Recurrence quantification analysis of São Francisco River flow: hydrological alterations caused by the construction of Sobradinho dam
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Streamflow; Dam; Recurrence plot; Recurrence quantification analysis.Abstract
We investigated how the construction of the Sobradinho dam and reservoir affected the daily streamflow of the São Francisco River, using the method of Recurrence plot (RP) and Recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) which serves to visualize and quantify the recurrences of the states in the phase space of the dynamic system. We analyzed daily streamflow time series recorded in the fluviometric station Juazeiro that is located downstream of the Sobradinho dam, for the periods before (1943-1972) and after (1980-2009) the dam construction. We observed that in the natural regime, before the dam construction, the streamflow dynamics shows characteristics of periodic and quasi-periodic process, indicated by the checkerboard patterns in RP. After the dam construction, streamflow dynamics exhibit sudden changes indicated by white bands in RP, and become less predictable, less complex, and remain s in certain laminar states for shorter periods, indicated by the decrease of the values of RQA parameters.
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