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Estimación del tiempo de retardo de la onda de crecida en la cuenca superior del río Uruguay Estimation of the lag of the flood wave in the upper Uruguay basin

Authors: Carlos H. Zotelo; Sergio L. Martín; Inés A. Camilloni;

Estimación del tiempo de retardo de la onda de crecida en la cuenca superior del río Uruguay Estimation of the lag of the flood wave in the upper Uruguay basin

Abstract

El objetivo de este trabajo es realizar una estimación cuantitativa de la cantidad de agua aportada por la precipitación diaria al caudal del río Uruguay y del tiempo de retardo de la onda de crecida en sus diferentes subregiones. Se escogió como área de trabajo a la región superior de la cuenca del río Uruguay comprendida entre 26ºS-32ºS y 48.5ºW- 60.5ºW donde el dominio fue dividido en tres subcuencas (alta, media y baja). El análisis fue realizado para el período 1970-2001. Se empleó la triangulación de Delaunay como variante del método de Polígonos de Thiessen en el cálculo de la precipitación areal. Asimismo se estimó la onda de crecida para cada subregión en función de tormentas seleccionadas. Se determinó que una precipitación importante en la subcuenca alta o media, demoraría alrededor de 8 días en ser detectada en los registros de caudal de Paso de los Libres y 10 días en Salto Grande. A su vez, una lluvia intensa en la subcuenca baja tardaría alrededor de 2 días en ser detectada en los registros de caudal de Salto Grande.The main objective of the present work is the quantitative estimation of the discharge contributed by the daily rainfall to the Uruguay River discharge and the determination of the lag of the flood wave of the precipitation in each region. Due to its characteristics, the upper region of the basin of the Uruguay River comprised between 26ºS- 2ºS and 48.5ºW-60.5ºW was selected for this study where the domain was divided in three different sub-basins: upper, central and lower. The period considered for the present analysis was 1970-2001. A triangulation of Delaunay as a variant of the method of Thiessen Polygons was used in the calculation of the areal rainfall. Then, the flood wave for each sub-basin was calculated based on selected storms. Results show that an intense precipitation event in the upper or central sub-basins has an 8-days lag before its detection in the Paso de los Libres discharge and a 10- days lag in the case of Salto Grande discharge. Likewise, an intense rainfall over the lower sub-basin has a 2-days lag before being noticed in the Salto Grande discharge.

Keywords

Flood wave, Onda de retardo, Meteorology. Climatology, Areal rainfall, Caudal, Uruguay River, Discharge, Río Uruguay, QC851-999, Lag, Precipitación areal

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