Ciclones tropicales que tocan tierra en la cuenca del Pacífico Oriental

The project focuses on enhancing disaster prevention in the Eastern Pacific by reconstructing historical cyclone records, studying lightning as a proxy for intensification, and utilizing high-resolution ocean and atmospheric models (HWRF) to improve storm surge and track forecasts.

• The project found that lightning spatial distribution differs based on cyclone trajectory: those moving mostly westward have lower lightning rates concentrated in the inner core (within 100 km), while those that re-curve and make landfall show more lightning in the outer bands (300 to 400 km from the eye) and the quadrant nearest to land.
• Unlike observations in the North Atlantic basin, the spatial distribution of lightning in Eastern Pacific cyclones does not appear to be organized by the shear vector.
• Initial simulations using the HWRF model at 3-km resolution still exhibit significant errors regarding intensity, track, and the specific landfall location along the coast.
• Efforts to reconstruct the historical record of landfalling cyclones back to 1750 have proven difficult; while potentially limited in climatological utility, the results are considered valuable for anthropological and historical research.

APA

de Raga, G. B., Molina, L. M. F., Appendini, C., García-Acosta, V., Lozoya, R. P., Marín, J., Abarca, S., Rivera-Monroy, V., & Pérez, J. (2024). Ciclones tropicales que tocan tierra en la cuenca del Pacífico Oriental. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. https://iai.int/en/ciclones-tropicales-que-tocan-tierra-en-la-cuenca-del-pacifico-oriental-sgp-cra-2048/

Chicago

de Raga, Graciela Binimelis, Luis M. Farfán Molina, Christian Appendini, Virginia García-Acosta, Raymundo Padilla Lozoya, Julio Marín, Sergio Abarca, Victor Rivera-Monroy, and Joel Pérez. Ciclones tropicales que tocan tierra en la cuenca del Pacífico Oriental. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, 2024. https://iai.int/en/ciclones-tropicales-que-tocan-tierra-en-la-cuenca-del-pacifico-oriental-sgp-cra-2048/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{deraga2024ciclones, author = {de Raga, Graciela Binimelis and Molina, Luis M. Farfán and Appendini, Christian and García-Acosta, Virginia and Lozoya, Raymundo Padilla and Marín, Julio and Abarca, Sergio and Rivera-Monroy, Victor and Pérez, Joel}, title = {{Ciclones tropicales que tocan tierra en la cuenca del Pacífico Oriental}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2024}, month = sep, url = {https://iai.int/en/ciclones-tropicales-que-tocan-tierra-en-la-cuenca-del-pacifico-oriental-sgp-cra-2048/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }