2 documents found, page 1 of 1

Sort by Issue Date

Projections of climate change effects on discharge and inundation in the Amazon...

Sorribas, Mino Viana; Paiva, Rodrigo C. D.; Melack, John M.; Bravo, Juan Martin; Jones, Charles; Carvalho, Leila; Beighley, Edward; Forsberg, Bruce

Climate change and its effects on the hydrologic regime of the Amazon basin can impact biogeochemical processes, transportation, flood vulnerability, fisheries and hydropower generation. We examined projections of climate change on discharge and inundation extent in the Amazon basin using the regional hydrological model MGB-IPH with 1-dimensional river hydraulic and water storage simulation in floodplains. Futu...

Date: 2018   |   Origin: Oasisbr

The potential impact of new Andean dams on Amazon fluvial ecosystems

Forsberg, Bruce R.; Melack, John M.; Dunne, Thomas; Barthem, Ronaldo B.; Goulding, Michael; Paiva, Rodrigo C. D.

O aumento da demanda de energia levou a planos para a construção de muitas novas barragens na Amazônia Ocidental, principalmente na região andina. Dados históricos e cenários mecanicistas são usados para examinar os impactos potenciais acima e abaixo de seis das maiores barragens planejadas para a região, incluindo reduções nos estoques a jusante de sedimentos e nutrientes, mudanças no pulso de inundação a jusa...

Date: 2018   |   Origin: Oasisbr

2 Results

Queried text

Refine Results

Author














Date


Document Type


Access rights


Resource


Subject