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Total Authors: 3
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Bren Sch Environm Sci & Management, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 - USA
[2] Univ Bristol, Sch Geog Sci, Bristol, Avon - England
Total Affiliations: 2
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH; v. 50, n. 1, p. 635-649, JAN 2014. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 26 |
| Abstract | |
We analyzed seasonal and interannual variability in hydrological fluxes and inundation dynamics of a large floodplain unit (2440 km(2)) along the lower Amazon River over a period of 15 years (1995-2010). Floodplain inundation was simulated using LISFLOOD-FP, which combines one-dimensional river routing with two-dimensional overland flow, and a local hydrological model. Dominant sources of inflow varied seasonally among direct rain and local runoff (November), Amazon River (December to August) and seepage (September and October). Shifts in timing of dominance among the water balance components occurred conform variations in annual peak stage. The period of dominance of river inflow over total floodplain influxes began about 1 month earlier and ended 1 month later in the 2009 high flood year compared to the 1998 low flood year. On average, river to floodplain discharge represented 0.75% of the Amazon River discharge at bidos and 82% of the annual hydrological influxes to the floodplain. We observed an up to ninefold variation in river-floodplain annual discharge. Relatively small increments in main stem peak discharge cause disproportionately large changes in the flow routed through the floodplain. Despite the higher frequency of years with lower minimum stages, the intensification of the hydrological cycle of the Amazon Basin is causing substantially greater amounts of riverine water to flow across floodplain environments. Key Points <list list-type={''}bulleted{''}> Floodplain hydrological fluxes were analyzed with an inundation model Proportion of water supplied from river and local sources varied seasonally Up to ninefold interannual variation in river-floodplain exchange was observed (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 02/09911-1 - Monitoramento automatico de variaveis limnologiacs em sistemas aquaticos amazonicos sujeiros a diferentes graus de interferencia antropica. |
| Grantee: | José Luiz Stech |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 03/06999-8 - Estudo da dinamica de circulacao da agua entre sistemas loticos, lenticos e a planicie de inundacao. |
| Grantee: | Evlyn Márcia Leão de Moraes Novo |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/23594-8 - Remote sensing applications for modeling human impacts on the ecological properties of wetland and aquatic environments in the Solimões/Amazon floodplain. |
| Grantee: | Evlyn Márcia Leão de Moraes Novo |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |