Climate variability and change in the Andean highlands

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dc.contributorUniversity of Connecticuten
dc.contributorUniversidad Mayor de San Andresen
dc.contributor.authorSeth, Anjien
dc.contributor.authorThibeault, Jeanne M.en
dc.contributor.authorGarcía, Magalien
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialAltiplanoen
dc.coverage.spatialBoliviaen
dc.coverage.spatialPerúen
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Americaen
dc.coverage.temporal2007en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:19:11Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:19:11Zen
dc.date.issued2007en
dc.description.abstractThe Altiplano region of Bolivia and Peru is vulnerable to both climate variability and climate change. Its proximity to El Niño and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO) yields changes in the rainy season from year-to-year. In addition, the region depends on snowpack and glacial meltwater for water resources during the long dry season, which are diminishing due to global warming. As part of a larger study to understand how market forces and climate change are affecting highland agriculture, this research explores recent and future climate variability and change in the region. The observed 20th century climate and recent trends are evaluated using global gridded datasets, and station data. In addition, several global climate models employed in the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are evaluated for the recent period. Preliminary analysis of the 21st century scenarios for the highland region are also presented.en
dc.description.notesavailable in SANREM office, ESIILTRA-4 (Practices and Strategies for Vulnerable Agro-Ecosystems)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier2286en
dc.identifier.citationPresented at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 17-21 April 2007en
dc.identifier.other2286_poster_handout.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66786en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectClimate changeen
dc.subjectClimate variabilityen
dc.subjectAndean highlandsen
dc.subjectAltiplanoen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleClimate variability and change in the Andean highlandsen
dc.title.alternativeVariabilidad y cambio del clima en Los Andesen
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