Recent mass-balance changes of Agua Negra glacier (30°S) in the Desert Andes of Argentina

Pitte, Pierre; Masiokas, Mariano; Gargantini, Hernán; Ruiz, Lucas; Berthier, Etienne; Ferri Hidalgo, Lidia; Zalazar, Laura; Dussaillant, Inés; Viale, Maximiliano; Zorzut, Valentina; Corvalán, Ernesto; Pablo Scarpa, Juan; Costa, Gustavo; Villalba, Ricardo

doi:10.1017/jog.2022.22

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Recent mass-balance changes of Agua Negra glacier (30°S) in the Desert Andes of Argentina

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Authors:

Pierre Pitte

Mariano Masiokas

Hernán Gargantini

Abstract

The Desert Andes contain >4500 ice masses, but only a handful are currently being monitored. We present the mass changes of the small mountain glacier Agua Negra (1 km2) and of the rest of glaciers in the Jáchal river basin. Remote-sensing data show Agua Negra glacier lost 23% of its area during 195...

Subject

glacier fluctuations

glacier mass balance

QC851-999

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