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SILVIA: An operational system to monitoring landslides forced by heavy precipitations at national scale in Peru
(European Geosciences Union, 2020)
In Peru, heavy precipitations (PR) are the second natural phenomenon with the greatest number of people affected in recent decades. Landslides (known as “huaycos” in Peru) are mostly produced by PR and located overall on ...
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Influence of cloudiness on the incident shortwave radiation of Nevado Coropuna
(Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología del Perú, 2018)
The main objective of this work is to analyze the influence of cloud cover on shortwave radiation incident of the Nevado Coropuna during 2015-2016. In this presentation they propose to discuss that Arequipa, during the ...
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Spatio-temporal temperature and precipitation patterns in the southern Peruvian Andes - insights from the Climandes project
(European Geosciences Union, 2020)
In the southern Peruvian Andes, climatic threats such as water scarcity or frost pose major challenges for agriculture. Such events may result in severe yield losses threatening the livelihood of smallholder farmers due ...
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Assessment of climate Change impact on water supply in Peru
(Asociación Internacional de Ciencias Hidrológicas, 2022-09)
In this work, the simulation of the water supply has been carried out using the SWAT hydrological model to generate streamflows throughout Peru. For this purpose, 35 hydrological stations distributed in the 3 drainages of ...
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Quantifying the controls of Peruvian glacier response to climate
(American Geophysical Union, 2021-04)
Peruvian glaciers are important contributors to dry season runoff for agriculture and hydropower, but they are at risk of disappearing due to climate warming. Their energy balance and ablation characteristics have previously ...
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Present and future water resources supply and demand in the Central Andes of Peru: a comprehensive review with focus on the Cordillera Vilcanota
(American Geophysical Union, 2014)
Glaciers have been an important element of Andean societies and livelihoods as direct freshwater supply for agriculture irrigation, hydropower generation and mining activities. Peru’s mainly remotely living population in ...
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Large mass movements related to deglaciation effects in southern Peru (Cusco)
(American Geophysical Union, 2013)
The Andes of Peru are among the regions most severely affected by glacier and high-mountain hazards over the past 100 years. Large-scale disasters with thousands of people killed are on record, including ice/rock avalanches, ...
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Implementation of a flood forecasting system in a transboundary river basin, Peru – Ecuador
(European Geosciences Union, 2020)
The Peruvian Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (SENAMHI) provides hydro-climatological hazard information to population and decision-makers about flood forecasting and warning on the whole territory of Peru. For flash ...
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The vulnerability of water availability in Peru due to climate change: A probabilistic Budyko analysis
(European Geosciences Union, 2020)
This study provides for the-first-time a water availability analysis at drainage and basin-scale in Peru. Using new gridded datasets of precipitation and temperature, along with six global actual evapotranspiration estimations ...
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Monthly semi-distributed hydrological model at national scale in Peru
(European Geosciences Union, 2020)
Surface water resources in Peru are heterogeneously distributed in three drainage areas (Pacific, Titicaca, and Atlantic), and their quantification is relevant for planning in economic activities such as water supply and ...
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