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A review of the main drivers and variability of Central America’s Climate and seasonal forecast systems
Una revisión de los principales controladores y de la variabilidad del clima en América Central y sistemas de pronóstico estacional
(2018-04)
América Central es una región susceptible a desastres naturales y cambio climático. En el presente estudio, se revisaron los principales forzantes atmosféricos y oceánicos, así como los moduladores del clima que afectan ...
Análisis del impacto de los ciclones tropicales en la Cuenca del Caribe según fuentes hemerográficas (1870-2007)
(2015-06)
Este trabajo forma parte de una seria de investigaciones en perspectiva histórica-científica el impacto de los ciclones tropicales que han afectado a América Central, el Golfo de México y las Islas del Caribe. El interés ...
Algunas características de las corrientes marinas en el Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica
(2016-10-13)
The spatial and vertical structure of the water currents and its relationship with the tidal cycles were studied using current meters in the Gulf of Nicoya. In the upper gulf, the vertical marine current differences increase ...
Diccionario histórico-toponímico de la Isla del Coco, Costa Rica
Historic-Toponymic dictionary for Isla del Coco, Costa Rica
(2012-09)
Many names have been used for the different places of Isla del Coco, and some have changed over time. Studying different historic sources, seventy-six names of the main topographic features were collected for Isla del Coco ...
Climatic Features and Their Relationship with Tropical Cyclones Over the Intra-Americas Seas
(2010-08-04)
In this chapter, indexes of the Intra-Americas or Caribbean Low-Level Jet (IALLJ or CLLJ, respectively), Niño 3, Tropical North Atlantic (NATL), Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), and Outgoing Long Wave Radiation ...
Forcing of cool and warm subsurface water events in Bahía Salinas, Costa Rica
Forzamiento de los eventos cálidos y fríos del agua subsuperficial del mar en Bahía Salinas, Costa Rica
(2021-09-06)
Introduction: Bahía Salinas, on the north Pacific coast of Costa Rica, is a seasonal upwelling area. Sea temperature in Bahía Salinas could be modulated by synoptic and other large-scale systems. This region belongs to the ...
Regional precipitation estimations in Central America using the Weather Research and Forecast model
Estimaciones de precipitación regional en América Central usando el model Weather Research and Forecast
(2018-04)
Using the regional climate model WRF, and the NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis Project data as boundary and initial conditions, regional precipitation for Central America was estimated by means of the dynamical downscaling technique ...
Caracterización del “veranillo” en dos cuencas de la vertiente del Pacífico de Costa Rica, América Central
Characterization of the Mid Summer Drought in two Pacific slope river basins of Costa Rica, Central America.
(2014-09)
La región de los Mares Intra-Americanos está caracterizada por fenómenos climáticos raramente observados en
regiones tropicales, uno de ellos es el llamado “veranillo” o “canícula”. Sobre la vertiente del Pacífico de ...
Atmospheric circulation types controlling rainfall in the Central American Isthmus
(2022)
Rainfall mechanisms in the Central American Isthmus are controlled by complex
physical interactions across spatial and temporal scales, which are reflected on the
dynamics of atmospheric circulation patterns affecting ...
Climate change, ecosystems and smallholder agriculture in Central America: an introduction to the special issue
(2017-03)
Central America is one of the regions most exposed to climate change (Giorgi 2006). A narrow isthmus between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, it is strongly affected by droughts, hurricanes and the El Niño-southern ...