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Overview

Hugo G. Hidalgo is affiliated with the University of Costa Rica in Costa Rica and focuses their research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Water Science and Technology, and Ecological Modeling.

Their research concentrates on topics such as Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Hydrology and Drought Analysis, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Climate change impacts on agriculture, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Hidalgo has contributed to several publications with a special focus on climate and atmospheric studies. Selected recent papers include:

  • Identification of Tropical Cyclones' Critical Positions Associated with Extreme Precipitation Events in Central America, 2020, Atmosphere
  • Projected Changes in Temperature and Precipitation Over the United States, Central America, and the Caribbean in CMIP6 GCMs, 2021, Earth Systems and Environment
  • Natural variability vs forced signal in the 2015-2019 Central American drought, 2021, Climatic Change
  • Aridity Trends in Central America: A Spatial Correlation Analysis, 2020, Atmosphere
  • Challenges for climate change adaptation in Latin America and the Caribbean region, 2024, Frontiers in Climate

Hidalgo frequently collaborates with other researchers including Eric J. Alfaro, Jorge A. Amador, Jayaka Campbell, M. Yu. Bardin, and Luis A. Barboza. This network of co-authors reflects a multidisciplinary approach to their research topics.

Their work has been published repeatedly in journals such as the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, International Journal of Climatology, Atmosphere, Revista de Ciencias Ambientales, and Frontiers in Climate. These venues highlight a concentration in meteorology and climate sciences.

Best Publications

  • Warming and Earlier Spring Increase Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity

    Anthony Leroy Westerling;Anthony Leroy Westerling;Hugo G. Hidalgo;Daniel R. Cayan;Daniel R. Cayan;Thomas W. Swetnam

  • Human-Induced Changes in the Hydrology of the Western United States

    Tim P. Barnett;David W. Pierce;Hugo G. Hidalgo;Celine Bonfils

  • Utility of daily vs. monthly large-scale climate data: an intercomparison of two statistical downscaling methods

    Edwin P. Maurer;Hugo G. Hidalgo

  • The utility of daily large-scale climate data in the assessment of climate change impacts on daily streamflow in California

    Edwin P. Maurer;H. G. Hidalgo;T. Das;M. D. Dettinger;M. D. Dettinger

  • Detection and Attribution of Streamflow Timing Changes to Climate Change in the Western United States

    H.G. Hidalgo;T. Das;M.D. Dettinger;M.D. Dettinger;D.R. Cayan;D.R. Cayan

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • Attribution of declining Western U.S. Snowpack to human effects

    David W. Pierce;Tim P. Barnett;Hugo G. Hidalgo;Tapash Das

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Climate change and growth scenarios for California wildfire

    A. L. Westerling;B. P. Bryant;H. K. Preisler;T. P. Holmes

  • Projected Changes in Temperature and Precipitation Over the United States, Central America, and the Caribbean in CMIP6 GCMs

    Mansour Almazroui;M. Nazrul Islam;Fahad Saeed;Sajjad Saeed;Sajjad Saeed

  • Understanding Uncertainties in Future Colorado River Streamflow

    Julie A. Vano;Bradley Udall;Daniel R. Cayan;Jonathan T. Overpeck

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • ENSO and PDO Effects on Hydroclimatic Variations of the Upper Colorado River Basin

    Hugo G. Hidalgo;John A. Dracup

  • Hydrological climate change projections for Central America

    Hugo G. Hidalgo;Jorge A. Amador;Eric J. Alfaro;Beatriz Quesada;Beatriz Quesada

  • CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS AND SEA LEVEL RISE ESTIMATES FOR THE CALIFORNIA 2008 CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS ASSESSMENT

    Dan Cayan;Mary Tyree;Mike Dettinger;Hugo Hidalgo

  • Detection and attribution of temperature changes in the mountainous Western United States

    Céline Bonfils;Benjamin D. Santer;David W. Pierce;Hugo G. Hidalgo

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Potential increase in floods in California’s Sierra Nevada under future climate projections

    Tapash Das;Michael D. Dettinger;Michael D. Dettinger;Daniel R. Cayan;Daniel R. Cayan;Hugo G. Hidalgo

  • Climate precursors of multidecadal drought variability in the western United States

    Hugo G. Hidalgo

  • Regional modeling of climate change impacts on smallholder agriculture and ecosystems in Central America

    Lee Hannah;Camila I. Donatti;Celia A. Harvey;Eric Alfaro

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel R. Cayan
Daniel R. Cayan University of California, San Diego
Michael D. Dettinger
Michael D. Dettinger Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Govindasamy Bala
Govindasamy Bala Indian Institute of Science
Johannes W. Kaiser
Johannes W. Kaiser German Meteorological Service
David W. Pierce
David W. Pierce University of California, San Diego
Tim P. Barnett
Tim P. Barnett Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Céline Bonfils
Céline Bonfils Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Andrew W. Wood
Andrew W. Wood National Center for Atmospheric Research
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Tim R. McVicar
Tim R. McVicar Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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