• Spatio-temporal patterns of thermal anomalies and drought over tropical forests driven by recent extreme climatic anomalies 

      Jimenez, Juan C.; Barichivich, Jonathan; Mattar, Cristian; Takahashi, Ken; Santamaría-Artigas, Andrés; Sobrino, José A.; Malhi, Yadvinder

      (The Royal Society, 2018-08-23)
      The recent 2015– 2016 El Niño (EN) event was considered as strong as the EN in 1997–1998. Given such magnitude, it was expected to result in extreme warming and moisture anomalies in tropical areas. Here we characterize ...
    • Climatology of extreme cold events in the central Peruvian Andes during austral summer: origin, types and teleconnections 

      Sulca, Juan; Vuille, Mathias; Roundy, Paul; Takahashi, Ken; Espinoza, J.C.; Silva, Yamina; Trasmonte, Grace; Zubieta, R.

      (Royal Meteorological Society, 2018-08-30)
      Acceso abierto
      The climatological and large‐scale characteristics of the extreme cold events (ECEs) in the central Peruvian Andes (Mantaro basin (MB)) during austral summer (January–March) are examined using reanalysis, gridded and in ...
    • Extreme rainfall forecast with the WRF-ARW model in the Central Andes of Peru 

      Moya-álvarez, A.S.; Gálvez, J.; Holguín, A.; Estevan, R.; Kumar, S.; Villalobos, E.; Martínez-Castro, D.; Silva, Yamina

      (MDPI AG, 2018-09)
      Acceso abierto
      The ability of the WRF-ARW (Weather Research and Forecasting-Advanced Research WRF) model to forecast extreme rainfall in the Central Andes of Peru is evaluated in this study, using observations from stations located in ...
    • OZCAR: The French network of critical zone observatories 

      Gaillardet, J.; Braud, I.; Hankard, F.; Anquetin, S.; Bour, O.; Dorfliger, N.; de Dreuzy, J.R.; Galle, S.; Galy, C.; Gogo, S.; Gourcy, L.; Habets, F.; Laggoun, F.

      (Soil Science Society of America, 2018-11)
      Acceso abierto
      The French critical zone initiative, called OZCAR (Observatoires de la Zone Critique–Application et Recherche or Critical Zone Observatories–Application and Research) is a National Research Infrastructure (RI). OZCAR-RI ...
    • Mapping seasonal and annual extreme precipitation over the Peruvian Andes 

      Domínguez-Castro, F.; Vicente-Serrano, S.M.; López-Moreno, J.I.; Correa, Kris; Avalos, Grinia; Azorín-Molina, C.; El Kenawy, A.; Tomas-Burguera, M.; Navarro-Serrano, F.; Peña-Gallardo, M.; Gimeno, L.; Nieto, R.

      (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2018-12)
      Acceso cerrado
      Seasonal and annual extreme precipitation over the Peruvian Andes have been mapped for the first time. Maps were developed using the most complete, quality-controlled and homogenous daily precipitation records in Peru from ...
    • Increased variability of eastern Pacific El Niño under greenhouse warming 

      Cai, Wenju; Wang, G.; Dewitte, Boris; Wu, L.; Santoso, A.; Takahashi, Ken; Yang, Y.; Carréric, A.; McPhaden, M.J

      (Nature Publishing Group, 2018-12)
      Acceso cerrado
      The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the dominant and most consequential climate variation on Earth, and is characterized by warming of equatorial Pacific sea surface temperatures (SSTs) during the El Niño phase and ...
    • Assessing multidecadal runoff (1970–2010) using regional hydrological modelling under data and water scarcity conditions in Peruvian Pacific catchment 

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

      (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019-01)
      Acceso abierto
      In a context of water scarcity in Peruvian Pacific catchments as a crucial issue for Peru, added to the paucity of data availability, we propose a methodology that provides new perspectives for freshwater availability ...
    • Strength outlooks for the El Niño-Southern Oscillation 

      L'Heureux, M.L.; Tippett, M.K.; Takahashi, Ken; Barnston, A.G.; Becker, E.J.; Bell, G.D.; Di Liberto, T.E.; Gottschalck, J.; Halpert, Michael S.; Hu, Zeng-Zhen; Johnson, Nathaniel C.; Xue, Yan; Wang, Wanqiu

      (American Meteorological Society, 2019-02)
      Acceso abierto
      Three strategies for creating probabilistic forecast outlooks for El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) are compared. One is subjective and is currently used by the NOAA/Climate Prediction Center (CPC) to produce official ...
    • Tropical Pacific observing system 

      Smith, N.; Kessler, W.S.; Cravatte, S.; Sprintall, J.; Wijffels, S.; Cronin, M.F.; Sutton, A.; Serra, Y.L.; Dewitte, Boris; Strutton, P.G.; Hill, K.; Gupta, A.S.; Lin, Xiaopei; Takahashi, Ken; Chen, D.; Brunner, Shelby

      (Frontiers in Earth Science, 2019-02-18)
      This paper reviews the design of the Tropical Pacific Observing System (TPOS) and its governance and takes a forward look at prospective change. The initial findings of the TPOS 2020 Project embrace new strategic approaches ...
    • Summertime precipitation deficits in the southern Peruvian highlands since 1964 

      Imfeld, N.; Barreto Schuler, Christian; Correa, Kris; Jacques-Coper, M.; Sedlmeier, v; Gubler, S.; Huerta, Adrian; Brönnimann, v

      (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019-03)
      Acceso abierto
      Precipitation deficits remain a concern to the rural population in the southern Peruvian highlands and knowledge about their occurrence is lacking because of scarce data availability. For mountainous regions with sparse ...
    • Determining payments for watershed services by hydro-economic modeling for optimal water allocation between agricultural and municipal water use 

      Haavisto, R.; Santos, Darwin; Perrels, A.

      (Elsevier B.V., 2019-04)
      Acceso abierto
      Evergrowingdemandforagriculturalandmunicipalwater,causedbypopulationgrowthandtheneedtofeedtheworld,aswellasincreasingstressoverwaterbodiescraveforefficientandsustainablewatermanagement.Especiallyinareaswheremunicipalanda ...
    • 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 ...
    • Ocean climate observing requirements in support of climate research and climate information 

      Stammer, D; Bracco, A.; AchutaRao, K.; Beal, Lisa; Bindoff, Nathaniel L.; Braconnot, Pascale; Cai, Wenju; Chen, Dake; Collins, Matthew; Danabasoglu, Gokhan; Dewitte, Boris; Farneti, Riccardo; Fox-Kemper, Baylor; Fyfe, John; Griffies, Stephen; Jayne, Steven R.; Lazar, Alban; Lengaigne, Matthieu; Lin, Xiaopei; Marsland, Simon; Shoshiro, Minobe; Monteiro, Pedro M. S.; Robinson, Walter; Roxy, Mathew Koll; Rykaczewski, Ryan R.; Speich, Sabrina; Smith, Inga J.; Solomon, Amy; Storto, Andrea; Takahashi, Ken; Toniazzo, Thomas; Vialard, Jerome

      (Frontiers in Earth Science, 2019-07-31)
      Natural variability and change of the Earth’s climate have significant global societal impacts. With its large heat and carbon capacity and relatively slow dynamics, the ocean plays an integral role in climate, and provides ...
    • Editorial : Tropical Climate Variability and Change: Impacts in the Amazon 

      Jimenez, Juan C.; Takahashi, Ken

      (Frontiers in Earth Science, 2019-08-26)
      Vast amounts of data from satellites and ground-based systems, and improvements on modeling techniques, allows a better understanding of Earth processes and advances on climate science. The tropics play a key role on global ...
    • Heavy Snowfalls in the peruvian Andes: the wettest winter of the last 19 years 

      Ramos, Isabel; Aliaga Nestares, Vannia; Castro, Anabel

      (American Meteorological Society, 2019-09)
      Acceso abierto
      Most meteorological stations in the central and southern Peruvian Andes also received heavy rainfall in June and July. On 2 June, Ananea, which is located in Puno at 4660 m a.s.l., recorded 32.5 mm (monthly climatology ...
    • Can artificial neural networks estimate potential evapotranspiration in Peruvian highlands? 

      Laqui, Wilber; Zubieta, Ricardo; Rau, P.; Mejía, Abel; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Ingol, Eusebio

      ( John Wiley and Sons , 2019-09-26)
      Embargado
      Evapotranspiration (ETo) is one of the most important variables of the water cycle when water requirements for irrigation, water resource planning or hydrological applications are analyzed. In this context, models based ...
    • The role of ENSO flavours and TNA on recent droughts over Amazon forests and the Northeast Brazil region 

      Jimenez, Juan C.; Marengo, José A.; Alves, Lincoln M.; Sulca, Juan; Takahashi, Ken; Ferrett, Samantha; Collins, Matthew

      (Royal Meteorological Society, 2019-12-27)
      Acceso restringido
      Amazon tropical forests and the semiarid Northeast Brazil (NEB) region have registered very severe droughts during the last two decades, with a frequency that may have exceeded natural climate variability. Severe droughts ...
    • Evaluation of GPM-era Global Satellite Precipitation Products over Multiple Complex Terrain Regions 

      Derin, Y.; Anagnostou, E.; Berne, A.; Borga, M.; Boudevillain, Brice; Buytaert, W.; Chang, Che-Hao; Chen, H.; Delrieu, G; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Manz, B.; Moges, S.; Nikolopoulos, Efthymios I.; Sahlu, Dejene; Salerno, Franco; Rodríguez-Sánchez, Juan-Pablo; Vergara, Humberto J.; Yilmaz, K.K.

      (MDPI, 2019-12-7)
      Acceso abierto
      The great success of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and its successor Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) has accelerated the development of global high-resolution satellite-based precipitation products ...
    • Change in strong Eastern Pacific El Niño events dynamics in the warming climate 

      Carréric, Aude; Dewitte, Boris; Cai, Wenju; Capotondi, Antonietta; Takahashi, Ken; Yeh, Sang-Wook; Wang, Guojian; Guémas, Virginie

      (Springer, 2020)
      Acceso restringido
      While there is evidence that ENSO activity will increase in association with the increased vertical stratification due to global warming, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here we investigate this issue using the ...
    • 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 ...