Avaliação de desastres no Rio Grande do Sul associados a Complexos Convectivos de Mesoescala / Evaluation of Hazards in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Associated with Mesoscale Convective Complexes

Mesoscale Convective Complexes (CCM) are organized clusters of convective clouds, which oftenarrive at Southern Region of Brazil and produce a variety of hazards. This study evaluated hazards associated with CCM events in the Rio Grande do Sul (RS) State, the southernmost of Brazil, betweenOctober a...

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Main Authors: Denilson Ribeiro Viana, Francisco Eliseu Aquino, Viviana Aguilar Muñoz
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Published: Editora da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 2009-08-01
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description Mesoscale Convective Complexes (CCM) are organized clusters of convective clouds, which oftenarrive at Southern Region of Brazil and produce a variety of hazards. This study evaluated hazards associated with CCM events in the Rio Grande do Sul (RS) State, the southernmost of Brazil, betweenOctober and December of 2003. The detection of CCM was done using ForTraCC application –DSA/INPE. Data coming from Defesa Civil do RS (DCRS), the RS civil defense organization, andfrom the archives of Jornal Correio do Povo, a local newspaper, served as source material to evaluatethe hazards on the CCM event occurring days. During the period, 22 CCM events were identifiedover the RS. Based on DCRS reports, 90 incidents were associated with CCM events: strong galesand storms (42), flash floods (21), stream overflows (14), hail and strong gales (5), hail storms (3),swamping (2), floods (2) and earth flows (1). These CCM events caused the death of eleven people,of which six were in RS and the five in San Tomé, on the Argentinean side of the boarder. More than16,500 people were affected by hazards caused by CCM in the RS. Approximately 60% of the municipaldistricts affected requested emergency situation. On average, three to four events producesome type of hazard.
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spelling doaj-art-e424c28d48e046c9bd62139f340bee452025-08-20T02:15:41ZengEditora da Universidade Federal de UberlândiaSociedade & Natureza0103-15701982-45132009-08-0121291105Avaliação de desastres no Rio Grande do Sul associados a Complexos Convectivos de Mesoescala / Evaluation of Hazards in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Associated with Mesoscale Convective ComplexesDenilson Ribeiro VianaFrancisco Eliseu AquinoViviana Aguilar MuñozMesoscale Convective Complexes (CCM) are organized clusters of convective clouds, which oftenarrive at Southern Region of Brazil and produce a variety of hazards. This study evaluated hazards associated with CCM events in the Rio Grande do Sul (RS) State, the southernmost of Brazil, betweenOctober and December of 2003. The detection of CCM was done using ForTraCC application –DSA/INPE. Data coming from Defesa Civil do RS (DCRS), the RS civil defense organization, andfrom the archives of Jornal Correio do Povo, a local newspaper, served as source material to evaluatethe hazards on the CCM event occurring days. During the period, 22 CCM events were identifiedover the RS. Based on DCRS reports, 90 incidents were associated with CCM events: strong galesand storms (42), flash floods (21), stream overflows (14), hail and strong gales (5), hail storms (3),swamping (2), floods (2) and earth flows (1). These CCM events caused the death of eleven people,of which six were in RS and the five in San Tomé, on the Argentinean side of the boarder. More than16,500 people were affected by hazards caused by CCM in the RS. Approximately 60% of the municipaldistricts affected requested emergency situation. On average, three to four events producesome type of hazard.http://www.sociedadenatureza.ig.ufu.br/include/getdoc.php?id=1588&article=490&mode=pdfMesoscale Convective ComplexesRio Grande do SulNatural hazards.
spellingShingle Denilson Ribeiro Viana
Francisco Eliseu Aquino
Viviana Aguilar Muñoz
Avaliação de desastres no Rio Grande do Sul associados a Complexos Convectivos de Mesoescala / Evaluation of Hazards in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Associated with Mesoscale Convective Complexes
Sociedade & Natureza
Mesoscale Convective Complexes
Rio Grande do Sul
Natural hazards.
title Avaliação de desastres no Rio Grande do Sul associados a Complexos Convectivos de Mesoescala / Evaluation of Hazards in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Associated with Mesoscale Convective Complexes
title_full Avaliação de desastres no Rio Grande do Sul associados a Complexos Convectivos de Mesoescala / Evaluation of Hazards in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Associated with Mesoscale Convective Complexes
title_fullStr Avaliação de desastres no Rio Grande do Sul associados a Complexos Convectivos de Mesoescala / Evaluation of Hazards in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Associated with Mesoscale Convective Complexes
title_full_unstemmed Avaliação de desastres no Rio Grande do Sul associados a Complexos Convectivos de Mesoescala / Evaluation of Hazards in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Associated with Mesoscale Convective Complexes
title_short Avaliação de desastres no Rio Grande do Sul associados a Complexos Convectivos de Mesoescala / Evaluation of Hazards in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Associated with Mesoscale Convective Complexes
title_sort avaliacao de desastres no rio grande do sul associados a complexos convectivos de mesoescala evaluation of hazards in rio grande do sul brazil associated with mesoscale convective complexes
topic Mesoscale Convective Complexes
Rio Grande do Sul
Natural hazards.
url http://www.sociedadenatureza.ig.ufu.br/include/getdoc.php?id=1588&article=490&mode=pdf
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