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Item Open Access Dynamic atmospheric mechanisms associated with the diurnal cycle of hydrometeors and precipitation in the Andes–Amazon transition zone of central Peru during the summer season(Springer, 2024-04-04) Villalobos-Puma, Elver; Morales, Annareli; Martinez-Castro, Daniel; Valdivia Prado, Jairo Michael; Lavado-Casimiro, Waldo; Santiago, AlexzanderThe diurnal cycle of total hydrometeor availability and its associated patterns of atmospheric circulation is studied over a connected Andes–Amazon (A–A) system in the central region of Peru during the summer season. Surface precipitation depends on the amount of hydrometeors that occur in the atmosphere and its atmospheric dynamics. Hydrometeors and the precipitation efficiency index were estimated using radar of the core satellite of the GPM system (N-GPM) for the period 2014–2022. The atmospheric dynamics were analyzed using the regional Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. According to the results, the Andes mountain range produces precipitation at a surface level more efficiently during the afternoon and early evening hours (12–19 LT) due to the convergence of the thermal mesoscale circulations transporting moisture fluxes from the east and west. Both generate convective multicells along the Andes mountain range. The circulation from the west intensifies during the day, causing the displacement of the chain of convective multicells towards the east and producing hydrometeors and intense precipitations in the inter-Andean valleys. The A–A transition zone is more efficient in producing precipitation during the early hours of the day (00–07 LT) due to an increase in the northern circulation associated with the low-level jets and a change in the magnitude of the horizontal winds. Northerly winds enter the A–A transition zone with increased intensity and leave with reduced intensity. This mechanism is driven by the effect of the topographical barrier and the masses of cold air located in high areas on the eastern flank of the Andes. These factors generate significant updrafts and, therefore, the formation of storm clouds with high concentrations of hydrometeors and precipitation on the surface.Item Open Access Hydrological modeling of the Peruvian-Ecuadorian Amazon Basin using GPM-IMERG satellite-based precipitation dataset(European Geosciences Union (EGU), 2017-07-14) Zubieta Barragán, Ricardo; Getirana, Augusto; Espinoza, Jhan Carlo; Lavado-Casimiro, Waldo; Aragon, LuisIn the last two decades, rainfall estimates provided by the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) have proven applicable in hydrological studies. The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, which provides the new generation of rainfall estimates, is now considered a global successor to TRMM. The usefulness of GPM data in hydrological applications, however, has not yet been evaluated over the Andean and Amazonian regions. This study uses GPM data provided by the Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals (IMERG) (product/final run) as input to a distributed hydrological model for the Amazon Basin of Peru and Ecuador for a 16-month period (from March 2014 to June 2015) when all datasets are available. TRMM products (TMPA V7 and TMPA RT datasets) and a gridded precipitation dataset processed from observed rainfall are used for comparison. The results indicate that precipitation data derived from GPM-IMERG correspond more closely to TMPA V7 than TMPA RT datasets, but both GPM-IMERG and TMPA V7 precipitation data tend to overestimate, compared to observed rainfall (by 11.1 and 15.7 %, respectively). In general, GPM-IMERG, TMPA V7 and TMPA RT correlate with observed rainfall, with a similar number of rain events correctly detected ( ∼ 20 %). Statistical analysis of modeled streamflows indicates that GPM-IMERG is as useful as TMPA V7 or TMPA RT datasets in southern regions (Ucayali Basin). GPM-IMERG, TMPA V7 and TMPA RT do not properly simulate streamflows in northern regions (Marañón and Napo basins), probably because of the lack of adequate rainfall estimates in northern Peru and the Ecuadorian Amazon.Item Restricted Impactos de El Niño y La Niña en las lluvias del Perú (1965-2007)(Sociedade Brasileira de Meteorologia, 2014-06) Lavado-Casimiro, Waldo; Espinoza, Jhan CarloLos impactos de El Niño (EN) y La Niña (LN) en las lluvias del Perú son evaluados utilizando datos de lluvias mensuales (1965-2007) de 155 estaciones distribuidos sobre las tres vertientes hidrográficas del Perú: 85 en la del Pacífico (VP), 21 en la del Lago Titicaca (VT) y 49 en la del Amazonas (VA). En una primera etapa, clasificamos los eventos El Niño y La Niña utilizando el Índice Troup de Oscilación del Sur (IOS) sobre la base de años hidrológicos (septiembre a agosto). Con esta información, los años se clasificaron en El Niño fuerte (ENF), El Niño moderado (ENM), La Niña moderada (LNM) y La Niña fuerte (LNF). Los resultados muestran que sólo durante los eventos ENF y LNF se observa un alto porcentaje de estaciones con anomalías significativas de precipitación y sobre todo localizadas en la VP y VT durante el periodo de diciembre a mayo. Nuestro análisis confirma que la parte norte de la VP presenta un aumento de las lluvias durante ENF, mientras que la región sur andina de la VP presenta disminución (aumento) de lluvias durante ENF (LNF). La VT, por su parte, presenta un importante déficit de lluvias durante ENF. La variación de la precipitación en la VA en cambio, es más sensible a los eventos de LNF, durante los cuales se observan lluvias más importantes de lo normal. En una segunda etapa, se analizan los principales modos de variabilidad interanual de las lluvias en el Perú utilizando la técnica de funciones ortogonales empíricas (EOF). Los resultados son relacionados con la variabilidad de la temperatura superficial del mar y los índices IOS, E y C del Pacífico ecuatorial. Se encontró que el principal modo de variabilidad de las lluvias (CP1, 37% de la varianza total) está asociado a los dos eventos EN extraordinarios (1983 y 1998), lo cual generó abundantes lluvias en el norte de la VP y sequías en la VT y la VA. Por su parte, el segundo modo de variabilidad de las lluvias (CP2, 25%) se correlaciona con las anomalías de la temperatura superficial del mar en el Pacífico ecuatorial central, condiciones frías en esta región (LN) causan más lluvias de lo normal en la región Andina de la VP, la VT y en la VA. En conclusión, se observa que la variabilidad del océano Pacífico no permite explicar la totalidad de la variabilidad pluviométrica en el Perú, por lo cual se describe como perspectiva considerar otras regiones como el Océano Atlántico Tropical.Item Restricted Impacts of different ENSO flavors and tropical Pacific convection variability (ITCZ, SPCZ) on austral summer rainfall in South America, with a focus on Peru(Royal Meteorological Society, 2018-01) Sulca Jota, Juan Carlos; Takahashi, Ken; Espinoza, Jhan Carlo; Vuille, Mathias; Lavado-Casimiro, WaldoEl Niño in the eastern and central Pacific has different impacts on the rainfall of South America, and the atmospheric pathways through the South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) and Inter‐Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) are poorly understood. To address this, we performed linear regression analysis of E (eastern Pacific) and C (central Pacific) indices of sea surface temperature (SST), as well as precipitation indices for the SPCZ and ITCZ, with gridded precipitation and reanalysis data sets during the austral summer (December–February) for the 1980–2016 period. Positive C induces dry anomalies along the tropical Andes and northern South America (NSA), while wet anomalies prevail over southeastern South America (SESA). Moreover, it produces wet conditions in the northwestern Peruvian Amazon. In contrast, positive E enhances wet conditions along the coasts of Ecuador and northern Peru associated with the southward displacement of the eastern Pacific ITCZ and induces dry conditions in Altiplano, Amazon basin, and northeastern Brazil (NEB). Both El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) indices are associated with weakened upper‐level easterly flow over Peru, but it is more restricted to the central and southern Peruvian Andes with positive E. Both SPCZ indices, the zonal position of the SPCZ and its latitudinal displacement, suppress rainfall along western Peruvian Andes when are positive, but the latter also inhibits rainfall over the Bolivian Altiplano. They are also linked to upper‐level westerly wind anomalies overall of Peru, but these anomalies do not extend as far south in the first. The southward displacement of the eastern Pacific ITCZ also induces wet anomalies in SESA while dry anomalies prevail over NEB, the western Amazon basin, and Bolivia. Oppositely, the southward displacement of the central Pacific ITCZ induces dry anomalies in NEB and along the northern coast of Peru; while wet anomalies occur mainly in eastern Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia through an enhancement of the low level jet.Item Restricted Regionalization of precipitation, its aggressiveness and concentration in the Guayas river basin, Ecuador(Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, 2019-09-01) Ilbay-Yupa, Mercy; Zubieta Barragán, Ricardo; Lavado-Casimiro, WaldoThe aggressiveness of rain contributes to the erosion of the soil in high mountain regions, and therefore to the sedimentation in the lower part of the watershed. To know about the aggressiveness of rain in coastal and Andean regions contributes to the formulation of mitigation measures that help to the reduction of erosion and loss of nutrients. Fournier indices, Modified Fournier and precipitation concentration provide the ability to estimate the spatial and temporal distribution of the aggressiveness of the rain. This study presents a spatial and temporal analysis of climatic aggressiveness in the Guayas river watershed located on the coast and the equatorial Andes. Registered monthly data of 30 rainfall stations for the period 1968-2014 was selected. Homogeneous precipitation zones were determined by the k-means method. The results indicated two predominant homogenous regions, the first located to the west in the coastal and Andean zone (85;2% of the area of the Watershed), with a high and very high aggressiveness index, while the distribution of precipitation in the second region (High mountain) resulted from very low to low aggressiveness. The greater potential aggressiveness of rain corresponds to a greater accumulation of average annual rainfall, which indicates a high seasonal influence of rainfall, i.e., a greater amount of rainfall can precipitate in a reduced number of consecutive months. The concentration values reveal a regional gradient in the east-west direction, which goes from moderately to strongly seasonal. The trend analysis of the monthly rainfall concentration shows no significant changes in the study period. However, these findings explain why the western and southern region of the Guayas river watershed is exposed to sedimentation problems in the lower part, due to the erosive capacity of rain in the higher and middle part of the watershed.Item Restricted Summertime precipitation extremes and the influence of atmospheric flows on the western slopes of the southern Andes of Perú(Royal Meteorological Society, 2022-09-19) Villalobos-Puma, Elver; Flores Rojas, José Luis; Martínez Castro, Daniel; Morales, Annareli; Lavado-Casimiro, Waldo; Mosquera Vásquez, Kobi Alberto; Silva Vidal, YaminaAlthough climatologically dry, the western slopes of the southern Andes of Peru (WSA) can experience precipitation extremes (PEs) during the summer (December–February) resulting in great economic and human losses. Generally, WSA has a positive upslope gradient in precipitation, meaning more rain falls at higher elevations, but observations have shown this gradient can become negative with higher rainfall near the coastal cities. In this study we analyse 2000–2019 regional atmospheric patterns associated with different upslope precipitation gradients and PEs in WSA using principal component analysis methods and surface station observations. Results show important changes in the atmospheric circulation patterns during the occurrence of PE events. A prevailing pattern of negative southerly wind anomalies and regional warming of the southeastern Pacific Ocean leads to significant increases in moisture along the coast of WSA. Eastern moisture flows associated with the presence of the Bolivian High are observed at upper levels of the atmosphere and transport water vapour from the Amazon to the western side of the Andes. Additionally, there is a blocking effect aloft in response to an intense gradient of geopotential height that attenuates the easterly circulations. These large-scale mechanisms act to concentrate high precipitable water amounts and high levels of convective available potential energy in the troposphere which favours the vertical velocities essential to trigger PEs. These results increase our knowledge of the large-scale characteristics of PEs to help with forecasting these impactful events and protecting the more than 1.8 million people living in WSA.Item Restricted Updating regionalization of precipitation in Ecuador(Springer, 2021-01-07) Ilbay-Yupa, Mercy; Lavado-Casimiro, Waldo; Rau, Pedro; Zubieta Barragán, Ricardo; Castillón, FiorelaThis article identifies homogeneous precipitation regions in Ecuador and their relationship to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), using monthly records from 215 rain stations for the 1968–2014 period. A k-means clustering analysis was used to divide the study area into k regions based on monthly and annual precipitation variables and geographic location (latitude, longitude, and altitude). The robustness of each cluster was evaluated using the “silhouette” coefficient. The groupings were then validated using the regional vector method (RVM). Twenty-two regions of homogeneous precipitation were identified. Seven regions are related to regional climate processes on the Pacific coast (unimodal precipitation). Two regions in the western foothills of the Andes show significant orographic rainfall. Eight regions in the inter-Andean region present a bimodal precipitation regime characterized by a reduction of precipitation from north to south and local variability. Five regions were identified in the Amazon area: three on the outer flanks of the eastern mountain range, one sub-Andean area, and one in the Amazon plain with regular rainfall throughout the year, influenced by the Amazon basin. Although Tropical Pacific sea surface temperature (SST) is strongly related to precipitation in the coastal regions of Ecuador, our findings indicate that SST influence varies among the regions of the country because Ecuador is influenced by the modes of precipitation variability in Colombia and Peru.