The objective of the study was the multi-temporal analysis between 1975 and 2015, on changes in glacier coverage in the snowy Allin Capac and Chichi Capac, Peru. The area covered by glaciers was estimated using the supervised classification method for Landsat 2 image and the normalized difference snow index for Landsat 5 and Landsat 8 images. The results of the analysis show a drastic decrease of the glacier cover in the snowy Allin Capac and Chichi Capac. Thus, in 1975 the area of ​​glacier coverage was 52.3 km2 and by 2015 was reduced to 16.9 km2, losing a total of 35.6 km2. In 1975, the 35% of the glacier coverage was below the 5000 m.a.s.l. and by the 2015 it represents only 9% of the total glacier area. The greatest setback is evident in the last three decades of the 20th century, with a smaller decline during the first two decades of the 21th century. It is concluded that ...

The objective of the study was the multi-temporal analysis between 1975 and 2015, on changes in glacier coverage in the snowy Allin Capac and Chichi Capac, Peru. The area covered by glaciers was estimated using the supervised classification method for Landsat 2 image and the normalized difference snow index for Landsat 5 and Landsat 8 images. The results of the analysis show a drastic decrease of the glacier cover in the snowy Allin Capac and Chichi Capac. Thus, in 1975 the area of ​​glacier coverage was 52.3 km2 and by 2015 was reduced to 16.9 km2, losing a total of 35.6 km2. In 1975, the 35% of the glacier coverage was below the 5000 m.a.s.l. and by the 2015 it represents only 9% of the total glacier area. The greatest setback is evident in the last three decades of the 20th century, with a smaller decline during the first two decades of the 21th century. It is concluded that ...

The objective of the study was the multi-temporal analysis between 1975 and 2015, on changes in glacier coverage in the snowy Allin Capac and Chichi Capac, Peru. The area covered by glaciers was estimated using the supervised classification method for Landsat 2 image and the normalized difference snow index for Landsat 5 and Landsat 8 images. The results of the analysis show a drastic decrease of the glacier cover in the snowy Allin Capac and Chichi Capac. Thus, in 1975 the area of ​​glacier coverage was 52.3 km2 and by 2015 was reduced to 16.9 km2, losing a total of 35.6 km2. In 1975, the 35% of the glacier coverage was below the 5000 m.a.s.l. and by the 2015 it represents only 9% of the total glacier area. The greatest setback is evident in the last three decades of the 20th century, with a smaller decline during the first two decades of the 21th century. It is concluded that ...

Una alternativa para evaluar los impactos del cambio climático (CC) sobre los ecosistemas de montaña, es a través del uso de Zonas de Vida de Holdridge (HLZ). Se evaluaron los efectos del CC sobre las HLZ de la cordillera Carabaya para un futuro centrado en el 2050 y 2070 de acuerdo a proyecciones de los Modelos de Circulación General, y bajo dos escenarios de emisión RCP4.5 y RCP8.5. Las HLZ para el periodo de referencia (1961-1990), fueron determinados con el modelo bioclimático de Holdridge a partir de información climática grillada del WorldClim (WC) previa reducción de escala estadística y validación con información climática observada. Se determinaron 9 HLZ para la cordillera Carabaya, siendo los más representativos, el Páramo (41.2%), Bosque húmedo-Montano Subtropical (bh-MS, 20.3%) y la Tundra (14.6%); la zona Nival ocupa el 2.2%. Los cambios más alarmantes se ob...

The objective of the study was the multi-temporal analysis between 1975 and 2015, on changes in glacier coverage in the snowy Allin Capac and Chichi Capac, Peru. The area covered by glaciers was estimated using the supervised classification method for Landsat 2 image and the normalized difference snow index for Landsat 5 and Landsat 8 images. The results of the analysis show a drastic decrease of the glacier cover in the snowy Allin Capac and Chichi Capac. Thus, in 1975 the area of ​​glacier coverage was 52.3 km2 and by 2015 was reduced to 16.9 km2, losing a total of 35.6 km2. In 1975, the 35% of the glacier coverage was below the 5000 m.a.s.l. and by the 2015 it represents only 9% of the total glacier area. The greatest setback is evident in the last three decades of the 20th century, with a smaller decline during the first two decades of the 21th century. It is concluded that ...