Program to Expand Scientific Capacity in the Americas (PESCA)

ISP# Title Principal Investigator (PI) PI Country PI Institution Participating Countries Budget (US$)
005 Analyzing and understanding climate variability in the Carribean Islands VICTOR O. MAGAÑA RUEDA victormr_AT_servidor.unam.mx Mexico Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Jamaica
, Mexico 22,000
006 Predicting ENSO effects on sugar cane yields using a wheather-generator and mechanistic crop modeling ANGEL UTSET SUASTEGUI utset_AT_main.isch.edu.cu Cuba Universidad de la Habana Cuba
, Ecuador, 
Jamaica 24,600
010 Impact of forestry on Uruguayan grasslands: changes in landuse patterns and ecosystem functioning JOSE M. PARUELO paruelo_AT_agro.uba.ar Argentina Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina
, Uruguay 25,900
011 Downscaling activities and their applications on studies of climate variability and change in South America. Case study: the Amazon basin CARLOS A. NOBRE carlos.nobre_AT_inpe.br Brazil Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais Brazil, 
Venezuela 15,000
012 An inventory of ENSO and non-ENSO related disasters in Chile: A La Red-Chile Project EDUARDO FRANCO TEMPLE eduardof_AT_itdg.org.pe cchavez_AT_itdg.org.pe Peru Intermediate Technology Development Group Chile, 
Peru 30,000
013 Efectos de cambios globales sobre la diversidad de la vegetación y la microbiota edáfica de ecosistemas tropicales insulares y continentales JUAN F. SILVA ARMAS juan_silva004_AT_hotmail.com jsilva_AT_ula.ve Venezuela Universidad de los Andes Cuba, 
Venezuela 28,000
015 When oceans conspire: Examining the effect of concurrent SST anomalies in the Tropical Atlantic and Pacific on Caribbean rainfall MARIA DEL PILAR CORNEJO DE GRUNAUER jgrunaue_AT_ecua.net.ec pcornejo_AT_goliat.espol.edu.ec Ecuador Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral Ecuador
, Jamaica, 
Panama 25,000
017 Characterization of stratosphere and upper troposphere aerosols over Central and South America PABLO O. CANZIANI pocanziani_AT_gmail.com Argentina Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina
, Cuba 29,923
018 Dendrochronological studies of El Niño events and other climatic variations in tropical South America BRIAN H. LUCKMAN luckman_AT_uwo.ca Canada University of Western Ontario Canada
, Peru 26,600
019 Mercury in Andean Amazon River Catchments-MAARC Project MICHAEL E. MCCLAIN michael.mcclain_AT_fiu.edu USA Florida International University Canada, 
Ecuador, 
USA 30,000
020 Applying high-resolution numerical models to simulate local and regional atmospheric circulation in some regions of the Caribbean VICTOR O. MAGAÑA RUEDA victormr_AT_servidor.unam.mx Mexico Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Cuba
, México 16,500