976 resultados para Água superficial
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Forest fires implications in overland flow and soil erosion have been researched for several years. Therefore, is widely known that fires enhance hydrological and geomorphological activity worldwide as also in Mediterranean areas. Soil burn severity has been widely used to describe the impacts of fire on soils, and has being recognized as a decisive factor controlling post-fire erosion rates. However, there is no unique definition of the term and the relationship between soil burn severity and post-fire hydrological and erosion response has not yet been fully established. Few studies have assessed post-fire erosion over multiple years, and the authors are aware of none which assess runoff. Small amount of studies concerning pre-fire management practices were also found. In the case of soil erosion models, the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) and the revised Morgan–Morgan–Finney (MMF) are well-known models, but not much information is available as regards their suitability in predicting post-fire soil erosion in forest soils. The lack of information is even more pronounced as regards post-fire rehabilitation treatments. The aim of the thesis was to perform an extensive research under the post fire hydrologic and erosive response subject. By understanding the effect of burn severity in ecosystems and its implications regarding post fire hydrological and erosive responses worldwide. Test the effect of different pre-fire land management practices (unplowed, downslope plowed and contour plowed) and time-since-fire, in the post fire hydrological and erosive response, between the two most common land uses in Portugal (pine and eucalypt). Assess the performance of two widely-known erosion models (RUSLE and Revised MMF), to predict soil erosion rates during first year following two wildfires of distinctive burn severity. Furthermore, to apply these two models considering different post-fire rehabilitation treatments in an area severely affected by fire. Improve model estimations of post-fire runoff and erosion rates in two different land uses (pine and eucalypt) using the revised MMF. To assess these improvements by comparing estimations and measurements of runoff and erosion, in two recently burned sites, as also with their post fire rehabilitation treatments. Model modifications involved: (1) focusing on intra-annual changes in parameters to incorporate seasonal differences in runoff and erosion; and (2) inclusion of soil water repellency in runoff predictions. Additionally, validate these improvements with the application of the model to other pine and eucalypt sites in Central Portugal. The review and meta-analysis showed that fire occurrence had a significant effect on the hydrological and erosive response. However, this effect was only significantly higher with increasing soil burn severity for inter-rill erosion, and not for runoff. This study furthermore highlighted the incoherencies between existing burn severity classifications, and proposed an unambiguous classification. In the case of the erosion plots with natural rainfall, land use factor affected annual runoff while land management affected both annual runoff and erosion amounts significantly. Time-since-fire had an important effect in erosion amounts among unplowed sites, while for eucalypt sites time affected both annual runoff and erosion amounts. At all studied sites runoff coefficients increase over the four years of monitoring. In the other hand, sediment concentration in the runoff, recorded a decrease during the same period. Reasons for divergence from the classic post-fire recovery model were also explored. Short fire recurrence intervals and forest management practices are viewed as the main reasons for the observed severe and continuing soil degradation. The revised MMF model presented reasonable accuracy in the predictions while the RUSLE clearly overestimated the observed erosion rates. After improvements: the revised model was able to predict first-year post-fire plot-scale runoff and erosion rates for both forest types, these predictions were improved both by the seasonal changes in the model parameters; and by considering the effect of soil water repellency on the runoff, individual seasonal predictions were considered accurate, and the inclusion of the soil water repellency in the model also improved the model at this base. The revised MMF model proved capable of providing a simple set of criteria for management decisions about runoff and erosion mitigation measures in burned areas. The erosion predictions at the validation sites attested both to the robustness of the model and of the calibration parameters, suggesting a potential wider application.
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Este estudo integra-se numa avaliação hidrodinâmica e monitorização microbiológica da qualidade da água da Ria Formosa. A monitorização foi implementada pela DRAOT Algarve com a colaboração da EST, da FCMA e do IST. A metodologia utilizada consiste na aplicação de um modelo matemático para simulação das variáveis hidrodinâmicas e da qualidade da água. Utilizam-se como traçadores os coliformes fecais (CF), considerados indicadores de contaminação fecal pelo Dec-Lei 236/98 de 1 de Agosto, relativo à qualidade de águas do litoral e salobras para fins aquícolas- águas conquícolas. As águas da ria são usadas para cultura de diversas espécies conquícolas de bivalves. Estes são organismos que filtram e retêm no seu interior material particulado existente em suspensão na água tais como os CF entre outros microorganismos presentes na água. Para avaliar a concentração de coliformes nos bivalves e gastrópodes foi desenvolvido um modelo que simula a bioacumulação desta propriedade por parte do bivalve. Da sua aplicação permite classificar a Ria em várias classes conforme o estabelecido no Dec. Lei nº 293/98 de 18 de Setembro.
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Aplica-se uma técnica combinada de amostragem clássica, perfilagem in situ com sonda multiparamétrica e modelação matemática para avaliar a qualidade da água da Ria Formosa como meio receptor dos efluentes das ETAR’s. O sistema de modelação desenvolvido baseia-se num modelo hidrodinâmico que resolve as equações de águas pouco profundas pelo método dos volumes finitos acoplado a um modelo de transporte Lagrangiano para a simulação das plumas microbiológicas. Este sistema é usado como ferramenta de gestão para ensaiar diferentes cenários de descarga com variação da localização do ponto de descarga, analisando o impacto das alternativas no meio receptor.
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Dissertação de Mestrado, Biologia Marinha, Faculdade de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Universidade do Algarve, 2007
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Dissertação mest., Oceanografia, Universidade do Algarve, 2008
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Dissertação mest., Gestão e Conservação da Natureza, Universidade do Algarve, 2008
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Tese de dout., Ciências e Tecnologias do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, 2009
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Dissertação de mest., Recursos Hídricos, 2007, Faculdade de Engenharia de Recursos Naturais, Universidade do Algarve
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Dissertação de mest., Engenharia Biológica, Faculdade de Engenharia e de Recursos Naturais, Univ. do Algarve, 2008
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Tese de dout., Ciências e Tecnologias do Ambiente (Modelação Ambiental), Univ. do Algarve, 1999
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Dissertação de mest., Engenharia de Recursos Hídricos, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Univ. do Algarve, 2010
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Dissertação de mest., Biologia Marinha (Ecologia e Biodiversidade Marinha), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Univ. do Algarve, 2011
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Dissertação de mest., Biologia Marinha, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Univ. do Algarve, 2011
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Dissertação de mest., Engenharia do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Univ. do Algarve, 2012
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A erosão localizada nas fundações de pilares e encontros é uma das causas de rotura em pontes, podendo conduzir a perdas consideráveis de vidas humanas e bens materiais. Para avaliar este tipo de fenómenos, em estruturas existentes ou a construir e ainda estimar os danos provocados pela alteração da secção transversal do leito, é proposta uma metodologia para o estudo hidráulico e sedimentológico. Este estudo foca os níveis atingidos pela cheia, o risco de a obra ser galgada durante o seu tempo de vida útil e a erosão a que esta está sujeita junto dos pilares e encontros.