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Zones and climate patterns in the Andean region

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  • Nelson Rodríguez

    (Grupo de Análisis de Datos y Estadística Multidimensional (ADEM), Escuela Básica de Ingeniería, Universidad de Los Andes)

  • Gérard Defives

    (Grupo de Análisis de Datos y Estadística Multidimensional (ADEM), Escuela Básica de Ingeniería, Universidad de Los Andes)

Abstract

La cordillera andina divide el Occidente de Venezuela en dos zonas climáticas: Sur-oriental y Nor-occidental, caracterizadas por la variabilidad en el volumen de las precipitaciones, desde el clima muy seco hasta el perhúmedo. El trabajo consiste en clasificar las estaciones meteorológicas en grupos que reflejan unidades geográficas homogéneas, desde el punto de vista pluviométrico. Para esto se emplearon dos técnicas: el Análisis de Componentes Principales (ACP), que permite constituir grupos de estaciones en base a las precipitaciones mensuales, durante once años, y el método STATIS, para examinar más detalladamente el aspecto evolutivo. La aplicación del método STATIS permite completar y proponer explicaciones a la clasificación obtenida, anteriormente, con el ACP.

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  • Nelson Rodríguez & Gérard Defives, 1996. "Zones and climate patterns in the Andean region," Economía, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales (IIES). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales. Universidad de Los Andes. Mérida, Venezuela, vol. 21(11), pages 139-152, January-D.
    • Handle: RePEc:ula:econom:v:21:y:1996:i:11:p:139-152
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    Keywords

    Zonas climaticas; estaciones meteorológicas; precipitaciones.;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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