Browsing by Subject "Atmospheric Circulation"

Behavior of the ITCZ second band near the Peruvian coast during the 2017 coastal El Niño

Aliaga Nestares, Vannia; Rodríguez Zimmermann, Diego; Quispe, Nelson
(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2023)
Acceso abierto

The behavior of the second band of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) near the Peruvian coast during early 2017 is studied, using precipitation, surface winds, sea surface temperature (SST) and atmospheric variables ...
Summertime precipitation extremes and the influence of atmospheric flows on the western slopes of the southern Andes of Perú

Villalobos-Puma, Elver; Flores-Rojas, Jose Luis; Martinez-Castro, Daniel; Morales, Annareli; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Mosquera-Vásquez, Kobi; Silva, Yamina
(John Wiley and Sons, 2022)
Acceso abierto

Although climatologically dry, the western slopes of the southern Andes of Peru (WSA) can experience precipitation extremes (PEs) during the summer (December–February) resulting in great economic and human losses. Generally, ...