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Tropical glaciers and ice caps are a particularly climate-sensitive component of the environment. It is then not surprising that international efforts directed at climatic and environmental change (UNESCO, 1970; World Meteorological Organization-ICSU, 1975, pp. 7, 11, 16; International Association of Hydrological Sciences -UNESCO, 1977; Temporary Technical Secretariat for World Glaciers Inventory, UNESCO-UNEP-IASH-ICSI, 1977; United Nations Environment Programme, 1979, pp. 5–17) have identified the study of glacier and climate relationships as a task of high priority.
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Hastenrath, S. (1991). Tropical Glaciers and Climate. In: Climate Dynamics of the Tropics. Atmospheric Sciences Library, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3156-8_11
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