A near 90-year record of the evolution of El Morado Glacier and its proglacial lake, Central Chilean Andes

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Farías-Barahona, David, Wilson, Ryan, Bravo, Claudio, Vivero, Sebastián, Caro, Alexis, Shaw, Thomas E., Casassa, Gino, Ayala, Álvaro, Mejías, Alonso, Harrison, Stephan, Glasser, Neil F., McPhee, James, Wündrich, Olaf, Braun, Matthias H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2020
• Subjects: Geodetic Glacier; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.52; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143020000520

Abstract Using an ensemble of close- and long-range remote sensing, lake bathymetry and regional meteorological data, we present a detailed assessment of the geometric changes of El Morado Glacier in the Central Andes of Chile and its adjacent proglacial lake between 1932 and 2019. Overall, the resu...