Tracing water sources and fluxes in a dynamic tropical environment from observations to modeling

 

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Autores: Sanchez-Murillo, Ricardo, Esquivel-Hernández, Germain, Birkel, Christian, Correa, A., Welsh, K., Durán-Quesada, A. M., Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Rolando, Poca, M.
Formato: artículo
Fecha de Publicación:2020
Descripción:Tropical regions cover approximately 36% of the Earth’s landmass. These regions are home to 40% of the world’s population, which is projected to increase to over 50% by 2030 under a remarkable climate variability scenario often exacerbated by El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and other climate teleconnections. In the tropics,ecohydrological conditions are typically under the influence of complex land-oceanatmosphere interactions that produce a dynamic cycling of mass and energy reflected in a clear partition of water fluxes. Here, we present a review of 7 years of a concerted and continuous water stable isotope monitoring across Costa Rica, including key insights learned, main methodological advances and limitations (both in experimental designs and data analysis), potential data gaps, and future research opportunities with a humid tropical perspective. The uniqueness of the geographic location of Costa Rica within the mountainous Central America Isthmus, receiving moisture inputs from the Caribbean Sea (windward) and the Pacific Ocean (complex leeward topography), and experiencing strong ENSO events, poses a clear advantage for the use of isotopic variations to underpin key driver in ecohydrological responses. In a sequential approach, isotopic variations are analyzed from moisture transport, rainfall generation, and groundwater/surface connectivity to Bayesian and rainfall-runoff modeling. The overarching goal of this review is to provide a robust humid tropical example with a progressive escalation from common water isotope observations to more complex modeling outputs and applications to enhance water resource management in the tropics.
País:Repositorio UNA
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Repositorio UNA
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:null:11056/20643
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11056/20643
Palabra clave:ISOTOPOS
ISOTOPES
WATER STABLE ISOTOPES
COSTA RICA
HIDROLOGÍA
RECURSOS HÍDRICOS