Student Research Reports
The Impacts of ENSO on Land Cover between 10˚ and 40˚ Latitude in South America. GLOBE Collaborative Project in the Region of Latin America & the Caribbean
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Organization:
Student(s):Students from Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay
Grade Level:Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)
GLOBE Teacher:
Contributors:STUDENTS:
Argentina
Matías Casares
María Girona
Agustín Grunauer
María Lohlé
Joaquín Mirabelli
María Eugenia Negri
Marilina Porma Favre
Joaquín Antú Porma
Jeremías Porma Favre
Diego Sebastián Valeria
Nicolás Amaranto Manqui
Uruguay
Melissa Cristóbal
Claudio Lacuesta
Perú
Gustavo De la Cruz Montalvo
Luis Andrés Rodríguez Flores
Marisela Rivera Ccaccachaua
Rogelio Campos García
Raquel Mori Vasquez
Jonathan Paredes
Aldo Alessi
Fidel Castillo
Additional teacher:
Uruguay: Club de Ciencias Los Bénticos
Milton Camejo
SCIENTISTS
Portugal: Institute of Marine Research (IMAR) Universidad de Coimbra
Dr. Vasco Manuel Mantas
Argentina
Mg.Sc. Miguel Falcón: Reserva Nacional Ribera Norte, Buenos Aires
Dr. Ricardo Chrobak: Universidad del Comahue,
Uruguay: Instituto de Física de la Facultad de Ciencias (Universidad de la República)
Dra. Madeleine Renom
Date Submitted:
08/06/2014
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With the purpose of knowing the effects of the weather phenomenon ENSO on the flora coverage between 10° and 40° off South America, a collaborative project between three GLOBE countries of the Region of Latin America and The Caribbean: Argentina, Peru and Uruguay, took place (have been carried out)
In each country, GLOBE teachers along with their secondary level students (Argentina), University level (Peru) and primary level (Uruguay) selected a study site and described land coverage, following GLOBE protocols of site selection, GPS, manual mapping of land coverage, digital mapping and biometrics. Subsequently with the help of satellite images the NVDI index for Niña, Niño and neutral years were determinate.
The results allowed better knowing of the fact that the weather variability that The Niña brings has a negative impact over the study sited of Argentina and Peru, and a positive impact for Peru. This last country characterized because of having a major human influence in the vegetation management and the water level of the Lake that hosts, and in which the dynamic growth of vegetation majorly depends.