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AN: GC51D-1097    [Abstracts]
TI: Integrated Assessment of Climate Variability and Change in the Tropical Peruvian Andes
AU: * Lagos, P
EM: plagos@geo.igp.gob.pe
AF: Instituto Geofisico del Peru, Calle Calatrava 216, La Molina, Lima, 12 Peru
AB: Considering that the intensity and frequency of recurrent extreme events associated with flooding, droughts and freezes observed in the tropical Peruvian Andes could change with future global warming, an effort has begun to: (1) investigate the causes of such extreme events using correlation and principal component analysis; (2) generate future climate scenarios using statistical and dynamical downscaling; (3) integrate with the studies of vulnerability and adaptation strategies in the region. The purpose of this paper is to describe the results of this effort, which is part of the national plan to strengthen the capacity to manage the impacts of climate change.
DE: 1600 GLOBAL CHANGE (New category)
SC: Global Climate Change [GC]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting