Environmental and Socioeconomic Estimated Impacts of the Last 3 Major Drought Events (2005, 2010 and 2015) in the Amazon
The objective of this work was to analyze the impacts of droughts that occurred in the years of 2005, 2010 and 2015 in the Amazon region, regarding environmental factors (air temperature, relative humidity, risk of forest fires) and socioeconomic factors (consumption of electricity). Data on tempera...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBIO) |
| Repositorio: | Biodiversidade Brasileira |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaeletronica.icmbio.gov.br:article/1776 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revistaeletronica.icmbio.gov.br/index.php/BioBR/article/view/1776 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Clima eventos extremos precipitação lluvia Climate extreme events rainfall |
| Resumo: | The objective of this work was to analyze the impacts of droughts that occurred in the years of 2005, 2010 and 2015 in the Amazon region, regarding environmental factors (air temperature, relative humidity, risk of forest fires) and socioeconomic factors (consumption of electricity). Data on temperature and relative humidity of 41 weather stations over a period of 38 years were analyzed, estimating the risks of forest fires (using the Monte Alegre formula), and state electricity consumption data, different by type of consumption (residential, industrial, commercial or rural) and annual average recorded. The results showed that the droughts focused, although having different genesis (2005 due to anomalies in the Atlantic, 2010 and 2015 due to strong El Niños) had strong environmental impacts showed strong environmental impacts (daily air temperature averages above 32°C, relative humidity values near to 20%, fire danger for the occurrence of forest fires high) and socioeconomic (increase in electricity consumption by up to 200GWh in dry years, mainly in residential mode), indicating that years with prediction of severe droughts such as those studied in this work need the preparation of the authorities regarding the effects of rising temperatures and energy consumption, requiring prophylactic measures regarding the negative impacts generated. |
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