Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1779-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1779-2022
Brief communication
 | 
10 May 2022
Brief communication |  | 10 May 2022

Brief communication: A framework to classify glaciers for water resource evaluation and management in the Southern Andes

Nicole Schaffer and Shelley MacDonell

Related authors

Contrasting geophysical signatures of a relict and an intact Andean rock glacier
Giulia de Pasquale, Rémi Valois, Nicole Schaffer, and Shelley MacDonell
The Cryosphere, 16, 1579–1596, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1579-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1579-2022, 2022
Short summary
Impact of forcing on sublimation simulations for a high mountain catchment in the semiarid Andes
Marion Réveillet, Shelley MacDonell, Simon Gascoin, Christophe Kinnard, Stef Lhermitte, and Nicole Schaffer
The Cryosphere, 14, 147–163, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-147-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-147-2020, 2020

Related subject area

Discipline: Glaciers | Subject: Alpine Glaciers
Unprecedented 21st century glacier loss on Mt. Hood, Oregon, USA
Nicolas Bakken-French, Stephen J. Boyer, B. Clay Southworth, Megan Thayne, Dylan H. Rood, and Anders E. Carlson
The Cryosphere, 18, 4517–4530, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-4517-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-4517-2024, 2024
Short summary
Mapping and characterization of avalanches on mountain glaciers with Sentinel-1 satellite imagery
Marin Kneib, Amaury Dehecq, Fanny Brun, Fatima Karbou, Laurane Charrier, Silvan Leinss, Patrick Wagnon, and Fabien Maussion
The Cryosphere, 18, 2809–2830, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2809-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2809-2024, 2024
Short summary
Brief communication: Recent estimates of glacier mass loss for western North America from laser altimetry
Brian Menounos, Alex Gardner, Caitlyn Florentine, and Andrew Fountain
The Cryosphere, 18, 889–894, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-889-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-889-2024, 2024
Short summary
The Aneto glacier's (Central Pyrenees) evolution from 1981 to 2022: ice loss observed from historic aerial image photogrammetry and remote sensing techniques
Ixeia Vidaller, Eñaut Izagirre, Luis Mariano del Rio, Esteban Alonso-González, Francisco Rojas-Heredia, Enrique Serrano, Ana Moreno, Juan Ignacio López-Moreno, and Jesús Revuelto
The Cryosphere, 17, 3177–3192, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3177-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3177-2023, 2023
Short summary
Modelling point mass balance for the glaciers of the Central European Alps using machine learning techniques
Ritu Anilkumar, Rishikesh Bharti, Dibyajyoti Chutia, and Shiv Prasad Aggarwal
The Cryosphere, 17, 2811–2828, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2811-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2811-2023, 2023
Short summary

Cited articles

Ayala, A., Pellicciotti, F., MacDonell, S., McPhee, J., Vivero, S., Campos, C., and Egli, P.: Modelling the hydrological response of debris-free and debris-covered glaciers to present climatic conditions in the semiarid Andes of central Chile, Hydrol. Process., 30, 4036–4058, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10971, 2016. 
Azócar, G. F. and Brenning, A.: Hydrological and geomorphological significance of rock glaciers in the Dry Andes, Chile (27–33 S), Permafrost Periglac., 21, 42–53, https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.669, 2010. 
Barcaza, G., Nussbaumer, S. U., Tapia, G., Valdés, J., García, J., Videla, Y., Albornoz, A., and Arias, V.: Glacier inventory and recent glacier variations in the Andes of Chile, South America, Ann. Glaciol., 58, 166–180, https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2017.28, 2017. 
Barraza, F., Lambert, F., MacDonell, S., Sinclair, K., Fernandoy, F., and Jorquera, H.: Major atmospheric particulate matter sources for glaciers in Coquimbo Region, Chile, Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res., 28, 36817–36827, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-12933-7, 2021. 
Bonnaventure, P. P. and Lamoureux, S. F.: The active layer: A conceptual review of monitoring, modelling techniques and changes in a warming climate, Prog. Phys. Geogr., 37, 352–376, https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133313478314, 2013. 
Download
Short summary
Over the last 2 decades the importance of Andean glaciers, particularly as water resources, has been recognized in both scientific literature and the public sphere. This has led to the inclusion of glaciers in environmental impact assessment and the development of glacier protection laws. We propose three categories that group glaciers based on their environmental sensitivity to hopefully help facilitate the effective application of these measures and evaluation of water resources in general.