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Regional-scale seasonal forecast of surface water availability in a semi-arid environment: The case of Ceará State in Northeast of Brazil
Study region:: Ceará (Brazil). Study focus:: Considerable intra- and inter-annual variability of rainfall in this semi-arid region lead to strong temporal variations in water availability. To store and supply water in times of water scarcity, tens of thousands of freshwater reservoirs have been built over time, most of which are unmonitored. Here, we develop a hydrological forecasting system for the entire state of Ceará which integrates satellite-based monitoring of reservoir water storage, bias-corrected seasonal weather forecasts and hydrological modeling of freshwater availability. We test and demonstrate the applicability of this system by conducting experiments with historic data, hindcasts and forecasts. New hydrological insights for the region:: The assimilation of in-situ and Sentinel-1 based observations of reservoir fillings into the hydrological model WASA-SED proved to be feasible and an important step in the modeling of available water resources dynamics. Hydrological simulations for January to June from 1990–2019 based on meteorological observations resulted in a median average NRMSE between observed and modeled reservoir fillings of strategic reservoirs of 29.51%. The comparison of observed and predicted precipitation from two different seasonal forecasting systems were in the same order of magnitude (i.e. 19.51% and 24.52%). Hindcast experiments suggested the superposition of uncertainties of different model components. Efforts are currently being made to further test and improve the developed integrated framework as part of the operational service.
Regional-scale seasonal forecast of surface water availability in a semi-arid environment: The case of Ceará State in Northeast of Brazil
Study region:: Ceará (Brazil). Study focus:: Considerable intra- and inter-annual variability of rainfall in this semi-arid region lead to strong temporal variations in water availability. To store and supply water in times of water scarcity, tens of thousands of freshwater reservoirs have been built over time, most of which are unmonitored. Here, we develop a hydrological forecasting system for the entire state of Ceará which integrates satellite-based monitoring of reservoir water storage, bias-corrected seasonal weather forecasts and hydrological modeling of freshwater availability. We test and demonstrate the applicability of this system by conducting experiments with historic data, hindcasts and forecasts. New hydrological insights for the region:: The assimilation of in-situ and Sentinel-1 based observations of reservoir fillings into the hydrological model WASA-SED proved to be feasible and an important step in the modeling of available water resources dynamics. Hydrological simulations for January to June from 1990–2019 based on meteorological observations resulted in a median average NRMSE between observed and modeled reservoir fillings of strategic reservoirs of 29.51%. The comparison of observed and predicted precipitation from two different seasonal forecasting systems were in the same order of magnitude (i.e. 19.51% and 24.52%). Hindcast experiments suggested the superposition of uncertainties of different model components. Efforts are currently being made to further test and improve the developed integrated framework as part of the operational service.
Regional-scale seasonal forecast of surface water availability in a semi-arid environment: The case of Ceará State in Northeast of Brazil
Erwin Rottler (Autor:in) / Martin Schüttig (Autor:in) / Axel Bronstert (Autor:in) / Alyson Brayner Sousa Estácio (Autor:in) / Renan Vieira Rocha (Autor:in) / Valdenor Nilo de Carvalho, Junior (Autor:in) / Clecia Cristina Barbosa Guimarães (Autor:in) / Eduardo Sávio P.R. Martins (Autor:in) / Christof Lorenz (Autor:in) / Klaus Vormoor (Autor:in)
2024
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