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I st Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Workshop San José Costa Rica Mayo 2003. LA-06. Climate change Water resources Extreme events. Regional climate change during recent decades (Central America). Jorge A. Amador (1, 2) (1) Center for Geophysical Research (CIGEFI),
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Ist Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Workshop San José Costa Rica Mayo 2003 LA-06 Climate change Water resources Extreme events
Regional climate change during recent decades (Central America) Jorge A. Amador (1, 2) (1) Center for Geophysical Research (CIGEFI), (2) Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, (LIAP, School of Physics), University of Costa Rica May 2003
Relationship between the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific climate
Dr. A. S. Oersted, Danish naturalist came to Costa Rica in 1846 and provided the first quantitative evidence of the veranillo or MSD in Central Valley (1300 m.a.s.l.) Veranillo (MSD) 1 15 May-15 June2 16 June-15 July 3 16 July-15 August4 16 August-15 September 5 16 September-15 October6 16 October-15 November 8 16 November-15 December
(Pacific slope) MSD I years months
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1905 Gatun 2001 1908 Monte Lino 2001 Panama PCP 1908 Gamboa 2001 1908 Pedro Miguel 2001 1899 Balboa Heights 2001 1908 Alhajuela 2001
Efectos de las temperaturas extremas
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Acknowledgements AIACC University of Costa Rica NOAA/OGP