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Variability of Daily Precipitation on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica
Indexado
WoS WOS:000582725200001
DOI
Año 2020
Tipo artículo de investigación

Citas Totales

Autores Afiliación Chile

Instituciones Chile

% Participación
Internacional

Autores
Afiliación Extranjera

Instituciones
Extranjeras


Abstract



This study analyzes daily rainfall to investigate its interannual variability at Limon, located in the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. The station is the only one along the Caribbean coast with a large record (80 years) upon which to complete detailed analysis, however its general precipitation climatology is typical of the region. The Caribbean coast and its susceptibility to precipitation variability has been studied less extensively than the along the Pacific coast and populated regions of the Central Tectonic Depression, yet it supports nationally important agriculture. Seven variables related to the magnitude and frequency of daily rainfall each month are extracted: monthly totals, probability of a day with rain, mean size of daily measurable rains, probability of daily totals exceeding, 10 mm, 20 mm and 30 mm, and the maximum daily rainfall total. Unlike much of the rest of the country, the Warm phase of El Nino-Southern Oscillation brings increases in most of these variables during most of the year. Only during September through December, is this signal effaced or even reversed. The principal cause of these changes appears to be the intensification of the Caribbean Low-Level Jet (CLLJ) during Warm phase events, not ably during the boreal summer. This increases convergence and enhances orographic rainfall. However, the slight reversal of this pattern in the boreal winter, despite an enhanced CLLJ, implies a more complex relationship between ENSO and the outbreaks of cold air from North America, which are responsible for much of the rain at that time of year.

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Revista ISSN
1578-8768

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Publicaciones WoS (Ediciones: ISSHP, ISTP, AHCI, SSCI, SCI), Scopus, SciELO Chile.

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Autores - Afiliación



Ord. Autor Género Institución - País
1 Quesada, Marvin E. Q. Hombre UNIV COSTA RICA - Chile
2 Waylen, Peter Hombre UNIV FLORIDA - Estados Unidos

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