Two Centuries of Drought History in the Center of Chihuahua, Mexico


Por: Martinez-Sifuentes, Aldo Rafael, Villanueva-Diaz, Jose, Estrada-Avalos, Juan, Trucios-Caciano, Ramon, Carlon-Allende, Teodoro, Castruita-Esparza, Luis Ubaldo

Publicada: 1 jun 2022
Categoría: Forestry

Resumen:
Droughts are a climatic phenomenon with local, regional, and large-scale repercussions. Historical knowledge of droughts generated by modeled data allows the development of more accurate climate reconstructions to propose better approaches for the management of hydric resources. The objective of this research was to evaluate the association of precipitation and temperature with data from the NLDAS-002 to develop a reconstruction of droughts in the center of Chihuahua, Mexico using the SPEI from tree rings. We also identified the influence of ocean-atmospheric phenomena on the reconstructed drought index. The best association among chronologies was obtained with the earlywood band and accumulated seasonal precipitation from November of the previous year to June of the current year (r = 0.82, p < 0.05) and for temperature from January to July (r = -0.81, p < 0.05). The reconstructed drought index extended from 1775 to 2017 (243 years), where seven extreme drought events were identified. We found significant correlations between the reconstructed Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (r = 0.46, p < 0.05), Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (r = -0.34, p < 0.05), Multivariate El Nino Southern Oscillation Index (r = 0.29, p < 0.05), and Southern Oscillation Index (r = -0.22, p < 0.05). The historical reconstruction of hydroclimatology in the center of Chihuahua is important for planning a long-term assessment and for the management of water resources shared by Mexico and the United States.

Filiaciones:
Inst Nacl Invest Forestales Agr & Pecuarias, Ctr Nacl Invest Disciplinaria Relac Agua Suelo Pl, Km 6-5 Margen Derecha Canal Sacramento, Gomez Palacio 35150, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Unidad Michoacan, CONACYT Inst Geofis, Antigua Carretera Patzcuaro 8701, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
Univ Autonoma Chihuahua, Fac Ciencias Agr & Forestales, Km 2-5 Carretera Delicias Rosales, Delicias 33000, Mexico
ISSN: 19994907
Editorial
MDPI AG, POSTFACH, CH-4005 BASEL, SWITZERLAND, Suiza
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 13 Número: 6
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WOS Id: 000817410800001
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