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Oceanic and terrestrial sources of continental precipitation
(American Geophysical Union 50:1-41, 2012-11-08)
The most important sources of atmospheric moisture at the global scale are herein identified, both oceanic and terrestrial, and a characterization is made of how continental regions are influenced by water from different ...
Tsunamis and Tsunami Hazards in Central America
(2000-02)
A tsunami catalogue for Central America is compiled containing 49 tsunamis for the
period 1539–1996, thirty seven of them are in the Pacific and twelve in the Caribbean. At the Caribbean side, 5 events are related with ...
Medición y cálculo del índice ultravioleta en Costa Rica
(2014-12)
Este trabajo de investigación pretende hallar una técnica para estimar los valores del índice ultravioleta, con los datos medidos de la radiación solar ultravioleta-B (UV-B) para San José, Costa Rica. El índice ultravioleta ...
Cuenca del Río Arenal: Análisis de los eventos Niño de los años 1992-93, 1994-95 y 1997-98
(2000)
The precipitation patterns during El Niño events of 1992-93, 1994-95 and 1997-98 are analyzed for the Arenal River Basin. Pentad data are used to study the rainfall distribution for Naranjos Agrios (in the northwestern ...
Some aspects of climate in Costa Rica using historial data from the XIX century
(2002)
Se presenta una breve reseña histórica, del desarrollo de la meteorología en Costa Rica, en los siglos XVIII y XIX y de las primeras observaciones meteorológicas realizadas en el país. Durante la mayor parte del siglo ...