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Diccionario histórico-toponímico de la Isla del Coco, Costa Rica
Historic-Toponymic dictionary for Isla del Coco, Costa Rica
(2012-09)
Many names have been used for the different places of Isla del Coco, and some have changed over time. Studying different historic sources, seventy-six names of the main topographic features were collected for Isla del Coco ...
Regional precipitation estimations in Central America using the Weather Research and Forecast model
Estimaciones de precipitación regional en América Central usando el model Weather Research and Forecast
(2018-04)
Using the regional climate model WRF, and the NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis Project data as boundary and initial conditions, regional precipitation for Central America was estimated by means of the dynamical downscaling technique ...
Caracterización del “veranillo” en dos cuencas de la vertiente del Pacífico de Costa Rica, América Central
Characterization of the Mid Summer Drought in two Pacific slope river basins of Costa Rica, Central America.
(2014-09)
La región de los Mares Intra-Americanos está caracterizada por fenómenos climáticos raramente observados en
regiones tropicales, uno de ellos es el llamado “veranillo” o “canícula”. Sobre la vertiente del Pacífico de ...
Climate of an oceanic island in the Eastern Pacific: Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, Central America
Studies of atmosphere-ocean interaction in the Pacific of Costa Rican are scarce. To identify oceanographic systems that may be influencing climate near Cocos Island (Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape) we conducted six ...
Revisión y comparación de escenarios de cambio climático para el Parque Nacional Isla del Coco, Costa Rica
(Revista Biología Tropical 60(3): 83-112, 2012-11)
Different climate change scenarios were revised and compared for Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica. They were generated using different tools (MAGICC/SCENGEN, PRECIS and SDSM) and for the 2080 (2070- 2099) time slice. ...
El deslizamiento del 8 de diciembre de 1994 en el volcán Irazú (Costa Rica): aspectos históricos y geomorfología con base en fotografías aéreas históricas y recientes
The December 8th 1994 landslide at Irazú Volcano (Costa Rica): historical aspects and geomorphology based on historical and recent aerial photographs
(2018)
On December 8th, 1994, at 22:48 (local time), a particular event took place on the northern flank of the Irazú volcano, which was described at that time as a phreatic eruption. Recently, the volcanic nature of this event ...
Importancia del alcance en redes del CIGEFI-UCR: Un estudio de los datos, según las publicaciones realizadas en los períodos entre 1979-2015
Importance of the reach of the social networks of CIGEFI-UCR: A study of the data according to the publications made between 1979-2015
(2018)
Desde 1979, el Centro de Investigaciones Geofísicas (CIGEFI) de la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) ha evolucionado constantemente hasta convertirse en un referente regional de la Geofísica. Esto ha sido facilitado por ...
Distribución espacial de radionucleídos en sedimentos marinos de Bahía Culebra y el Golfo de Nicoya, Pacífico, Costa Rica
(2008-12-01)
Los radionucleídos naturales y artificiales de los sedimentos marinos fueron estudiados en Bahía de Culebra y en el Golfo de Nicoya, ambos en la costa Pacífica de Costa Rica. Muestreos en un humedal y en una isla oceánica, ...
Global Model selection for evaluation of Climate Change projections in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape
(Revista Biología Tropical 60 (3): 67-81, 2012-11)
Two methods for selecting a subset of simulations and/or general circulation models (GCMs) from a set of 30 available simulations are compared: 1) Selecting the models based on their performance on reproducing 20th century ...