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Reconstructing the 2015 Salgar flash flood using radar retrievals and a conceptual modeling framework in an ungauged basin [PDF]

open access: yesHydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2020
On 18 May 2015, a severe rainfall event triggered a flash flood in the municipality of Salgar, located in the northwestern Colombian Andes. This work aims to reconstruct the main hydrological features of the flash flood to better understand the ...
N. Velásquez   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Meteorological conditions leading to the 2015 Salgar flash flood: lessons for vulnerable regions in tropical complex terrain [PDF]

open access: yesNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2019
Flash floods are a recurrent hazard for many developing Latin American regions due to their complex mountainous terrain and the rainfall characteristics in the tropics. These regions often lack the timely and high-quality information needed to assess, in
C. D. Hoyos   +19 more
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Managing floods in Chennai City as part of situation understanding and improvement project

open access: yesWorld Water Policy, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 349-370, August 2023., 2023
Abstract Transdisciplinary approaches in water are important to ensure water security to everyone around the world. Recently, Young Water Professionals (YWPs) training was carried out to impart learning in transdisciplinary approaches. Besides online workshops and lectures, the training program included the Situation Understanding and Improvement ...
Sunil Shivakumar   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plant pirates of the Caribbean: is Cuba sheltered by its revolutionary economy?

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Volume 19, Issue 4, Page 208-215, May 2021., 2021
Cuba – a large, habitat‐rich island that has cultivated economic self‐sufficiency – is tethered between contrasting predictions of non‐native species diversity. A high capacity for colonization is prognosticated by its biogeography; muted introduction of organisms is predicted by its low dependence on imports and tourism, as economic openness is ...
Meghan E Brown   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opportunities for improving conservation early warning and alert systems

open access: yesRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 7-17, March 2021., 2021
Conservation early warning and alert systems provide tremendous opportunities to inform strategic and effective environmental responses. However, these systems are not systematically evaluated based on how they are contributing to conservation outcomes.
Karyn M. Tabor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sistema de alerta temprana: Centinela, una experiencia para la retención estudiantil en la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción

open access: yesCalidad en la educación, 2021
El objetivo de este trabajo es describir el proceso de diseño y creación del sistema de alerta temprana (SAT) de la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, denominado Centinela. El documento explica el contexto del surgimiento de los sistemas de
Daniel Casanova Cruz   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

El Sistema de Alerta Temprana (SISAT) para disminuir el abandono escolar en las Escuelas Primaria Rurales de Tabasco

open access: yesPerspectivas Docentes, 2021
La investigación tiene la pretensión de proponer al SISAT como estrategia de alerta temprana para disminuir el abandono escolar en las escuelas rurales de Tabasco. Aquí se buscó visualizar los principales factores que provocan el rezago escolar donde los
Heidi karina Correa-Carrera   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sistema de alerta temprana y franja de protección hídrica en el Río Cabeno-Ecuador

open access: yesRevista Ingeniería, 2023
La investigación aborda la gestión de riesgos de inundaciones, destacando la importancia de fijar franjas de protección en ríos para prevenir daños y pérdidas.
Juan Pablo Morales Corozo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Construcción de mecanismos focales en el norte de la Cordillera Central colombiana a partir de registros de la Red Sismológica Nacional de Colombia

open access: yesBoletín de Ciencias de la Tierra, 2017
La recopilación de formas de onda de sismos entre los años 2009 y 2015, de magnitud local mayor a 4, en las estaciones de la Red Sismológica Nacional de Colombia (RSNC), sobre el cuadrángulo 76°W-74°W y 4°N-8°N (Norte de la Cordillera Central, centrado ...
Gustavo Posada   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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