Space-time rainfall variability in the Paute basin, Ecuadorian Andes

• Published in: Hydrological processes Vol. 21; no. 24; pp. 3316 - 3327
• Main Authors: Celleri, Rolando, Willems, Patrick, Buytaert, Wouter, Feyen, Jan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 15.11.2007; Wiley
• Subjects: Andes region; basins; case studies; climate; disasters; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Ecuador; Ecuadorian Andes; Exact sciences and technology; Hydrology; Hydrology. Hydrogeology; monitoring; mountain rainfall; mountains; Paute Basin; rain; risk; space-time rainfall variability; watersheds; wet season; South America; Ecuador; Andes; South America, Andes Mts; Andes region; rivers; mountains; rainfall; atmospheric precipitation; climate variability; concentration; rain water; case studies; mountain rainfall; Paute Basin; spatiotemporal variations; space-time rainfall variability; data bases; seasonal variations; Ecuadorian Andes
• ISSN: 0885-6087; 1099-1085
• DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6575

Despite the importance of mountain ranges as water providers, knowledge of their climate variability is still limited, mostly due to a combination of data scarcity and heterogeneous orography. The tropical Andes share many of the main features of mountain ranges in general, and are subject to severa...