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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-759-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-759-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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01 Mar 2018
Review article | Highlight paper |
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The European mountain cryosphere: a review of its current state, trends, and future challenges
Martin Beniston
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Department of Physics, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Daniel Farinotti
Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Department F-A Forel for Aquatic and Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Liss M. Andreassen
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Oslo, Norway
Erika Coppola
Abdus Salaam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
Nicolas Eckert
Institut National de Recherche sur les Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture (IRSTEA), Saint Martin d'Hères, France
Adriano Fantini
Abdus Salaam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
Florie Giacona
Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Institut National de Recherche sur les Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture (IRSTEA), Saint Martin d'Hères, France
Christian Hauck
University of Fribourg, Department of Geosciences, Fribourg, Switzerland
Matthias Huss
University of Fribourg, Department of Geosciences, Fribourg, Switzerland
Hendrik Huwald
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratory for Cryospheric Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland
Michael Lehning
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratory for Cryospheric Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute for Avalanche Research (SLF), Davos, Switzerland
Juan-Ignacio López-Moreno
Institute for Pyrenean Ecology (IPE-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
Jan Magnusson
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Oslo, Norway
Christoph Marty
Swiss Federal Institute for Avalanche Research (SLF), Davos, Switzerland
Enrique Morán-Tejéda
University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Samuel Morin
Météo France, Centre d'Études de la Neige, Saint Martin d'Hères, France
Mohamed Naaim
Institut National de Recherche sur les Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture (IRSTEA), Saint Martin d'Hères, France
Antonello Provenzale
CNR, Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, Pisa, Italy
Antoine Rabatel
Univertisé Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS, IRD, G-INP, IGE (UMR 5001), 38000 Grenoble, France
Delphine Six
Univertisé Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS, IRD, G-INP, IGE (UMR 5001), 38000 Grenoble, France
Johann Stötter
University of Innsbruck, Institute of Geography, Innsbruck, Austria
Ulrich Strasser
University of Innsbruck, Institute of Geography, Innsbruck, Austria
Silvia Terzago
CNR, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC-CNR), Turin, Italy
Christian Vincent
Univertisé Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS, IRD, G-INP, IGE (UMR 5001), 38000 Grenoble, France
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Short summary
This paper makes a rather exhaustive overview of current knowledge of past, current, and future aspects of cryospheric issues in continental Europe and makes a number of reflections of areas of uncertainty requiring more attention in both scientific and policy terms. The review paper is completed by a bibliography containing 350 recent references that will certainly be of value to scholars engaged in the fields of glacier, snow, and permafrost research.
This paper makes a rather exhaustive overview of current knowledge of past, current, and future...
