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A Multivariate Regression Model Between the October Rainfall Anomalies in Central America and the Tropical Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
(1999-11)
Principal Component Analysis was used to identity common anomaly patterns amongst 72 rainfall gauge stations in Central America during October, in order to identify stations to from October Rainfall Indices. October was ...
Cellulose-Enriched Microbial Communities from Leaf-Cutter Ant (Atta colombica) Refuse Dumps Vary in Taxonomic Composition and Degradation Ability
(2016-03-21)
Deconstruction of the cellulose in plant cell walls is critical for carbon flow through ecosystems and for the production of sustainable cellulosic biofuels. Our understanding of cellulose deconstruction is largely limited ...
Climatología de la Atmósfera Libre sobre Costa Rica
(2001)
A partir de una serie de tiempo de datos aerológicos, de 1972 a 1989, se obtuvo una climatología de la atmósfera libre sobre Costa Rica, con el propósito de actualizar un estudio previo (Grandoso et al., 1981) y poder ...
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 ...
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 ...
Regional Precipitation Study in Central America, Using the WRF Model
(Examensarbete vid Institutionen för geovetenskaper, pp.1-45, 2012)
Using the regional climate model WRF, and the NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis Project data as boundary and initial conditions, regional precipitation was estimated by means of the dynamical downscaling technique for two selected ...
Tsunamis and tsunami prepardness in Costa Rica, Central America
(2005-12)
Pacific and Atlantic sides of Costa Rica there are coastal segments characterised by a flat relief, which increases the vulnerability of the coastal communities. In addition to tsunamis originating in the Middle American ...
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 ...