Current thermal state of permafrost and potential impact on the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in the Southern Peruvian Andes

• Main Authors: Yoshikawa, Kenji, Úbeda, Jose, Masías, Pablo, Pari, Walter, Vásquez, Pool, Apaza, Fredy, Callata, Betto, Luna, Gonzalo, Concha, Ronald, Iparraguirre, Joshua, Ramos, Isabel, Cruz, Rolando, Pellitero, Ramón, Bonshoms, Martí
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: The Altiplano; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10405

Tropical, high-mountain permafrost has a unique thermal regime due to its exposure to strong solar radiation and to the rougher surface snow morphology (due to an increased occurrence of penitentes -- that is, snow spikes and ridges ranging from centimeters to meters in height) which reduce convecti...