Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini
Hydrology in La Araucania (Chile)
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Anemometer installation at the Invernada station
Last Tuesday, April 9th 2024, part of the Water Resources Observatory team of the Department of Civil Engineering (Kimün-Ko) of the Universidad of La Frontera carried out the installation of an anemometer in the Invernada meteorological station located in the Conguillio National Park (Los Paraguas sector). The installation of this...
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Article on hydrological drought monitoring published in HESS
On March 28th, 2024, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences published the article entitled On the timescale of drought indices for monitoring streamflow drought considering catchment hydrological regimes. This study investigates the suitability of different drought indices and temporal scales for monitoring streamflow drought in catchments with different hydrological regimes. Considering...
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2023 was the warmest year on record, (NOAA)
Earth’s average land and ocean surface temperature in 2023 was 1.18ºC above the 20th century, the highest global temperature among all years in NOAA’s 1850-2023 climate record. It also beats the next warmest year, 2016, by a record-setting margin of 0.15ºC. The 10 warmest years since 1850 have all occurred...
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Hottest July on Record (174 years), (NASA)
Earth just roasted under its hottest July on record, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and also ffrom scientist from NASA. For the fourth-consecutive month, the global ocean surface temperature also hit a record high. Overall, July 2023 was 0.24ºC warmer than any other July...
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Earth just had its hottest June on record (NOAA)
The world just sweltered through its hottest June in the 174-year global climate record. The June global surface temperature was 1.05°C above the 20th-century average of 15.5°C, making it the warmest June on record. This marked the first time a June temperature exceeded 1°C above the long-term average. June 2023...