Browsing by Author "Santini, W."

    • Attribution of Amazon floods to modes of climate variability: A review 

      Towner, Jamie; Cloke, Hannah L.; Santini, W.; Bazo, Juan; Coughlan de Perez, Erin; Stephens, Elisabeth M.

      (John Wiley & Sons, 2020-08)
      Acceso abierto
      Anomalous conditions in the oceans and atmosphere have the potential to beused to enhance the predictability of flood events, enabling earlier warnings toreduce risk. In the Amazon basin, extreme flooding is consistently ...

    • An index concentration method for suspended load monitoring in large rivers of the Amazonian foreland 

      Santini, W.; Camenen, B.; Le Coz, J.; Vauchel, P.; Guyot, J.L.; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Carranza, Jorge; Paredes, M.; Arévalo, J.J.P.; Arévalo, N.; Villar, R.E.; Julien, F.; Martinez, J.-M.

      (Copernicus GmbH, 2019-06-04)
      Acceso abierto
      Because increasing climatic variability and anthropic pressures have affected the sediment dynamics of large tropical rivers, long-term sediment concentration series have become crucial for understanding the related ...

    • The Major Floods in the Amazonas River and Tributaries (Western Amazon Basin) during the 1970-2012 Period: A Focus on the 2012 Flood 

      Espinoza, J.C.; Ronchail, J.; Frappart, F.; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Santini, W.; Guyot, J.L.

      (American Meteorological Society, 2013)
      Acceso abierto
      In this work, the authors analyze the origin of the extreme floods in the Peruvian Amazonas River during the 1970-2012 period, focusing on the recent April 2012 flooding (55400m3 s-1). Several hydrological variables, such ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Las recientes sequías en la cuenca amazónica peruana: Orígenes climáticos e impactos hidrológicos 

      Espinoza, J.C.; Ronchail, Josyane; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Santini, W.; Vauchel, P.; Pombosa, Rodrigo; Villacís, Marcos; Carranza, Jorge; Junquas, Clémentine; Drapeau, Guillaume

      (Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología del Perú, 2011)
      Acceso abierto
      Este trabajo ofrece un panorama inicial de las características climáticas y los impactos hidrológicos afines durante las recientes sequías extremas (1995, 1998, 2005 y 2010) en el río Amazonas peruano. Para ello se empleó ...

    • Sediment budget in the Ucayali River basin, an Andean tributary of the Amazon River 

      Santini, W.; Martinez, J.-M.; Espinoza-Villar, R.; Cochonneau, G.; Vauchel, P.; Moquet, J.S.; Baby, P.; Espinoza, J.C.; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Carranza, Jorge; Guyot, J.L.

      (Copernicus GmbH, 2014-01)
      Acceso abierto
      Formation of mountain ranges results from complex coupling between lithospheric deformation, mechanisms linked to subduction and surface processes: weathering, erosion, and climate. Today, erosion of the eastern Andean ...

    • Sediment budget in the Ucayali River basin, an Andean tributary of the Amazon River 

      Santini, W.; Martinez, J.-M.; Espinoza-Villar, R.; Cochonneau, G.; Vauchel, P.; Moquet, J.S.; Baby, P.; Espinoza, J.C.; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Carranza, Jorge; Guyot, J.L.

      (Copernicus GmbH, 2014)
      Acceso abierto
      Formation of mountain ranges results from complex coupling between lithospheric deformation, mechanisms linked to subduction and surface processes: weathering, erosion, and climate. Today, erosion of the eastern Andean ...

    • Suspended sediment dynamics in the Amazon River of Peru 

      Armijos, E.; Crave, Alain; Vauchel, Philippe; Fraizy, Pascal; Santini, W.; Moquet, Jean-Sèbastien; Arevalo, Nore; Carranza, Jorge; Guyot, J.L.

      (Elsevier, 2013-07)
      Acceso cerrado
      The erosion and transport of sediments allow us to understand many activities of significance, such as crust evolution, climate change, uplift rates, continental processes, the biogeochemical cycling of pollutants and ...