Program to Expand Scientific Capacity in the Americas (PESCA)

P#TitlePrincipal Investigator (PI) PI Country PI Institution Participating Countries Budget (US$)
005Analysis and understanding of climate variability in the Caribbean islandsVICTOR O. MAGAÑA RUEDAMéxicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoJamaica
, México22.000
006Predicting ENSO effects on sugar cane yields using a wheather-generator and mechanistic crop modeling ANGEL UTSET SUASTEGUI CubaUniversidad de la HabanaCuba
, Ecuador, 
Jamaica24.600
010Impact of forestry on Uruguayan grasslands: changes in landuse patterns and ecosystem functioning JOSE M. PARUELO ArgentinaUniversidad de Buenos AiresArgentina
, Uruguay25.900
011Downscaling activities and their applications on studies of climate variability and change in South America. Case study: the Amazon basin CARLOS A. NOBRE BrasilInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas EspaciaisBrasil, 
Venezuela15.000
012An inventory of ENSO and non-ENSO related disasters in Chile: A La Red-Chile Project EDUARDO FRANCO TEMPLE PerúIntermediate Technology Development GroupChile, 
Perú30.000
013Effects of global changes on the diversity of vegetation and soil microbiota of tropical islands and continental ecosystemsJUAN F. SILVA ARMASVenezuelaUniversidad de los AndesCuba, 
Venezuela28.000
015When oceans conspire: Examining the effect of concurrent SST anomalies in the Tropical Atlantic and Pacific on Caribbean rainfall MARIA DEL PILAR CORNEJO DE GRUNAUER EcuadorEscuela Superior Politécnica del LitoralEcuador
, Jamaica, 
Panamá25.000
017Characterization of stratosphere and upper troposphere aerosols over Central and South America PABLO O. CANZIANI ArgentinaUniversidad de Buenos AiresArgentina
, Cuba29.923
018Dendrochronological studies of El Niño events and other climatic variations in tropical South America BRIAN H. LUCKMAN CanadáUniversity of Western OntarioCanadá
, Perú26.600
019Mercury in Andean Amazon River Catchments-MAARC Project MICHAEL E. MCCLAIN EE.UU.Florida International UniversityCanadá, 
Ecuador, EE.UU.30.000
020Applying high-resolution numerical models to simulate local and regional atmospheric circulation in some regions of the Caribbean VICTOR O. MAGAÑA RUEDA MéxicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoCuba
, México16.500

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