Hydro-climatic variability over the Andes of Colombia associated with ENSO: a review of climatic processes and their impact on one of the Earth’s most important biodiversity hotspots

• Published in: Climate dynamics Vol. 36; no. 11-12; pp. 2233 - 2249
• Main Authors: Poveda, Germán, Álvarez, Diana M., Rueda, Óscar A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.06.2011; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic resources; Biodiversity; Biological diversity; Climate science; Climatology; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; Earth; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Ecosystems; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Geophysics/Geodesy; Hurricanes; Hydrology; Marine; Meteorology; Oceanography; Rain and rainfall; Soil moisture; Southern oscillation; Water balance (Hydrology); Water in the atmosphere (humidity, clouds, evaporation, precipitation); South America; Colombia; Andes; ASW, Colombia; South America, Andes Mts; Hydro-climatology; Colombia; Andes; Biodiversity; ENSO; Tropics; Dynamical climatology; El Nino; Southern oscillation; Regional scope; tropical zone; Observation data; climate variability; species diversity; Hydroclimatology; La Nina

The hydro-climatic variability of the Colombian Andes associated with El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is reviewed using records of rainfall, river discharges, soil moisture, and a vegetation index (NDVI) as a surrogate for evapotranspiration. Anomalies in the components of the surface water bala...