The evaluation of a low cost instrument, developed by the authors, for the continuous measurement of the chemical concentrations of NO 2 , SO 2 , NO, H 2 S, CO, PM2.5 and PM10 in urban zones, it has been tested at a point located in the Bellavista district, Callao province, Lima, Peru. The results obtained for an observation time of three months are report. These results are consistent with the expected values for a zone of low vehicle transit and then of low contamination.

Las precipitaciones convectivas asociadas a tormentas ocurren frecuentemente en los Andes Centrales del Perú. Para estudiar estos eventos se determinaron estimadores estadísticos de la reflectividad tri-dimensional, la intensidad de lluvia y parámetros microfísicos usando la información de radares abordo en los satélites del TRMM y el núcleo GPM. Como resultado se encontró que en las regiones de los Andes ocurren sistemas de nubes más profundas que en la región de transición Amazonia-Andes. De tal manera la diferencia del promedio vertical de la reflectividad presenta valores de alrededor de 5 dBZ entre ambas regiones. El ciclo diurno de la lluvia también es diferente, ya que llueve preferentemente en los intervalos 13-23 horas local y 18-06 hora local respectivamente. Los porcentajes de ocurrencia de precipitación convectiva y estratiforme en las áreas de los Andes son 30%...

Extreme rains have been observed in the north of Peru, the impact of these rains over the present infrastructure in the cities is important, this due to the high vulnerability of the zone. The events happen mainly in summer. Therefore, fourteen cases of extreme rain have been selected, those that registered during the December and March of 2001 and 2002. In the present research an evaluation of the numerical rain simulation is made in north of Peru. Use a regional model atmospheric call RAMS (Regional Atmosphere Modeling System). It has been implemented in the North zone of Peru using the nesting technique to reduce the resolution. The evaluation of the rain simulation is made measuring the correlation between registered rains and the simulated ones by the model RAMS. The results show a greater correlation for the high river basin, an intermediate value of correlation for the average riv...