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Assessment of climate impacts on water resources to support adaptation and resilience.

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Faculty

Joaquín Meza

Assistant Professor

Eng. MSc, PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA

Miguel Lagos

Assistant Professor

Eng. MSc, PhD en Ingeniería Civil, Universidad de Chile

Álvaro Ossandón

Assistant Professor

Eng. MSc, PhD in Civil Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

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Articles

2025

  1. A methodology to estimate Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) under Climate Change using a Numerical Weather Model
    Yusuke Hiraga; Ryotaro Tahara y Joaquin Meza
    Journal of Hydrologydoi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.132659 (se abre en otra pestaña)
  2. Robust spatial changes in climate classes: insights from bias-corrected CMIP6 models across Chile
    Nicolás A Vásquez; Pablo A Mendoza; Miguel Lagos-Zúñiga; Lucía Scaff; Eduardo Muñoz-Castro; Ximena Vargas
    Environmental Research Lettersdoi:10.1088/1748-9326/ad9d5b (se abre en otra pestaña)

2024

  1. The Key Role of Temporal Stratification for GCM Bias Correction in Climate Impact Assessments
    Nicolás A. Vásquez; Pablo A. Mendoza; Wouter J. M. Knoben; Louise Arnal; Miguel Lagos-Zúñiga; Martyn Clark; Ximena Vargas
    Earth's Futuredoi:10.1029/2023ef004242 (se abre en otra pestaña)
  2. Extreme indices of temperature and precipitation in South America: trends and intercomparison of regional climate models
    Miguel Lagos-Zúñiga; Rocío Balmaceda-Huarte; Pedro Regoto; Limbert Torrez; Matías Olmo; André Lyra; David Pareja-Quispe; María Laura Bettolli
    Climate Dynamicsdoi:10.1007/s00382-022-06598-2 (se abre en otra pestaña)
  3. Screening CMIP6 models for Chile based on past performance and code genealogy
    Felipe Gateño; Pablo A. Mendoza; Nicolás Vásquez; Miguel Lagos-Zúñiga; Héctor Jiménez; Catalina Jerez; Ximena Vargas; Eduardo Rubio-Álvarez; Santiago Montserrat
    Climatic Changedoi:10.1007/s10584-024-03742-1 (se abre en otra pestaña)

2023

  1. Snow Persistence and Snow Line Elevation Trends in a Snowmelt-Driven Basin in the Central Andes and Their Correlations with Hydroclimatic Variables
    Felipe Aranda; Diego Medina; Lina Castro; Álvaro Ossandón; Ramón Ovalle; Raúl P. Flores; Tomás R. Bolaño-Ortiz
    Remote Sensingdoi:10.3390/rs15235556 (se abre en otra pestaña)

2021

  1. Snow Processes and Climate Sensitivity in an Arid Mountain Region, Northern Chile
    Francisco Jara; Miguel Lagos-Zúñiga; Rodrigo Fuster; Cristian Mattar; James McPhee
    Atmospheredoi:10.3390/atmos12040520 (se abre en otra pestaña)

2014

  1. PMP and PMF estimations in sparsely-gauged Andean basins and climate change projections
    Miguel Lagos-Zúñiga; Ximena Vargas M.
    Hydrological Sciences Journaldoi:10.1080/02626667.2013.877588 (se abre en otra pestaña)
  2. Potential influences of climate change on pluvial floods in an Andean watershed
    Miguel Lagos-Zúñiga; Ximena Vargas-Mesa
    Tecnología y ciencias del agua