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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-877-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-877-2017
Research article
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06 Apr 2017
Research article |  | 06 Apr 2017

Permafrost distribution modelling in the semi-arid Chilean Andes

Guillermo F. Azócar, Alexander Brenning, and Xavier Bodin

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We present in this work a new statistical permafrost distribution model that provided a more detailed, locally adjusted insights into mountain permafrost distribution in the semi-arid Chilean Andes. The results indicate conditions favorable for permafrost presence, can be present in up to about 6.8 % of the study area (1051 km2), especially in the Elqui and Huasco watersheds. This kind of methodological approach used in this research can be replicable in another parts of the Andes.