Extreme events of precipitation in the rainy season of the state of Bahia.

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Author(s): DOURADO, C. S.; AVILA, A. M. H. de; OLIVEIRA, S. R. de M.

Summary: Abstract: The increase of frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation events has generated consequences for biodiversity of natural systems, economic and life losses. In particular, the state of Bahia has been the scene of an increase of severe droughts in almost its entirety and outbreaks of floods that serve as a warning to the future. In this regard, the objective of this work was to analyze the frequency of occurrence of extreme events of precipitation between 1981 and 2010 of Bahia.

Publication year: 2013

Types of publication: Abstract in annals or event proceedings

Unit: Embrapa Digital Agriculture

Keywords: Cluster analysis, Clusterização, Extreme phenomena, Fenômenos extremos, Precipitação, Quantiles, Quantis, Rain, Rainfall zones, Sistemas meteorológicos, Weather, Weather systems, Zonas pluviométricas

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