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Taller Presencial GOES-16 = GOES-16 Workshop
Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN) de Argentina ; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN) de ArgentinaAquí encontrará los materiales del taller de GOES-16. El objetivo del taller es reforzar los conceptos adquiridos en el curso virtual desarrollado entre agosto y octubre de 2017 en el marco del "Programa de Entrenamiento para la Nueva Generación de Satélites Geoestacionarios" llevado adelante por el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, y aplicarlo al análisis de casos de estudio de interés en la región. Mayor información sobre este taller presencial en el documento informativo del taller.Spanish
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Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN) de Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina) ; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (United States)
Published by: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN) de Argentina ; 2018Aquí encontrará los materiales del taller de GOES-16. El objetivo del taller es reforzar los conceptos adquiridos en el curso virtual desarrollado entre agosto y octubre de 2017 en el marco del "Programa de Entrenamiento para la Nueva Generación de Satélites Geoestacionarios" llevado adelante por el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, y aplicarlo al análisis de casos de estudio de interés en la región. Mayor información sobre este taller presencial en el documento informativo del taller.
Language(s): Spanish
Format: Digital
Tags: Weather forecasting ; Lecture ; WMO Space Programme (SAT) ; Region IV - North America, Central America and the Caribbean ; Region III - South America ; Argentina ; Satellite Skills and Knowledge for Operational Meteorologists ; GOES-16
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Riesgos al sur: diversidad de riesgos de desastres en Argentina
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Esta publicación ofrece un estado del arte sobre los riesgos de desastres en Argentina y reflexiones sobre las formas de abordarlos desde las ciencias sociales. Los 17 trabajos publicados muestran la complejidad del territorio argentino y dan cuenta de la comprensión de los fenómenos naturales y la amenaza que estos representan cuando las sociedades son vulnerables.English
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Available online: http://preventionweb.net/go/46469
Published by: Red de Estudios Sociales en Prevención de Desastres en América (LA RED) ; 2015
Esta publicación ofrece un estado del arte sobre los riesgos de desastres en Argentina y reflexiones sobre las formas de abordarlos desde las ciencias sociales. Los 17 trabajos publicados muestran la complejidad del territorio argentino y dan cuenta de la comprensión de los fenómenos naturales y la amenaza que estos representan cuando las sociedades son vulnerables.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)ISBN (or other code): 978-950-793-202-1
Tags: Disaster Risk Management (DRM) ; Hazard risk assessment or analysis ; Argentina
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Comparison of different rainfall inputs in a continuous rainfall-runoff model – a case study for Argentina
Buzzella Maria Mercedes; Institute of Water Resources Management, Hydrology and Agricultural Hydraulic Engineering - Leibniz Universität, 2013Precipitation data is the main input parameter in order to simulate rainfall-runoff processes, since it is strongly dependent on the accuracy of the spatial and temporal representation of the precipitation. In regions where rainfall stations are scarce, additional data sources may be considered necessary. In this manner, remote sensing from satellite platforms has provided a satisfactory alternative due to its global coverage. Although a wide range of satellite-based estimations of precipitation is available, not all the satellite products are suitable for all regions. Most of the studies perf ...EnglishComparison of different rainfall inputs in a continuous rainfall-runoff model – a case study for Argentina
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Available online: http://library.wmo.int/pmb_ged/argentina_buzzella.pdf
Maria Mercedes Buzzella ; Institute of Water Resources Management, Hydrology and Agricultural Hydraulic Engineering
Published by: Leibniz Universität ; 2013Precipitation data is the main input parameter in order to simulate rainfall-runoff processes, since it is strongly dependent on the accuracy of the spatial and temporal representation of the precipitation. In regions where rainfall stations are scarce, additional data sources may be considered necessary. In this manner, remote sensing from satellite platforms has provided a satisfactory alternative due to its global coverage. Although a wide range of satellite-based estimations of precipitation is available, not all the satellite products are suitable for all regions. Most of the studies performed with the purpose of evaluating their accuracy are focused in particular areas of the world. In this fashion, particular models have to be conducted in order to evaluate their performances, specially in regions with complex geography as high mountains.
Additionally, to perform an appropriate spatial representation of the rainfall and consequently to improve the available data, interpolation techniques are used, e.g. simple techniques as Nearest Neighbour or Inverse Distance methods, and some more complex as geostatistical (Kriging) methods. This last one offers the advantage of adding relevant additional information in the interpolation, providing a chance to compensate a low network density. Moreover, in data scarce regions in which interpolation schemes are applied, it becomes difficult to have an accurate performance assessment; in this manner, other comparison tool is required as rainfall-runoff models.
In this manner, the aim of this study is to perform a comparison between different types of available rainfall data by means of a hydrological model. The work is focused in Neuquén catchment, a mountainous region of Argentina where several rainfall stations and flow gauges are available. In this fashion, a satellite-based estimated precipitation already validated in mountainous areas and southern latitudes, CMORPH, is used as well as the available rainfall stations as input. Moreover, to improve the rainfall stations measurements, CMORPH data and topography are used during the interpolation as additional variables. Consequently, five precipitation input cases are generated and compared. To accomplish the main objective, at first several interpolation techniques are tested and assessed by means of cross-validation for each precipitation input. Subsequently, a hydrological model HEC-HMS is set up for every case and thus its outcomes are compared using indices of reliability.
Regarding the cases that consider the rainfall stations data, assess from the interpolation technique showed that the best performance is obtained with the case without external drift. Conversely, the hydrological model showed the most accurate precision when topography was used as additional information. Input cases with the satellite-based estimations as external drift improved considerably the results in comparison to the case in which rainfall stations are considered alone. However, results showed that the case with CMORPH data as only input, the estimation of the observed discharge was not able to be reproduced precisely. Finally it could be concluded that, in those cases in which the rainfall stations networks are not dense enough and do not represent the spatial variability of the area correctly additional information is extremely useful to simulate more accurately the observed discharge in the area.Notes: Supervisor: Ana Claudia Callaú Poduje
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)
Tags: Precipitation ; Hydrological data ; Case/ Case study ; Argentina
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Cost benefit studies on disaster risk reduction in developing countries
Shyam K.C.; Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the ; World Bank the - World Bank, 2013This note briefly surveys existing evidence in developing countries with regard to the benefits and costs of various disaster risk reduction interventions so as to provide some general lessons for disaster risk reduction (DRR) practitioners on the strengths and limitations of such existing work. In doing so, the note examines evidence on the economics of DRR in developing countries.
The note begins by providing a comparative guideline for analysis. This is followed by a summary diagnostic of seventeen case studies along five key dimensions comprising the guideline as follows: ( ...English
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Available online: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2013/08/2 [...]
K.C. Shyam ; Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the ; World Bank
Published by: World Bank ; 2013This note briefly surveys existing evidence in developing countries with regard to the benefits and costs of various disaster risk reduction interventions so as to provide some general lessons for disaster risk reduction (DRR) practitioners on the strengths and limitations of such existing work. In doing so, the note examines evidence on the economics of DRR in developing countries.
The note begins by providing a comparative guideline for analysis. This is followed by a summary diagnostic of seventeen case studies along five key dimensions comprising the guideline as follows: (1) metric and methodology, (2) sources of uncertainty, (3) measuring fatalities and injuries, (4) results obtained and, and (5) disaggregated impacts. In the concluding section that follows, the note discusses the overall trends in the field of performing cost and benefit analysis of DRR measures and offers some recommendations for ways forward.
Of the seventeen disaster cases that were examined, eight are from Asia and Pacific (Fiji, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Taipei City), four are from the Caribbean (Dominica, Jamaica), two from Eastern Europe (Romania, Turkey) and three from South America (Argentina, Bogota City/Colombia, Peru). Hazard wise these studies deal with floods (Argentina, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Peru, Philippines and Romania), hurricane/typhoon/cyclone (Dominica, India, Jamaica, Vietnam), and earthquakes (Bogota City, Istanbul, and Taipei City).
This working paper series is produced by the East Asia and Pacific Disaster Risk Management Team of the World Bank, with support from the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR). The series is meant to provide just-in-time good practice examples and lessons learned from projects and programs related to aspects of disaster risk management.Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)
Tags: Disaster Risk Financing, Disaster risk transfer ; Earthquake ; Cyclone ; Flood ; Argentina ; Colombia ; Dominica ; Fiji ; India ; Indonesia ; Jamaica ; Peru ; Philippines ; Romania ; Taiwan, China ; Turkey
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Rapid thinning of the late Pleistocene Patagonian Ice Sheet followed migration of the Southern Westerlies: In Scientific Reports, No. 3
2013Here we present the first reconstruction of vertical ice-sheet profile changes from any of the Southern Hemisphere's mid-latitude Pleistocene ice sheets. We use cosmogenic radio-nuclide (CRN) exposure analysis to record the decay of the former Patagonian Ice Sheet (PIS) from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and into the late glacial. Our samples, from mountains along an east-west transect to the east of the present North Patagonian Icefield (NPI), serve as ‘dipsticks’ that allow us to reconstruct past changes in ice-sheet thickness, and demonstrates that the former PIS remained extensive and clo ...EnglishRapid thinning of the late Pleistocene Patagonian Ice Sheet followed migration of the Southern Westerlies: In Scientific Reports, No. 3
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Available online: http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/130702/srep02118/pdf/srep02118.pdf
Here we present the first reconstruction of vertical ice-sheet profile changes from any of the Southern Hemisphere's mid-latitude Pleistocene ice sheets. We use cosmogenic radio-nuclide (CRN) exposure analysis to record the decay of the former Patagonian Ice Sheet (PIS) from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and into the late glacial. Our samples, from mountains along an east-west transect to the east of the present North Patagonian Icefield (NPI), serve as ‘dipsticks’ that allow us to reconstruct past changes in ice-sheet thickness, and demonstrates that the former PIS remained extensive and close to its LGM extent in this region until ~19.0 ka. After this time rapid ice-sheet thinning, initiated at ~18.1 ka, saw ice at or near its present dimension by 15.5 ka. We argue this rapid thinning was triggered by a combination of the rapid southward migration of the precipitation bearing Southern Hemisphere (SH) westerlies and regional warming.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)
Tags: Climate ; Climate model ; Cryosphere ; Argentina ; Chile ; Region III - South America
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Watermarks: urban flooding and memoryscape in Argentina
Ullberg Susann; Centre for Natural Disaster Science (CNDS); Stockholm University ; et al. - Stockholm University, 2013This study addresses the relationship between memory, morality and social inequality and discusses the implications for questions regarding vulnerability, resilience and adaptation. The study examines how past flooding is remembered by flood victims in the middle- and low-income districts and by activists of the protest movement that emerged in the wake of the 2003 flood in Argentina by examining flood memory in the local bureaucracy, in local historiography, myths and popular culture. The analysis reveals that the Santafesinian flood memoryscape is dynamically configured by evocative, reminis ...EnglishPermalink![]()
Climate legislation study: a review of climate change legislation in 33 countries
CDKN, 2013This review of climate change legislation in 33 countries shows that developing countries are leading action on climate change. Overall, there has been significant progress in the climate and/or energy-related legislation of almost all major economies, but a great amount of the 2012 effort took place in emerging countries. In particular, among major economies Mexico and China are leading the action against climate change thanks to their recent steps to cut carbon emissions and raise energy efficiency. The study aims to support legislators advancing climate-related legislation by providing deta ...EnglishPermalink![]()
América del sur: una visión regional de la situación de riesgo de desastres
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This document addresses the regional disaster risk situation in South America which is an issue of growing concern for governments of the region and for its people. There have been major efforts at national levels and this document aims to complement this effort with a regional perspective from the Regional Office for the Americas for the United Nations for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), as part of a joint project with the Department of Aid Humanitarian and Civil Protection. (ECHO) "South America: A regional view of disaster risk" is the first document of this kind that focuses exclusively ...SpanishPermalink![]()
Bivariate analysis and synthesis of flood events for the design of hydraulic structures – a case study for Argentina
A bibliographic review of the state of art of flood estimation techniques shows the importance of studying floods as multivariate events. The aim of this work is to discuss whether a multivariate analysis is necessary for designing dams or for assessing the adequacy of spillways belonging to existing dams. A multivariate approach offers a range of possible events associated to a joint return period, which can be used in a design stage. The multivariate criterion includes information related with the dependence structure linking the flood variables. This dependence is involved in the generation ...EnglishPermalink![]()
Climate vulnerability monitor
DARA, 2012The Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2nd Edition reveals that climate change has already held back global development and inaction is a leading global cause of death. Harm is most acute for poor and vulnerable groups but no country is spared either the costs of inaction or the benefits of an alternative path.
Commissioned by the world’s most vulnerable countries and backed by high-level and technical panels, the new Monitor estimates human and economic impacts of climate change and the carbon economy for 184 countries in 2010 and 2030, across 34 indicators.EnglishPermalink![]()
Improving the Assessment of Disaster Risks to Strengthen Financial Resilience: A Special Joint G20
GFDRR, 2012This report – Avoiding Future Famines: Strengthening the Ecological Basis of Food Security through
Sustainable Food Systems - has been a unique collaboration of 12 leading scientists and
experts involved in world food systems including marine and inland fisheries.
The institutions involved include the UN Environment Programme, the International Fund
for Agricultural Development, the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations,
the World Bank, the World Food Programme and the World Resources Institute. The report provides
detai ...EnglishPermalink![]()
Understanding the transport of Patagonian dust and its influence on marine biological activity in the South Atlantic Ocean
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP), Vol. 11. N° 3. Johnson M. S.; Meskhidze N.; Kiliyanpilakkil V. P.; et al. - Copernicus GmbH, 2011The supply of bioavailable iron to the high-nitrate low-chlorophyll (HNLC) waters of the Southern Ocean through atmospheric pathways could stimulate phytoplankton blooms and have major implications for the global carbon cycle. In this study, model results and remotely-sensed data are analyzed to examine the horizontal and vertical transport pathways of Patagonian dust and quantify the effect of iron-laden mineral dust deposition on marine biological productivity in the surface waters of the South Atlantic Ocean (SAO). Model simulations for the atmospheric transport and deposition of mineral du ...EnglishPermalink![]()
Climate: observations, projections and impacts
The Met.Office, 2011Understanding the potential impacts of climate change is essential for informing both adaptation strategies and actions to avoid dangerous levels of climate change.
But assessing the impacts is scientifically challenging and has, until now, been fragmented. To date, only a limited amount of information about past climate change and its future impacts has been available at national level, while approaches to the science itself have varied between countries.
In April 2011, we were asked by the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to begi ...EnglishPermalink![]()
The quest for energy security in Argentina
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Electricity consumption in Argentina has grown at a rate well above the net GDP in the last years, whereas capacity increase has been slower than consumption increase. This report deals with the problem of energy security in Argentina, which implies many challenges for the country. The author illustrates that the problem emerged first in 2004 as a consequence of the particular modalities adopted by the macroeconomic structural and energy sector reforms of the 1990s, which are still in place today.EnglishPermalink![]()
Programa de entrenamiento en cambio climático : manual de metodología
Gentile Georgina; Instituto de estudios y investigaciones sobre el medio ambiente - Jefatura de Gabinete de Ministros, 2007El Programa de Entrenamiento sobre Cambio Climático es un proyecto educativo que forma parte de la 2da Comunicación de la República Argentina a las Partes de la Convención Marco de Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático, coordinada por la Fundación Bariloche y financiada por el Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (FMAM).EnglishPermalink