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Evaluación de la peligrosidad del tsunami de Chile del 16 de setiembre del 2015 para Costa Rica
(Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras vo.8 no.1 113-128 2016, 2016)
A Mw 8.3 earthquake took place in Chile on September 16th, 2015 causing a local tsunami. As a consequence, this earthquake prompted the National Tsunami Monitoring System (SINAMOT) in Costa Rica to conduct a tsunami hazard ...
The rip current hazard in Costa Rica
(2015-01-31)
Deaths from rip currents are a major hazard on global beaches, but few data are available at a national scale to support the development of appropriate intervention programs. Analysis of data from the Judicial Investigation ...
Numerical Simulations of the 1991 Limón Tsunami, Costa Rica Caribbean Coast
(Pure and Applied Geophysics vol.174 2945-2959 2017, 2017)
The second largest recorded tsunami along the Caribbean margin of Central America occurred 25 years ago. On April 22nd, 1991, an earthquake with magnitude Mw 7.6 ruptured along the thrust faults that form the North Panama ...
Estructura del fitoplancton en las épocas seca y lluviosa en el golfo de Papagayo, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2018-07)
Con el propósito de estudiar la estructura de la comunidad fitoplanctónica en el golfo de Papagayo, se realizaron 2 muestreos en febrero y junio del 2017, y se analizó adicionalmente información hidrográfica. Su composición ...
Influence of the Madden–Julian oscillation on Costa Rican mid-summer drought timing
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019)
The Central American mid-summer drought (MSD) is the decline of precipitation
during the middle of the wet season (July and August) over Central America and
southern Mexico. It affects agriculture and favours the initiation ...