EXTREME EVENTS IN THE STATE OF CEARÁ, BRAZIL: A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF RAINFALL EPISODES IN MARCH 2019

In this investigation, we analyzed expressive daily accumulated of pluvial precipitation that occurred in March 2019 in the State of Ceará, in order to identify if they were considered extreme (from the Statistical Methodology of the Maximum Precipitation), and to analyze the atmospheric systems tha...

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Autores: Monteiro, Jander Barbosa, Zanella, Maria Elisa
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)
Repositorio:GeoTextos (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.ufba.br:article/32093
Acesso em linha:https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/geotextos/article/view/32093
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Eventos Extremos
Inundações
Impactos Socioambientais
Extreme Events
Precipitation Maximum Methodology
Floods
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Resumo:In this investigation, we analyzed expressive daily accumulated of pluvial precipitation that occurred in March 2019 in the State of Ceará, in order to identify if they were considered extreme (from the Statistical Methodology of the Maximum Precipitation), and to analyze the atmospheric systems that started such events and possible damage caused by them. The ten largest daily accumulations of March recorded in the posts of the Foundation for Metereological and Hydric Resources of Ceará State (FUNCEME) were selected. At the same time, the atmospheric systems that contributed to these pluviometric episodes were identified from satellite images provided by the National Institute of Space Research (INPE). Daily accruals were at least one of the three largest already registered at the stations (five were records) and were associated with joint performance of two or more atmospheric systems. Atlantic TMSM (near the coast) showed a favorable pattern for precipitation. The daily accumulations were punctual and allowed a considerable contribution only in some water reserves of the Ceará State, because the rain did not present a homogeneous spatial/temporal distribution.