Hydrological calibration and validation of the MGB-IPH model for water resource management in the upper Teles Pires River basin in the Amazon-Cerrado ecotone in Brazil.

ABSTRACT. The upper Teles Pires River basin is located in the Brazilian agriculture frontier in the north of Mato Grosso state and has experienced significant changes in land use and cover, which can cause major changes in its hydrological dynamics. Climatic and hydrologic data are scarce in the region, which poses uncertainties in the decision-making process aiming at the sustainable management of water resources in this strategic area. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of the Large-Scale Distributed Hydrological Model (MGB-IPH) to assess water availability of the upper Teles Pires basin and support water resource management in the Amazon-Cerrado ecotone. The MGB-IPH model was calibrated and validated using data from three streamflow stations available in the basin. In order to verify the model performance, the Nash-Sutcliffe (NS) and the PBIAS statistical parameters were applied. Our results show that, by using the MGB-IPH model with generally available data, the maximum and minimum flow regimes can be successfully assessed in the upper Teles Pires basin. The continuity curves of daily flow simulated by the model showed a good fit with the observed flow. Overall, the results demonstrated the applicability of the MGB-IPH model for water resource assessment and management in the basin

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Main Authors:	OLIVEIRA, R. F. de, ZOLIN, C. A., VICTORIA, D. de C., LOPES, T. R., VENDRUSCULO, L. G., PAULINO, J.
Other Authors:	RIENE FILGUEIRAS DE OLIVEIRA, UFRGS; CORNELIO ALBERTO ZOLIN, CPAMT; DANIEL DE CASTRO VICTORIA, CNPTIA; TARCIO ROCHA LOPES, Esalq/USP; LAURIMAR GONCALVES VENDRUSCULO, CNPTIA; JANAINA PAULINO, UFMT.
Format:	Artigo de periódico biblioteca
Language:	English eng
Published:	2019-01-31
Subjects:	Gestão de recursos hídricos, Simulação hidrológica, Sustentabilidade, Modelo de Grandes Bacias, Water resource management, Hydrologic simulation, Sustainability, Brazilian agriculture frontier, MGB-IPH model, Fronteira Agrícola,
Online Access:	http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1105165 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201800812
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