Observed and projected hydroclimate changes in the Andes

JD Pabón-Caicedo, PA Arias, AF Carril… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Andes is the most biodiverse region across the globe. In addition, some of the largest
urban areas in South America are located within this region. Therefore, ecosystems and …

A review of the effects of climate change on riverine flooding in subtropical and tropical regions

R Eccles, H Zhang, D Hamilton - Journal of Water and Climate …, 2019 - iwaponline.com
Tropical and subtropical regions can be particularly severely affected by flooding. Climate
change is expected to lead to more intense precipitation in many regions of the world …

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 …

ANN-based statistical downscaling of climatic parameters using decision tree predictor screening method

V Nourani, Z Razzaghzadeh, AH Baghanam… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
In this paper, artificial neural network (ANN) was used for statistically downscale the outputs
of general circulation models (GCMs) to assess future changes of precipitation and mean …

Comparison of different statistical downscaling methods for climate change rainfall projections over the Lake Victoria basin considering CMIP3 and CMIP5

C Onyutha, H Tabari, A Rutkowska… - Journal of hydro …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, outputs of three statistical downscaling (SD) methods including the change
factor (Delta), simplified (simQP) and advanced (wetQP) quantile-perturbation-based …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of climate change on hydropower generation in Rio Jubones Basin, Ecuador

MM Hasan, G Wyseure - Water Science and Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
This study attempted to use the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT), integrated with
geographic information systems (GIS), for assessment of climate change impacts on …

Rainfall and cloud dynamics in the Andes: A southern Ecuador case study

L Campozano, R Célleri, K Trachte… - Advances in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Mountain regions worldwide present a pronounced spatiotemporal precipitation variability,
which added to scarce monitoring networks limits our understanding of the generation …

Comparison of statistical downscaling methods for monthly total precipitation: case study for the Paute River Basin in Southern Ecuador

L Campozano, D Tenelanda, E Sanchez… - Advances in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Downscaling improves considerably the results of General Circulation Models (GCMs).
However, little information is available on the performance of downscaling methods in the …

A concerted research effort to advance the hydrological understanding of tropical páramos

A Correa, BF Ochoa‐Tocachi, C Birkel… - Hydrological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Páramos, a neotropical alpine grassland‐peatland biome of the northern Andes and Central
America, play an essential role in regional and global cycles of water, carbon, and nutrients …

[HTML][HTML] Parameterization of river incision models requires accounting for environmental heterogeneity: insights from the tropical Andes

B Campforts, V Vanacker, F Herman… - Earth Surface …, 2020 - esurf.copernicus.org
Landscape evolution models can be used to assess the impact of rainfall variability on
bedrock river incision over millennial timescales. However, isolating the role of rainfall …