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Efecto del estrés calórico sobre la producción de ganado lechero en Costa Rica
Heat stress effect on dairy cattle production in Costa Rica
(2019-09)
Introducción. La producción lechera en zonas tropicales se caracteriza por una alta dependencia del recurso forrajero, lo que la hace sensible a las variables climáticas, de las cuales existe información limitada sobre su ...
The Central American Dry Corridor: A Consensus Statement and its Background
(2019)
A unique gathering of climate, development and environmental experts took place from September 25-28, 2017 in San José and Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. The subject of their deliberations was the Central American Dry ...
Assessment of Central America Regional Climate Outlook Forum maps, 1998-2013
(2016)
Starting 1997, the Regional Climate Outlook Forums or RCOFs have taken place in different Latin American countries, as an effort to generate climatic prediction products. “since 2000, the Forum is organized in Central ...
Precursors of quasi-decadal dry-spells in the Central America Dry Corridor
(2019)
Although the hydric stress in Central America is generally low, there is a region relatively drier and prone to drought known as the Central America Dry Corridor (CADC). The area of interest is located mainly in the Pacific ...
Distribución espacio-temporal de la ocurrencia de tormentas eléctricas en Costa Rica
(Tópicos meteorológicos y oceanográficos, 4 (1): 63-77,1997, 1997-07)
An analysis ofthe number ofthunderstom days for the meteorological station at Juan Santamaria Airport and
of days with storms in the 06-18 hour period for the other six sinoptic stations of Costa Rica is made.
On the ...
La Corriente en Chorro del Caribe: Observaciones, modelado multifísica, interacciones multiescala e impacto regional
(2018-06)
El tema central de la propuesta es el estudio de la Corriente en Chorro del Caribe (CLLJ por sus siglas en inglés). El CLLJ es uno de los mecanismos físicos más importantes para entender el clima, la variabilidad climática ...
CMIP5 climate change hydroclimatic projections for Central America
(2019-03-12)
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 ...
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 ...
Mapping Environmental and Socioeconomic impacts of hydrometeorological hazards across Central America. Study case: Honduras
Mapeo de los impactos ambientales y socioeconómicos de las amenazas hidrometeorológicas en América Central. Estudio de caso: Honduras
(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 ...
Prediction of MJ rainfall season using CCA models
(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 ...