Articles | Volume 16, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4659-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4659-2022
Research article
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04 Nov 2022
Research article |  | 04 Nov 2022

New insights into the decadal variability in glacier volume of a tropical ice cap, Antisana (0°29′ S, 78°09′ W), explained by the morpho-topographic and climatic context

Rubén Basantes-Serrano, Antoine Rabatel, Bernard Francou, Christian Vincent, Alvaro Soruco, Thomas Condom, and Jean Carlo Ruíz

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New insights into the decadal variability in glacier volume of a tropical ice-cap explained by the morpho-topographic and climatic context, Antisana, (0°29’ S, 78°09’ W) Rubén Basantes-Serrano, Antoine Rabatel, Bernard Francou, Christian Vincent, Alvaro Soruco, Thomas Condom, and Jean Carlo Ruíz https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7122112

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We assessed the volume variation of 17 glaciers on the Antisana ice cap, near the Equator. We used aerial and satellite images for the period 1956–2016. We highlight very negative changes in 1956–1964 and 1979–1997 and slightly negative or even positive conditions in 1965–1978 and 1997–2016, the latter despite the recent increase in temperatures. Glaciers react according to regional climate variability, while local humidity and topography influence the specific behaviour of each glacier.