Influence of oceanic-atmospheric interactions on extreme events of daily rainfall in the Sub-basin 39 located in Northeastern Brazil

ABSTRACT Changes in extreme precipitation have been observed in regions where frequent rainfalls occur over short periods of time followed by prolonged droughts, creating, as a result, new watershed scenarios. Recent studies have attributed such occurrences to possible climate changes. This paper an...

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Main Authors: João Hipólito Paiva de Britto Salgueiro, Suzana Maria Gico Lima Montenegro, Eber José de Andrade Pinto, Bernardo Barbosa da Silva, Werônica Meira de Souza, Leidjane Maria Maciel de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos
Series:Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2318-03312016000400685&lng=en&tlng=en