Central and south america

EJ Castellanos, MF Lemos, L Astigarraga, N Chacón… - 2022 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Central and South America (CSA) is a highly diverse region, both culturally and biologically.
It has one of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet (Hoorn et al., 2010; Zador et al …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of extreme precipitation climate indices and their projected changes for Brazil: From CMIP3 to CMIP6

FJ de Medeiros, CP de Oliveira, A Avila-Diaz - Weather and Climate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Extreme events usually cause numerous economic and social losses, especially in
vulnerable countries, such as Brazil. Understanding whether the evolution of Earth System …

South America climate change revealed through climate indices projected by GCMs and Eta-RCM ensembles

MS Reboita, CAC Kuki, VH Marrafon, CA de Souza… - Climate Dynamics, 2022 - Springer
Studies that evaluate climate change projections over the whole of South America (SA) and
including different seasons and models are scarce. In this context, the objective of this work …

Current and future climate extremes over Latin America and Caribbean: assessing earth system models from high resolution model intercomparison project …

A Avila-Diaz, RR Torres, CF Zuluaga, WL Cerón… - Earth Systems and …, 2023 - Springer
Extreme temperature and precipitation events are the primary triggers of hazards, such as
heat waves, droughts, floods, and landslides, with localized impacts. In this sense, the finer …

An observational analysis of precipitation and deforestation age in the Brazilian Legal Amazon

Y Mu, C Jones - Atmospheric Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Rainfall in the Amazon is influenced by atmospheric circulation dynamics on multiple
spatiotemporal scales. Anthropogenic influences such as deforestation, land-use changes …

Future projections of extreme precipitation climate indices over South America based on CORDEX-CORE multimodel ensemble

MS Reboita, RP da Rocha, CA Souza, TC Baldoni… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Climate change is undeniable, and its effects, like droughts and intense precipitation,
evidence this reality. However, many questions remain unanswered, such as climate …

Consistent trends in dry spell length in recent observations and future projections

CM Wainwright, RP Allan… - Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We identify global observed changes in dry‐spell characteristics that are consistent with
future projections and involve common physical drivers. Future projections of longer dry …

Extreme indices of temperature and precipitation in South America: Trends and intercomparison of regional climate models

M Lagos-Zuniga, R Balmaceda-Huarte, P Regoto… - Climate Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Regional Climate Models (RCMs) provide climate information required for
evaluating vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation at finer scales than their global driving …

[PDF][PDF] Statistical downscaling of daily precipitation over southeastern South America: Assessing the performance in extreme events

ME Olmo, ML Bettolli - International Journal of Climatology, 2022 - researchgate.net
The performance of multiple empirical statistical downscaling (ESD) methods was assessed
for simulating daily precipitation during 1979–2017 over southeastern South America …

Trend pattern of heavy and intense rainfall events in Colombia from 1981–2018: a trend-EOF approach

WL Cerón, RV Andreoli, MT Kayano, T Canchala… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Andes mountain range divides Colombia into various climatic regions over the country,
as the Andean, Caribbean, Pacific, Amazon, and Orinoco regions. Given this scenario …