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Central America urgently needs to reduce the growing adaptation gap to climate change
(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 ...
Interacción de la Zona de Convergencia Intertropical del Pacíico Este con Sistemas tropicales
(2016-12)
Las estimaciones satelitales de Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission (TRMM) fueron usadas para calcular cuatro índices que describen las características de la Zona de Convergencia Intertropical (ZCIT), estos son: el centro ...
Asociación entre los índices de sequía e impactos socio-productivos provocados por sequías en Costa Rica
Association between some drought indices and socio-productive impacts in the Northern Pacific Region of Costa Rica
(2020)
[Introducción]: Las sequías en Costa Rica son un evento hidrometeorológico extremo que afecta a muchos productores agrícolas y a la sociedad en general. [Objetivo]: Identificar cuál índice de sequía logra una relación más ...
Cambio Climático en América Central, proyecciones hidrológicas e impactos en el Corredor Seco Centroamericano
(2022-12-07)
Se presentan nueve infografías relacionadas con los impactos del Cambio Climático en América Central en las variables precipitación y temperatura, así como sus repercusiones en la agricultura y biodiversidad. También se ...
Spatial and temporal patterns, trends and teleconnection of cumulative rainfall deficits across Central America
(2018)
Central America is a region vulnerable to hydrometeorological threats. Recently, the impacts of droughts caused higher economic losses in comparison to, for example, floods and landslides. This study focuses on the ...
Changes in solar irradiance and atmospheric turbidity in Costa Rica during the total solar eclipse of July 11, 1991
(1993)
Solar global radiation was measured in several places in Costa Rica during the total solar eclipse that ocurred in July 11, 1991. In two of these places, Puntarenas and Santa Cruz, measurements in yhe ultraviolet range ...
Visualization of 40 Years of Tropical Cyclone Positions and Their Rainfall
(2021)
This article focuses on a visualization of tropical cyclone track data occurring over a 40-
year period (1970–2010) and their relationship with (extremely) heavy rainfall reported by
88 Central American weather stations.
The ...
Characterising droughts in Central America with uncertain hydro-meteorological data
(2018)
Central America is frequently affected by droughts that cause significant socio-economic and environmental problems. Drought characterisation, monitoring and forecasting are potentially useful to support water resource ...
Propuesta metodológica para la predicción climática estacional del veranillo en la cuenca del río Tempisque en el Pacífico Norte de Costa Rica
(2017-01)
El ciclo anual de la precipitación en la vertiente del Pacífico de América Central, se caracteriza por tener dos máximos, uno entre mayo-junio y el otro entre setiembre-octubre, además de una estación seca de noviembre a ...
Can climate variability information constrain a hydrological model for an ungauged Costa Rican catchment?
(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, ...