ANDEX

A Regional Hydroclimate Initiative for the Andes

News and Events

2023

• 24 February 2023 Webinar “Gestión del riesgo climático en el norte de los Andes: ¿Qué se hace en Colombia?”. Speakers are Dr. Sandra Vilardy (Vice minister of Environment in Colombia) and, Juan F. Salazar (Professor at Universidad de Antioquia in Colombia).
  To access the Spanish Video visit:
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pfhJfgY2TK5RoSf4LopYzQiNU6ylEHd5/view?usp=sharing To acces the English translation visit:
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pe4YAWEnylkE6OPVQjsmw4kPqKc-6Ol1/view?usp=sharing

2022

• 23 November 2022 ANDEX Key-note presentation at the International Symposium of the Glaciers and Ecosystems Research National Institute (INAIGEM) “Mountains our future”


• 7 October 2022 ANDEX presentation at the “El sexto reporte del Panel Intergubernamental sobre Cambio Climático: ¿cómo generar interacción ciencia-sociedad-política?”. Speakers are Anna Stewart-Ibarra, Scientific Director of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), and Paola Arias, Professor at the Environmental School of the Faculty of Engineering from the University of Antioquia. To access the Spanish recording go to:
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RrrmPtvm12T1NmyS1E8xZpjIVChSbuJp/view?usp=sharing
  
• 26 August 2022 Webinar “Cómo hacer interdisciplina y no morir en el intento: reflexiones desde el sur de los Andes“. Speakers are Dr. René Garreaud, Professor of the Department of Geophysics of the University of Chile and director of the Center for FONDAP Excellence in Climate and Resilience Research (CR2), and Dr. Mariano Masiokas, Researcher at the Argentine Institute of Nivology, Glaciology and Environmental Sciences (IANIGLA-CONICET).
  To access the Spanish recording go to:
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k7GlX_CSUnNNmlCj6mCiNx2cwMsgEfvL/view?usp=sharing
  
• 15 July 2022 Webinar “Desalios de la hidroclimatología en el contexto de cambio global y la toma de decisiones“. Speakers are Drs. Jan Polcher, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Yamina Silva, Vice Minister of Strategic Development of Natural Resources. To access the Spanish recording go to:
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LMzGtJ76U_oQJAVVeAlI3mMwM9uyiZ1-/view?usp=sharing
  
• Jhan Carlo Espinoza and Mariano Masiokas are appointed as new co-chairs for the coming term.

2021

• 18 February 2021 Frontiers Publication:  Hydroclimate of the Andes Part II: Hydroclimate Variability and Sub-Continental Patterns. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.505467

2020

• 23 June 2020 Frontiers Publication: A Review of the Current State and Recent Changes of the Andean Cryosphere https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00099
• 29 May 2020 Frontiers Publication: High Impact Weather Events in the Andes. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00162
• 3-8 May 2020 EGU General Assembly 2020, Vienna, Austria: Recent progress in understanding the hydro-climate system of the Andes: Physical processes and resources for Andean populations. Due to COVID-19 pandemic changed to “Sharing Geoscience Online”, a live chat scheduled on Tue, 05 May, 14:00–15:45 hrs.
• 9 April 2020 Frontiers Publication: Climatological and Hydrological Observations for the South American Andes: In situ Stations, Satellite, and Reanalysis Data Sets , https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00092
• 20 March 2020 Frontiers Publication: Hydroclimate of the Andes Part I: Main climatic features, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00064
• 17 March 2020 Frontiers Publication: Observed and Projected Hydroclimate Changes in the Andes, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00061

2019

• 10 December 2019 AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco (CA), USA: The Hydroclimate of the Andes: Current Understanding and Future Challenges I and Poster Session II
• 21-24 April 2019 ANDEX White Book workshop, Quito, Ecuador

2018

• 22-24 October 2018 ANDEX first scientific workshop, Santiago, Chile. Co-sponsored by GEWEX, Universidad de Chile and CR2

2017

• 5-7 December 2017 ANDEX foundational meeting, Medellín, Colombia. Co-sponsored by GEWEX and Universidad Nacional de Colombia.