Browsing by Author "Meseguer Ruiz, Oliver"

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    • Heat and cold waves in mainland Spain: origins, characteristics, and trends 
      Serrano Notivoli, Roberto; Lemus Canovas, Marc; Barrao, Samuel; Sarricolea Espinoza, Pablo Andrés; Meseguer Ruiz, Oliver; Tejedor, Ernesto (Elsevier, 2022)
      Heat and cold waves are extreme temperature events with a high potential of causing negative impacts on human health, and natural and socioeconomic systems, depending on their duration and intensity. There is, however, no ...
    • Mining, urban growth, and agrarian changes in the Atacama desert: the case of the Calama oasis in northern Chile 
      Calderón Seguel, Matías; Prieto, Manuel; Meseguer Ruiz, Oliver; Viñales, Freddy; Hidalgo, Paulina; Esper, Elías (MDPI, 2021)
      Since the mid-twentieth century, Latin American rural territories have undergone significant transformations. One of the leading causes is the expansion of large-scale operations that exploit natural resources for world ...
    • The 2010-2020 'megadrought' drives reduction in lake surface area in the Andes of central Chile (32 degrees ... 
      Fuentealba, Magdalena; Bahamóndez Provoste, Camila Fernanda; Sarricolea Espinoza, Pablo Andrés; Meseguer Ruiz, Oliver; Latorre, Claudio (Elsevier, Netherlands, 2021)
      Study region: Andes central Chile (32ºS-36ºS) / Lakes Study focus: Mountain lakes play a key role in the terrestrial freshwater reservoir, both for storage of snow melt and precipitation. Although lakes are sensitive to ...
    • Urban heat islands and vulnerable populations in a mid-size coastal city in an srid environment 
      Quintana Talvac, Carolina; Corvacho Ganahin, Óscar; Smith Guerra, Pamela Elisa; Sarricolea Espinoza, Pablo Andrés; Prieto, Manuel; Meseguer Ruiz, Oliver (MDPI, 2021)
      Arica is a coastal city located in northern Chile, in the Atacama Desert. The behavior of surface temperatures in the city between 1985 and 2019 was studied using Landsat satellite images, leading to the identification of ...