• Cambios de la Irradiancia Solar y Determinación de la Turbiedad Atmosférica en Costa Rica Durante el Eclipse Total del 11 de Julio de 1991 

      Fernández Rojas, Walter; Castro León, Vilma; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Wright Gilmore, Jaime; Sáenz, Alejandro (Observaciones Científicas Realizadas en Costa Rica (W. Fernández, ed.) Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 1992)
      Con motivo de la ocurrencia de un eclipse total de Sol, el 11 de junio de 1991, se hicieron mediciones de la radiación global en varios lugares de Costa Rica. En dos de estos lugares, Puntarenas y Santa Cruz, se hicieron ...
    • Can climate variability information constrain a hydrological model for an ungauged Costa Rican catchment? 

      Quesada Montano, Beatriz; Westerberg, Ida K.; Fuentes Andino, Diana; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Halldin, Sven (2018)
      Long‐term hydrological data are key to understanding catchment behaviour and for decision making within water management and planning. Given the lack of observed data in many regions worldwide, such as Central America, ...
    • Características y efectos del cambio climático en el Corredor Seco Centroamericano (CSC) 

      Gotlieb, Yosef; Pérez Briceño, Paula Marcela; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J. (2022-07-26)
      Se presentan tres infografías relacionadas con las características y efectos del cambio climático en el Corredor Seco Centroamericano (CSC). Estas fueron divulgadas, como una actividad de extensión y difusión, a través del ...
    • Central America [in State of the Climate in 2009] 

      Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Rivera, Ingrid ; Calderón Solera, Blanca (2009)
      For this region, seven stations from the following five countries were analyzed: Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, and Guatemala.
    • Central America [in State of the Climate in 2010] 

      Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Calderón Solera, Blanca (2010)
      Several large-scale climate patterns influenced climate conditions and weather patterns across the globe during 2010. The transition from a warm El Niño phase at the beginning of the year to a cool La Niña phase by ...
    • Central America [in State of the Climate in 2011] 

      Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Calderón Solera, Blanca (2012-07)
      Large-scale climate patterns influenced temperature and weather patterns around the globe in 2011. In particu- lar, a moderate-to-strong La Niña at the beginning of the year dissipated during boreal spring but reemerged ...
    • Central America [in State of the Climate in 2012] 

      Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Calderón Solera, Blanca; Durán Quesada, Ana María; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Rivera, Ingrid (2013-08)
      For this region, nine stations from five countries were analyzed. The stations located on the Caribbean slope are: Phillip Goldson International Airport, Belize; Puerto Barrios, Guatemala; Puerto Lempira, ...
    • Central America [in State of the Climate in 2013] 

      Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Durán Quesada, Ana María; Calderón Solera, Blanca; Rivera, Ingrid; Vega, Carla (2014-07)
      In 2013, the vast majority of the monitored climate variables reported here maintained trends established in recent decades. ENSO was in a neutral state during the entire year, remaining mostly on the cool side of ...
    • Central America [in State of the Climate in 2014] 

      Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Durán Quesada, Ana María; Calderón Solera, Blanca; Vega, Carla (2015-07)
      Most of the dozens of essential climate variables monitored each year in this report continued to follow their long-term trends in 2014, with several setting new records. Carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide the ...
    • Central America [in State of the Climate in 2015] 

      Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Durán Quesada, Ana María; Calderón Solera, Blanca (2016)
      The text discusses the analysis of weather stations in the region, including stations on both the Caribbean and Pacific slopes. Data from the NOAA/NCEI GHCN daily precipitation dataset for 2015 showed significant missing ...
    • Central America [in State of the Climate in 2016] 

      Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Durán Quesada, Ana María; Calderón Solera, Blanca; Mora Sandí, Natali Pamela; Arce Fernández, Dayanna (2017)
      Central America experienced anomalies in temperature and precipitation in 2016. Mean temperatures were higher than average, particularly in Puerto Barrios, Choluteca, and San José. The increase in mean temperatures was due ...
    • Central America [in State of the Climate in 2017] 

      Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto; Calderón Solera, Blanca; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Mora Sandí, Natali Pamela (2018)
      For this region, nine stations from five countries were analyzed. Stations on the Caribbean slope are: Philip Goldson International Airport, Belize; Puerto Barrios, Guatemala; Puerto Lempira, Honduras; and Puerto Limón, ...
    • Central America [in State of the Climate in 2018] 

      Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Calderón Solera, Blanca; Mora Sandí, Natali Pamela; Stephenson, T. S.; Taylor, M. A.; Trotman, A.R.; Van Meerbeeck, C. J.; Campbell, J. D.; Brown, A.; Spence, J. (2019)
      Estado del clima para la región de Centroamérica y el Caribe
    • Central America [in State of the Climate in 2019] 

      Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Calderón Solera, Blanca; Mora Sandí, Natali Pamela (2020)
      Regional Climates is one chapter from the State of the Climate in 2019 annual report. Compiled by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, State of the Climate in 2019 is based on contributions from scientists ...
    • Central America [in State of the Climate in 2020] 

      Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Calderón Solera, Blanca; Mora Sandí, Natali Pamela (2021)
      For this region, nine stations from five countries were analyzed (see Fig. 7.8 for data and station list). The station distribution covers the relevant intraseasonal regimes of precipitation (Amador 1998; Magaña et al. ...
    • Central America [in State of the Climate in 2021] 

      Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Calderón Solera, Blanca; Mora Sandí, Natali Pamela (2021)
      Regional Climates is one chapter from the State of the Climate in 2021 annual report. Compiled by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, State of the Climate in 2021 is based on contributions from scientists ...
    • Central America [in State of the Climate in 2022] 

      Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Calderón Solera, Blanca; Mora Sandí, Natali Pamela (2023-09)
      This chapter provides summaries of the 2022 temperature and precipitation conditions across seven broad regions: North America, Central America and the Caribbean, South America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Asia, ...
    • Central America and the Caribbean 

      Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Durán Quesada, Ana María; Calderón Solera, Blanca (2016)
      This chapter provides summaries of the 2015 temperature and precipitation conditions across seven broad regions: North America, Central America and the Caribbean, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. In most ...
    • Central America urgently needs to reduce the growing adaptation gap to climate change 

      Ley, Débora; Guillén Bolaños, Tania; Castaneda, Antonethe; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Girot Pignot, Pascal Oliver; Fernández, Rodrigo; Alfaro Martínez, Eric J.; Castellanos López, Edwin Josué (2023-11-24)
      Central America is highly impacted by current extreme events associated with climate variability and the adverse effects of climate change, showing high vulnerability compounded by its historical context and socioeconomic ...
    • Changes in Aridity in the Western United States 

      Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Dettinger, Michael D.; Cayan, Daniel R. (2008-08)
      It is often remarked that most of the western US (Figure 1) is “always in drought,” especially by visitors from wetter climates. The plants and landforms of the West, however, are more or less adapted to the region’s ...