South America contributes to roughly 30% of global runoff to the oceans. Because the
regional economy and biodiversity depend significantly on its water resources, assessing …

Droughts are particularly critical for Brazil because of impacts on water supply and because
most (70%) of its electricity is derived from hydroelectric generation. The Paraná basin (PB) …

Adapting reservoir operation to a changing climate is important to improve water system
performance toward benefits including water security, and energy production. However …

Studies integrating climate modelling output into hydrological modelling have grown
substantially in the last two decades worldwide; however, there has not been a systematic …

The sub seasonal forecast horizon, with lead-times up to 7 weeks, has a number of
possibilities for operational applications. This sub seasonal time scale is only recently …

Climate change and the intensification of anthropogenic activities in watersheds have been
substantially changing the streamflow regime, which is a problem for water resource …

Abstract The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has put a lot of efforts to
describe uncertainties and to judge the confidence level of its major conclusions. Despite a …

Global and regional climate models (GCM and RCM respectively) are the current
mathematical tools used to project alterations on precipitation regimes given different …

RESUMO O modelo hidrológico distribuído de grandes bacias MGB–IPH vem sendo
aplicado em diversas bacias hidrográficas brasileiras com resultados satisfatórios …

Entre os vários efeitos das mudanças climáticas, o aumento da intensidade da chuva e dos
erros de previsão do tempo tem sido observado no mundo inteiro, especialmente em …