Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-619-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-619-2017
Research article
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24 Feb 2017
Research article |  | 24 Feb 2017

Recent geodetic mass balance of Monte Tronador glaciers, northern Patagonian Andes

Lucas Ruiz, Etienne Berthier, Maximiliano Viale, Pierre Pitte, and Mariano H. Masiokas

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Our paper assesses the glacier mass change in the northern Patagonian Andes of Argentina and Chile, which is crucial to understanding how climate change is affecting them. We have found that between 2000 and 2012, glaciers in this region were slightly out of balance, with larger valley glaciers losing more mass than smaller mountain glaciers. The slightly negative mass balance of the northern Patagonian Andes contrasts with the highly negative mass balance of the Patagonian ice fields.
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