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Climate complexity in the Central Andes: A study case on empirically-based local variations in the Dry Puna

Bennett, Magdalena, New, Mark, Marino, Jorgelina, Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio·2016·Journal of Arid Environments
DOI 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2016.01.004
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Mountains are thought to be especially sensitive to climate change, but empirical evidence is scarce as there are few meteorological records from high elevations. As a result, predicting climatic patterns and trends in mountains is a challenge. We analysed available temperature and precipitation records to assess and understand local variation in the climate of the driest region of the Andes. Records from 28 stations, located above 2300 m in the Dry Puna in Bolivia and Chile, revealed no general statistical trends between 1980 and 2010, and high variability across localities. Warming was evident at 2300 m towards the Atacama Desert, and again in the high plateau above 4000 m. The precipitation revealed increasing trends only in the north-eastern portion of the study area, which is under the humid influence from the Amazon. The effect of ENSO was evident along the western slopes of the Andes, reflecting the influence of the Pacific. While meteorological data from high elevations is limited, they provide valuable empirical evidence of climatic variability in the Dry Puna, which can be contrasted against current gridded climate data. Such comparisons reveal that local-scale variations in mountain climates are not reflected in interpolated global data sets at coarser spatial scales.

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Metadata

Authors
Bennett, M., New, M., Marino, J., & Sillero-Zubiri, C.
Affiliations
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • University of Cape Town (ZA)
Corresponding author
Bennett, Magdalena
ORCID
New, Mark
Venue
Journal of Arid Environments
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-05
Volume
128
Pages
40-49
ISSN
0140-1963 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2016.01.004
OpenAlex
W2258208494
Cited by
30
References
59
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
Journal of Arid Environments (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Keywords
Central Andes, mountain climate, high-elevation climate, temperature trends, precipitation trends, gridded climate data, climate change, Atacama Desert, Altiplano

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