Journal
CLIMATIC CHANGE
Volume 163, Issue 1, Pages 379-393Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-020-02828-w
Keywords
Land use; Regional climate; Water management; Drought
Funding
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
- CAPES Brazil
- IIASA
- Brazilian Agency of Electric Energy
- Enercan
- BAESA
- Ceran
- Foz do Chapeco
- Paulista Lajeado Energia
- CPFL
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Land use and water management have considerable impacts on regional climates. This paper proposes that in humid regions with low wind patterns the construction of hydropower storage reservoirs contributes to the increases in the probability of precipitation in the regional climate. This observation has been tested with a methodology that calculates the cumulative influence of reservoir construction in the basins surrounding with a proposed index named Cumulative Impact of Existing Reservoirs, and compares this index with the historical flow of the rivers. It was found that the construction of reservoirs in Brazil had a considerable impact on its river flows.
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