Listar por palabra clave "Floods"

    • Climate diagnostics of the extreme floods in Peru during early 2017 

      Son, R.; Wang, S.-Y.S.; Tseng, W.-L.; Barreto Schuler, Christian; Becker, E.J.; Yoon, J.-H.

      (Springer, 2020)
      Acceso abierto
      From January through March 2017, a series of extreme precipitation events occurred in coastal Peru, causing severe floods with hundreds of human casualties and billions of dollars in economic losses. The extreme precipitation ...

    • From drought to flooding: understanding the abrupt 2010-11 hydrological annual cycle in the Amazonas River and tributaries 

      Espinoza, J.C.; Ronchail, Josyane; Guyot, J.L.; Junquas, Clémentine; Guillaume, Drapeau; Martinez, Jean Michel; William, Santini; Philippe, Vauchel; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Ordóñez Gálvez, Juan Julio; Espinoza-Villar, R.

      (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2012-01)
      Acceso abierto
      In this work we document and analyze the hydrological annual cycles characterized by a rapid transition between low and high flows in the Amazonas River (Peruvian Amazon) and we show how these events, which may impact ...

    • The challenge of unprecedented floods and droughts in risk management 

      Kreibich, Heidi; Van Loon, Anne F.; Schröter, Kaia; Ward, Philip J.; Mazzoleni, Maurizio; Sairam, Nivedita; Abeshu, Guta Wakbulcho; Agafonova, Svetlana; AghaKouchak, Amir; Aksoy, Hafzullah; Alvarez-Garreton, Camila; Aznar, Blanca; Balkhi, Laila; Barendrecht, Marlies H.; Biancamaria, Sylvainl; Bos-Burgering, Liduin; Bradley, Chrisn; Budiyono, Yus; Buytaert, Wouterp; Capewell, Lucindan; Carlson, Hayleyk; Cavus, Yonca; Couasnon, Anaïsb; Coxon, Gemma; Daliakopoulos, Ioannis; de Ruiter, Marleen C.; Delus, Claire; Erfurt, Mathilde; Esposito, Giuseppe; François, Didier; Frappart, Frédéric; Freer, Jim; Frolova, Natalia; Gain, Animesh K.; Grillakis, Manolisa; Grima, Jordi Oriol; Guzmán, Diego A.; Huning, Laurie S.; Ionita, Monica; Kharlamov, Maxime; Khoi, Dao Nguyena; Kieboom, Natalie; Kireeva, Maria; Koutroulis, Aristeidis; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Li, Hong-Yid; LLasat, María Carmen

      (Springer, 2022-08-03)
      Acceso abierto
      Risk management has reduced vulnerability to floods and droughts globally1,2, yet their impacts are still increasing3. An improved understanding of the causes of changing impacts is therefore needed, but has been hampered ...

    • Two Contrasting Severe Seasonal Extremes in Tropical South America in 2012: Flood in Amazonia and Drought in Northeast Brazil 

      Marengo, José A.; Alves, Lincoln M.; Soares, W.R.; Rodriguez, D.A.; Camargo, H.; Riveros, M.P.; Pabló, A.D.

      (American Meteorological Society, 2013-11)
      Acceso abierto
      Two simultaneous extreme events affected tropical South America to the east of the Andes during the austral summer and fall of 2012: a severe drought in Northeast Brazil and intense rainfall and floods in Amazonia, both ...