Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini

The article “Temporal and spatial evaluation of satellite-based rainfall estimates across the complex topographical and climatic gradients of Chile” was accepted yesterday (January 30th, 2017) for publication in the Hydrology and Earth System Sciences journal (HESS). This work exhaustively evaluate -for the first time- the suitability of seven state-of-the-art satellite-based...

Earth’s 2016 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Globally-averaged temperatures in 2016 were 0.99 degrees Celsius (1.78 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the mid-20th century mean. This makes 2016 the third year...

On December 13th 2016, I presented the work titled Disentangling the contribution of precipitation and temperature to Chilean megadrought (20102015) at the conference American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2016. In this work I used two drought indices to analyze the contribution of precipitation and temperature to the recent droughts that have...

A recent study, delivered in July 2016, projected that by 2050 Santiago will have the most extreme variation in temperature of all regional capitals, with 2.7°C, which is 14% higher compared to today. In winter, the increase will be 1.7%, representing an increase of 19%, while precipitation will be reduced...

Today the country is experiencing one of the longest and most geographically extensive droughts in its history, which has nearly eight years in some sectors, and extends from the Coquimbo to the La Araucania region. Experts estimate that in the future these cycles would increase. According to an analysis by...