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Smiling in the rain: Seven reasons to be positive about uncertainty in hydrological modelling
(Processes Hydrological Processes Vol. 27(7): 1117–1122, 2012-03-30)
Over 20 years ago, the notion of ‘positive uncertainty’ was introduced in the field of psychology (Gelatt, 1989). This was coincident to some developments in the hydrological sciences (e.g. Beven and Binley, 1992; Grayson ...
Análisis de riesgo de inundación por tsunamis en Puntarenas, Costa Rica
(2001-08)
El análisis de riesgo de inundación por tsunamis en Puntarenas, Costa Rica, revela la vulnerabilidad de la región ante sismos tsunamigénicos que pudiesen ocurrir frente al Golfo de Nicoya y en la zona de subducción de ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Clima, variabilidad y cambio climático en la Vertiente Caribe de Costa Rica: Un estudio básico para la actividad bananera
(2013-09)
Este Informe Final (IF) describe en forma sintética, los alcances y productos del
proyecto “Clima, variabilidad y cambio climático en la Vertiente Caribe de Costa Rica: Un estudio básico para la actividad bananera”, en ...
Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Water Allocation, Water Quality and Salmon Production in the San Joaquin River Basin
(2006-01-27)
2 Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Water Allocation, Water Quality and Salmon Production in the San Joaquin River Basin H. Hidalgo, L. Brekke, N. Miller, N. Quinn, J. Keyantash and J. Dracup INTRODUCTION ...
Associations of decadal to multidecadal sea-surface temperature variability with Upper Colorado River flow
(2007-02)
The relations of decadal to multidecadal (D2M) variability in global sea-surface temperatures (SSTs)
with D2M variability in the flow of the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB) are examined for the years 1906-
2003. Results ...
Warming and Earlier Spring Increase Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity
(2006-08-18)
Western United States forest wildfire activity is widely thought to have increased in recent decades, yet neither the extent of recent changes nor the degree to which climate may be driving regional changes in wildfire has ...
Análisis de los registros de nivel del mar correspondientes al terremoto de Cóbano del 23-3-90
(Revista Geofísica No.35 julio-diciembre 1991, 1991-07)
Mediante un oportuno filtrado de la información de nivel del mar, se analiza la señal
correspondiente al evento generado por el sismo de Cóbano (Golfo de Nicoya, Costa
Rica) el día 25-3-90. Se establece una hipótesis ...