Bubonic Plague on the West Coast of South America in 1934

1935 ◽  
Vol 50 (29) ◽  
pp. 923
Author(s):  
John D. Long
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Bubonic Plague ◽  
The West

scholarly journals HARVARD'S METEOROLOGICAL WORK ON THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA

Science ◽  
1898 ◽  
Vol 7 (160) ◽  
pp. 95-98
Author(s):  
R. DeC. WARD
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
West Coast ◽  
The West

Tidal Investigations on the West Coast of South America

1943 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 299
Author(s):  
H. A. Marmer
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
West Coast ◽  
The West

Stratocumulus Clouds at the West Coast of South America: Observations of Diurnal and Seasonal Cycle

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan H. Schween ◽  
Sarah Westbrook ◽  
Ulrich Löhnert
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Liquid Water ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Seasonal Pattern ◽  
Radiation Budget ◽  
Wind Component ◽  
Northern Coast ◽  
The West ◽  
Long Term Study ◽  
Stratocumulus Clouds

<p>Marine stratocumulus clouds of the eastern Pacific play an essential role in the Earth's energy and radiation budget. Parts of these clouds off the west coast of South America form the major source of water to the hyper-arid area at the northern coast of Chile. Within the DFG collaborative research center 'Earth evolution at the dry limit', for the first time, a long-term study of the vertical structure of clouds and their environment governing the moisture supply to the coastal part of the Atacama is available.</p><p>Three state of the art ground based remote sensing instruments were installed for one year at the airport of Iquique/Chile (20.5°S, 70.2°W, 56m a.s.l.) in close cooperation with Centro del Desierto de Atacama (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile). The instruments provide vertical profiles of wind, turbulence and temperature, as well as integrated values of water vapor and liquid water. Instrument synergy provides vertical cloud structure information.</p><p>We observe a land-sea circulation with a super-imposed southerly wind component. Highest wind speeds can be found during the afternoon. Clouds show a distinct seasonal pattern with a maximum of cloud occurrence during winter (JJA) and a minimum during summer (DJF). Clouds are higher and vertically less extended in winter than in summer. Liquid water path shows a diurnal cycle with highest values during night and morning hours and lowest values during noon. Furthermore, the clouds contain much more liquid water in summer. The turbulent structure of the boundary layer, together with the temperature profile, can be used to characterize the mechanism driving the cloud life cycle.</p>

scholarly journals Six new species of Anthuridae (Peracarida: Isopoda) from the southern Mexican Pacific

2021 ◽  
Vol 760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ubaldo Jarquín-Martínez ◽  
María del Socorro García-Madrigal
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
West Coast ◽  
First Record ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
The West ◽  
Mexican Pacific ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
First Time

Marine isopods, despite being a very diverse group, have been little studied in the Mexican South Pacific. After a revision of 171 specimens collected from Guerrero and Oaxaca, six new species, belonging to five genera, were discovered: Amakusanthura guerrerensis sp. nov., Cortezura caeca sp. nov., Mesanthura antenniformis sp. nov., M. estacahuitensis sp. nov., Skuphonura oaxaquensis sp. nov., and Tinggianthura mexicana sp. nov. In this work, the genera Amakusanthura Nunomura, 1977 and Tinggianthura Chew, Abdul-Rahim & Haji Ross, 2014, are recorded for the first time in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Also, the distribution range of the genus Skuphonura Barnard, 1925 is increased from the west coast of South America to the southern Mexican Pacific, this being the first record of this genus in the Mexican Pacific. This study doubles the number of species recorded of Anthuridae from the Mexican Pacific, of six to 12 species.

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