DOI: 10.1002/2015MS000482
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84959387603
论文题名: Modeling modern glacier response to climate changes along the Andes Cordillera: A multiscale review
作者: Fernández A ; , Mark B ; G
刊名: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
ISSN: 19422466
出版年: 2016
卷: 8, 期: 1 起始页码: 467
结束页码: 495
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Climate change
; Energy balance
; Glacial geology
; Glaciers
; Andes Cordillera
; Calibration periods
; Continental scale
; Energy balance models
; Local observations
; Small-scale modeling
; Surface mass balance
; Temperature index models
; Climate models
; climate change
; energy balance
; glacier dynamics
; glacier mass balance
; heterogeneity
; literature review
; numerical model
; Andes
; Cordillera Central [Andes]
; Patagonia
英文摘要: Here we review the literature preferentially concerned with modern glacier-climate modeling along the Andes. We find a diverse range of modeling approaches, from empirical/statistical models to relatively complex energy balance procedures. We analyzed these models at three different spatial scales. First, we review global approaches that have included the Andes. Second, we depict and analyze modeling exercises aimed at studying Andean glaciers as a whole. Our revision shows only two studies dealing with glacier modeling at this continental scale. We contend that this regional approach is increasingly necessary because it allows for connecting the "average-out" tendency of global studies to local observations or models, in order to comprehend scales of variability and heterogeneity. Third, we revise small-scale modeling, finding that the overwhelming number of studies have targeted glaciers in Patagonia. We also find that most studies use temperature-index models and that energy balance models are still not widely utilized. However, there is no clear spatial pattern of model complexity. We conclude with a discussion of both the limitations of certain approaches, as for example the use of short calibration periods for long-term modeling, and also the opportunities for improved understanding afforded by new methods and techniques, such as climatic downscaling. We also propose ways to future developments, in which observations and models can be combined to improve current understanding of volumetric glacier changes and their climate causes. © 2016. The Authors. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/75934
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作者单位: Department of Geography, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States; Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States; Department of Geography, Universidad de Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile
Recommended Citation:
Fernández A,, Mark B,G. Modeling modern glacier response to climate changes along the Andes Cordillera: A multiscale review[J]. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems,2016-01-01,8(1)