The Andean Glacier and Water Atlas

Precipitation seasonality in the Andes

Baseline, 1950-2000

Projection for 2061-2080 RCP 8.5

VENEZUELA

VENEZUELA

COLOMBIA

COLOMBIA

ECUADOR

ECUADOR

PERU

PERU

BOLIVIA

BOLIVIA

Precipitation of the wettest consecutive three months divided by annual precipitation

Projected seasonality change RCP 8.5 scenario

Percentage

Percentage points

4 5 3 2 1 0

80 70 60 50 40 30

-10 -5

CHILE

ARGENTINA

ARGENTINA

Low agreement between climate models (less than 5 GCM)

CHILE

The RCP 8.5 is a scenario that combines assumptions about high population and relatively slow income growth with modest rates of technological change and energy intensity improvements, leading in the long term to high energy demand and GHG emissions in absence of climate change policies

Sources: Hijmans, R.J., et al.,Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas, 2005, at worldclim.org

Sources: Hijmans, R.J., et al.,Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas, 2005, at worldclim.org

GEO-GRAPHICS / GRID-Arendal 2018

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