Frecuencia de los ciclones tropicales que afectaron a Costa Rica durante el siglo XX
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2003
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Tópicos Meteorológicos y Oceanográficos
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It is studied the tropical cyclone frequency in the Caribbean Sea that affected Costa Rica during the XX century. None of the 125 cyclones passed over Costa Rica, being the closest track the 1993 tropical storm Bret. The 1988, category 5, hurricane Gilbert was the more intense, however the hurricane Joan during the same year is considered the cyclone with the most severe damage over Costa Rica. Hurricane Mitch in 1998 is cataloged as the cyclone with more damages in Central America and with more rain accumulated by topographic effects. The 40s (80s) was the decade with more (less) hurricane frequency. The modulation of this aspect could be the combination of interannual and interdecadal variability in the Eastern Tropical Pacific and Tropical North Atlantic. It is concluded that the intensity of a temporal in Costa Rica is not directly associated with cyclone’s magnitude because it depends also on the relative cyclone’s position and its velocity
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Alvarado, L. y Alfaro, E. (2003). Frecuencia de los ciclones tropicales que afectaron a Costa Rica durante el siglo XX. Tópicos Meteorológicos y Oceanográficos, 10(1), 1-11