**Acknowledgements**

The authors would like to thank the Technological University of Panama and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (https://fim.utp.ac.pa/, accessed on 18 January 2023) for their collaboration, together with the Research Group ECEB (https://eceb. utp.ac.pa/, accessed on 18 January 2023). The authors would also like to acknowledge the Chevening Scholarship program along the Geography Department at Birkbeck, University of London. This research was funded by a Panamanian Institution Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (SENACYT) https://www. senacyt.gob.pa/ (accessed on 18 January 2023), together with the Sistema Nacional de Investigación (SNI) SNI30-2021.
