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Fuentes antropogénicas y naturales de contaminación atmosférica: estado del arte de su impacto en la calidad fisicoquímica del agua de lluvia y de niebla
(Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2021-01)En este artículo se describe el estado del arte en relación con la influencia de las fuentes naturales y antropogénicas de los contaminantes atmosféricos en las características fisicoquímicas del agua de niebla y de lluvia ... -
GPS PrecipitableWater Vapor Estimations over Costa Rica: A Comparison against Atmospheric Sounding and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS)
(MDPI, 2019)The quantification of water vapor in tropical regions like Central America is necessary to estimate the influence of climate change on its distribution and the formation of precipitation. This work reports daily estimations ... -
Groundwater and surface water connectivity within the recharge area of Guarani aquifer system during El Niño 2014–2016
(Wiley & Sons, 2018)Recharge areas of the Guarani Aquifer System (GAS) are particularly sensitive and vulnerable to climate variability; therefore, the understanding of infiltration mechanisms for aquifer recharge and surface run‐off generation ... -
Groundwater recharge mechanisms inferred from isoscapes in a complex tropical mountainous region
(AGU Publications, 2016-05-23)Stable isotope variations and groundwater recharge mechanisms remain poorly understood across the tropics, particularly in Central America. Here stable isotopes (δ18O and δ2H) in groundwater, surface water, and rainfall ... -
Hydrological dataset of a sub-humid continental plain basin (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
(Elsevier, 2020)The Chaco-Pampean Plain (Argentina) is the strongest eco- nomic region and the most inhabited in the country, comprising approximately 66% of the country’s population (26,500 million) [1] . In this region, surface slopes ... -
Identificación de explosivos Orgánicos en Indicios Post-Explosión mediante GC-MS y GC-NPD
(Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2020-07)Se implementó y validó un método para la identificación de explosivos por medio de cromatografía de gases acoplada a un detector de espectrometría de masa (GC-MS) y por cromatografía de gases de doble columna acoplada a ... -
Identificación de lignanas en hojas de Rollinia mucosa (JACQ) bail. Annonaceae
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2001)El extracto etanólico obtenido por maceración de las hojas de Rollinia mucosa fue extraído sucesivamente con los siguientes disolventes de polaridad creciente: hexano, cloroformo y acetato de etilo. Diluciones alcohólicas ... -
Insight into the stable isotopic composition of glacial lakes in a tropical alpine ecosystem: Chirripó, Costa Rica
(Wiley & Sons, 2018)Tropical high‐elevation lakes are considered sentinels of global climate change. This work characterizes the hydrological conditions of tropical alpine glacial lakes located in the highlands of Chirripó, Costa Rica, using ... -
Inventario de emisiones de mercurio en Costa Rica en el 2014 utilizando la herramienta del PNUMA en un nivel N2
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2018)El Convenio de Minamata se firmó en octubre del 2013 buscando proteger la salud humana y el medio ambiente de las liberaciones y emisiones antropogénicas tanto de mercurio elemental como de los compuestos que contienen ... -
Key drivers controlling stable isotope variations in daily precipitation of Costa Rica: Caribbean Sea versus Eastern Pacific Ocean moisture sources
(Elsevier, 2016)Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus, which receives moisture inputs directly from the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific Ocean. This location includes unique mountainous and lowland microclimates, but ... -
Mediciones y el modelaje de la concentración del dióxido de azufre y de la composición del agua de lluvia en los alrededores del Volcán Poás durante el 2017 en Costa Rica
(Corporación Gestión de Riesgos y Desastres GRID-Chile (Chile), 2024-01)Debido al aumento de la actividad del Volcán Poás en 2017, en Costa Rica, se realizaron muestreos en los alrededores del cráter activo para cuantificar la concentración de dióxido de azufre (SO2) y las características ... -
Monitoreo de la concentración de SO2 en el aire y características físicoquímicas del agua de lluvia en el Volcán Irazú
(Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2021-10)El dióxido de azufre y otros contaminantes químicos pueden llegar a la naturaleza y el ambiente por medio de la actividad volcánica. Debido a esto, en Costa Rica, las zonas cercanas a los volcanes se encuentran afectadas ... -
Nanochitin: Chemistry, Structure, Assembly, and Applications
(ACS Publications, 2022)Chitin, a fascinating biopolymer found in living organisms, fulfills current demands of availability, sustainability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, functionality, and renewability. A feature of chitin is its ability ... -
National Inventory of Mercury Release into Different Environmental Sectors Estimated by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Toolkit in Costa Rica
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Toolkit, 2017)This paper summarizes the national inventory of mercury released into all environmental sectors (air, water, land, impurity in products, general wastes and sector specific treatment/disposal) for the year 2008 in the country ... -
New advances in the method validation, extraction methods and measurement uncertainty for the determination of water-soluble hexavalent chromium in hydraulic cemen
(Elsevier, 2021)The quantification of Cr (VI) in the cement matrix is highly important, given the possibility of suffering illnesses including dermatitis, induced nasal carcinoma, and DNA damage produced by inhalation of and/or direct ... -
Perfil nacional de uso de mercurio en Costa Rica a la luz de la entrada en vigencia del Convenio de Minamata
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2017)El mercurio es un metal cuya inadecuada gestión puede poner en riesgo la salud y el medio ambiente, y debido a que en el país no existe una herramienta que le permita establecer los controles para su gestión, se elaboró ... -
Physicochemical and chromatographic method of characterization of Matricaria recutita tinctures
(2016)The pharmacological activity of medicinal products containing plant materials depends on their specific components. However, these components are not characterized in their entirety in all cases. Therefore, manufacturing ... -
Rainfall, groundwater, and surface water isotope data from extreme tropical cyclones (2016-2019) within the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean basins
(Elsevier, 2020-06)Under a changing climate, projections estimate that over the next thirty years, extreme Tropical Cyclones (TCs) will increase in frequency, with two to three times more Category 4 and 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic basin ... -
Remote Piloting UAS in Extreme Environments with Challanging Climatic Conditions - An Overview of Modern UAS Capabilities in the Field of Volcanology, Geosciences, Atmospheric Chemistry and Interplanetary Exploration
(ADVANCED ENGINEERING DAYS (AED), 2022-09)Unmanned Aerial Systems have recently had advanced payloads configured by engineers for various atmospheric sampling experiments and have been proven a successful and innovative technology. Climatic stability in volcanic ... -
Stable isotopic characterizacion of nitrate wet deposition in the tropical urban atmosphere of Costa Rica
(Springer, 2021-07-13)Increasing energy consumption and food production worldwide results in anthropogenic emissions of reactive nitrogen into the atmosphere. To date, however, little information is available on tropical urban environments where ...