Current state of glaciers in the tropical Andes: a multi-century perspective on glacier evolution and climate change
International audience The aim of this paper is to provide the community with a comprehensive overview of the studies of glaciers in the tropical Andes conducted in recent decades leading to the current status of the glaciers in the context of climate change. In terms of changes in surface area and...
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International audience The aim of this paper is to provide the community with a comprehensive overview of the studies of glaciers in the tropical Andes conducted in recent decades leading to the current status of the glaciers in the context of climate change. In terms of changes in surface area and length, we show that the glacier retreat in the tropical Andes over the last three decades is unprecedented since the maximum extension of the Little Ice Age (LIA, mid-17th-early 18th century). In terms of changes in mass balance, although there have been some sporadic gains on several glaciers, we show that the trend has been quite negative over the past 50 yr, with a mean mass balance deficit for glaciers in the tropical Andes that is slightly more negative than the one computed on a global scale. A break point in the trend appeared in the late 1970s with mean annual mass balance per year decreasing from -0.2mw. e. in the period 1964-1975 to -0.76mw. e. in the period 1976-2010. In addition, even if glaciers are currently retreating everywhere in the tropical Andes, it should be noted that this is much more pronounced on small glaciers at low altitudes that do not have a permanent accumulation zone, and which could disappear in the coming years/decades. Monthly mass balance measurements performed in Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia show that variability of the surface temperature of the Pacific Ocean is the main factor governing variability of the mass balance at the decadal timescale. Precipitation did not display a significant trend in the tropical Andes in the 20th century, and consequently cannot explain the glacier recession. On the other hand, temperature increased at a significant rate of 0.10 degrees C decade(-1) in the last 70 yr. The higher frequency of El Nino events and changes in its spatial and temporal occurrence since the late 1970s together with a warming troposphere over the tropical Andes may thus explain much of the recent dramatic shrinkage of glaciers in this part of the world. |
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Current state of glaciers in the tropical Andes: a multi-century perspective on glacier evolution and climate change |
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Current state of glaciers in the tropical Andes: a multi-century perspective on glacier evolution and climate change |
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Current state of glaciers in the tropical Andes: a multi-century perspective on glacier evolution and climate change |
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Current state of glaciers in the tropical Andes: a multi-century perspective on glacier evolution and climate change |
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current state of glaciers in the tropical andes: a multi-century perspective on glacier evolution and climate change |
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ftunigrenoble:oai:HAL:hal-01195809v1 2024-09-15T18:38:56+00:00 Current state of glaciers in the tropical Andes: a multi-century perspective on glacier evolution and climate change Rabatel, A. Francou, B. Soruco, A. Gomez, J. Cáceres, B. Ceballos, J. L. Basantes, R. Vuille, M. Sicart, J. -E. Huggel, C. Scheel, M. Lejeune, Y. Arnaud, Y. Collet, M. Condom, T. Consoli, G. Favier, V. Jomelli, V. Galarraga, R. Ginot, P. Maisincho, L. Mendoza, J. Menegoz, M. Ramírez, E. Ribstein, P. Suarez, W. Villacis, M. Wagnon, P. Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement (LGGE) Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) CHYC Laboratoire d'étude des transferts en hydrologie et environnement (LTHE) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA) ANA, UGRH INAMHI (INAMHI) Ministerio de Minas y Energia Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales ? IDEAM Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences Albany (DAES) University at Albany SUNY State University of New York (SUNY)-State University of New York (SUNY) Department of Geography Zürich Universität Zürich Zürich = University of Zurich (UZH) Météo-France Direction Interrégionale Sud-Est (DIRSE) Météo-France Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN) CLIPS Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG) Laboratoire de géographie physique : Environnements Quaternaires et Actuels (LGP) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Structure et fonctionnement des systèmes hydriques continentaux (SISYPHE) Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) SENAMHI French IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement) through the Andean part of the French glaciers observatory service: GLACIOCLIM French IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement) through the JEAI-IMAGE Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Swiss Federal Office for the Environment Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia e Hidrologia del Peru Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation US-NSF US State Department CARE CNES/SPOT-Image ISIS program 503 CNRS-INSU SENESCYT-EPN-PIC-08-506 Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN) World Bank Inter-American Institute 2013 https://hal.science/hal-01195809 https://hal.science/hal-01195809/document https://hal.science/hal-01195809/file/tc-7-81-2013.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-81-2013 en eng HAL CCSD Copernicus info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5194/tc-7-81-2013 hal-01195809 https://hal.science/hal-01195809 https://hal.science/hal-01195809/document https://hal.science/hal-01195809/file/tc-7-81-2013.pdf doi:10.5194/tc-7-81-2013 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 1994-0424 EISSN: 1994-0416 The Cryosphere https://hal.science/hal-01195809 The Cryosphere, 2013, 7 (1), pp.81-102. ⟨10.5194/tc-7-81-2013⟩ [SDU.STU.HY]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Hydrology [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2013 ftunigrenoble https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-81-2013 2024-07-15T23:41:01Z International audience The aim of this paper is to provide the community with a comprehensive overview of the studies of glaciers in the tropical Andes conducted in recent decades leading to the current status of the glaciers in the context of climate change. In terms of changes in surface area and length, we show that the glacier retreat in the tropical Andes over the last three decades is unprecedented since the maximum extension of the Little Ice Age (LIA, mid-17th-early 18th century). In terms of changes in mass balance, although there have been some sporadic gains on several glaciers, we show that the trend has been quite negative over the past 50 yr, with a mean mass balance deficit for glaciers in the tropical Andes that is slightly more negative than the one computed on a global scale. A break point in the trend appeared in the late 1970s with mean annual mass balance per year decreasing from -0.2mw. e. in the period 1964-1975 to -0.76mw. e. in the period 1976-2010. In addition, even if glaciers are currently retreating everywhere in the tropical Andes, it should be noted that this is much more pronounced on small glaciers at low altitudes that do not have a permanent accumulation zone, and which could disappear in the coming years/decades. Monthly mass balance measurements performed in Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia show that variability of the surface temperature of the Pacific Ocean is the main factor governing variability of the mass balance at the decadal timescale. Precipitation did not display a significant trend in the tropical Andes in the 20th century, and consequently cannot explain the glacier recession. On the other hand, temperature increased at a significant rate of 0.10 degrees C decade(-1) in the last 70 yr. The higher frequency of El Nino events and changes in its spatial and temporal occurrence since the late 1970s together with a warming troposphere over the tropical Andes may thus explain much of the recent dramatic shrinkage of glaciers in this part of the world. Article in Journal/Newspaper The Cryosphere Université Grenoble Alpes: HAL The Cryosphere 7 1 81 102 |