …

Glacier change and glacier runoff variation in the Himalayan Baspa river basin

V Singh, SK Jain, S Shukla - Journal of Hydrology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Monitoring the changes in glaciers and their impact on melt runoff is significant to assess the
availability of water resources in the Himalayan basins. In this study, the spatial processes in …

Seasonal and elevational contrasts in temperature trends in Central Chile between 1979 and 2015

F Burger, B Brock, A Montecinos - Global and Planetary Change, 2018‏ - Elsevier
We analyze trends in temperature from 18 temperature stations and one upper air sounding
site at 30°–35° S in central Chile between 1979–2015, to explore geographical and season …

[HTML][HTML] The greater caucasus glacier inventory (Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan)

LG Tielidze, RD Wheate - The Cryosphere, 2018‏ - tc.copernicus.org
There have been numerous studies of glaciers in the Greater Caucasus, but none that have
generated a modern glacier database across the whole mountain range. Here, we present …