Recent mass-balance changes of Agua Negra glacier (30°S) in the Desert Andes of Argentina
The Desert Andes contain >4500 ice masses, but only a handful are currently being monitored. We present the mass changes of the small mountain glacier Agua Negra (1 km2) and of the rest of glaciers in the Jáchal river basin. Remote-sensing data show Agua Negra glacier lost 23% of its area during...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:9cb07ce14c2c4297a74d96361e2bb3f9 2023-05-15T16:57:32+02:00 Recent mass-balance changes of Agua Negra glacier (30°S) in the Desert Andes of Argentina Pierre Pitte Mariano Masiokas Hernán Gargantini Lucas Ruiz Etienne Berthier Lidia Ferri Hidalgo Laura Zalazar Inés Dussaillant Maximiliano Viale Valentina Zorzut Ernesto Corvalán Juan Pablo Scarpa Gustavo Costa Ricardo Villalba 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.22 https://doaj.org/article/9cb07ce14c2c4297a74d96361e2bb3f9 EN eng Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143022000223/type/journal_article https://doaj.org/toc/0022-1430 https://doaj.org/toc/1727-5652 doi:10.1017/jog.2022.22 0022-1430 1727-5652 https://doaj.org/article/9cb07ce14c2c4297a74d96361e2bb3f9 Journal of Glaciology, Vol 68, Pp 1197-1209 (2022) Accumulation glacier ablation phenomena glacier fluctuations glacier mass balance mountain glaciers Environmental sciences GE1-350 Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.22 2023-03-12T01:30:54Z The Desert Andes contain >4500 ice masses, but only a handful are currently being monitored. We present the mass changes of the small mountain glacier Agua Negra (1 km2) and of the rest of glaciers in the Jáchal river basin. Remote-sensing data show Agua Negra glacier lost 23% of its area during 1959–2019. Glaciological measurements during 2014–2021 indicate an average annual mass balance of −0.52 m w.e. a−1, with mean winter and summer balances of 0.80 and −1.33 m w.e. a−1, respectively. The Equilibrium Line Altitude (ELA) is estimated to be 5100 ± 100 m a.s.l., which corresponds to an Accumulation Area Ratio (AAR) of 0.28 ± 0.21. Geodetic data from SRTM X and Pléiades show a doubling of the loss rate from −0.32 ± 0.03 m w.e. a−1 in 2000–2013, to −0.66 ± 0.06 m w.e. a−1 in 2013–2019. Comparatively, the ice losses for the entire Jáchal river basin (25 500 km2) derived from ASTER show less negative values, −0.11 ± 16 m w.e. a−1 for 2000–2012 and −0.23 ± 14 m w.e. a−1 for 2012–2018. The regional warming trend since 1979 and a recent decline in snow accumulation are probably driving the observed glacier mass balance. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Argentina Ela ENVELOPE(9.642,9.642,63.170,63.170) Journal of Glaciology 68 272 1197 1209 |
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The Desert Andes contain >4500 ice masses, but only a handful are currently being monitored. We present the mass changes of the small mountain glacier Agua Negra (1 km2) and of the rest of glaciers in the Jáchal river basin. Remote-sensing data show Agua Negra glacier lost 23% of its area during 1959–2019. Glaciological measurements during 2014–2021 indicate an average annual mass balance of −0.52 m w.e. a−1, with mean winter and summer balances of 0.80 and −1.33 m w.e. a−1, respectively. The Equilibrium Line Altitude (ELA) is estimated to be 5100 ± 100 m a.s.l., which corresponds to an Accumulation Area Ratio (AAR) of 0.28 ± 0.21. Geodetic data from SRTM X and Pléiades show a doubling of the loss rate from −0.32 ± 0.03 m w.e. a−1 in 2000–2013, to −0.66 ± 0.06 m w.e. a−1 in 2013–2019. Comparatively, the ice losses for the entire Jáchal river basin (25 500 km2) derived from ASTER show less negative values, −0.11 ± 16 m w.e. a−1 for 2000–2012 and −0.23 ± 14 m w.e. a−1 for 2012–2018. The regional warming trend since 1979 and a recent decline in snow accumulation are probably driving the observed glacier mass balance. |
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Pierre Pitte Mariano Masiokas Hernán Gargantini Lucas Ruiz Etienne Berthier Lidia Ferri Hidalgo Laura Zalazar Inés Dussaillant Maximiliano Viale Valentina Zorzut Ernesto Corvalán Juan Pablo Scarpa Gustavo Costa Ricardo Villalba |
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Pierre Pitte Mariano Masiokas Hernán Gargantini Lucas Ruiz Etienne Berthier Lidia Ferri Hidalgo Laura Zalazar Inés Dussaillant Maximiliano Viale Valentina Zorzut Ernesto Corvalán Juan Pablo Scarpa Gustavo Costa Ricardo Villalba |
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Recent mass-balance changes of Agua Negra glacier (30°S) in the Desert Andes of Argentina |
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Recent mass-balance changes of Agua Negra glacier (30°S) in the Desert Andes of Argentina |
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Recent mass-balance changes of Agua Negra glacier (30°S) in the Desert Andes of Argentina |
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Recent mass-balance changes of Agua Negra glacier (30°S) in the Desert Andes of Argentina |
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Recent mass-balance changes of Agua Negra glacier (30°S) in the Desert Andes of Argentina |
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