Average Monthly and Annual Rainfall Distribution in Puerto Rico

Annual Monthly Rainfall in Berhampore, &c.

Rainfall-induced landslide susceptibility zonation of Puerto Rico

Landslides are a major geologic hazard with estimated tens of deaths and $1–2 billion in economic losses per year in the US alone. The island of Puerto Rico experiences one or two large events per year, often triggered in steeply sloped areas by prolonged and heavy rainfall. Identifying areas susceptible to landslides thus has great potential value for Puerto Rico and would allow better managem...

A Statistical Method for Forecasting Rainfall over Puerto Rico

Using results from a factor analysis regionalization of nontropical storm convective rainfall over the island of Puerto Rico, a statistical methodology is investigated for its potential to forecast rain events over limited areas. Island regionalization is performed on a 15-yr dataset, while the predictive model is derived from 3 yr of surface and rainfall data. The work is an initial attempt at...

Puerto Rico

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Fifth Annual Meeting of the Puerto Rico Physiological Society.

5 Annual Meeting of the Puerto Rico Physiological Society (PRPS) was held on Friday, February 6 in San Juan. The meeting was organized by the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) School of Medicine and brought together over 120 faculty, students, postdoctoral fellows, and research staff from universities and research institutions in Puerto Rico and the United States. The topic of the meeting was “Di...