Title
Spatial Distribution of Droughts in the Titicaca Lake Basin
Other title
Distribuição Espacial das Secas na Bacia do Lago Titicaca
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Sociedade Brasileira de Meteorologia
Abstract
The present research has assessed the spatial distribution of drought risk in the Titicaca Lake Basin located in Peruvian territory for a district scale, based on hazard and vulnerability. Drought hazard has been quantified with the deficit of precipitation using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) for a time scale of 3-months, and the vulnerability has been obtained according to the socio-economic and physical indicators of the Basin. The results show that the drought is strongly modulated by anomalous SST conditions of the surrounding Oceans, mainly by the Pacific region. Over the Titicaca Lake Basin was identified that about 50% of districts present a high to very high risk of drought mainly, in the northwestern, central-east, and central-south of the Basin. These districts have a larger deficit of precipitation and showed indicators that are more vulnerable to the drought hazard due to that economically depends on precarious rainfed agriculture and an extensive and mixed livestock system. Within this area are the most important provinces of the high-Andean region, such as Puno, San Roman, Azángaro, Melgar, and Carabaya, and outstanding districts as Puno and Juliaca, considered the economic capital of the department of Puno.
Start page
289
End page
304
Volume
37
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Meteorología y ciencias atmosféricas
Oceanografía, Hidrología, Recursos hídricos
Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Subjects
Publication version
Version of Record
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85142643968
Source
Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia
ISSN of the container
0102-7786
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología del Perú