Comparative analysis of climate and topography in Chaco and Oriental, Paraguay

Lemenkova, P.

Автор: Lemenkova Polina
Журнал: Caderno de Geografia
Том: 31
Номер: 66
Год издания: 2021
Издательство: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
Местоположение издательства: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Первая страница: 865
Последняя страница: 888
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5721275
Аннотация: The article reports the issues corresponding to the climate variability and possibility of droughts in spatially distinct regions of Paraguay, the Chaco and the Oriental (Paraná Basin). Based on the GMT scripting approach and high-resolution datasets from the TerraClimate and GEBCO, the study examined the extent of the annual climate and environmental variables over Paraguay in 2020: extreme temperatures, wind speed, precipitation, soil moisture, evapotranspiration, Palmer's Drought Severity Index (PDSI), vapour pressure deficit (VPD) and the topography of the country. The environmental and climate parameters demonstrated spatial variability in the Dry Chaco with notable differences in Gran Chaco and Chaco Boreal, wetlands of Pantanal, and tropical rainforests in east of the Paraguay. Besides climate analysis, technical snippets from the GMT scripts regarding the mapping techniques and data processing were explained and commented. Research results show that actual evapotranspiration reaches maximal values in the Paraná Basin (180 mm/yr), and has peaks along the Pilcomayo river (140-150 mm/yr) which well coincides with the soil moisture; the PDSI values are maximal in Chaco Boreal and Gran Chaco; the temperatures are the highest in the N and NW regions of Paraguay; the highest VPD (over 2.0) corresponds to the Chaco Boreal.
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