Multi-century lake area changes in the Southern Altiplano: a tree-ring-based reconstruction

Morales, M. S.; Carilla, J.; Grau, H. R.; Villalba, R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1139-2015

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15 Sep 2015

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| 15 Sep 2015

Multi-century lake area changes in the Southern Altiplano: a tree-ring-based reconstruction

M. S. Morales, J. Carilla, H. R. Grau, and R. Villalba

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RC C531: 'lake area changes in the Altiplano', Brian Luckman, 04 Jun 2015
RC C1166: 'Review of manuscript “Multi-century lake area changes in the Andean high-elevation ecosystems of the southern Altiplano” by Morales et al', Dunia Urrego, 28 Jul 2015
AC C1478: 'Final response. Review for Morales M.S., Carilla J., Grau H.R., Villalba, R. Multi-century lake area changes in high-elevation ecosystems of the Southern Altiplano, Clim. Past Discuss., 11, 1821–1855, 2015', Mariano Morales, 25 Aug 2015

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Short summary

A 601-year lake area reconstruction in NW Argentina and SW Bolivia, characterized the occurrence of annual to multi-decadal lake area fluctuations and its main oscillation modes of variability. Our reconstruction points out that the late 20th century decrease in lake area was exceptional over the period 1407–2007. A persistent negative trend in lake area is clear in the reconstruction and consistent with glacier retreat and other climate proxies from the Altiplano and the tropical Andes.