Variability of Precipitation Recycling and Moisture Sources over the Colombian Pacific Region: A Precipitationshed Approach

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Angelica M. Enciso, Olga Lucia Baquero, Daniel Escobar-Carbonari, Jeimar Tapasco, Wilmar L. Cerón
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: moisture transport; evaporation; precipitation; Pacific region; WAM-2 layer; precipitationshed; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Pacific; Mira; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13081202; https://doaj.org/article/4d1f25c8d9fd4fb2a5f5788d789d5b43

This study assessed the precipitation recycling and moisture sources in the Colombian Pacific region between 1980–2017, based on the monitoring of moisture in the atmosphere through the Eulerian Water Accounting Model-2 layer (WAM2 layer) and the delimitation of the area contributing to terrestrial...