Articles | Volume 28, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-3243-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-3243-2024
Research article
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25 Jul 2024
Research article |  | 25 Jul 2024

Impact of reservoir evaporation on future water availability in north-eastern Brazil: a multi-scenario assessment

Gláuber Pontes Rodrigues, Arlena Brosinsky, Ítalo Sampaio Rodrigues, George Leite Mamede, and José Carlos de Araújo

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Projeções climáticas para América do Sul regionalizadas pelo modelo Eta com correção de viés P. d. S. Tavares et al. https://doi.org/10.57810/lattesdata/WAVGSL

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The research focuses on a 4-million-inhabitant tropical region supplied by a network of open-water reservoirs where the dry season lasts for 8 months (Jun−Dec). We analysed the impact of four climate change scenarios on the evaporation rate and the associated availability (water yield distributed per year). The worst-case scenario shows that by the end of the century (2071−2099), the evaporation rate in the dry season could increase by 6 %, which would reduce stored water by about 80 %.