Hydrological processes in the Brazilian Cerrado

• Grant number: 15/05134-0
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): June 01, 2015
• Effective date (End): January 27, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Sanitary Engineering
• Cooperation agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Edson Cezar Wendland
• Grantee: Paulo Tarso Sanches de Oliveira
• Home Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Deforestation of the Brazilian Cerrado region has caused major changes in hydrological processes. However, these changes are still poorly understood, but are important for making land management decisions in this region. In this postdoctoral project, I intend to use several hydrometeorological data to develop and improve models in hydrological and soil erosion processes for the Brazilian Cerrado. Thus, I hope to develop, calibrate and validate physical processes models and empirical about water infiltration into the soil, evapotranspiration, canopy interception, and soil erosion for the undisturbed cerrado and the main crops found in this biome. I will use initially data from three experimental sites, where two are placed in the State of São Paulo (Pé de Gigante - PDG e Instituto Arruada Botelho - IAB), and another in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul (Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul - UEMS). Furthermore, I will use remote sensing data to apply the studied models for all the Cerrado region in order to evaluate spatially the main effects of land cover and land use on the hydrological and soil erosion processes. At the end of this study, I hope to: i. the developing, calibrating, and validating physical processes and empirical models to better understanding hydrological and soil erosion processes in the Cerrado; ii. the analysis spatially and temporally of the impacts of the Cerrado deforestation on the water balance and soil erosion; iii. to publishing of the main finds in high-impact scientific journals. In addition, I hope that our results may provide new concepts and conclusions in order to help the land use management decisions and the water security in the Cerrado region. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LEITE, MARCELO BOCCIA; XAVIER, RAFAEL OLIVEIRA; SANCHES OLIVEIRA, PAULO TARSO; GOMES SILVA, FERNANDA KELLY; SILVA MATOS, DALVA MARIA. Groundwater depth as a constraint on the woody cover in a Neotropical Savanna. PLANT AND SOIL, v. 426, n. 1-2, p. 1-15, MAY 2018. Web of Science Citations: 7.

OLIVEIRA, PAULO TARSO S.; LEITE, MARCELO BOCCIA; MATTOS, TIAGO; NEARING, MARK A.; SCOTT, RUSSELL L.; XAVIER, RAFAEL DE OLIVEIRA; DA SILVA MATOS, DALVA MARIA; WENDLAND, EDSON. Groundwater recharge decrease with increased vegetation density in the Brazilian cerrado. ECOHYDROLOGY, v. 10, n. 1 JAN 2017. Web of Science Citations: 17.

OLIVEIRA, P. T. S.; NEARING, M. A.; HAWKINS, R. H.; STONE, J. J.; RODRIGUES, D. B. B.; PANACHUKI, E.; WENDLAND, E. Curve number estimation from Brazilian Cerrado rainfall and runoff data. JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION, v. 71, n. 5, p. 420-429, SEP-OCT 2016. Web of Science Citations: 11.

OLIVEIRA, J. A.; DOMINGUEZ, J. M. L.; NEARING, M. A.; OLIVEIRA, P. T. S. A GIS-BASED PROCEDURE FOR AUTOMATICALLY CALCULATING SOIL LOSS FROM THE UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION: GISUS-M. APPLIED ENGINEERING IN AGRICULTURE, v. 31, n. 6, p. 907-917, NOV 2015. Web of Science Citations: 3.

RODRIGUES, DULCE B. B.; GUPTA, HOSHIN V.; MENDIONDO, EDUARDO M.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO TARSO S. Assessing uncertainties in surface water security: An empirical multimodel approach. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, v. 51, n. 11, p. 9013-9028, NOV 2015. Web of Science Citations: 3.