Publication: Understanding climate-driven processes for data-scarce mountain glaciers : insights from reanalysis data and global climate models, as well as in-situ and remote sensing sources
Understanding climate-driven processes for data-scarce mountain glaciers : insights from reanalysis data and global climate models, as well as in-situ and remote sensing sources
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Schauwecker, S. M. (2017). Understanding climate-driven processes for data-scarce mountain glaciers : insights from reanalysis data and global climate models, as well as in-situ and remote sensing sources. (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-148761
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Most glaciers in the world have been shrinking since the middle of the 19th century. Vanishing glaciers in the tropical Andes and the Himalayas may have severe local and regional impacts on water availability and natural hazards. The observed changes in high mountains, together with the often strong emotional and spiritual connection of local cultures to glaciers, have given rise to worries about adaptation to climate change and related glacier shrinkage. Despite the increasing concern about the future of glaciers in countries like In
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Schauwecker, S. M. (2017). Understanding climate-driven processes for data-scarce mountain glaciers : insights from reanalysis data and global climate models, as well as in-situ and remote sensing sources. (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-148761
