Recent Precipitation Trends and Floods in the Colombian Andes

• Published in: Water (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 2; p. 379
• Main Authors: Ávila, Álvaro, Guerrero, Faisury, Escobar, Yesid, Justino, Flávio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2019
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Agriculture; Analysis; Annual precipitation; Basins; Canada; Climate; Climate change; Climate variability; Colombia; El Nino; ENSO; extreme rainfall; Flood forecasting; Floods; Hydrology; Landslides & mudslides; Natural resources; Pacific Ocean; Population; Precipitation; Rain and rainfall; Rainfall; Sea surface temperature; Software; Southern Oscillation; the Cauca River; Time lag; Trends; Canada; Colombia; Pacific Ocean

This study aims to identify spatial and temporal precipitation trends by analyzing eight extreme climate indices of rainfall in the High Basin of the Cauca River in Southwestern Colombia from 1970 to 2013. The relation between historical floods and El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is also analyze...