Droughts have impacted human society throughout its history. However, the occurrence of
severe drought events in the last century and the concerns on the potential effects of climate …

Water supply is strategic for the development of society. The water distribution in nature
follows patterns linked to geographic and territorial issues. Climate fluctuations aggravate …

Caatinga biome, located in the Brazilian semi-arid region, is the most populous semi-arid
region in the world, causing intensification in land degradation and loss of biodiversity over …

Actual evapotranspiration (ET a) has significantly increased under recent climate and
vegetation changes. Discriminating the primary driver of ET a variation would improve our …

The Caatinga dry forest encompasses 11% of the total continental territory of Brazil.
Nevertheless, most research on the relationship between phenology and ecosystem …

The spatio-temporal assessment of water and carbon fluxes in Brazil's Northeast region
(NEB) allows for a better understanding of these surface flux patterns in areas with different …

This study aims to ascertain the uncertainties related to the spatiotemporal estimation of net
radiation, and its components, using remote sensing data. Geographical focus is an irrigated …

Many remote sensing‐based evapotranspiration (RSBET) algorithms have been proposed
in the past decades and evaluated using flux tower data, mainly over North America and …

Several aspects of the hydrological regime influence the CO 2 exchanges between the
atmosphere and drylands. The objective of this study was to carry out a thorough …

The Brazilian semiarid region presents a physical water scarcity and high seasonal and
interannual irregularities of precipitation, known as a region with periodic droughts. This …