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Mudslides in the Atacama Collas Territorial Struggle: A Political Ontology of Extreme Weather Events in the Andes
(2020)
This dissertation explores the occurrence and effects of the 2015 mudslides in the territorial struggles of the Pai Ote Colla community in the highlands of the Atacama region of Chile. The study proposes political ontology ...
Backward adaptive brightness temperature threshold technique (BAB3T): A methodology to determine extreme convective initiation regions using satellite infrared imagery
(Molecular Diversity Preservation International, 2020-01)
Thunderstorms in southeastern South America (SESA) stand out in satellite observations as being among the strongest on Earth in terms of satellite-based convective proxies, such as lightning flash rate per storm, the ...
Anthropogenic land cover change impact on climate extremes during the 21st century
Anthropogenic land cover change (LCC) can have significant impacts at regional and seasonal scales but also for extreme weather events to which socio-economical systems are vulnerable. However, the effects of LCC on extreme ...
Sustainable Housing in Chilean Patagonia: From Greenhouse to Dwelling
(EUROPEAN CENTER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 2015)
The complete lack of a sustainable housing market in the cold and rainy context of Valdivia, Southern Chile (39 degrees 49' S, 73 degrees 14' W), draws the need to find an affordable solution for the construction of ...
Impact of Extreme Weather Events on Aboveground Net Primary Productivity and Sheep Production in the Magellan Region, Southernmost Chilean Patagonia
(MDPI AG, 2020-08)
Spatio-temporal patterns of climatic variability have effects on the environmental conditions of a given land territory and consequently determine the evolution of its productive activities. One of the most direct ways to ...
Extreme rainfall, hydric conditions and associated atmospheric circulation in the southern la Plata Basin
(Inter-Research, 2016-05)
The interaction between land surface and atmosphere plays an important role in the climate system. Soil-atmosphere feedback mechanisms are analyzed by calculating the hydric condition (HC) of the soil from the water balance. ...
Understanding Weather and Hospital Admissions Patterns to Inform Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in the Healthcare Sector in Uganda
(MDPI, 2018)
Background: Season and weather are associated with many health outcomes, which can influence hospital admission rates. We examined associations between hospital admissions (all diagnoses) and local meteorological parameters ...