Recent hydrological droughts in Brazil and their impact on hydropower generation

LA Cuartas, APMA Cunha, JA Alves, LMP Parra… - Water, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Brazil has endured the worst droughts in recorded history over the last decade, resulting in
severe socioeconomic and environmental impacts. The country is heavily reliant on water …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative evaluation of five hydrological models in a large-scale and tropical river basin

L Ávila, R Silveira, A Campos, N Rogiski, J Gonçalves… - Water, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Hydrological modeling is an important tool for water resources management, providing a
feasible solution to represent the main hydrological processes and predict future streamflow …

Characterization of hydrological droughts in Brazil using a novel multiscale index from GNSS

M Tang, L Yuan, Z Jiang, X Yang, C Li, W Liu - Journal of Hydrology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Drought severity is not only related to drought intensity but also depends on drought
duration. To accurately characterize short-and long-term droughts and comprehend drought …

[HTML][HTML] Drought assessment in the São Francisco River Basin using satellite-based and ground-based indices

F Paredes-Trejo, HA Barbosa, J Giovannettone… - Remote Sensing, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The São Francisco River Basin (SFRB) plays a key role for the agricultural and hydropower
sectors in Northeast Brazil (NEB). Historically, in the low part of the SFRB, people have to …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of satellite precipitation products for hydrological modeling in the brazilian cerrado biome

JS Amorim, MR Viola, R Junqueira, VA Oliveira… - Water, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
This study investigates the applicability of Satellite Precipitation Products (SPPs) in
streamflow simulations performed in the Brazilian Cerrado biome, which is one of the world's …

Temperature-Vegetation-soil Moisture-Precipitation Drought Index (TVMPDI); 21-year drought monitoring in Iran using satellite imagery within google Earth engine

S Mehravar, M Amani, A Moghimi, FD Javan… - Advances in space …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Remote Sensing (RS) offers efficient tools for drought monitoring, especially in countries
with a lack of reliable and consistent in-situ multi-temporal datasets. In this study, a novel RS …

Spatiotemporal meteorological drought assessment in a humid Mediterranean region: case study of the Oued Sebaou basin (northern central Algeria)

B Zerouali, M Chettih, Z Abda, M Mesbah, CAG Santos… - Natural Hazards, 2021‏ - Springer
In this research, the spatiotemporal meteorological drought pattern was assessed in the
Oued Sebaou basin (northern central Algeria) based on data from 23 rain gauges from 1972 …

Seasonal streamflow forecast in the Tocantins River Basin, Brazil: an evaluation of ECMWF-SEAS5 with multiple conceptual hydrological models

L Ávila, R Silveira, A Campos, N Rogiski, C Freitas… - Water, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
The assessment of seasonal streamflow forecasting is essential for appropriate water
resource management. A suitable seasonal forecasting system requires the evaluation of …

'From the sky to the ground': fishers' knowledge, landscape analysis and hydrological data indicate long-term environmental changes in Amazonian clear water rivers

CB Nunes, KC Vieira, PER Pereyra, G Hallwass… - Science of the Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Fishers possess detailed local ecological knowledge (LEK) which can be a valuable
resource for tracking long-term environmental changes in less studied tropical rivers. Our …

The longest multiannual drought in Northeastern Brazil

JA de Souza Santos, HS Wanderley… - Journal of South …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Northeastern region of Brazil has long history of drought with impacts on water
supply for cities and agriculture. However, the last drought that occurred in the region had …