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

Salzmann, Nadine ; Huggel, C. ; Rohrer, M. ; Silverio, W. ; Mark, B. G. ; Burns, P. ; Portocarrero, C.

In: The Cryosphere, 2013, vol. 7, p. 103-118

The role of glaciers as temporal water reservoirs is particularly pronounced in the (outer) tropics because of the very distinct wet/dry seasons. Rapid glacier retreat caused by climatic changes is thus a major concern, and decision makers demand urgently for regional/local glacier evolution trends, ice mass estimates and runoff assessments. However, in remote mountain areas, spatial and temporal...