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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-2235-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-2235-2014
Research article
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02 Dec 2014
Research article |  | 02 Dec 2014

Post-LIA glacier changes along a latitudinal transect in the Central Italian Alps

R. Scotti, F. Brardinoni, and G. B. Crosta

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A post-LIA multitemporal glacier inventory along a latitudinal transect in the Central Italian Alps shows that average annual decrease (AAD) in glacier area has risen by about ten times from 1860--1990 to 1990--2007. When considering glaciers smaller than 0.5 km2, post-1990 AAD follows the latitudinal gradient with maritime-like Orobie glaciers shrinking much less than Disgrazia and Livigno glaciers. We argue that the recent resilience of glaciers in Orobie is due to local climatic decoupling.