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Kimün-Kohttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/Recent content on Kimün-KoHugoen-GBMon, 20 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000From Los Lagos to Atacama: a 'train of frontal systems' that shifted extreme rain across Chilehttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/posts/extremeevent-atacamacoquimbo-15-19-july-2026/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/posts/extremeevent-atacamacoquimbo-15-19-july-2026/<p>Between 15 and 20 July 2026, Chile experienced a meteorological sequence that was unusual in its spatial extent, persistence and geographical progression. Several frontal systems, reinforced by atmospheric rivers, brought rainfall from Los Lagos to Atacama. The maximum did not remain stationary: it began in south-central Chile, reached the central regions on 17 July, and finally concentrated over Coquimbo and southern Atacama during the weekend.</p>Atmospheric river over southern Chile: why the 6-9 July storm caused so much damagehttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/posts/extreme-event-corral-06-09-july-2026/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/posts/extreme-event-corral-06-09-july-2026/<p>Between Monday 6 and Thursday 9 July 2026, a frontal system strengthened by a <strong>category 3-4 atmospheric river</strong> delivered intense rainfall across La Araucanía, Los Ríos and Los Lagos <a href="#ref2">²</a> <a href="#ref3">³</a> . The combination of abundant Pacific moisture, strong winds and a freezing level above 3,000 m substantially increased the hydrological hazard <a href="#ref4">⁴</a> .</p>New Weather Station at Jungla Peumayén Boosts Environmental Monitoring in the Chillán River Basinhttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/posts/new-weather-station-at-jungla-peumayen/Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:20:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/posts/new-weather-station-at-jungla-peumayen/<p>On Friday, November 15, a new weather station was installed at the ecological park <a href="https://junglapeumayen.cl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jungla Peumayén</a> , located approximately 1,100 meters above sea level. This park, spanning 3,300 hectares of native forest, volcanic and glacial-origin valleys, and waterfalls, has become a key site for environmental conservation and research in the region. The station is situated in the Chillán River Basin, specifically linked to the <em>Río Chillán en Esperanza</em> hydrometric station (code 8117006) of the General Directorate of Water, enabling more detailed monitoring of hydrological conditions in the area.</p>Kimün-Ko Analyzes Hydrological Changes in the Petorca Basin Following Atypical Rainfallhttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/posts/hydrological-changes-in-petorca/Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:10:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/posts/hydrological-changes-in-petorca/<p>Between November 5 and 9, members of the <strong><a href="https://kimunko.ufro.cl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kimün-Ko Water Resources Observatory of La Araucanía</a> </strong> conducted a fieldwork campaign in the Petorca Basin, specifically in the Longotoma sector, with the goal of reviewing and downloading data from meteorological and soil moisture stations installed in the area.</p>Fieldwork Enhances Hydrological Research in the Trancura River Basinhttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/posts/fieldwork-trancura/Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:10:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/posts/fieldwork-trancura/<p>Between October 18 and 19, the team from the <strong><a href="https://kimunko.ufro.cl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kimün-Ko Water Resources Observatory of La Araucanía</a> </strong> conducted a fieldwork campaign in the Trancura River Basin, specifically in the Llafenco area, a strategic site for hydrological monitoring in Chile. This activity, part of the Fondecyt Regular 1212071 project, aimed to review the status of meteorological and soil moisture stations previously installed in the area and to download data essential for improving the understanding of the basin’s hydrological behavior.</p>basinhttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/basin/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/basin/<head> <title>Mawün - Explorador de precipitaciones</title> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name='robots' content='follow' /> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/iframe-resizer/3.5.16/iframeResizer.min.js"></script> <style> html { height: 100%; } body, iframe { width: 100%; height: 38em; margin: 0; } </style> </head> <body> <iframe src="https://hzambran.shinyapps.io/basin/" style="" frameBorder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </body>GIS Explorerhttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/gis_explorer/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/gis_explorer/<head> <title>Observatorio Araucanía</title> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name='robots' content='follow' /> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/iframe-resizer/3.5.16/iframeResizer.min.js"></script> <style> html { height: 100%; } body, iframe { width: 100%; height: 38em; margin: 0; } </style> </head> <body> <iframe src="https://hzambran.shinyapps.io/basin/" style="" frameBorder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </body>IDFhttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/idf/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/idf/<head> <title>Curvas IDF Chile</title> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name='robots' content='follow' /> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/iframe-resizer/3.5.16/iframeResizer.min.js"></script> <style> html { height: 100%; } body, iframe { width: 100%; height: 38em; margin: 0; } </style> </head> <body> <iframe src="https://ingenieriacivil-ufro.shinyapps.io/CurvasIDFChile/" style="" frameBorder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </body>Kimün-Kohttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/kimunko/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/kimunko/<head> <title>Kimün-Ko</title> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name='robots' content='follow' /> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/iframe-resizer/3.5.16/iframeResizer.min.js"></script> <style> html { height: 100%; } body, iframe { width: 100%; height: 38em; margin: 0; } </style> </head> <body> <iframe src="https://hzambran.shinyapps.io/Kimum-Ko/" style="" frameBorder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </body>La Araucanía Regionhttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/la_araucania_region/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/la_araucania_region/<p>La Región de La Araucanía constituye la novena de las 16 regiones en que se encuentra dividido Chile. Esta región desempeña el papel de entrada a la zona sur del país. Geográficamente, está ubicada entre las latitudes 37°35’ y 39°37’ al sur, y se extiende desde el límite con Argentina hasta las costas del Océano Pacífico. Limita al noroeste y norte con la Región del Biobío, y al sur con la Región de Los Ríos. Su morfología es influenciada por las principales unidades de relieve del país: la Cordillera de los Andes, la depresión intermedia, la Cordillera de la Costa y las llanuras litorales.</p>mawunhttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/mawun/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/mawun/<head> <title>Mawün - Explorador de precipitaciones</title> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name='robots' content='follow' /> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/iframe-resizer/3.5.16/iframeResizer.min.js"></script> <style> html { height: 100%; } body, iframe { width: 100%; height: 38em; margin: 0; } </style> </head> <body> <iframe src="https://mawun.cr2.cl/" style="" frameBorder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </body>Mawün - Explorador de precipitacioneshttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/mawun1/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/mawun1/<head> <title>Mawün - Explorador de precipitaciones</title> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name='robots' content='follow' /> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/iframe-resizer/3.5.16/iframeResizer.min.js"></script> <style> html { height: 100%; } body, iframe { width: 100%; height: 38em; margin: 0; } </style> </head> <body> <iframe src="https://hzambran.shinyapps.io/mawun/" style="" frameBorder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </body>Mawün-NRThttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/mawunNRT/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/mawunNRT/<head> <title>Mawün-NRT</title> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name='robots' content='follow' /> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/iframe-resizer/3.5.16/iframeResizer.min.js"></script> <style> html { height: 100%; } body, iframe { width: 100%; height: 38em; margin: 0; } </style> </head> <body> <iframe src="https://mawunnrt.cr2.cl/" style="" frameBorder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </body>Remote Connection via SSH and Screenhttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/ssh_and_screen/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/ssh_and_screen/<p><strong>Author: Rodrigo Marinao Rivas</strong></p> <p>The ability to access and control resources on remote servers is essential for various hydroinformatics activities. This need arises when working in a distributed environment or requiring access to specific resources hosted on a network-connected computer.</p>Researchhttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/lines-of-research/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/lines-of-research/<p>Our current research lines are:</p> <ul> <li>Use of satellite precipitation estimates and other hydrological variables for drought monitoring and as forcings for hydrological modeling.</li> <li>Assessment of global change impacts on the water resources of a basin.</li> <li>Analysis of extreme hydrometeorological events.</li> <li>Development of open-source tools for the management and analysis of hydrometeorological data.</li> <li>Landscape and water regulation: Adaptation measures to address climate change.</li> </ul> <p>Between 2020 and 2024, our observatory will focus on achieving the objectives of the international Chile-China collaboration project <a href="https://hzambran.github.io/nsfc190018/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NSFC190018</a> , which aims to deliver territorial management proposals to reduce the negative impacts of global change on extreme hydrological events in four basins, each facing unique water resource challenges.</p>Thematic informationhttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/thematic_information/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/thematic_information/<h3 id="la-araucanía-region"><a href="https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/la_araucania_region/">La Araucanía Region</a> </h3> <p>Located in southern Chile, it spans between 37 degrees 35 minutes and 39 degrees 37 minutes south latitude, and from 70 degrees 50 minutes west longitude to the Pacific Ocean.</p>Tutorialshttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/tutorials/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/tutorials/<h2 id="remote-connection-via-ssh-and-screen"><a href="https://kimunko.ufro.cl/ssh_and_screen/">Remote Connection via SSH and Screen</a> </h2> <p>The ability to access and control resources on remote servers is essential for various hydroinformatics activities.</p> <h2 id="useful-linux-commands"><a href="https://kimunko.ufro.cl/useful_linux_commands/">Useful Linux Commands</a> </h2> <p>In Linux systems, it is common to move files from one directory to another using the <code>mv</code> command. However, when there is a large number of files, the command may fail with the error <strong>“Argument list too long”</strong>.</p>Useful Commands in Linuxhttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/useful_linux_commands/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/useful_linux_commands/<p><strong>mv: Argument list too long?</strong></p> <p>In Linux systems, it is common to move files from one directory to another using the <code>mv</code> command. However, when dealing with a large number of files, the command may fail, returning the error <strong>“Argument list too long”</strong>. This issue arises because the argument list exceeds the maximum size allowed by the operating system. To address this problem, a combination of the <code>find</code> and <code>mv</code> commands can be used to efficiently move the files.</p>Web platformshttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/web_platforms/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/web_platforms/Who we arehttps://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/who-we-are/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://kimunko.ufro.cl/en/who-we-are/<p>The <strong>Kimün-Ko Water Resources Observatory of La Araucanía</strong> —<em>water knowledge</em>— was officially established in November 2020 within the <a href="https://obrasciviles.ufro.cl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Department of Civil Engineering</a> at <a href="https://www.ufro.cl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Universidad de La Frontera</a> .</p> <p>Our initial purpose was to improve understanding of catchment-scale hydrological processes in La Araucanía. The work has since expanded to catchments across Chile, producing robust technical information to support water-resources decisions.</p>