Published 2013 | Version v1
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Study of the evaporation in Costa Rica and its application to determine the beginning and conclusion of the dry and rainy season

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Description

The fluctuations of evaporation and daily precipitation in the different Climatic Regions of Costa Rica were analyzed. The FAO Penman-Monteith method was used to calculate the evaporation series. The evaporation series were validated with the data obtained in the Type A evaporation tank. The pentadal evaporation thresholds for each meteorological station were defined. The graphical pentadas that contain the series of evaporation and precipitation were analyzed obtaining the thresholds for the dry and rainy periods of each climatic region, varying according to geographical location. A summer strictly defined as a dry season was found only in the Valle Central and the Pacifico Norte

Availability note (English)

Available from Biblioteca Luis Demetrio Tinoco, Universidad de Costa Rica

Abstract (Spanish)

Las fluctuaciones de la evaporacion y precipitacion diaria en las diversas Regiones Climaticas de Costa Rica fueron analizadas. El metodo FAO Penman-Monteith fue utilizado para el calculo de las series de evaporacion. Las series de evaporacion fueron validadas con los datos obtenidos en el Tanque de evaporacion tipo A. Los umbrales pentadales de evaporacion para cada estacion meteorologica fueron definidos. Las pentadas graficas que contienen las series de evaporacion y precipitacion fueron analizadas obteniendo los umbrales para las epocas seca y lluviosa de cada region climatica, variando segun ubicacion geografica. Un veranillo estrictamente definido como epoca seca fue encontrado unicamente en el Valle Central y en el Pacifico Norte

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Additional titles

Original title (Spanish)
Estudio de la evaporacion en Costa Rica y su aplicacion para determinar el inicio y conclusion de la epoca seca y lluviosa

Publishing Information

Imprint Place
San Jose (Costa Rica)
Imprint Pagination
113 p.

INIS

Country of Publication
Costa Rica
Country of Input or Organization
Costa Rica
INIS RN
49060013
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Thesis, Non-conventional Literature, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CLIMATE MODELS; EVAPORATION; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL DATA; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SOLAR RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
DATA; INFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; RADIATIONS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; STELLAR RADIATION; VARIATIONS

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