Adriana Cuartas

Sustainable transitions in tropical reservoirs as sociotechnical systems using forest restoration for carbon footprint offsetting

Pedro Gustavo Câmara da Silva, Marcos Roberto Benso, Gabriela Chiquito Gesualdo, Rebecca Sankarankutty et autres

ABSTRACT Tropical freshwater reservoirs are vital for water management but also contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, making mitigation strategies crucial, especially in the Brazilian Northeast, where water scarcity and climate variability impact livelihoods and ecosystems. This semi-arid region depends on reservoirs …

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Assessing Subseasonal Forecasts of Dry Spells and Heatwaves at the Regional Scale in Brazil

Christopher Cunningham, Nicholas P. Klingaman, Liana O. Anderson, Adriana Cuartas et autres

This study evaluates the performance of subseasonal forecasts for dry spells and heatwaves at a regional scale in Brazil. The forecasts’ verification was designed to provide end-users with relevant information about the forecasts’ quality. The U.K. Met Office model was assessed using …

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Performance analysis of the lisflood hydrological model in a flood event in the madeira river basin

Jerusa da Silva Peixoto, Márcio Augusto Ernesto de Moraes, K.T. Garcia, Elisângela Broedel et autres

The largest recorded flood of the Madeira River (largest tributary of the Amazon River) occurred in 2014, remaining above the flood level for 90 days, reaching the maximum level on March 30, at 19.69 m. Among the various tools capable of assisting …

A seca e a crise hídrica de 2014-2015 em São Paulo

José A. Marengo, Carlos A. Nobre, Marcelo E. Seluchi, Adriana Cuartas et autres

During most of the rainy season in 2014, the Southeast of Brazil – including the Cantareira reservoir system – received below-normal rainfall. The main cause leading to that heavy lack of rain was an intense, persistent and anomalous highpressure system blocking moisture …

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Fine-Scale Relief in the Amazon Drives Large Scale Ecohydrological Processes

Antônio Donato Nobre, Adriana Cuartas, M. G. Hodnett, S. R. Saleska

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Modeling the hydrological patterns on Pantanal wetlands, Brazil

A. A. Castro, Adriana Cuartas, Michael T. Coe, Adriana Koumrouyan et autres

Linking Long-Term Water Balances and Statistical Scaling to Estimate River Flows along the Drainage Network of Colombia

Germán Poveda, Jaime Ignacio Vélez, Óscar J. Mesa, Adriana Cuartas et autres

Long-term average river discharges as well as peak and low flows of different return periods are estimated along the entire river network of Colombia, through the conjoint use of the long-term water balance in the river basins and the framework of statistical …

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Estimación de la evaporación en Colombia

Janet Barco, Adriana Cuartas, Óscar J. Mesa, Germán Poveda et autres

This study makes part of a broader project to estimate hydrological balances all over the country, at a spatial scale of 5 minute-arc. Several methods are implemented to estimate long-term evaporation over Colombia, such as those by Turc (1945), Morton (1982), Penman …

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