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Unravelling the sources of uncertainty in glacier runoff projections in the Patagonian Andes (40–56° S)
Rodrigo Aguayo
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Centro EULA, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
Department of Water and Climate, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Fabien Maussion
Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences (ACINN), Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Lilian Schuster
Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences (ACINN), Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Marius Schaefer
Instituto de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
Alexis Caro
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Grenoble-INP, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Grenoble, France
Patrick Schmitt
Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences (ACINN), Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Jonathan Mackay
British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, UK
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
Lizz Ultee
Department of Earth & Climate Sciences, Middlebury College, Middlebury, USA
Jorge Leon-Muñoz
Departamento de Química Ambiental, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile
Centro Interdisciplinario para la Investigación Acuícola (INCAR), Concepción, Chile
Centro de Energía, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile
Mauricio Aguayo
Centro EULA, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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Short summary
Predicting how much water will come from glaciers in the future is a complex task, and there are many factors that make it uncertain. Using a glacier model, we explored 1920 scenarios for each glacier in the Patagonian Andes. We found that the choice of the historical climate data was the most important factor, while other factors such as different data sources, climate models and emission scenarios played a smaller role.
Predicting how much water will come from glaciers in the future is a complex task, and there are...
