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<journal-id>2215-3896</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Ciencias Ambientales]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ciencias Ambientales]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2215-3896</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2215-38962020000100016</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15359/rca.54-1.2</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Asociación entre algunos índices de sequía e impactos socio-productivos en el Pacífico Norte de Costa Rica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Association between some Drought Indices and Socio-productive Impacts in the Northern Pacific Region of Costa Rica]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Quesada-Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis Eduardo]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hidalgo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hugo G.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alfaro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eric J.]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Centro de Investigaciones Geofísicas (CIGEFI) ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Escuela de Física ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Escuela de Física ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>54</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>16</fpage>
<lpage>32</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2215-38962020000100016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2215-38962020000100016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2215-38962020000100016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  (Introducción):  Las sequías en Costa Rica son un evento hidrometeorológico extremo que afecta a muchos productores agrícolas y a la sociedad en general. (Objetivo): Identificar cuál índice de sequía logra una relación más fuerte con los impactos asociados a este tipo de acontecimientos extremos en sectores sociales y productivos para tres cantones localizados en Guanacaste, provincia de Costa Rica, ubicada dentro del Corredor Seco Centroamericano (CSC). (Metodología): Para ello se construyó (e integró) una base de datos de impactos producidos por sequías para el periodo 1970-1999, a partir de diferentes fuentes de información, que incluye Desinventar, EM-DAT, el Instituto Meteorológico Nacional de Costa Rica, así como reportes periodísticos de impactos de otras fuentes. Estos datos se compararon con los siguientes 6 índices mediante una regresión logística: el Índice Normalizado de Precipitación a escalas de 6 y 12 meses (conocidos como SPI 6 y SPI 12 respectivamente), el Índice de Severidad de Sequía y el Índice Hidrológico de Palmer (conocidos como PDSI y PHDI, respectivamente), el Índice de Reconocimiento de Sequía (conocido como RDI) y el Índice Modificado de Anomalía de Lluvia (conocido como mRAI), todos previamente aplicados en América Central. (Resultados): En general, el índice más apropiado para estudiar la sequía asociada con los impactos sociales y productivos es el SPI para 6 y 12 meses. (Conclusiones): En todos los cantones estudiados este índice presenta un alta (baja) probabilidad de muchos (pocos) impactos cuando se encuentra en condiciones moderada y severamente secas (húmedas).]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  (Introduction):  The droughts in Costa Rica are an extreme hydrometeorological event that affects many crops producers and society in general. (Objective): To define which drought index shows the strongest relationship with drought impacts reports in social and productive sectors for three areas in Guanacaste, province of Costa Rica located within the Central American Dry Corridor (CSC). (Methodology): A drought impact dataset for the period 1970-1999 was created from different sources of information: Desinventar database, EM-DAT, information from the National Meteorological Institute of Costa Rica and different press reports. This database is compared to the following six drought indexes using the logistic regression technique: the Standardized Precipitation Index at scales of 6 and 12 months (SPI 6 and SPI 12 respectively), the Drought Severity Index and the Hydrological Index of Palmer (PDSI and PHDI respectively), the Drought Recognition Index (RDI), and the Modified Rainfall Anomaly Index (mRAI). (Results): In general, the most appropriate index to link drought and social and productive impact reports is the SPI for 6 and 12 months. (Conclusions): In all the areas of study, this index has a high (low) probability of many (zero) impacts when it is in moderately and severely dry (wet) conditions.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Corredor Seco Centroamericano (CSC)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[sequía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[variabilidad climática]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Central America]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[climate variability]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[drought]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Dry Corridor]]></kwd>
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