Marcos Villacis
Mr. Marcos Villacis
Professor
Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental
Escuela Politécnica Nacional
Edif. Ing. Civil y Ambiental
Ladrón de Guevara E11-253 y Anaducía
Quito, 170525
Ecuador
Mailing Address:
Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental
Escuela Politécnica Nacional
Edif. Ing. Civil y Ambiental
Ladrón de Guevara E11-253 y Anaducía
-170525 Quito
Phone: +593 22976300 ext 1635
E-mail:
marcos.villacis(at)epn.edu.ecURL Institution:
www.epn.edu.ec
Additional functions:
Associate Professor
Key Publications of Marcos Villacis (up to ten) :
Boris Ochoa-Tocachi, Wouter Buytaert, Javier Antiporta, Luis Acosta, Juan Bardales, Rolando Célleri, Patricio Crespo, Paola Fuentes, Junior Gil-Ríos, Mario Guallpa, Carlos Llerena, Dimas Olaya , Pablo Pardo, Gerver Rojas, Marcos Villacís, Mauricio Villazón, Paúl Viñas, Bert De Bièvre, 2018, High-resolution hydrometeorological data from a network of headwater catchments in the tropical Andes, Scientific Data, 5, 180080, DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2018.80
Constantin, S., Toulkeridis, Th., Moldovan, O., Villacís, M., Addison, A., 2018, Caves and Karts of Ecuador, State of the art and research perspectives, Physical Geography. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723646.2018.1461496
Vuille, M., Carey, M., Huggel, C., Buytaert, W., Rabatel, A., Jacobsen, D., Soruco, A., Villacis, M., Yarleque, C., Timm, O.E., Condom, T., Salzmann, N., Sicart, J.-E., 2018. Rapid decline of snow and ice in the tropical Andes – Impacts, uncertainties and challenges ahead. Earth-Science Rev. 176, 195–213. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.09.019
Buytaert, W., Moulds, S., Acosta, L., Bièvre, B. De, Olmos, C., Villacis, M., Tovar, C., Verbist, K.M.J., 2017. Glacial melt content of water use in the tropical Andes. Environ. Res. Lett. 12, 114014. DOI.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa926c
Domínguez-Castro, F., Vaquero, J.M., Gallego, M.C., Farrona, A.M.M., Antuña-Marrero, J.C., Cevallos, E.E., Herrera, R.G., de la Guía, C., Mejía, R.D., Naranjo, J.M., del Rosario Prieto, M., Ramos Guadalupe, L.E., Seiner, L., Trigo, R.M., Villacís, M., 2017. Early meteorological records from Latin-America and the Caribbean during the 18th and 19th centuries. Sci. Data 4, 170169.
Domínguez, C., Chaumont, C., Tournebize, J., Villacís, M. and Violette, S., 2017, Quantification of cloud water interception in the canopy vegetation from fog gauge measurements, Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11228
Expertise of Marcos Villacis:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|
| Expert Type | Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering |
| Research Interface / Management |
| Topic Atmosphere | Meteorology |
| Climate |
| Global Warming |
| Topic Hydrosphere | Fresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes |
| Precipitation / Runoff |
| Topic Cryosphere | Glaciers |
| Snow Cover |
| Topic Pedosphere | Soil Degradation / Erosion / Desertification |
| Topic Biosphere | Plants |
| Biodiversity |
| Topic Integrated Systems | Hydrogeochemical Cycle |
| Topic Ecosystems | Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery |
| Food Security |
| Water |
| Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape |
| Topic Politics/Law | Adaptation |
| Regionalization / Globalization |
| Topic Society | Population Dynamics / Migration / Urbanisation |
| Education / Communication / Participation |
| Topic Culture/History | Ethics / Cultural Values |
| Topic Health | Weather / Radiation / Climatic Effects |
| Topic Sustainability | Ecological Sustainability |
| Time Frame | Past |
| Past: Historical / Archeological |
| Recent / Today |
| Future |
| Statistical Focus | Extreme Events |
| Mean Change / Trends |
| Variability |
| Time Scale | Seasonal / Annual |
| Decadal / Centennial |
| Millenial |
| Methods | Data Collection |
| Data Collection - Measurement |
| Data Collection - Documents, Archives |
| Data Analysis |
| Modeling |
| Applied Research / Technology |
| Integrated Assessment |
| Collaboration with developing and transition countries ; Capacity Building |
| Mountain Research Initiative | Long-term monitoring and analysis of indicators of environmental change in mount |
| Integrated model-based studies of environmental change in diff. mountain regions |
| Process studies along altitudinal gradients and in associated headwater basins |
| Sustainable land use and natural resources management |
| Latin America |
Specialties of Marcos Villacis:
Hydrology, Climatology, Glaciology, Climate Variability
Last update: 11/18/19
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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