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HS2.1.6 | Advances in Latin America Hydrology: Insights into Diverse Hydrological Systems
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Advances in Latin America Hydrology: Insights into Diverse Hydrological Systems
Convener: Pedro Luiz Borges Chaffe | Co-conveners: Mariana Madruga de Brito, James McPhee, Rodrigo Cauduro Dias de Paiva, Graciela Herrera Zamarrón
Latin America is home to unique hydrological systems with some of the largest basins in the world. The combination of diverse climates, biomes, and ecosystems with rapidly growing human footprints caused by urbanization, population growth, and land use changes, among others, makes it necessary and urgent to explore hydrological knowledge at the interface of science, policy, and practice in water resources.
This session welcomes both theoretical and case study applications that consider observation and/or modelling to study hydrological processes and the possible effects of social and environmental changes such as deforestation, agricultural practices, climate variability and change, and pollution on water resources systems. We will explore advances in the science of hydrology at regional, national and continental scales in Latin America.
Aligned with the IAHS Scientific Decade HELPING (Hydrology Engaging Local People IN one Global world), we especially welcome contributions that: (1) investigate interactions of water resources across different spatial scales, (2) provide holistic solutions for water security, (3) engage with hydrological knowledge co-creation.
We want to discuss how science could improve operational hydrology, how practical problems can inform important scientific questions, and the skills and tools necessary for translating hydrological research into operation and decision-making in managing water resources systems of Latin America.