Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-927-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-927-2016
Research article
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26 Apr 2016
Research article |  | 26 Apr 2016

Reconstructing the annual mass balance of the Echaurren Norte glacier (Central Andes, 33.5° S) using local and regional hydroclimatic data

Mariano H. Masiokas, Duncan A. Christie, Carlos Le Quesne, Pierre Pitte, Lucas Ruiz, Ricardo Villalba, Brian H. Luckman, Etienne Berthier, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, Álvaro González-Reyes, James McPhee, and Gonzalo Barcaza

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (11 Mar 2016) by Valentina Radic
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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (05 Apr 2016) by Valentina Radic
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Short summary
Glacier Echaurren Norte (ECH, 34° S) has the longest (> 35 yrs) mass-balance record in South America. A minimal model that explains 78 % of the variance in the ECH annual record identifies precipitation as the most important forcing. A regional streamflow series allows for extending the ECH annual record back to 1909 and shows a clear cumulative ice-mass loss. Similarities with documented glacier advances and other shorter mass-balance series suggest the ECH reconstruction is regionally representative.