Loss of reservoir volume by sediment deposition and its impact on water availability in semiarid Brazil

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-170

  de Araújo, José Carlos ^a   Güntner, Andreas ^b   Bronstert, Axel ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Reservoir; Sedimentation; Semiarid regions; Stochastic modelling; Water availability

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

BRAZIL; RESERVOIR VOLUME; SEMIARID REGIONS; STOCHASTIC MODELLING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTATION; SEMIARID REGION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 32644444791     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.51.1.157     Document Type: Article

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