ABSTRACT Identifying sediment sources is fundamental for protecting and improving soil and water quality. Conventional fingerprinting studies have often collected sediments at the overall watershed outlet only, resulting in an important spatial scale dependency. This study aimed to identify and to assess the delivery patterns of sediment sources within three priority sub-catchments (Sapocaji, Piedade and Minas) located in the downstream portion of the Ipojuca River watershed in Brazil. This research would build on understanding sediment sources in the studied watershed […]

The purpose of this study was to adjust equations that establish relationships between rainfall events with different duration and data from weather stations in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. In this study, the relationships between different duration heavy rainfalls from 13 weather stations of Santa Catarina were analyzed. From series of maximum annual rainfalls, and using the Gumbel-Chow distribution, the maximum rainfall for durations between 5 min and 24 h were estimated considering return periods from 2 to 100 years. The data […]

Knowledge of intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) relationships of rainfall events is extremely important to determine the dimensions of surface drainage structures and soil erosion control. The purpose of this study was to obtain IDF equations of 13 rain gauge stations in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil: Chapecó, Urussanga, Campos Novos, Florianópolis, Lages, Caçador, Itajaí, Itá, Ponte Serrada, Porto União, Videira, Laguna and São Joaquim. The daily rainfall data charts of each station were digitized and then the annual maximum rainfall […]

To design hydraulic structures, a sound estimation of rainfall parameters is necessary, in order to ensure the technical and economical feasibility of the project. Equations to predict intense rainfall are widely used to estimate runoff peak discharge. The difficulty to obtain estimates for sites where no rainfall data are available can be overcome by the interpolation of precipitation data, based on neighboring meteorological stations, through statistical procedures. The objective of this work was to compare the two most accurate statistical […]

The estimate of maximum rainfall intensity is of great concern in agricultural projects such as the use of terraces for erosion control, dams, and soil water drainage. Rainfalls can be characterized by their intensity (mm h-1), duration time (min), and return period (years). One of the analyzed models has been used for estimating the maximum rainfall intensity to be applied in dimensioning such agricultural structures, for a given return period and storm duration. The time of concentration in small watersheds, […]