• Accuracy assessment of SRTM v4 and ASTER GDEM v2 over the Altiplano watershed using ICESat/GLAS data 

      Satgé, F.; Bonnet, M.P; Timouk, F.; Calmant, S.; Pillco, R.; Molina, J.; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Arsen, A.; Crétaux, J.F.; Garnier, J.

      (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2015-01)
      Acceso cerrado
      The new Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM v2) has been available since 17 October 2011. With a resolution of approximately 30 m, this model should provide more accurate information than the latest version of Shuttle ...
    • A comparative analysis of TRMM-rain gauge data merging techniques at the daily time scale for distributed rainfall-runoff modeling applications 

      Nerini, D.; Zulkafli, Z.; Wang, L.-P.; Onof, C.; Buytaert, W.; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Guyot, J.L.

      (American Meteorological Society, 2015-01)
      Acceso abierto
      This study compares two nonparametric rainfall data merging methods-the mean bias correction and double-kernel smoothing-with two geostatistical methods-kriging with external drift and Bayesian combination-for optimizing ...
    • 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 ...
    • Impact of climate change on some grapevine varieties grown in Peru for Pisco production 

      Yzarra Tito, Wilfredo Julián; Sanabria Quispe, Janeet; Cáceres, Hanna; Solis, Olimpio; Lhomme, J.P.

      (Vigne et Vin Publications Internationales, 2015-06-30)
      Acceso abierto
      The Peruvian region of Ica is an important area ofgrapevine cultivation, mainly for the production of pisco, the flagship hard drink of Peru. The effects of a changing climate have been assessed using the recorded temperatures ...
    • Impact of the global warming hiatus on Andean temperature 

      Vuille, M.; Franquist, E.; Garreaud, R.; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Cáceres, B.

      (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015-08)
      Acceso abierto
      The recent hiatus in global warming is likely to be reflected in Andean temperature, given its close dependence on tropical Pacific sea surface temperature (SST). While recent work in the subtropical Andes has indeed ...
    • Facing unprecedented drying of the Central Andes? Precipitation variability over the period AD 1000-2100 

      Neukom, R.; Rohrer, M.; Calanca, P.; Salzmann, N.; Huggel, C.; Acuña, Delia; Christie, D.A.; Morales, M.S.

      (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2015-08)
      Acceso abierto
      Projected future trends in water availability are associated with large uncertainties in many regions of the globe. In mountain areas with complex topography, climate models have often limited capabilities to adequately ...
    • 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 ...
    • Impacts of satellite-based precipitation datasets on rainfall-runoff modeling of the Western Amazon basin of Peru and Ecuador 

      Zubieta, R.; Getirana, A.; Espinoza, J.C.; Lavado-Casimiro, W.

      (Elsevier, 2015-09)
      Acceso cerrado
      Satellites are an alternative source of rainfall data used as input to hydrological models in poorly gauged or ungauged regions. They are also useful in regions with highly heterogeneous precipitation, such as the tropical ...
    • Soluble trace metals in aerosols over the tropical south-east Pacific offshore of Peru 

      Baker, A.R.; Thomas, M.; Bange, H.W.; Plasencia Sanchez, E.

      (Copernicus GmbH, 2016)
      Acceso abierto
      Meteor cruise M91 was supported by the BMBF projects SOPRAN II and III (FKZ 03F0611A and FKZ 03F662A). We thank the Peruvian authorities for authorising us to conduct the study in their territorial waters. We also would ...
    • 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 ...
    • Climate trends and variability in Ecuador (1966–2011) 

      Morán-Tejeda, E.; Bazo, Juan; López-Moreno, J.I.; Aguilar, E.; Azorín-Molina, C.; Sanchez‐Lorenzo, Arturo; Martínez, Rodney; Nieto, Juan J.; Mejía, R.; Martín‐Hernández, N.; Vicente-Serrano, S.M.

      (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2016-01-15)
      Acceso abierto
      This study detects climate trends and variability from precipitation and temperature observations in Ecuador and assesses their links to the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) for the period 1966–2011, using the El Niño ...
    • High-resolution satellite-gauge merged precipitation climatologies of the tropical Andes 

      Manz, B.; Buytaert, W.; Zulkafli, Z.; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Willems, B.; Robles, L.A.; Rodríguez-Sánchez, Juan-Pablo

      (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016-02-09)
      Acceso abierto
      Satellite precipitation products are becoming increasingly useful to complement rain gauge networks in regions where these are too sparse to capture spatial precipitation patterns, such as in the Tropical Andes. The Tropical ...
    • Amazon River dissolved load: temporal dynamics and annual budget from the Andes to the ocean 

      Moquet, J.S.; Guyot, J.L.; Crave, A.; Viers, J.; Filizola, N.; Martinez, J.-M.; Oliveira, T.C.; Sánchez, L.S.H.; Lagane, C.; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Noriega, L.; Pombosa, R.

      (Springer Verlag, 2016-06)
      Acceso abierto
      The aim of the present study is to estimate the export fluxes of major dissolved species at the scale of the Amazon basin, to identify the main parameters controlling their spatial distribution and to identify the role of ...
    • Multiregional satellite precipitation products evaluation over complex terrain 

      Derin, Y.; Anagnostou, E.; Berne, A.; Borga, M.; Boudevillain, Brice; Buytaert, W.; Chang, Che-Hao; Delrieu, Guy; Hong, Yang; Chia Hsu, Yung; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Manz, Bastian; Moges, Semu; Nikolopoulos, Efthymios I.; Sahlu, Dejene; Salerno, Franco; Rodríguez-Sánchez, Juan-Pablo; Vergara, Humberto J.; Yilmaz, Koray K..

      (American Meteorological Society, 2016-06)
      Acceso abierto
      An extensive evaluation of nine global-scale high-resolution satellite-based rainfall (SBR) products is performed using a minimum of 6 years (within the period of 2000-13) of reference rainfall data derived from rain gauge ...
    • Characteristics of Precipitating Storms in Glacierized Tropical Andean Cordilleras of Peru and Bolivia 

      Perry, L. B.; Seimon, Anton; Andrade, Marcos; Endries, J. L.; Yuter, S. E.; Velarde, Fernando; Arias, S.; Bonshoms, Marti; Burton, E.J.; Winkelmann, I. R.; Cooper, C.M.; Mamani, G.; Rado, M.; Montoya, N.; Quispe, Nelson

      (Taylor & Francis, 2016-06-01)
      Acceso cerrado
      Precipitation variability in tropical high mountains is a fundamental yet poorly understood factor influencing local climatic expression and a variety of environmental processes, including glacier behavior and water ...
    • Impacts of land use on the hydrological response of tropical Andean catchments 

      Ochoa-Tocachi, B.F.; Buytaert, W.; De Bièvre, B.; Célleri, R.; Crespo, P.; Villacís, M.; Llerena, C.A.; Acosta, L.; Villazón, M.; Guallpa, M.; Gil-Ríos, J.; Fuentes, P.; Olaya, D.; Viñas, P.; Rojas, G.; Arias, S.

      (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2016-08-30)
      Acceso abierto
      Changes in land use and land cover are major drivers of hydrological alteration in the tropical Andes. However, quantifying their impacts is fraught with difficulties because of the extreme diversity in meteorological ...
    • Towards implementing climate services in Peru – The project CLIMANDES 

      Rosas, Gabriela; Gubler, S.; Oria, Clara; Acuña, Delia; Avalos, Grinia; Begert, M.; Castillo, E.; Croci-Maspoli, M.; Cubas Saucedo, Félix; Dapozzo, M.; Díaz, A.; van Geijtenbeek, D.; Jacques-Coper, M.

      (Elsevier B.V., 2016-09)
      Acceso abierto
      CLIMANDES is a pilot twinning project between the National Weather Services of Peru and Switzerland (SENAMHI and MeteoSwiss), developed within the Global Framework for Climate Services of the World Meteorological Organization ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Hydrological and depositional processes associated with recent glacier recession in Yanamarey catchment, Cordillera Blanca (Peru) 

      López-Moreno, J.I.; Valero-Garcés, B.; Mark, B; Revuelto, J.; Azorín-Molina, C.; Bazo, Juan; Frugone, M; Vicente-Serrano, S.M.; Alejo-Cochachin, J.

      (Elsevier B.V., 2017-02)
      In this study, we investigate changes in the glaciated surface and the formation of lakes in the headwater of the Querococha watershed in Cordillera Blanca (Peru) using 24 Landsat images from 1975 to 2014. Information of ...