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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change impacts on water resources of the largest hydropower plant reservoir in Southeast Brazil

CR Mello, N Vieira, JA Guzman, MR Viola, S Beskow… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Approximately 70% of all the electric energy produced in Brazil comes from hydropower
plants. In this context, the Grande River Basin (GRB) stands out in Brazil. Some studies have …

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 …