Análisis comparativo de índices de sequía para la cuenca del rio Cesar.

Abstract

At present climate change and the various effects it has had on the environment is becoming more and more noticeable, it is a phenomenon that has increased in the last decades, in every part of the world. In Colombia, climate change has had an impact on the diversity of climates that have occurred, generating with it many phenomena that have not only affected Colombia but also the world in general, one of these phenomena is the periods of low water experienced by the different regions and therefore the different basins of the country. With the aforementioned, this project will establish an analysis and characterization of the meteorological and hydrological indices of the Cesar river basin, in order to determine the dry periods of the basin and the influencing factors in this process. The drought indices of a basin influence the hydraulic designs that can be made within the basin or any of its tributaries, because periods of drought affect the behavior of flows that must be taken into account in the calculation and pre-design of each one of the hydraulic works, in Colombia and specifically in the Cesar river, the phenomenon of drought has been persistent, the present work seeks to establish a comparative analysis of these periods.