• 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 ...
    • Cutoff low over the southeastern Pacific Ocean: a case study 

      Quispe, Nelson; Aliaga Nestares, Vannia; Rodríguez Zimmermann, Diego; Bonshoms, Marti; Loayza, Raquel; García, Teresa; Mesia, José; Duran, Ricardo; Olivares, Sara

      (CSIRO, 2021-02-17)
      Acceso abierto
      Cutoff lows (COLs) are infrequent events in the tropics that can cause extreme rainfall, flash flooding and landslides in arid areas, such as western South America. In this study, the life cycle of a COL in the southeastern ...
    • Reliability of cross-regional applications of global fire danger models: a Peruvian case study 

      Podschwit, Harry; Jolly, William; Alvarado, Ernesto; Verma, Satyam; Ponce, Blanca; Markos, Andrea; Aliaga Nestares, Vannia; Rodríguez Zimmermann, Diego

      (Springer, 2022-12)
      Acceso abierto
      Background: Fire danger indexes (FDIs) are used as proxies for fire potential and are often developed for specific locations. For practical purposes, the extrapolation of the underlying calculations into novel locations ...