Classificação de Chuvas Extremas nos Municípios de João Pessoa e Bayeux

Abstract

Extreme precipitation events may be associated with the occurrence of hydrological disasters from flooding and flooding. The planning and management of water resources are essential to cope with such rainfall events and to prevent vulnerable populations from suffering material, social and environmental damage. Given this context, this work aims to classify the maximum precipitation that occurred between 1996 and 2017 in the municipalities of João Pessoa and Bayeux, according to their respective intensities. Three rainfall measurement stations were selected for the mentioned municipalities, and applied in their historical series the Precipitation Maximum Methodology, previously used by Silva (2012), Monteiro (2016) and Calvetti (2006) which consists of defining a rain threshold. and from this create intensity classes for precipitation. Through it it was possible to identify the limits that characterize extreme rainfall for the mentioned municipalities, and thus verify and quantify the main occurrences of extreme rainfall during the analysis period.