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Examination of WRF-ARW experiments using different planetary boundary layer parameterizations to study the rapid intensification and trajectory of Hurricane Otto 2016
(2020)
Hurricane Otto (2016) was characterised by remarkable meteorological features of relevance for the scientific community and society. Scientifically, among the most important attributes of Otto is that it underwent a rapid ...
Humedales del Parque Nacional Chirripó, Costa Rica: características, relaciones geomorfológicas y escenarios de cambio climático
Wetlands of the Chirripó National Park, Costa Rica: characteristics, geomorphological relationships and climate change scenarios.
(2018-12)
The geomorphological, climatological and hydrological characteristics of the high Andean wetlands of the Chirripó National Park (PNCh) are analyzed. The PNCh is located in south-central Costa Rica, Central America. This ...
Distribución espacial de impactos de eventos hidrometeorológicos en América Central
(2016)
América Central está expuesta a la ocurrencia de eventos hidrometeorológicos a lo largo del año y los impactos que estos pueden provocar van a estar mayormente localizados en áreas donde las variables tanto naturales como ...
Model integration for assessing future hydroclimate impacts on water resources, agricultural production and environmental quality in the San Joaquin Basin, California
(2004-03)
The US National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change provides compelling arguments for action and adaptive measures to help mitigate water resource, agricultural production and ...
Detection and Attribution of Streamflow Timing Changes to Climate Change in the Western United States
(2009-07)
This article applies formal detection and attribution techniques to investigate the nature of observed shifts in the timing of streamflow in the western United States. Previous studies have shown that the snow hydrology ...
California Climate Change Center Report Series Number 2008-0XX
(2008-06)
Four dynamic regional climate models (RCMs) and one statistical downscaling
approach were used to downscale 10 years of historical climate in California. To isolate
possible limitations of the downscaling methods, we ...
Assessment of Central America Regional Climate Outlook Forum maps, 1998-2013
(2016)
Starting 1997, the Regional Climate Outlook Forums or RCOFs have taken place in different Latin American countries, as an effort to generate climatic prediction products. “since 2000, the Forum is organized in Central ...
Aridity Trends in Central America: A Spatial Correlation Analysis
(2020-04-23)
Trend analyses are common in several types of climate change studies. In many cases, finding evidence that the trends are different from zero in hydroclimate variables is of particular interest. However, when estimating ...
Los Recursos Hídricos en Costa Rica: un enfoque estratégico
(2012-03)
En este documento se presenta un diagnóstico del estado
de los recursos hídricos terrestres de la República de Costa
Rica (CR). En comparación a una gran cantidad de países
del mundo, CR tiene una amplia disponibilidad ...
Variaciones de la Temperatura y el Viento en Costa Rica Durante el Eclipse Total de Sol del 11 de julio de 1991
(San José, CR: Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 1992)
Se analizan y discuten las mediciones de la temperatura y el viento, en la superficie y la atmosfera libre, realizadas en Costa Rica durante el eclipse total de sol del 11 de junio de 1991. Se demuestra cómo la temperatura ...