Decrease in snow cover over the Aysen river catchment in Patagonia, Chile

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: Perez, Tomas, Mattar Bader, Cristián, Fuster Gómez, Rodrigo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2018
• Subjects: Snow cover; MODIS; Aysen; Patagonia; Chile; Kendall; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/w10050619; https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/152362

The evidence for global warming can be seen in various forms, such as glacier shrinkage, sea ice retreat, sea level rise and air temperature increases. The magnitude of these changes tends to be critical over pristine and extreme biomes. Chilean Patagonia is one of the most pristine and uninhabited...