• The 2017 coastal El Niño 

      Takahashi, Ken; Aliaga Nestares, Vannia; Avalos, Grinia; Bouchon, M.; Castro, Anabel; Cruzado, L.; Dewitte, Boris; Gutiérrez, B.; Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Marengo, José A.; Mosquera-Vásquez, K.; Quispe, Nelson

      (American Meteorological Society, 2018-08)
      Acceso abierto
      The original concept of El Niño consisted of anomalously high sea surface temperature and heavy rainfall along the arid northern coast of Peru (Carranza 1891; Carrillo 1893). The concept evolved into the El Niño–Southern ...
    • A future of extreme precipitation and droughts in the Peruvian Andes 

      Potter, Emily R.; Fyffe, Catriona L.; Orr, Andrew; Quincey, Duncan J.; Ross, Andrew N.; Rangecroft, Sally; Medina, Katy; Burns, Helen; Llacza Rodríguez, Alan; Jácome Vergaray, Gerardo; Hellström, Robert Å.; Castro, Joshua; Cochachin, Alejo; Montoya, Nilton; Loarte, Edwin; Pellicciotti, Francesca

      (Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología del Perú, 2023-07-20)
      Acceso abierto
      Runoff from glacierised Andean river basins is essential for sustaining the livelihoods of millions of people. By running a high-resolution climate model over the two most glacierised regions of Peru we unravel past climatic ...
    • A multi-objective approach to select hydrological models and constrain structural uncertainties for climate impact assessments 

      Saavedra, Danny; Mendoza, Pablo A.; Addor, Nans; Llauca, Harold; Vargas, Ximena

      (John Wiley and Sons, 2021-12)
      Embargado
      The assessment of climate change impacts on water resources and flood risk is typically underpinned by hydrological models calibrated and selected based on observed streamflow records. Yet, changes in climate are rarely ...
    • Advancing South American Water and Climate Science through Multidecadal Convection-Permitting Modeling 

      Dominguez, Francina; Rasmussen, Roy; Liu, Changhai; Ikeda, Kyoko; Prein, Andreas; Varble, Adam; Arias, Paola A.; Bacmeister, Julio; Bettolli, Maria Laura; Callaghan, Patrick; Carvalho, Leila M. V.; Castro, Christopher L.; Chen, Fei; Chug, Divyansh; Chun, Kwok Pan (Sun); Dai, Aiguo; Danaila, Luminita; da Rocha, Rosmeri Porfírio; Nascimento, Ernani de Lima; Dougherty, Erin; Dudhia, Jimy; Eidhammer, Trude; Feng, Zhe; Fita, Lluís; Fu, Rong; Giles, Julian; Gilmour, Harriet; Halladay, Kate; Huang, Yongjie; Iza Wong, Angela Maylee; Lagos-Zúñiga, Miguel Ángel; Jones, Charles; Llamocca, Jorge; Llopart, Marta; Martinez, J. Alejandro; Martinez, J. Carlos; Minder, Justin R.; Morrison, Monica; Moon, Zachary L.; Mu, Ye; Neale, Richard B.; Núñez Ocasio, Kelly M.; Pal, Sujan; Potter, Erin; Poveda, German; Puhales, Franciano; Rasmussen, Kristen L.; Rehbein, Amanda; Rios-Berrios, Rosimar

      (American Meteorological Society, 2024-01-08)
      Acceso abierto
      South America’s hydroclimate sustains vibrant communities and natural ecosystems of extraordinary biodiversity including the Andes Cordillera, and the Orinoco, La Plata, and Amazon basins. Global warming and land-use change ...
    • Assessment of climate change impacts on the hydrology of the Peruvian Amazon-Andes basin 

      Lavado-Casimiro, W.; Labat, D.; Guyot, J.L.; Ardoin-Bardin, Sandra

      (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-11)
      Embargado
      In this article, we propose an investigation of the modifications of the hydrological response of two Peruvian Amazonas-Andes basins in relationship with the modifications of the precipitation and evapotranspiration rates ...
    • Assessment of Present and Future Water Security under Anthropogenic and Climate Changes Using WEAP Model in the Vilcanota-Urubamba Catchment, Cusco, Perú 

      Goyburo, Andrés; Rau, Pedro; Lavado-Casimiro, Waldo; Buytaert, Wouter; Cuadros-Adriazola, José; Horna, Daniel

      (MDPI AG, 2023)
      Acceso abierto
      Water is an essential resource for social and economic development. The availability of this resource is constantly threatened by the rapid increase in its demand. This research assesses current (2010–2016), short- ...
    • 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 Change Impact on Peruvian Biomes 

      Zevallos, Jose; Lavado-Casimiro, W.

      (MDPI, 2022-02)
      Acceso abierto
      The biodiversity present in Peru will be affected by climatic and anthropogenic changes; therefore, understanding these changes will help generate biodiversity conservation policies. This study analyzes the potential ...
    • Climate change threats to environment in the tropical Andes: glaciers and water resources 

      Chevallier, Pierre; Pouyaud, Bernard; Suarez, Wilson; Condom, Thomas

      (Springer, 2010-11-14)
      Acceso cerrado
      Almost all of the world’s glaciers in the tropical latitudes are located in the Central Andes (Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia). Due to their high altitude, to the high level of radiation and to the tropical climate ...
    • Climate impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on South America 

      Cai, Wenju; McPhaden, Michael J.; Grimm, Alice M.; Rodrigues, Regina R.; Taschetto, Andréa S; Garreaud, René D.; Dewitte, Boris; Poveda, Germán; Ham, Yoo-Geun; Santoso, A.; Ng, Benjamin; Anderson, Weston; Wang, Guojian; Geng, Tao; Jo, Hyun-Su; Marengo, José A.; Alves, Lincoln M.; Osman, Marisol; Li, Shujun; Wu, L.; Karamperidou, Christina; Takahashi, Ken; Vera, Carolina

      (Nature Publishing Group, 2020-04-10)
      Acceso abierto
      The climate of South America (SA) has long held an intimate connection with El Niño, historically describing anomalously warm sea-surface temperatures off the coastline of Peru. Indeed, throughout SA, precipitation and ...
    • Current state of glaciers in the tropical Andes: A multi-century perspective on glacier evolution and climate change 

      Sicart, J.-E.; Huggel, C.; Scheel, M.; Lejeune, Y.; Arnaud, Y.; Collet, M.; Condom, T.; Consoli, G.; Favier, V.; Jomelli, V.; Galarraga, R.; Ginot, P.; Maisincho, L.; Mendoza, J.; Ménégoz, M.; Ramirez, E.; Ribstein, P.; Suarez, Wilson; Villacís, M.; Wagnon, P.

      (Copernicus publications, 2013-01-22)
      Acceso abierto
      The aim of this paper is to provide the community with a comprehensive overview of the studies of glaciers in the tropical Andes conducted in recent decades leading to the current status of the glaciers in the context of ...
    • A data portal for regional climatic trend analysis in a Peruvian High Andes region 

      Schwarb, M.; Acuña, Delia; Konzelmann, Thomas; Rohrer, M.; Salzmann, N.; Serpa Lopez, B.; Silvestre, E.

      (Copernicus Publications, 2011-08-16)
      Acceso abierto
      In the frame of a Swiss-Peruvian climate change adaptation initiative (PACC), operational and historical data series of more than 100 stations of the Peruvian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (SENAMHI) are now ...
    • Downscaling climate projections for the Peruvian coastal Chancay-Huaral Basin to support river discharge modeling with WEAP 

      Olsson, T.; Kämäräinen, M.; Santos, Darwin; Seitola, T.; Tuomenvirta, H.; Haavisto, R.; Lavado-Casimiro, W.

      (Elsevier B.V., 2017-10)
      Acceso abierto
      Study region The Chancay-Huaral (CH) coastal river basin in the Lima Region, Peru, between the Pacific Ocean and the Andean Cordillera. Study focus Climate change impacts on annual and monthly discharges in the CH Basin ...
    • Early warning systems: The "last mile" of adaptation 

      Huggel, C.; Rohrer, M.; Calanca, v; Salzmann, N.; Vergara, W.; Quispe, Nelson; Ceballos, J.L.

      (American Geophysical Union, 2012-09)
      Acceso abierto
      Recent scientific assessment studies of climate change impacts, including those from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, provide evidence of the negative effects of climate variability and change on natural and ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • The freezing level in the tropical Andes, Peru: An indicator for present and future glacier extents 

      Schauwecker, S.; Rohrer, M.; Huggel, C.; Endries, J. L.; Montoya, N.; Neukom, R.; Perry, B.; Salzmann, N.; Schwarb, M.; Suarez, Wilson

      (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017-10)
      Acceso abierto
      Along with air temperatures, the freezing level height (FLH) has risen over the last decades. The mass balance of tropical glaciers in Peru is highly sensitive to a rise in the FLH, mainly due to a decrease in accumulation ...
    • 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 ...
    • Hydroclimatic change disparity of Peruvian Pacific drainage catchments 

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

      (Springer-Verlag Wien, 2017-08-23)
      Acceso abierto
      Peruvian Pacific drainage catchments only benefit from 2% of the total national available freshwater while they concentrate almost 50% of the population of the country. This situation is likely to lead a severe water ...
    • 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 ...