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A method to assess hydrological drought in semi-arid environments and its application to the Jaguaribe River basin, Brazil
This manuscript proposes a method to assess hydrological drought in semi-arid environments under high impoundment rate and applies it to the semi-arid Jaguaribe River basin in Brazil. It analyzes droughts (1) in the largest reservoir systems; (2) in the Upper Basin, considering 4744 reservoirs, 800 wells and almost 18,000 cisterns; and (3) in reservoirs of different sizes during multiyear droughts. Results show that the water demand is constrained in the basin; hydrological and meteorological droughts are often out of phase; there is a negative correlation between storage level and drought severity; and the small systems cannot cope with long-term droughts.
A method to assess hydrological drought in semi-arid environments and its application to the Jaguaribe River basin, Brazil
This manuscript proposes a method to assess hydrological drought in semi-arid environments under high impoundment rate and applies it to the semi-arid Jaguaribe River basin in Brazil. It analyzes droughts (1) in the largest reservoir systems; (2) in the Upper Basin, considering 4744 reservoirs, 800 wells and almost 18,000 cisterns; and (3) in reservoirs of different sizes during multiyear droughts. Results show that the water demand is constrained in the basin; hydrological and meteorological droughts are often out of phase; there is a negative correlation between storage level and drought severity; and the small systems cannot cope with long-term droughts.
A method to assess hydrological drought in semi-arid environments and its application to the Jaguaribe River basin, Brazil
de Araújo, José Carlos (author) / Bronstert, Axel (author)
Water International ; 41 ; 213-230
2016-02-23
18 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Prediction of hydrological drought in arid and semi-arid land
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