Quelccaya Ice Cap: More snow this week

Thursday, August 9, 2018

More snow this week

As forecast by SENAMHI, the Vilcanota has received more snow. The Sentinel-2 image from yesterday shows snowcover surrounding Sibinacocha, as well as the area around the hamlet of Phinaya.

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About Quelccaya Climate

Quelccaya Ice Cap is the largest glacier in the Tropics, located at high elevation in the Cordillera Vilcanota of Perú. The UMass Climate System Research Center has been conducting climate research at Quelccaya's summit since 2003.

In 2007, collaboration began with NOAA's Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) program, to obtain the first high-accuracy air temperature measurements at a high-elevation site (5,680 m or 18,630 feet).

We welcome your questions, comments and observations pertaining to any aspect of climate or avian ecology of the Quelccaya region.

contact: dhardy AT geo.umass.edu

Acknowledgements

Support for this project derives from the National Science Foundation (Grants No. 0402557 & 0952829, awarded to the Univ. of Massachusetts), and NOAA (OGP Climate Change Data and Detection Program & U.S. Global Climate Observing System; Grants NA09OAR4600215 and NA10OAR4310228, awarded to the Univ. of Massachusetts). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or NOAA.

Thanks to Felix Benjamín Vicencio and Vicencio Expeditions, who provide fantastic field support, and to Mike Rawlins in the UMass Climate System Research Center, who keeps tabs on telemetry.

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