An Environmental Watch System for the Andean countries: El Observatorio Andino
\'Angel G. Mu\~noz, Patricio Lopez, Ramon Velasquez, Luis Monterrey,, Gloria Leon, Franklyn Ruiz, Cristina Recalde, Jaime Cadena, Raul Mejia,, Marcos Paredes, Juan Bazo, Carmen Reyes, Gualberto Carrasco, Yaruska, Castellon, Claudia Villarroel, Juan Quintana, Avel Urdaneta

TL;DR
The paper describes the development and implementation of the Observatorio Andino, a regional environmental watch system in the Andean countries that provides forecasts and risk assessments to aid decision-making.
Contribution
It introduces a collaborative regional network that integrates scientific tools for environmental monitoring and forecasting in the Andean countries, enhancing regional risk management.
Findings
Improved decision-making processes in Andean countries.
Successful implementation of a regional environmental monitoring network.
Provision of freely-available forecasts and indices.
Abstract
An experimental Environmental Watch System, the so-called Observatorio Andino-OA (Observatorio Andino), has been implemented in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile over the past two years. The OA is a collaborative and regional network that aims to monitor several environmental variables and develop accurate forecasts based on different scientific tools. Its overall goal is to improve risk assessments, set up Early Warning Systems, support decision-making processes, and provide easily- and intuitively-understandable spatial maps to end-users. The initiative works under the scientific and logistic coordination of the Centro de Modelado Cient\'ifico (CMC) at Zulia University, Venezuela, and the Centro Internacional para la Investigaci\'on del Fen\'omeno 'El Ni\~no' (CIIFEN), and is operated at a local level by the National Weather Services (NWSs) of the aforementioned…
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Taxonomy
TopicsEnvironmental and Ecological Studies · Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
