Publications by authors named "Gil Lizcano"
The North Atlantic Basin (NAB) has seen an increase in the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones since the 1980s, with record-breaking seasons in 2017 and 2020. However, little is known about how coastal ecosystems, particularly mangroves in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, respond to these new "climate normals" at regional and subregional scales. Wind speed, rainfall, pre-cyclone forest height, and hydro-geomorphology are known to influence mangrove damage and recovery following cyclones in the NAB.
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- Dust is crucial for climate and biophysical feedbacks, with the Bodélé Depression in Chad being a major source, producing about half of the Sahara's mineral aerosols.
- Our study uses advanced remote sensing, modeling, and chemical analyses to explore how slight changes in atmospheric circulation could significantly impact dust behavior in this region.
- Historical data shows that dust production from Bodélé stopped during the mid-Holocene, but some future climate simulations suggest a possible substantial increase in dust output by the end of the 21st century.
Non-ENSO control on southern Africa precipitation variability.
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci
January 2005
The objective of this study is to quantify the nature of the mechanisms of southern Africa rainfall variability, unrelated to the El Nino Southern Oscillation, by means of a simple empirical composite analysis, as a baseline for a more detailed study.
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