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Item Open Access Integrated assessment and adaptation to climate change impacts in the Peruvian Andes(European Geosciences Union (EGU), 2009-10-13) Salzmann, N.; Huggel, C.; Calanca, P.; Díaz, A.; Jonas, T.; Jurt, C.; Konzelmann, T.; Lagos Enríquez, Pablo; Rohrer, M.; Silverio, W.; Zappa, M.The Andes as mountain regions worldwide, provide fundamental resources, not only for the local population. Due to the topographic characteristics, the potential for natural hazards is higher than elsewhere. In these areas, assessments of climate change impacts and the development of adequate adaptation strategies therefore become particular important. The data basis, however, is often scarce. Moreover, perceptions of changes and needs are often divergent between national and local levels, which make the implementation of adaptation measures a challenge. Taking the Peruvian Andes as an example, this paper aims at initiating a discussion about scientific baseline and integrative concepts needed to deal with the adverse effects of climate change in mountain regions.Item Restricted Linking atmospheric circulation patterns with hydro‐geomorphic disasters in Peru(Wiley, 2018-06-30) Rodríguez-Morata, C.; Ballesteros‐Canovas, J. A.; Rohrer, M.; Espinoza, Jhan Carlo; Beniston, M.; Stoffel, M.The occurrence of El Niño has been generally considered the main driver of hydro‐geomorphic processes in Peru. However, the climatic characterization of hydro‐geomorphic events (HGE) occurring in the absence of El Niño remains scarce. Information contained in the DesInventar disaster database suggests a widespread occurrence of HGE associated to cold‐neutral sea surface temperature (SST) in the central Pacific and south tropical Atlantic. Here, we aim at characterizing synoptic patterns associated with HGE that have occurred over last 35 years related to the different El Niño types and focusing as well on the non‐Niño phases. We use the ERA‐Interim reanalysis climate data and implement self‐organizing maps to assess the link between HGE in Peru and specific synoptic patterns. Results suggest that synoptic patterns associated with La Niña and neutral conditions play an important role in the occurrence of hydro‐geomorphic disasters in Peru during the austral summer. A total of 21% of the events are associated only with the 1972–1973, 1982–1983 and 1997–1998 El Niño events and are mainly focused in the northern Pacific coast of the country (i.e., Tumbes, Piura and Lambayeque) while more than 36% of the recorded events in the database were associated with La Niña and neutral conditions between 1970 and 2013. La Niña‐related events were more relevant in the Andean–Amazonian regions, whereas neutral conditions were related to more frequent HGEs in the southern regions (south of the 13.25°S) along the Peruvian Pacific coast. These outcomes imply an enhanced understanding of the synoptic mechanisms leading to the occurrence of HGE and contribute to a better understanding of the triggers of HGE causing disaster no exclusively related to El Niño‐like years in Peru.