Analysis of meteorological droughts in the Sonora river basin, Mexico
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| contents | Analysis of meteorological droughts in the Sonora river basin, Mexico Claudio César Hernández Vásquez Laura Alicia Ibáñez Castillo Jesús David Gómez Díaz Ramón Arteaga Ramírez Biología SPI SPEI principal components analysis regionalization of precipitation Drought is a complex natural hazard that has numerous negative effects on ecosystems, agriculture, and the economy. For this reason, it is difficult to provide a precise definition. Nevertheless, different conceptualizations converge in one common denominator: the deficit of precipitation with respect to an average historical value. Droughts in Mexico have been recurrent and persistent, resulting from complex interactions of the atmosphere with the oceans and the geographic and physiographic characteristic of the country. Several researchers have approached this phenomenon with indices to characterize it using features such as intensity, duration and frequency. In this study we analyze droughts in a spatiotemporal context at scales of 3, 6, 12 and 24 months with SPI and SPEI indices at 19 weather stations located in middle and upper regions of the Sonora River basin, Mexico, for the period 1974-2013. The regions were defined according to mean annual rainfall behavior, applying statistical techniques and analyzing the physiographic characteristics of the study region. Results indicate that drought intensity increased at the end of the time series analyzed, and important periods were identified in the years 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2011 to 2013. SPEI defined the drought periods and the increasing intensity trend better than SPI, demonstrating the importance of including variables such as evapotranspiration in the balance of available water. 2022 artículo científico 0187-6236 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56581835003 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/565/56581835003/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/565/56581835003/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/565/56581835003/56581835003.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/565/56581835003/movil 10.20937/ATM.52954 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=565 Atmósfera application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Atmósfera (México) Num.3 Vol.35 |
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| spellingShingle | Analysis of meteorological droughts in the Sonora river basin, Mexico Claudio César Hernández Vásquez Biología SPI SPEI principal components analysis regionalization of precipitation Analysis of meteorological droughts in the Sonora river basin, Mexico Claudio César Hernández Vásquez Laura Alicia Ibáñez Castillo Jesús David Gómez Díaz Ramón Arteaga Ramírez Biología SPI SPEI principal components analysis regionalization of precipitation Drought is a complex natural hazard that has numerous negative effects on ecosystems, agriculture, and the economy. For this reason, it is difficult to provide a precise definition. Nevertheless, different conceptualizations converge in one common denominator: the deficit of precipitation with respect to an average historical value. Droughts in Mexico have been recurrent and persistent, resulting from complex interactions of the atmosphere with the oceans and the geographic and physiographic characteristic of the country. Several researchers have approached this phenomenon with indices to characterize it using features such as intensity, duration and frequency. In this study we analyze droughts in a spatiotemporal context at scales of 3, 6, 12 and 24 months with SPI and SPEI indices at 19 weather stations located in middle and upper regions of the Sonora River basin, Mexico, for the period 1974-2013. The regions were defined according to mean annual rainfall behavior, applying statistical techniques and analyzing the physiographic characteristics of the study region. Results indicate that drought intensity increased at the end of the time series analyzed, and important periods were identified in the years 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2011 to 2013. SPEI defined the drought periods and the increasing intensity trend better than SPI, demonstrating the importance of including variables such as evapotranspiration in the balance of available water. 2022 artículo científico 0187-6236 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56581835003 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/565/56581835003/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/565/56581835003/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/565/56581835003/56581835003.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/565/56581835003/movil 10.20937/ATM.52954 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=565 Atmósfera application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Atmósfera (México) Num.3 Vol.35 |
| title | Analysis of meteorological droughts in the Sonora river basin, Mexico |
| topic | Biología SPI SPEI principal components analysis regionalization of precipitation |
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