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Francisca Bown
Ms. Francisca BownResearcher
Glaciologia y Cambio Climatico
Centro de Estudios Científicos
Avda.Prat 514
Valdivia, 5110466
Chile
Phone: +56 63 2234564
Phone2: +56 63 2234535
Fax: +56 63 2234517
E-mail: fbown(at)cecs.cl
Key Publications of Francisca Bown (up to ten) :
ISI JOURNALS
Rivera, A., & Bown, F. (2013) Recent glacier variations on active ice capped volcanoes in the Southern Volcanic Zone (37º-46ºS), Chilean Andes. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 45, 345-356.
Wendt, J., Rivera, A., Bown, F., Wendt, A., Zamora, R., Casassa, G., & Bravo, C. (2010) Recent ice elevation changes of Fleming Glacier in response to the removal of Wordie ice shelf, Antarctic Peninsula. Annals of Glaciology 51(55), 97-102.
Bown, F., Rivera, A., & Acuña, C. (2008) Recent glaciers variations at the Aconcagua basin, central Chilean Andes. Annals of Glaciology 48, 43-48.
Bown, F., & Rivera, A. (2007) Climate changes and glacier responses during recent decades in the Chilean Lake District. Global and Planetary Change 59, 79-86.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Bown, F., Rivera, A., Acuña, C., & Casassa, G. (2007) Recent glacier mass balance calculations at Volcán Mocho-Choshuenco (40ºS), Chilean Lake District. In: Glacier Mass Balance Changes and Meltwater Discharge (ed. by P. Ginot & J. E.Sicart), Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, IAHS Publ. 318, 143-152.
Bown, F., Rivera, A., Bravo, C., Zenteno, P., & Cawkwell, F. (2014) First glacier inventory and recent glacier variations on Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and adjacent islands in Southern Chile. In: J.S. Kargel, G.J. Leonard, M.P. Bishop, A. Kaab, B. Raup (eds). Global Land Ice Measurements from Space, Springer-Praxis (2014). ISBN: 978-3540798170, chapter 28, 661-674.
Expertise of Francisca Bown:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|---|
| Expert Type | Expert Type |
| Scientific / Fundamental Research | |
| Topic Cryosphere | Cryosphere |
| Glaciers | |
| Time Frame | Time Frame |
| Past | |
| Recent / Today | |
| Statistical Focus | Statistical Focus |
| Mean Change / Trends | |
| Variability | |
| Time Scale | Time Scale |
| Seasonal / Annual | |
| Decadal / Centennial | |
| Methods | Method |
| Data Collection | |
| Data Collection - Measurement | |
| Data Analysis | |
| Literature Study | |
| Mountain Research Initiative | MRI Research area |
| Integrated model-based studies of environmental change in diff. mountain regions | |
| Process studies along altitudinal gradients and in associated headwater basins | |
| MRI Regions (please tick your mountain regions of interest) | |
| Latin America |
Specialties of Francisca Bown:
Glaciology and climate change. Remotely-sensed and field survey of mountain (mainly high latitude) and calving glaciers
Last update: 3/2/16
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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