Infiltration and runoff dynamics under different land uses and climate change in the Brazilian Cerrado area

• Grant number: 19/24292-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: March 01, 2020
• End date: February 29, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences
• Principal Investigator: Edson Cezar Wendland
• Grantee: Dimaghi Schwamback
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/03806-1 - Water availability and quality threats in a Guarani Aquifer System outcrop zone, AP.BIOEN.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 21/14016-2 - Hydrus model for the theoretical representation of vertical flow under different land uses commonly found in the Brazilian Cerrado biome, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Based on the growing food and energy demand and the high environmental changes resulting from the conversion of natural environments into agriculture land, researches are essential to understand how anthropogenic changes, through land-use change and land cover, affect the hydrological processes. Understanding the infiltration and runoff processes is an important step for the development of strategies to guarantee the sustainability of ecosystems, restoration, and preservation of natural vegetation. Thus, this project has as main objective the preliminary study about how the anthropic pressure, through the agricultural crops, interferes on infiltration and runoff. The present study will be developed in experimental plots under different land uses found in Southeastern Brazil: sugar cane, Cerrado stricto sensu, soybean, and bare soil. For this, the study area, already in operation, will be continuously monitored over two years by collecting meteorological data (precipitation, air temperature, solar radiation, wind speed, and atmospheric pressure) and hydrological (surface runoff and soil moisture). The information collected will serve as input data, calibration and validation of the Hydrus model. Once calibrated and valid according to local particularities, the model will become a useful tool for describing hydrological behavior under current soil uses and occupations in Cerrado biome areas. This will better understand the hydrological responses to current events and the analysis of future scenarios under changing climate conditions. (AU)

Scientific publications

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MOREIRA, LUANA LAVAGNOLI; SCHWAMBACK, DIMAGHI; RIGO, DANIEL. Different calibration procedures for flows estimation using SWAT model. JOURNAL OF APPLIED WATER ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH, JUL 2020. (19/24292-7)

BERTOTTO, LUIS EDUARDO; REIS, ALAN; COBALCHINI, ERICK RUBENS OLIVEIRA; SCHWAMBACK, DIMAGHI; UCHOA, JOSE GESCILAM SOUSA MOTA; WENDLAND, EDSON CEZAR. Heated fibre optics to monitor soil moisture under successive saturation-drying cycles: An experimental approach. European Journal of Soil Science, v. 75, n. 4, p. 17-pg., 2024-07-01. (15/03806-1, 19/24292-7, 23/08756-9, 21/14016-2)

BALLARIN, ANDRE SIMOES; SONE, JULLIAN SOUZA; GESUALDO, GABRIELA CHIQUITO; SCHWAMBACK, DIMAGHI; REIS, ALAN; ALMAGRO, ANDRE; WENDLAND, EDSON CEZAR. CLIMBra - Climate Change Dataset for Brazil. SCIENTIFIC DATA, v. 10, n. 1, p. 16-pg., 2023-01-20. (19/24292-7, 21/14016-2, 22/06017-1, 15/03806-1, 20/08140-0)

SCHWAMBACK, DIMAGHI; BRANDAO, ABDERRAMAN R. AMORIM; BERNDTSSON, RONNY; WENDLAND, EDSON; PERSSON, MAGNUS. Assessment of water fluxes under the dual threat of changes in land cover and climate variability in the Brazilian Cerrado biome. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY-REGIONAL STUDIES, v. 61, p. 16-pg., 2025-10-01. (15/03806-1, 21/14016-2, 19/24292-7)

SCHWAMBACK, DIMAGHI; BRANDAO, ABDERRAMAN R. AMORIM; ROSALEM, LIVIA M. P.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO T. S.; ANACHE, JAMIL A. A.; WENDLAND, EDSON; BERNDTSSON, RONNY; PERSSON, MAGNUS. Land use transformations in the Brazilian Savanna: A decade of soil erosion and runoff measurements. CATENA, v. 246, p. 14-pg., 2024-09-24. (15/03806-1, 19/24292-7, 21/14016-2)

SCHWAMBACK, DIMAGHI; PERSSON, MAGNUS; BERNDTSSON, RONNY; ANACHE, JAMIL A. A.; WENDLAND, EDSON CEZAR. Adaptive design of tipping bucket flow meters for continuous runoff measurement. FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, v. 11, p. 14-pg., 2023-12-01. (15/03806-1, 19/24292-7, 21/14016-2)

SCHWAMBACK, DIMAGHI; BRANDAO, ABDERRAMAN R. AMORIM; BERTOTTO, LUIS EDUARDO; BERNDTSSON, RONNY; ZHANG, LINUS; WENDLAND, EDSON; PERSSON, MAGNUS. Quantifying Soil Loss in the Brazilian Savanna Ecosystem: Current Rates and Anticipated Impact of Climate Changes. LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT, v. N/A, p. 18-pg., 2024-10-14. (15/03806-1, 19/24292-7, 23/08756-9, 21/14016-2)

KOBAYASHI, ALEX N. A.; ANACHE, JAMIL A. A.; SONE, JULLIAN S.; GESUALDO, GABRIELA C.; SCHWAMBACK, DIMAGHI; WENDLAND, EDSON. Enhancing Representativeness of Eddy Covariance Evapotranspiration With Remote Sensing and In Situ Data: A Case Study in the Brazilian Cerrado. ECOHYDROLOGY, v. 18, n. 2, p. 12-pg., 2025-03-01. (21/14016-2, 19/24292-7, 15/03806-1)

BRANDAO, ABDERRAMAN R. AMORIM; SCHWAMBACK, DIMAGHI; DE MENEZES FILHO, FREDERICO C. M.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO T. S.; FAVA, MARIA CLARA. Artificial Neural Networks for Flood Prediction in Current and CMIP6 Climate Change Scenarios. JOURNAL OF FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT, v. 18, n. 1, p. 18-pg., 2025-03-01. (19/24292-7, 21/14016-2)

SCHWAMBACK, DIMAGHI; GESUALDO, GABRIELA C.; SONE, JULLIAN S.; KOBAYASHI, ALEX NAOKI A.; BERTOTTO, LUIS EDUARDO; GARCIA, MARIA VITORIA S.; ALMAGRO, ANDRE; OLIVEIRA, PAULO TARSO S.. Are Brazilian catchments gaining or losing water? The effective area of tropical catchments. Hydrological Processes, v. 36, n. 3, p. 13-pg., 2022-03-01. (19/24292-7, 15/03806-1, 21/14016-2)

SCHWAMBACK, DIMAGHI; PERSSON, MAGNUS; BERNDTSSON, RONNY; BERTOTTO, LUIS EDUARDO; KOBAYASHI, ALEX NAOKI ASATO; WENDLAND, EDSON CEZAR. Automated Low-Cost Soil Moisture Sensors: Trade-Off between Cost and Accuracy. SENSORS, v. 23, n. 5, p. 18-pg., 2023-03-01. (19/24292-7, 15/03806-1, 21/14016-2)

MOREIRA, LUANA LAVAGNOLI; VANELLI, FRANCIELE MARIA; SCHWAMBACK, DIMAGHI; KOBIYAMA, MASATO; DE BRITO, MARIANA MADRUGA. Sensitivity analysis of indicator weights for the construction of flood vulnerability indexes: A participatory approach. FRONTIERS IN WATER, v. 5, p. 12-pg., 2023-02-06. (19/24292-7, 21/14016-2)

MARCHEZEPE, BRUNO K.; ALMAGRO, ANDRE; BALLARIN, ANDRE S.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO TARSO S.. Streamflow prediction in ungauged catchments by using the Grunsky method. INTERNATIONAL SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION RESEARCH, v. 11, n. 4, p. 13-pg., 2023-12-01. (15/03806-1, 19/24292-7, 20/08140-0)

BALLARIN, ANDRE S.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO TARSO S.; MARCHEZEPE, BRUNO K.; GODOI, RAQUEL F.; CAMPOS, ALINE M.; CAMPOS, FABRIZIO S.; ALMAGRO, ANDRE; MEIRA NETO, ANTONIO A.. The Impact of an Open Water Balance Assumption on Understanding the Factors Controlling the Long-Term Streamflow Components. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, v. 58, n. 10, p. 18-pg., 2022-10-01. (19/24292-7, 22/06017-1, 15/03806-1, 20/08140-0)

MOREIRA, LUANA LAVAGNOLI; SCHWAMBACK, DIMAGHI; RIGO, DANIEL. Different calibration procedures for flows estimation using SWAT model. JOURNAL OF APPLIED WATER ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH, v. 8, n. 3, p. 14-pg., 2020-07-02. (19/24292-7)

SCHWAMBACK, DIMAGHI; ANACHE, JAMIL A. A.; WENDLAND, EDSON C.. Calibration and error investigation of large tipping bucket flow meters. CATENA, v. 209, n. 2, FEB 2022. (19/24292-7, 15/03806-1)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SCHWAMBACK, Dimaghi. Hydrological and erosional dynamics: responses to changes in land uses and climate in the Cerrado biome. 2024. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD) São Carlos.