Unsolved Problems in Hydrology (UPH) – a Latin American perspective
- 1Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil (pedro.chaffe@ufsc.br)
- 2Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil (rodrigo.paiva@ufrgs.br)
- 3Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil (cvs.fernandes@gmail.com)
- *A full list of authors appears at the end of the abstract
Inspired by the 23 Unsolved Problems in Hydrology – 23 UPH (Blöschl et al., 2019) and the following “23 UPH in Africa” (Ogilvie & Mahé, 2021), we launched the “23 UPH in South America”. Our original aim was to review, identify and aggregate the contributions of the South American community to advancing key unsolved problems in hydrology. After a first round of discussion, we decided to expand the initiative to all Latin America. We initially advertised the initiative in August 2021 by using several mailing lists (e.g., Brazilian Association of Water Resources, AboutHydrology Google Group) and a Google Forms questionnaire. We collected responses from August through September 2021, with participants from 20 countries. Most participants are university professors and researchers with Engineering as the main background. We presented the first report to an audience of 27 in-person and 66 remote attendees at a 1-hour long meeting on November 24th during the XXIV Brazilian Water Resources Symposium. During the discussion, it became clear that we need to adapt the questions considering Latin America particularities, where water systems and their interaction with other components of the Earth and anthropic systems may be unique. We identified possible contributors to all the original 23 UPH and proposed a follow up workshop where each question will be assessed in depth by groups organized according to topics of interest. The discussions will result in a synthesis paper presenting the vision of the Latin America water community. We hope our effort to develop a common research agenda will strengthen the water community in Latin America as well as contribute with hydrological knowledge to the international water community's common problems.
Masato Kobiyama, masato.kobiyama@ufrgs.br, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Franciele Maria Vanelli, franciele.vanelli@ufrgs.br, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Dimaghi Schwamback, dimaghi@usp.br, University of São Paulo, Brazil. ; Ben Livneh, ben.livneh@colorado.edu, University of Colorado Boulder; André Simões Ballarin, andre.ballarin@usp.br, University of São Paulo; Gabriela Chiquito Gesualdo, gabriela.gesualdo@usp.br, University of São Paulo; Alondra Beatriz Alvarez Perez, alondra_920@hotmail.com, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Hugo de Oliveira Fagundes, h.o.fagundes@hotmail.com, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Dirceu Silveira Reis Junior, dirceureis@unb.br, Universidade de Brasília; Rotman A. Criollo Manjarrez, rotmancriollo@gmail.com, Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA) ; Sina Khatami1,2 (sina.khatami@geo.uu.se) 1 Department of Earth Sciences, Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden 2 Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Giuliano Di Baldassarre giuliano.dibaldassarre@geo.uu.se Department of Earth Sciences, Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Artur Paiva Coutinho, arthur.coutinho@ufpe.br, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; Santosh S. Palmate; santoshpalmate@gmail.com; Texas A&M University, USA; Rodrigo Lilla Manzione, lilla.manzione@unesp.br, Biosystems Engineering Department (DEB), School of Sciences and Engineering (FCE), São Paulo State University (UNESP) ; Eduardo Sávio P.R. Martins, Foundation of Meteorology and Water Resources of the State of Ceará (FUNCEME)/Federal University of Ceará (UFC), espr.martins@gmail.com ; Pablo A. Mendoza1,2 Department of Civil Engineering, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Bruno Silva Pereira, brunospereira@alu.ufc.br, Federal University of Ceará (UFC) ; Daniel Andres Rodriguez daniel.andres@coc.ufrj.br; Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering – COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Rua Moniz Aragão Nº 360, Bloco 1 - Ilha do Fundão - Cidade Universitária, CEP: 21941-594, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Iran E. Lima Neto, iran@deha.ufc.br, Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering – DEHA Federal University of Ceará – UFC, Fortaleza, Brazil; Wanderson Luiz-Silva, wanderson@igeo.ufrj.br, Departamento de Meteorologia - Instituto de Geociências - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) ; Alexandre C. Costa, cunhacos@unilab.edu.br, University of International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony (UNILAB), Redenção, Brazil; Daniel Henrique Marco Detzel, detzel@ufpr.br, Universidade Federal do Paraná; Ana Carolina Santos Rocha, asantos@humboldt.org.co; 1 Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Research of Biological Resources, Bogotá D.C., Colombia 2 Red de investigadores en Ecohidrología y Ecohidráulica (REDECOHH) ; Gustavo Antonio Piazza, gustavoapiazza@gmail.com, Secretaria de Estado do Desenvolvimento Econômico Sustentável (SDE), Diretoria de Recursos Hídricos e Saneamento (DRHS), Florianópolis, Brasil ; Franciele Zanandrea, franciele.zanan@gmail.com, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Vinícius Bogo Portal Chagas, vbchagas@gmail.com, Federal University of Santa Catarina. ; Vinícius Kuchinski, eng.vinicius@outlook.com, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Fernando Mainardi Fan, fernando.fan@ufrgs.br, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Rolando Célleri, rolando.celleri@ucuenca.edu.ec, Departamento de Recursos Hídricos y Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador ; Larissa de Castro Ribeiro, larissa.ribeirocr@gmail.com, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Leonardo Rodolfo Paul, leonardorpaul@gmail.com, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Giovanny M. Mosquera, gmosquera@usfq.edu.ec, Instituto Biosfera, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador; Benedito Cláudio da Silva, silvabenedito@unifei.edu.br, Universidade Federal de Itajubá, Brazil; Iporã Brito Possantti, possantti@gmail.com, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Jullian Souza Sone, julliansone@usp.br, University of São Paulo; Ayan Santos Fleischmann, ayan.fleischmann@gmail.com, Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá; Jose F. Rodriguez, jose.rodriguez@newcastle.edu.au, Centre for Water Security and Environmental Sustainability (CEWES) and School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Australia; Patricia M. Saco, patricia.saco@newcastle.edu.au, Centre for Water Security and Environmental Sustainability (CWSES) and School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
How to cite: Chaffe, P. L. B., Paiva, R. C. D., and Fernandes, C. V. S. and the UPH Latin America: Unsolved Problems in Hydrology (UPH) – a Latin American perspective, IAHS-AISH Scientific Assembly 2022, Montpellier, France, 29 May–3 Jun 2022, IAHS2022-602, https://doi.org/10.5194/iahs2022-602, 2022.
