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A method to assess hydrological drought in semi-arid environments and its application to the Jaguaribe River basin, Brazil

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  • José Carlos de Araújo
  • Axel Bronstert

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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.

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  • José Carlos de Araújo & Axel Bronstert, 2016. "A method to assess hydrological drought in semi-arid environments and its application to the Jaguaribe River basin, Brazil," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(2), pages 213-230, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:41:y:2016:i:2:p:213-230
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2015.1113077
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    1. Giovana Cristina Santos Medeiros & Adelena Gonçalves Maia & Joana Darc Freire Medeiros, 2019. "Assessment of Two Different Methods in Predicting Hydrological Drought from the Perspective of Water Demand," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 33(5), pages 1851-1865, March.
    2. Hagen Koch & Ana Lígia Chaves Silva & Stefan Liersch & José Roberto Gonçalves Azevedo & Fred Fokko Hattermann, 2020. "Effects of model calibration on hydrological and water resources management simulations under climate change in a semi-arid watershed," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 163(3), pages 1247-1266, December.
    3. Paulilo Brasil & Pedro Medeiros, 2020. "NeStRes – Model for Operation of Non-Strategic Reservoirs for Irrigation in Drylands: Model Description and Application to a Semiarid Basin," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 34(1), pages 195-210, January.

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