TY  - JOUR
A1  - de Araujo, Jose Carlos
A1  - Bronstert, Axel
T1  - A method to assess hydrological drought in semi-arid environments and its application to the Jaguaribe River basin, Brazil
JF  - Water International
N2  - This manuscript proposes a method to assess hydrological drought in semi-arid environments under high impoundment rate and applies it to the semi-arid Jaguaribe River basin in Brazil. It analyzes droughts (1) in the largest reservoir systems; (2) in the Upper Basin, considering 4744 reservoirs, 800 wells and almost 18,000 cisterns; and (3) in reservoirs of different sizes during multiyear droughts. Results show that the water demand is constrained in the basin; hydrological and meteorological droughts are often out of phase; there is a negative correlation between storage level and drought severity; and the small systems cannot cope with long-term droughts.
KW  - Reservoirs
KW  - Brazil
KW  - multiyear drought
KW  - water management
KW  - impoundment rate
KW  - water demand
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2015.1113077
SN  - 0250-8060
SN  - 1941-1707
VL  - 41
SP  - 213
EP  - 230
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -