The Caribbean Basin: A Climatological Study

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth R. Walters ◽  
Andrew G. Korik ◽  
Michael J. Vojtesak
Keyword(s):  
Caribbean Basin ◽  
The Caribbean

A survey of methods for setting minimum instream flow standards in the Caribbean basin

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. N. Scatena
Keyword(s):  
Caribbean Basin ◽  
Instream Flow ◽  
Minimum Instream Flow ◽  
The Caribbean

Cryptotermes camelus (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite species from the Bolivian Chaco

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4938 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-147
Author(s):  
RUDOLF H. SCHEFFRAHN
Keyword(s):  
Exotic Species ◽  
New World ◽  
Caribbean Basin ◽  
Termite Species ◽  
The Third ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Asian Species ◽  
The Caribbean

Cryptotermes Banks, 1906 is the third most diverse kalotermitid genus worldwide after Glyptotermes Froggatt, 1897 and Neotermes Holmgren, 1911, with its greatest diversity found in the Neotropics (Krishna et al. 2013a). Furthermore, the greatest number of species of Cryptotermes are known from the Caribbean Basin (Scheffrahn & Křeček 1999, Casala et al. 2016, Scheffrahn 2019). Although Araujo (1977) and Bacchus (1987) list Cryptotermes domesticus (Haviland, 1898) from Trinidad (treated as mainland) and Panama, respectively, Scheffrahn & Křeček (1999) and Scheffrahn et al. (2009) doubt the existence of this Asian species in the New World. Without C. domesticus, the total extant Neotropical diversity of Cryptotermes is 29 endemic and three exotic species (Constantino 2020). 

Adolf Berle’s Critique of US Corporate Interests in the Caribbean Basin

2017 ◽  
pp. 243-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Russell ◽  
Andrew Smith ◽  
Kevin D. Tennent
Keyword(s):  
Caribbean Basin ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Corporate Interests

scholarly journals Observation and modeling of a historic African dust intrusion into the Caribbean Basin and the southern U.S. in June 2020

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongbin Yu ◽  
Qian Tan ◽  
Lillian Zhou ◽  
Yaping Zhou ◽  
Huisheng Bian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Satellite Observations ◽  
Moist Convection ◽  
Caribbean Basin ◽  
Dust Emissions ◽  
African Dust ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The U.S

Abstract. This study characterizes a massive African dust intrusion into the Caribbean Basin and southern U.S. in June 2020, which is nicknamed the Godzilla dust plume, using a comprehensive set of satellite and ground-based observations (including MODIS, CALIOP, SEVIRI, AERONET, and EPA Air Quality network) and the NASA GEOS global aerosol transport model. The MODIS data record registered this massive dust intrusion event as the most intense episode over the past two decades. During this event, the aerosol optical depth observed by AERONET and MODIS peaked at 3.5 off the coast of West Africa and 1.8 in the Caribbean Basin. CALIOP observations show that the top of dust plume reached altitudes of 6–8 km in West Africa and descended to about 4 km altitude over the Caribbean Basin and 2 km over the U.S. Gulf coast. The dust plume degraded the air quality in Puerto Rico to the hazardous level, with maximum daily PM10 concentration of 453 μg m−3 recorded on June 23. The dust intrusion into the U.S. raised the PM2.5 concentration on June 27 to a level exceeding the EPA air quality standard in about 40 % of the stations in the southern U.S. Satellite observations reveal that dust emissions from convection-generated haboobs and other sources in West Africa were large albeit not extreme on a daily basis. However, the anomalous strength and northern shift of the North Atlantic Subtropical High (NASH) together with the Azores low formed a closed circulation pattern that allowed for accumulation of the dust near the African coast for about four days. When the NASH was weakened and wandered back to south, the dust outflow region was dominated by a strong African Easterly Jet that rapidly transported the accumulated dust from the coastal region toward the Caribbean Basin, resulting in the record-breaking African dust intrusion. In comparison to satellite observations, the GEOS model well reproduced the MODIS observed tracks of the meandering dust plume as it was carried by the wind systems. However, the model substantially underestimated dust emissions from haboobs and did not lift up enough dust to the middle troposphere for ensuing long-range transport. Consequently, the model largely missed the satellite-observed elevated dust plume along the cross-ocean track and underestimated the dust intrusion into the Caribbean Basin by a factor of more than 4. Modeling improvements need to focus on developing more realistic representations of moist convection, haboobs, and the vertical transport of dust.

scholarly journals Characterizing the annual cycle of African dust transport to the Caribbean Basin and South America and its impact on the environment and air quality

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 757-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph M. Prospero ◽  
François-Xavier Collard ◽  
Jack Molinié ◽  
Alexis Jeannot
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
South America ◽  
Annual Cycle ◽  
Caribbean Basin ◽  
Dust Transport ◽  
African Dust ◽  
The Caribbean

Tropical Atlantic Influence on European Heat Waves

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 2805-2811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Cassou ◽  
Laurent Terray ◽  
Adam S. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Circulation ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Temperature Data ◽  
Tropical Atlantic ◽  
Caribbean Basin ◽  
Climate Anomalies ◽  
Warm Summer ◽  
The Caribbean

Abstract Diagnostics combining atmospheric reanalysis and station-based temperature data for 1950–2003 indicate that European heat waves can be associated with the occurrence of two specific summertime atmospheric circulation regimes. Evidence is presented that during the record warm summer of 2003, the excitation of these two regimes was significantly favored by the anomalous tropical Atlantic heating related to wetter-than-average conditions in both the Caribbean basin and the Sahel. Given the persistence of tropical Atlantic climate anomalies, their seasonality, and their associated predictability, the suggested tropical–extratropical Atlantic connection is encouraging for the prospects of long-range forecasting of extreme weather in Europe.

Extinctions

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Paravisini-Gebert
Keyword(s):  
Tourism Development ◽  
Predatory Behavior ◽  
Coastal Development ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Caribbean Basin ◽  
Ecological Changes ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Postcolonial Caribbean

This article examines the extinction of some animals in colonial and postcolonial Caribbean region, including the Caribbean monk seal and the Creole pig, which became victims of human predatory behavior, unchecked coastal development, and the ecological changes unleashed by colonialism and postcolonial tourism development in the Caribbean basin. This article also discusses the ecological revolution measured in terms of biodiversity losses that have led to the disappearance of thousands of flora and fauna species in the region, some dating back to the earliest decades of the colonization and conquest of the Indies.

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