• Particulate matter levels in a South American megacity: the metropolitan area of Lima-Callao, Peru 

      Silva, José; Rojas Quincho, Jhojan Pool; Norabuena Espinoza, Magdalena; Molina, Carolina; Toro, Richard; Leiva-Guzmán, Manuel A.

      (Springer, 2017-11-13)
      Acceso cerrado
      The temporal and spatial trends in the variability of PM10 and PM2.5 from 2010 to 2015 in the metropolitan area of Lima-Callao, Peru, are studied and interpreted in this work. The mean annual concentrations of PM10 and ...
    • Performance of Regional Climate Model Precipitation Simulations Over the Terrain-Complex Andes-Amazon Transition Region 

      Armijos, Elisaa,; Gutierrez, Ricardo A.; Junquas, Clémentinec; Armijos, Elisaa; Sörensson, Anna A.; Espinoza, Jhan-Carloc

      (American Geophysical Union, 2024)
      Acceso abierto
      Regional climate models (RCMs) are widely used to assess future impacts associated with climate change at regional and local scales. RCMs must represent relevant climate variables in the present-day climate to be considered ...
    • Photochemical sensitivity to emissions and local meteorology in Bogotá, Santiago, and São Paulo: An analysis of the initial COVID-19 lockdowns 

      Seguel, Rodrigo J.; Gallardo, Laura; Osses, Mauricio; Rojas, Néstor Y.; Nogueira, Thiago; Menares, Camilo; Andrade, Maria de Fatima; Belalcázar, Luis C.; Carrasco, Paula; Eskes, Henk; Fleming, Zoë L.; Huneeus, Nicolas; Ibarra-Espinosa, Sergio; Landulfo, Eduardo; Leiva, Manuel; Mangones, Sonia C.; Morais, Fernando G.; Moreira, Gregori A.; Pantoja, Nicolás; Parraguez, Santiago; Rojas Quincho, Jhojan Pool; Rondanelli, Roberto; Andrade, Izabel da Silva; Toro, Richard; Yoshida, Alexandre C.

      (University of California Press, 2022)
      Acceso abierto
      This study delves into the photochemical atmospheric changes reported globally during the pandemic by analyzing the change in emissions from mobile sources and the contribution of local meteorology to ozone (O3) and particle ...
    • PISCO_HyM_GR2M: A Model of Monthly Water Balance in Peru (1981–2020) 

      Llauca, Harold; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Montesinos Cáceres, Cristian Albert; Santini, W.; Rau, Pedro

      (MDPI AG, 2021-04-10)
      Acceso abierto
      Quantification of the surface water offer is crucial for its management. In Peru, the low spatial density of hydrometric stations makes this task challenging. This work aims to evaluate the hydrological performance of a ...
    • PISCOeo_pm, a reference evapotranspiration gridded database based on FAO Penman-Monteith in Peru 

      Huerta, Adrian; Bonnesoeur, Vivien; Cuadros-Adriazola, José; Gutierrez Lope, Leonardo; Ochoa-Tocachi, Boris F.; Román-Dañobeytia, Francisco; Lavado-Casimiro, W.

      (Nature, 2022-06)
      Acceso abierto
      A new FAO Penman-Monteith reference evapotranspiration gridded dataset is introduced, called PISCOeo_pm. PISCOeo_pm has been developed for the 1981–2016 period at ~1 km (0.01°) spatial resolution for the entire continental ...
    • Potential impacts of early twenty-first century changes in temperature and precipitation on rainfed annual crops in the Central Andes of Peru 

      Sanabria Quispe, Janeet; Calanca, Pierluigi; Alarcón Velazco, Constantino Eusebio; Canchari, Glicerio

      (Springer, 2014-03-08)
      Acceso abierto
      Smallholder agriculture in the Central Andes of Peru is based to large extent on rainfed cropping systems, is exposed to climatic risks and is expected to respond sensitively to increasing temperatures and shifts in the ...
    • Precipitation diurnal cycle assessment of satellite-based estimates over Brazil 

      Afonso, J.M.S.; Vila, D.A.; Gan, M.A.; Quispe, D.P.; Barreto, N.J.C.; Huamán, Joao; Palharini, R.S.A.

      (MDPI AG, 2020-07-21)
      Acceso abierto
      The main objective of this study is to assess the ability of several high-resolution satellite-based precipitation estimates to represent the Precipitation Diurnal Cycle (PDC) over Brazil during the 2014–2018 period, after ...
    • Projected increases in the annual flood pulse of the Western Amazon 

      Zulkafli, Z.; Buytaert, W.; Manz, B.; Rosas, C.V.; Willems, P.; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Guyot, J.L.; Santini, W.

      (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2016-01)
      Acceso abierto
      The impact of a changing climate on the Amazon basin is a subject of intensive research because of its rich biodiversity and the significant role of rainforests in carbon cycling. Climate change has also a direct hydrological ...
    • The projected precipitation reduction over the Central Andes may severely affect Peruvian glaciers and hydropower production 

      Kronenberg, M.; Schauwecker, S.; Huggel, C.; Salzmann, N.; Drenkhan, Fabian; Frey, H.; Giraáldez, C.; Gurgiser, W.; Kaser, G.; Juen, I.; Suarez, Wilson; Hernaández, J.G.; Sanmartín, J.F.; Ayros, E.; Perry, B.; Rohrer, M.

      (Elsevier, 2016-11-29)
      Acceso abierto
      Water from glaciers is crucial for the Peruvian hydropower production. Hence, we investigate the glacier-atmosphere and climate interactions in the Cordillera Vilcanota, considering scenarios of significant precipitation ...
    • Radar-Observed Characteristics of Precipitation in the Tropical High Andes of Southern Peru and Bolivia 

      Endries, J. L.; Perry, L. B.; Yuter, S. E.; Seimon, Anton; Andrade, Marcos; Winkelmann, Ronald; Quispe, Nelson; Rado, Maxwell; Montoya, Nilton; Velarde, Fernando; Arias, S.

      (American Meteorological Society, 2018-07-06)
      This study used the first detailed radar measurements of the vertical structure of precipitation obtained in the central Andes of southern Peru and Bolivia to investigate the diurnal cycle and vertical structure of ...
    • Rainfall along the coast of Peru during strong El Niño events 

      Sanabria Quispe, Janeet; Bourrel, L.; Dewitte, Boris; Frappart, F.; Rau, P.; Solis, Olimpio

      (Royal Meteorological Society, 2017-09-26)
      Acceso abierto
      While, climatologically, most areas of the Peruvian Pacific region do not experience precipitation, they can be affected by heavy rain and flooding during strong El Niño events with severe socio-economic impacts. Only four ...
    • Rainfall Erosivity in Peru: A New Gridded Dataset Based on GPM-IMERG and Comprehensive Assessment (2000–2020) 

      Gutierrez, Leonardo; Huerta, Adrian; Sabino, Evelin; Bourrel, Luc; Frappart, Frédéric; Lavado-Casimiro, W.

      (Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología del Perú, 2023)
      Acceso abierto
      In soil erosion estimation models, the variables with the greatest impact are rainfall erosivity (𝑅𝐸), which is the measurement of precipitation energy and its potential capacity to cause erosion, and erosivity density ...
    • Rainfall hotspots over the southern tropical Andes: Spatial distribution, rainfall intensity, and relations with large-scale atmospheric circulation 

      Espinoza, J.C.; Chavez, Steven; Ronchail, Josyane; Junquas, Clémentine; Takahashi, Ken; Lavado-Casimiro, W.

      (American Geophysical Union, 2015-05-11)
      Acceso abierto
      The Andes/Amazon transition is among the rainiest regions of the world and the interactionsbetween large-scale circulation and the topography that determine its complex rainfall distribution remainpoorly known. This work ...
    • Rainfall thresholds estimation for shallow landslides in Peru from gridded daily data 

      Millán-Arancibia, Carlos; Lavado-Casimiro, Waldo

      (European Geosciences Union, 2023-03-22)
      Acceso abierto
      This work aims to generate and evaluate regional rainfall thresholds obtained from a combination of high-resolution gridded rainfall data, developed by the National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology of Peru, and information ...
    • Recent changes in monthly surface air temperature over Peru, 1964–2014 

      Vicente-Serrano, S.M.; López-Moreno, J.I.; Correa, Kris; Avalos, Grinia; Bazo, Juan; Azorín-Molina, C.; Domínguez-Castro, F.; Kenawy, A.E.

      (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2018-01)
      Embargado
      This study assessed changes in the maximum and minimum surface air temperatures across Peru during the period 1964–2014. For this purpose, we employed the most complete records of air temperature series that were also ...
    • Recent temperature variability and change in the Altiplano of Bolivia and Peru 

      López-Moreno, J.I.; Morán-Tejeda, E.; Vicente-Serrano, S.M.; Bazo, Juan; Azorín-Molina, C.; Revuelto, J.; Sanchez‐Lorenzo, Arturo; Aguilar, E.; Chura, O.

      (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2015-08-26)
      Acceso abierto
      This work analysed the changes in air temperature in 25 meteorological stations in the Altiplano and the surrounding Andean slopes of Bolivia and Peru, and their relationship with El Niño-Southern Oscillation (SO) and the ...
    • Regional maximum rainfall analysis using L-moments at the Titicaca Lake drainage, Peru 

      Fernández Palomino, Carlos; Lavado-Casimiro, W.

      (Springer-Verlag Wien, 2017-08)
      Acceso cerrado
      The present study investigates the application of the index flood L-moments-based regional frequency analysis procedure (RFA-LM) to the annual maximum 24-h rainfall (AM) of 33 rainfall gauge stations (RGs) to estimate ...
    • Regional parameter estimation of the SWAT model: methodology and application to river basins in the Peruvian Pacific drainage 

      Asurza Véliz, Flavio Alexander; Lavado-Casimiro, W.

      (MDPI AG, 2020-11-16)
      Acceso abierto
      This study presents a methodology for the regional parameters estimation of the SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) model, with the objective of estimating daily flow series in the Pacific drainage under the context of ...
    • Regionalization of rainfall over the Peruvian Pacific slope and coast 

      Rau, P.; Bourrel, L.; Labat, D.; Melo, P.; Dewitte, Boris; Frappart, F.; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Felipe-Obando, Oscar

      (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2017-01)
      Acceso cerrado
      Documenting the heterogeneity of rainfall regimes is a prerequisite for water resources management, mitigation of risks associated to extremes weather events and for impact studies. In this paper, we present a method for ...
    • Relationship between monthly rainfall in NW peru and tropical sea surface temperature 

      Bazo, Juan; Lorenzo, M.D.L.N.; Porfirio Da Rocha, R.

      (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013-08)
      Acceso abierto
      This study assesses the relationship between global sea surface temperature (SST) and a regional index of rainfall (NWPR) in Piura-Tumbes, a coastal region in northwestern Peru, over the period 1965-2008 by means of the ...