• El mapeo geológico y vulcanológico en América Central hasta el inicio de la Segunda Guerra Mundial 

  Soto Bonilla, Gerardo J. (2009)

  Los mapas han cambiado el conocimiento del mundo, pues han puesto al alcance de todos, representaciones gráficas de vastas regiones que pueden serle desconocidas al lector o receptor. Los de principios del siglo XVI, que ...

• Prediction of MJ rainfall season using CCA models 

  Alfaro Martínez, Eric; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Mora Sandí, Natalie P. (2016-12)

  The prediction of the May-June (MJ) precipitation as the first peak of the rainy season is important in the Central American isthmus because wetter (drier) MJ seasons tend to be associated with early (late) onsets of the ...

• Bemisia tabaci Biotype Q is present in Costa Rica 

  Guevara Coto, José Andrés; Barboza Vargas, Natalia; Hernández Jiménez, Eduardo; Hammond, Rosemarie W.; Ramírez Fonseca, Pilar (2011)

  Whiteflies are an insect group that comprises multiple species and biotypes, capable of affecting crops by phloem feeding, virus transmission and promotion of fungal colonization. The distribution of these pests is worldwide. ...

• First Report of Tomato chlorosis virus Infecting Sweet Pepper in Costa Rica 

  Vargas Zamora, José A.; Hernández Jiménez, Eduardo; Barboza Vargas, Natalia; Mora Umaña, Floribeth; Ramírez Fonseca, Pilar; Hammond, Rosemarie W. (2011-11)

  In September 2008, a survey of whiteflies and whitefly-borne viruses was performed in 11 pepper-growing greenhouses in the province of Cartago, Costa Rica. During this survey, the vast majority of sweet pepper (Capsicum ...

• Comparative Analysis of Three Different Total Nucleic Acid Extraction Protocols for the Diagnosis of Geminiviruses in Squash (Cucurbita moschata) 

  Mora Umaña, Floribeth; Hernández Jiménez, Eduardo; Albertazzi Castro, Federico José; Karkashian Córdoba, James; Ramírez Fonseca, Pilar (2012)

  Squash (Cucurbita moschata) is one of the most important crops in tropical countries. Geminiviruses are an important group of plant pathogens. In 2002 a new begomovirus was reported to naturally infect squash and some other ...

• Analysis of genetic diversity of Cucurbita moschata (D.) germplasm accessions from Mesoamerica revealed by PCR SSCP and chloroplast sequence data 

  Barboza Vargas, Natalia; Albertazzi Castro, Federico José; Sibaja Cordero, Jeffrey Alejandro; Mora Umaña, Floribeth; Astorga, Carlos; Ramírez Fonseca, Pilar (2012-02)

  The aim of this research was the genetic characterization of 218 accessions of Cucurbita moschata Duchesne, a squash, and its relationship with morphological characteristics of agronomic interest, which are part of the ...

• Newly Discovered Natural Hosts of Tomato chlorosis virus in Costa Rica 

  Barboza Vargas, Natalia; Hernández Jiménez, Eduardo; Mora Umaña, Floribeth; Ramírez Fonseca, Pilar; Hammond, Rosemarie W.; Solórzano Morales, Antony (2011-04)

  Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV) is an emerging whitefly-transmitted crinivirus. In Costa Rica in 2007, ToCV was detected in field-grown and greenhouse tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants causing symptoms of severe yellowing ...

• ¿Cambio climático o variabilidad climática en Coto Brus?: controversias sobre las perspectivas de los efectos de la tormenta tropical Nicole y el huracán Thomas en el cultivo del café 

  Granados Carvajal, Rafael Evelio; Porras Solís, Ángel Jesús; Calvo Solano, Óscar David (2017-01)

  Este trabajo busca determinar si el cambio climático es el principal responsable de la crisis socioeconómica en el cantón de Coto brus, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, a raíz de la pérdida de la cosecha del cultivo del café en el ...

• El deslizamiento del 8 de diciembre de 1994 en el volcán Irazú (Costa Rica): aspectos históricos y geomorfología con base en fotografías aéreas históricas y recientes 

  Fallas Solano, Mauro; Prado, Alejandro; Mora Fernández, Mauricio; Ruiz Cubillo, Paulo; Alfaro Martínez, Eric; Soto Bonilla, Gerardo J. (2018)

  On December 8th, 1994, at 22:48 (local time), a particular event took place on the northern flank of the Irazú volcano, which was described at that time as a phreatic eruption. Recently, the volcanic nature of this event ...

• The 1877-1878 Mega Niño and its social impact in Costa Rica, Central America 

  Alfaro Martínez, Eric; Díaz Bolaños, Ronald Eduardo (2018-10)

  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 ...

• Simulación de la altura máxima de ola en huracanes con trayectorias similares en el mar Caribe y su relación con los impactos costeros generados 

  Lizano Rodríguez, Omar G. (2011-09)

  Simulando con modelos numéricos las distribuciones espaciales de la energía de las olas en huracanes con trayectorias similares, se estudia la relación entre las características del huracán y la altura de las olas y la ...

• Putting into action the REGCM4.6 regional climate model for the study of climate change, variability and modeling over Central America and Mexico 

  Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto; Ambrizzi, Tercio; Arritt, Raymond W.; Castro, Christopher L.; Cavazos Pérez, María Tereza; Cerezo Mota, Ruth; Fuentes Franco, Ramón; Giorgi, Filippo; Guiliani, Graziano; Lee, Huikyo; Méndez Pérez, Matías; Rivera Fernández, Erick (2018)

  What: International experts and attendees from several countries of Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean (CAM), and South America (SA) met to discuss regional issues on climate variability and climate change to learn the ...

• A review of the main drivers and variability of Central America’s Climate and seasonal forecast systems 

  Maldonado Mora, Tito José; Alfaro Martínez, Eric; Hidalgo León, Hugo G. (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 ...

• Mapping Environmental and Socioeconomic impacts of hydrometeorological hazards across Central America. Study case: Honduras 

  Alfaro Martínez, Eric; Hidalgo León, Hugo G.; Pérez Briceño, Paula Marcela (2018)

  Hydrometeorological hazards have historically affected Central America and significantly impacted the isthmus. However, the spatial distribution of those impacts is heterogeneous and depends on several factors, such as ...

• Observaciones meteorológicas en la región Caribe de Costa Rica (1833-1949) 

  Díaz Bolaños, Ronald Eduardo; Solano Chaves, Flora J.; Amador Astúa, Jorge Alberto (2017)

  El presente artículo sintetiza los principales procesos histórico-científicos que permitieron el desarrollo de las primeras observaciones meteorológicas elaboradas en la región caribeña de Costa Rica. Se parte de las ...

• Actividades Socioeconómicas que emplean recursos naturales de la zona marítimo-terrestre y marina en Costa Rica y su relación con la variabilidad climática 

  Moreno Díaz, Mary Luz; Moya Roque, Roger Alonso; Alfaro Martínez, Eric (2017)

  La variabilidad climática podría tener efectos negativos sobre la productividad de las actividades que se desarrollan en las zonas costeras. Siendo Costa Rica un país en el que las actividades costeras relacionadas con ...

• La ciencia en las revistas científicas, culturales, literarias, pedagógicas y religiosas de Costa Rica (1882-1910) 

  Solano Chaves, Flora J.; Díaz Bolaños, Ronald Eduardo (2011)

  Esta investigación tiene como objetivo primordial incursionar en las revistas científicas de Costa Rica entre 1883, año del inicio de la publicación de los Anuarios Estadísticos de la Dirección General de Estadística y ...

• A climatology of low level wind regimes over Central America using a weather type classification approach 

  Sáenz Soto, Fernán; Durán Quesada, Ana María (2015-04)

  Based on the potential of the weather types classification method to study synoptic features, this study proposes the application of such methodology for the identification of the main large scale patterns related with ...

• Diccionario histórico-toponímico de la Isla del Coco, Costa Rica 

  Díaz Bolaños, Ronald Eduardo; Alfaro Martínez, Eric; Ugalde Quesada, Alexia (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 ...

• Projected changes in atmospheric river events in Arizona as simulated by global and regional climate models 

  Rivera Fernández, Erick; Dominguez, Francina (2015)

  Inland-penetrating atmospheric rivers (ARs) affect the United States Southwest and significantly contribute to cool season precipitation. In this study, we examine the results from an ensemble of dynamically downscaled ...

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