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Summer drought in the el cielo biosphere reserve and its environment, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Cuadernos de Geografia: Revista Colombiana de Geografia, ISSN: 2256-5442, Vol: 27, Issue: 1, Page: 146-163
2018
  • 4
    Citations
  • 763
    Usage
  • 17
    Captures
  • 0
    Mentions
  • 47
    Social Media
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  • Citations
    4
    • Citation Indexes
      4
  • Usage
    763
  • Captures
    17
  • Social Media
    47
    • Shares, Likes & Comments
      47
      • Facebook
        47

Article Description

The study evaluated the intensity and frequency of droughts in the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve and compared their inter-annual variability using monthly rainfall records between 1922 and 2012. Droughts were quantified as the relative decrease of the monthly precipitation polygon during the rainy season. 86% of the summers analyzed by considering eleven stations featured droughts. The intensity of the drought was low in 55.6% of those summers, medium in 23.1%, and severe in 57%. The droughts have a cyclic behavior, with periods of nine years: they begin with low intensity, increase to medium or severe intensity, and then decrease to low. Trend analysis does not show an increase the phenomenon.

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