The 2015/16 El Nino-related glacier changes in the tropical Andes

doi:10.1007/s11707-018-0738-4

	The 2015/16 El Nino-related glacier changes in the tropical Andes
	Veettil, Bijeesh Kozhikkodan 1; Simoes, Jefferson Cardia 2
	2019-06-01
发表期刊	FRONTIERS OF EARTH SCIENCE
ISSN	2095-0195
EISSN	2095-0209
卷号	13 期号:2 页码:422-429
摘要	Significant changes in the area and snowline altitude of two glacierized mountains - Nevado Champara (Cordillera Blanca, Peru) and Cerro Tilata (Cordillera Real, Bolivia) - in the tropical Andes, before and after the recent El Nino in 2015/16 period, have been analysed using Sentinel 2A and Landsat data. It is seen that the recent El Nino has been accompanied by higher fluctuation in glacier coverage on Nevado Champara and the loss of glacier coverage on Cerro Tilata was very high during the past 16 years. Rise in snowline altitude of selected glaciers was very high after the 2015/16 El Nino. Increase in the area covered by snow and ice during the La Nina periods were not enough to cover the ice loss occurred during the previous El Nino events and the strongest El Nino in 2015/16 was followed by a significant loss of ice-covered areas in the tropical Andes. Freshwater resources in this region will be affected in the near future if the current trends in glacier decline continue. Adaptation strategies needs to be implemented to reduce the impacts of the continuing loss of glacierized on regional communities in the tropical Andean region.
关键词	ENSO tropical Andes glacier loss snowline altitude Sentinel 2A
DOI	10.1007/s11707-018-0738-4
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS关键词	Geology
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000468328700015
出版者	SPRINGER
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文献类型	期刊论文
专题	任务一_子任务一循证社会科学证据集成任务一
作者单位	1.Ton Duc Thang Univ, Dept Management Sci & Technol Dev, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2.Ton Duc Thang Univ, Fac Environm & Labour Safety, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Veettil, Bijeesh Kozhikkodan,Simoes, Jefferson Cardia. The 2015/16 El Nino-related glacier changes in the tropical Andes[J]. FRONTIERS OF EARTH SCIENCE,2019,13(2):422-429.
APA	Veettil, Bijeesh Kozhikkodan,&Simoes, Jefferson Cardia.(2019).The 2015/16 El Nino-related glacier changes in the tropical Andes.FRONTIERS OF EARTH SCIENCE,13(2),422-429.
MLA	Veettil, Bijeesh Kozhikkodan,et al."The 2015/16 El Nino-related glacier changes in the tropical Andes".FRONTIERS OF EARTH SCIENCE 13.2(2019):422-429.