Ricardo de Aragão

Chuvas intensas para o estado de Sergipe com base em dados desagregados de chuva diária

Floods have frequently been observed worldwide, particularly in urban and rural areas of Brazil as a consequence of antropic impacts and climate change. To cope with the problem hydraulic structures are designed based on the observed maximum flood, or statistically predicted through the rainfall-duration relationship established with recorded data, which are generally scarce. Due to the lack of such data, disaggregation of daily rainfall is generally utilized. In the State of Sergipe-Brazil, the rainfall-duration relationships were established utilizing disaggregated daily rainfalls, observed in 48 stations, and the probability distributions of Weibull and Gumbel. The best results were obtained with the Weibull distribution. The spatial distributions of the parameters of the rainfall-duration relationships demonstrated the high rainfall variability in the region.

Mapeamento do potencial de erosão laminar na bacia do rio Japaratuba, SE, via SIG

Soil erosion is a natural phenomenon that reduces soil fertility and causes a great impact on agricultural areas. Laminar erosion is characterized by the removal of the top soil fairly uniformly as well as its nutrients, which is accelerated by human activities. To minimize the impacts it is necessary to adopt an adequate soil management that takes into account the type of the soil, relief, and vegetation cover. The soil management can be aided by mapping the erosive potential of a region using GIS tools. In this work, the technique that was used for mapping the erosive potential in the Japaratuba River Basin (1685 km2) located in the State of Sergipe is presented. The results show that 48.71% of the basin area lie within medium and high erosive potentials zones, suggesting the inadequate land use for the soil types and relief within the basin.