Effect of the Catraia fire on the hydrologic response of the séqua basin

Authors

  • Soraia Almeida
  • Fernando Martins
  • Helena Fernandez
  • Celestina Pedras
  • Elisa Silva
  • Rui Costa
  • Rui Lança

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-7723_23_12

Keywords:

Rainfall, infiltration, hydrographic basin, forest fires, floods

Abstract

The soil use and forest fires have effects on the potential infiltration and consequently on the down-flow floods. The Hydrologic Engineering Center - Hydrologic Modeling System was used for modeling the hydrologic response of the
Séqua basin, on pre-fire and post-fire scenarios, for the Catraia forest fire, Algarve, Portugal. The results show that peak flows could increase by 25% on the sub-basins where the fire effects were more severe.

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Published

2016-11-03

Issue

No. 23 (2016): Risks, Health and Society

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