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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-879-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-879-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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09 Mar 2021
Research article |
| 09 Mar 2021
| 09 Mar 2021
The impact of drought on soil moisture trends across Brazilian biomes
Flavio Lopes Ribeiro
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Disaster Research Center, School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
present address: University of California, Riverside, Department of Environmental Sciences, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521, USA
present address: U.S. Salinity Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 450 West Big Springs Rd., Riverside, CA 92507, USA
Alma Vázquez-Lule
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
Ana Paula Cunha
National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters (CEMADEN), São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
Marcelo Zeri
National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters (CEMADEN), São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
Rodrigo Vargas
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
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The main objective of this paper was to analyze differences in soil moisture responses to drought for each biome of Brazil. For that we used satellite data from the European Space Agency from 2009 to 2015. We found an overall soil moisture decline of −0.5 % yr−1 at the country level and identified the most vulnerable biomes of Brazil. This information is crucial to enhance the national drought early warning system and develop strategies for drought risk reduction and soil moisture conservation.
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