EXTREME EVENTS AND FLOOD RISK: AN ANALYSIS OF THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCEEDING OF EASTERLY WAVES DISTURBS IN JUNE 2010 ON THE WATERSHED OF UNA RIVER - PERNAMBUCO

• Autor(a) principal: Alves, Keyla Manuela Alencar da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Cavalcanti, Lucas Costa de Souza, Nóbrega, Ranyére Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: GeoTextos (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/geotextos/article/view/6628
• topic: Natural Hazards; Flood; Easterly waves disturbance; Northeast Brazil; Desastres naturais; Inundação; Distúrbios Ondulatórios de Leste; Nordeste do Brasil

The easterly waves (DOL’s) are disorders of the trade winds, which, in northeastern Brazil, usually are associated with extreme precipitation events. This paper examines the evolutionary pattern of a DOL that hit the state of Pernambuco in June 2010, causing flooding and severe economic losses humans. The clipping chosen for analysis was the Una river basin, which had 11 affected municipalities. The analysis of the event based on the interpretation of images GOES-12 and TRMM. It was found that the analysis of GOES-12 images isolated not produce an effective, however, when combined with more information, come to a concise answer and extremely important for studies related to climate events. To evaluate the vulnerability to flooding of several municipal seats Una river basin, used a kernel density estimator based on the magnitude values of the drainage network. The results indicated that even naturally less vulnerable areas can be seriously affected by the amount precipitated.