Previous studies have shown that most of Central America has been experiencing warming trends during the last 30-50 years, while precipitation annual totals have not changed much. Warming alone can exacerbate the effects ...

Se compiló una base de datos oceanográficos obtenidos por medio de 8 campañas científicas a la Isla del Coco. Las mediciones se realizaron utilizando un CTD, instrumento que permite medir ciertas propiedades físicas ...

Se seleccionaron 14 corridas de modelos climáticos globales de circulación general que generan proyecciones climáticas mensuales de precipitación y temperatura del grupo llamado (CMIP5), AR5, IPCC. La selección de los ...

A review of a series of articles related to the use of General Circulation Models (GCMs) projections for characterizing future climate changes in Central America are presented. Previous work using Coupled Model Intercomparison ...

This work analyzes the social impact of the 1877-1878 Mega-Niño event in Costa Rica, through the comparison of data about droughts, rains, locust plagues and epidemics, collected from documentary sources and the analysis ...

Un CTD es un instrumento oceanográfico el cual permite medir la conductividad, temperatura y presión. Los datos producidos por un CTD permiten calcular otras variables como la salinidad. La información generada permite la ...

More than half the population of Guatemala lives in rural areas and depends on subsistence agriculture for their well being. This region is vulnerable to many climatic events, one of which is El Niño. This study looks at ...

The study of the tropical cyclones activity in the Caribbean (Figs. 1 & 2), and their historic characterization in the Central American region, is a basic element to mitigate their impact over different regions of the ...

This work explores statistical connections between the displacements and strength of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and the Caribbean Low Level Jet (CLLJ). Indicators of the position and of the strength of the ...