%0 Journal Article %J Catena %D 2020 %T Glacier shrinkage and slope processes create habitat at high elevation and microrefugia across treeline for alpine plants during warm stages %A R. Gentili %A C. Baroni %A C. Panigada %A M. Rossini %A G. Tagliabue %A S. Armiraglio %A S. Citterio %A A. Carton %A M.C. Salvatore %K Evolutionary geomorphology %K Glacier retreat %K Microclimate %K Periglacial refugia %K Satellite remote sensing %K Species’ resilienc %B Catena %V 193 %8 04/2020 %G eng %U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104626 %0 Journal Article %J Biological Journal of the Linnean Society %D 2019 %T Endemism and diversity in European montane mammals: macro-ecological patterns %A G. Amori %A L. Boitani %A G. Milana %A L. Maiorano %A L Luiselli %K endemism %K Europe %K evolution of biodiversity %K Mammalia %K mountain chains %B Biological Journal of the Linnean Society %V XX %P 1 - 13 %8 07/2019 %G eng %U https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz081 %0 Journal Article %J ARCTIC, ANTARCTIC, AND ALPINE RESEARCH %D 2019 %T Tree-ring δ18O from an Alpine catchment reveals changes in glacier stream water inputs between 1980 and 2010 %A G. Leonelli %A G. Battipaglia %A P. Cherubini %A M. Saurer %A R.T.W. Siegwolf %A M. Maugeri %A B. Stenni %A M.L. Fumagalli %A M. Pelfini %A V. Maggi %K European larch %K Forni Glacier %K glacier meltwater %K Tree-ring stable isotopes %K water stable isotopes %B ARCTIC, ANTARCTIC, AND ALPINE RESEARCH %V 51 %P 250–264 %G eng %U https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2019.1623607 %N 1 %0 Journal Article %J Science of the Total Environment %D 2017 %T Larix decidua δ18O tree-ring cellulose mainly reflects the isotopic signature of winter snow in a high-altitude glacial valley of the European Alps %A Leonelli, Giovanni %A Battipaglia, Giovanna %A Cherubini, Paolo %A Saurer, Matthias %A Siegwolf, Rolf T V %A Maugeri, Maurizio %A Stenni, Barbara %A Fusco, Stella %A Maggi, Valter %A Pelfini, Manuela %K Dendroclimatology %K Dendroecology %K European larch %K Stable isotopes %K Tree rings %B Science of the Total Environment %V 579 %P 230-237 %G eng %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.129 %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres %D 2013 %T Precipitation in the Hindu-Kush Karakoram Himalaya: observations and future scenarios %A Elisa Palazzi %A von Hardenberg, Jost %A Antonello Provenzale %K EC-Earth %K Himalaya %K hydrological cycle %K precipitation %X

 We study the properties of precipitation in the Hindu-Kush Karakoram Himalaya (HKKH) region using currently available data sets. We consider satellite rainfall estimates (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission), reanalyses (ERA-Interim), gridded in situ rain gauge data (Asian Precipitation Highly Resolved Observational Data Integration Towards Evaluation of Water Resources, Climate Research Unit, and Global Precipitation Climatology Centre), and a merged satellite and rain gauge climatology (Global Precipitation Climatology Project). The data are compared with simulation results from the global climate model EC-Earth. All data sets, despite having different resolutions, coherently reproduce the mean annual cycle of precipitation in the western and eastern stretches of the HKKH. While for the Himalaya only a strong summer precipitation signal is present, associated with the monsoon, the data indicate that the Hindu-Kush Karakoram, which is exposed to midlatitude “western weather patterns”, receives water inputs in winter. Time series of seasonal precipitation confirm that the various data sets provide a consistent measurement of interannual variability for the HKKH. The longest observational data sets indicate a statistically significant decreasing trend in Himalaya during summer. None of the data sets gives statistically significant precipitation trends in Hindu-Kush Karakoram during winter. Precipitation data from EC-Earth are in good agreement with the climatology of the observations (rainfall distribution and seasonality). The evolution of precipitation under two different future scenarios (RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5) reveals an increasing trend over the Himalaya during summer, associated with an increase in wet extremes and daily intensity and a decrease in the number of rainy days. Unlike the observations, the model shows an increasing precipitation trend also in the period 1950–2009, possibly as a result of the poor representation of aerosols in this type of GCMs.

%B Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres %V 118(1) %P 85-100 %G eng %U http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2012JD018697/abstract %R 10.1007/s00382-014-2341-z