1. Department of Forest Sciences, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brazil
2. Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, AR, USA
3. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, TN, USA
4. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, NY, USA
5. NOAA, National Weather Service, Rapid City, SD, USA
6. School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, AZ, USA
7. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y CienciasAmbientales, IANIGLA - CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina