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Glacier thickness and ice volume of the Northern Andes

AbstractTropical glacier melt provides valuable water to surrounding communities, but climate change is projected to cause the demise of many of these glaciers within the coming century. Understanding the future of tropical glaciers requires a detailed record of their thicknesses and volumes, which is currently lacking in the Northern Andes. We calculate present-day (2015–2021) ice-thicknesses for all glaciers in Colombia and Ecuador using six different methods, and combine these into multi-model ensemble mean ice thickness and volume maps. We compare our results against available field-based measurements, and show that current ice volumes in Ecuador and Colombia are 2.49 ± 0.25 km3and 1.68 ± 0.24 km3respectively. We detected no motion on any remaining ice in Venezuela. The overall ice volume in the region, 4.17 ± 0.35 km3, is half of the previous best estimate of 8.11 km3. These data can be used to better evaluate the status and distribution of water resources, as input for models of future glacier change, and to assess regional geohazards associated with ice-clad volcanoes.
- University of Minnesota System United States
- University of Liverpool United Kingdom
- University of Minnesota United States
- Saint Anthony College of Nursing United States
- University of Minnesota Morris United States
Statistics and Probability, Data Descriptor, Atmospheric Science, Physical geography, 290, Science, Ice caps, FOS: Political science, Sea ice, Ice stream, FOS: Law, Library and Information Sciences, Oceanography, Education, Ice field, Arctic Permafrost Dynamics and Climate Change, Climate change, Glacier morphology, Glacier, Antarctic Comparison, Political science, Climatology, Geography, Q, Geology, Geomorphology, FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences, Computer Science Applications, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Physical Sciences, Impacts of Climate Change on Glaciers and Water Availability, Arctic Sea Ice Variability and Decline, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Demise, Cryosphere, Law, Information Systems
Statistics and Probability, Data Descriptor, Atmospheric Science, Physical geography, 290, Science, Ice caps, FOS: Political science, Sea ice, Ice stream, FOS: Law, Library and Information Sciences, Oceanography, Education, Ice field, Arctic Permafrost Dynamics and Climate Change, Climate change, Glacier morphology, Glacier, Antarctic Comparison, Political science, Climatology, Geography, Q, Geology, Geomorphology, FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences, Computer Science Applications, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Physical Sciences, Impacts of Climate Change on Glaciers and Water Availability, Arctic Sea Ice Variability and Decline, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Demise, Cryosphere, Law, Information Systems
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