Reservoir storage and hydrologic responses to droughts in the Paraná River basin, south-eastern Brazil

Melo, Davi de C. D.; Scanlon, Bridget R.; Zhang, Zizhan; Wendland, Edson; Yin, Lei

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4673-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4673-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4673-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 11

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24 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 24 Nov 2016

Reservoir storage and hydrologic responses to droughts in the Paraná River basin, south-eastern Brazil

Davi de C. D. Melo, Bridget R. Scanlon, Zizhan Zhang, Edson Wendland, and Lei Yin

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RC1: 'hess-2016-258 review', Fernando Mainardi Fan, 26 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'Respose to comments by referee 1 (Dr. F. M. Fan)', Davi Melo, 16 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Review of hess-2016-258', Tobias Conradt, 19 Aug 2016
- AC2: 'Respose to comments by referee 2 (Dr. T. Conradt)', Davi Melo, 16 Sep 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (01 Oct 2016) by Albrecht Weerts

AR by Davi Melo on behalf of the Authors (14 Oct 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Oct 2016) by Albrecht Weerts

RR by Fernando Mainardi Fan (02 Nov 2016)

ED: Publish as is (03 Nov 2016) by Albrecht Weerts

AR by Davi Melo on behalf of the Authors (03 Nov 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

Drought propagation from rainfall deficits to reservoir depletion was studied based on remote sensing, monitoring and modelling data. Regional droughts were shown by widespread depletion in total water storage that reduced soil moisture storage and runoff, greatly reducing reservoir storage. The multidisciplinary approach to drought assessment shows the linkages between meteorological and hydrological droughts that are essential for managing water resources subjected to climate extremes.