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Mario Andrés Córdova Mora |
About:
My research focuses on the mechanisms related to extreme precipitation in Tropical South America in different spatiotemporal scales: from the subcontinental to the local scale, and from the annual and seasonal to the event scale. My interests are also in the field of mountain meteorology, especially in the surface atmosphere interactions that drive water and energy exchanges. I teach Climate and Climate Change related courses at the MSc level and Sustainability and Data Science Courses at the undergrad level.
Research:
Research Assistant in the project “Ciclos meteorológicos y evapotranspiración a lo largo de una gradiente altitudinal del Parque Nacional Cajas”. September 2013 – August 2017.
PhD candidate in the project “High-resolution radar analysis of precipitation extremes in Ecuador and north Peru and implications of the ENSO-dynamics”. October 2019 – June 2023.
Publications:
Núñez Mejía, S., Villegas-Lituma, C., Crespo, P., Córdova, M., Gualán, R., Ochoa, J., … & Ochoa-Sánchez, A. (2023). Downscaling precipitation and temperature in the Andes: applied methods and performance—a systematic review protocol. Environmental Evidence, 12(1), 29.
Córdova, M., Célleri, R., van Delden, A. (2022). Dynamics of Precipitation Anomalies in Tropical South America. Atmosphere (Basel). 13, 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13060972
Zhiña, D.X., Mosquera, G.M., Esquivel-Hernández, G., Córdova, M., Sánchez-Murillo, R., Orellana-Alvear, J., Crespo, P., 2022. Hydrometeorological factors controlling the stable isotopic composition of precipitation in the highlands of south Ecuador. J. Hydrometeorol. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-21-0180.1
Córdova, M., Orellana-Alvear, J., Rollenbeck, R., & Célleri, R. (2022). Determination of climatic conditions related to precipitation anomalies in the Tropical Andes by means of the random forest algorithm and novel climate indices. International Journal of Climatology, 1– 18. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7519
Vásquez, C., Célleri, R., Córdova, M., & Carrillo-Rojas, G. (2022). Improving reference evapotranspiration (ETo) calculation under limited data conditions in the high Tropical Andes. Agricultural Water Management, 262, 107439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107439
Hagemans, K., Nooren, K., Haas, T. De, Córdova, M., Hennekam, R., Stekelenburg, M.C.A., Rodbell, D.T., Middelkoop, H., Donders, T.H., 2021. Patterns of alluvial deposition in Andean lake consistent with ENSO trigger. Quaternary Science Reviews 259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
Vázquez-Patiño, A., Campozano, L., Ballari, D., Córdova, M., Samaniego, E., 2020. Virtual Control Volume Approach to the Study of Climate Causal Flows : Identification of Humidity and Wind Pathways of Influence on Rainfall in Ecuador. Atmosphere 11, 1–22. https://doi.org/https://doi.
Córdova, M., Bogerd, L., Smeets, P., Carrillo-Rojas, G. 2020. Estimating Turbulent Fluxes in the Tropical Andes. Atmosphere, 11(2), 213. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos11020213
Padrón, R.S., Feyen, J., Córdova, M., Crespo, P., Célleri, R. 2020. Rain Gauge Inter-Comparison Quantifies Differences in Precipitation Monitoring. La Granja 31, 7–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.17163/lgr.n31.2020.0
Córdova M., Célleri R, Shellito CJ, Orellana-Alvear J, Abril A, Carrillo-Rojas G. 2016. Near-surface air temperature lapse rate over complex terrain in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes: Implications for temperature mapping. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 48(4), 678-684. http://dx.doi.org/10.1657/AAAR0015-077
Carrillo-Rojas G, Silva B, Córdova M, Célleri R, Bendix J. 2016. Dynamic Mapping of Evapotranspiration Using an Energy Balance-Based Model over an Andean Páramo Catchment of Southern Ecuador. Remote Sensing 8(2):160. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs8020160
Córdova M, Carrillo-Rojas G, Crespo P, Wilcox B, Célleri R. 2015. Evaluation of the Penman-Monteith ( FAO 56 PM ) Method for Calculating Reference Evapotranspiration Using Limited Data. Application to the Wet Páramo of Southern Ecuador. Mountain Research and Development 35(3):230–239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-14-0024.1
Córdova M, Célleri R, Carrillo G. 2013. Errores en la Estimación de la Evapotranspiración de Referencia de una Zona de Páramo Andino Debidos al Uso de Datos Mensuales, Diarios y Horarios. Aqua-LAC 5(2):14–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.29104/phi-aqualac/2013-v5-2-02