High Impact Weather Events in the Andes
Owing to the extraordinary latitudinal extent, a strong orographic variability with very high mountain tops, and the presence of deep valleys and steep slopes, the Andes and the population of the region are highly prone and vulnerable to the impacts of a large suite of extreme weather events. Here w...
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| author | Germán Poveda Jhan Carlo Espinoza Manuel D. Zuluaga Silvina A. Solman Silvina A. Solman René Garreaud Peter J. van Oevelen |
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| description | Owing to the extraordinary latitudinal extent, a strong orographic variability with very high mountain tops, and the presence of deep valleys and steep slopes, the Andes and the population of the region are highly prone and vulnerable to the impacts of a large suite of extreme weather events. Here we provide a review of the most salient events in terms of losses of human and animal lives, economic and monetary losses in costs and damages, and social disruption, namely: (1) extreme precipitation events and related processes (Mesoscale Convective Systems, lightning), (2) cold spells, frosts, and high winds, (3) the impacts of ENSO on extreme hydro-meteorological events, (4) floods, (5) landslides, mudslides, avalanches, and (6) droughts, heat waves and fires. For our purposes, we focus this review on three distinctive regions along the Andes: Northern tropical (north of 8°S), Southern tropical (8°S-27°S) and Extratropical Andes (south of 27°S). Research gaps are also identified and discussed at the end of this review. It is very likely that climate change will increase the vulnerability of the millions of inhabitants of the Andes, impacting their livelihoods and the sustainable development of the region into the twenty first century amidst urbanization, deforestation, air, soil and water pollution, and land use changes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a25fff25a3a74ee5a7e32b063c963d0f2022-12-22T01:06:41ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Earth Science2296-64632020-05-01810.3389/feart.2020.00162509764High Impact Weather Events in the AndesGermán Poveda0Jhan Carlo Espinoza1Manuel D. Zuluaga2Silvina A. Solman3Silvina A. Solman4René Garreaud5Peter J. van Oevelen6Department of Geosciences and Environment, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, ColombiaUniversité Grenoble Alpes, IRD, CNRS, G-INP, IGE (UMR 5001), Grenoble, FranceDepartment of Geosciences and Environment, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, ColombiaUniversidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaCONICET - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera (CIMA), Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDepartment of Geophysics, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, ChileInternational GEWEX Project Office, Washington, DC, United StatesOwing to the extraordinary latitudinal extent, a strong orographic variability with very high mountain tops, and the presence of deep valleys and steep slopes, the Andes and the population of the region are highly prone and vulnerable to the impacts of a large suite of extreme weather events. Here we provide a review of the most salient events in terms of losses of human and animal lives, economic and monetary losses in costs and damages, and social disruption, namely: (1) extreme precipitation events and related processes (Mesoscale Convective Systems, lightning), (2) cold spells, frosts, and high winds, (3) the impacts of ENSO on extreme hydro-meteorological events, (4) floods, (5) landslides, mudslides, avalanches, and (6) droughts, heat waves and fires. For our purposes, we focus this review on three distinctive regions along the Andes: Northern tropical (north of 8°S), Southern tropical (8°S-27°S) and Extratropical Andes (south of 27°S). Research gaps are also identified and discussed at the end of this review. It is very likely that climate change will increase the vulnerability of the millions of inhabitants of the Andes, impacting their livelihoods and the sustainable development of the region into the twenty first century amidst urbanization, deforestation, air, soil and water pollution, and land use changes.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2020.00162/fullAndesextreme weatherstormsENSOfloodslandslides |
| spellingShingle | Germán Poveda Jhan Carlo Espinoza Manuel D. Zuluaga Silvina A. Solman Silvina A. Solman René Garreaud Peter J. van Oevelen High Impact Weather Events in the Andes Frontiers in Earth Science Andes extreme weather storms ENSO floods landslides |
| title | High Impact Weather Events in the Andes |
| title_full | High Impact Weather Events in the Andes |
| title_fullStr | High Impact Weather Events in the Andes |
| title_full_unstemmed | High Impact Weather Events in the Andes |
| title_short | High Impact Weather Events in the Andes |
| title_sort | high impact weather events in the andes |
| topic | Andes extreme weather storms ENSO floods landslides |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2020.00162/full |
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