Publications


    Selected Publications:


  • Book chapters:

    Guzha, A. C.; Amorim, R. S.; Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Lamparter, G.; Kovacs, K.; Bertao, N.; Gerold, G. (2014). Impacts of Land Cover and Climate Change on Hydrology and Hydrochemistry in Selected Catchments in Southern Amazonia: Preliminary Analysis and Results. In: G. Gerold; H. F. Junkunst; K. M. Wantzen; R. Schönenberg; R. S. S. Amorim; E. G. Couto; B. Madari; S. Hohnwald. (Org.). Interdisciplinary Analysis and Modeling of Carbon-Optimized Land Management Strategies for Southern Amazonia. 1ed. Goettingen: Universitaetsdrucke Göttingen, v. 1, p. 71-83.

    Junk, W. J.; Piedade, M. T. F.; Lourival, R.; Wittmann, F.; Kandus, P.; Lacerda, L. D.; Bozelli, R. L.; Esteves, F. A.; Nunes da Cunha, C.; Maltchik, L.; Schöngart, J.; Schaeffer-Novelli, Y.; Agostinho, A. A.; Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Camargo, E. (2014). Definição e Classificação das Áreas Úmidas (AUs) Brasileiras: Base Científica para uma Nova Política de Proteção e Manejo Sustentável. In: Cunha, C. N.; Piedade, M. T. F.; Junk, W. J. (Org.). Classificação e Delineamento das Áreas Úmidas Brasileiras e de seus Macrohabitats. 1ed.Cuiabá: EdUFMT, v. 1, p. 1-156.

    Ceballos, B. S. O.; Xavier, R. P.; Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Galvão, C. O. (2014). Qualidade e manejo da água da chuva na zona rural: considerações sobre o P1MC. In: Arthur Mattos; Karen Maria da Costa Mattos. (Org.). Projeto MEVEMUC - Monitoramento da Evaporação e as Mudanças Climáticas. 1ed.Natal: Editora Moura Ramos Gráfica, v. 1, p. 71-90.

    Nóbrega, R. L. B et al. Rainwater for domestic purposes. (2011). In: Galvao, C. O.; Cirilo, J. A.; Cabral, J. J. S. P.; Medeiros, M. G. A. (Org.). Water resources for living with the Seminar: approaches to the semi-arid by researchers from Brazil, Portugal, Cape Verde, United States and Argentina. 1 ed. Porto Alegre: ABRH, v. 1, p. 373-390 (in Portuguese).


  • Peer-reviewed:

    Nóbrega RLB, Guzha AC, Torres GN, Kovacs K, Lamparter G, Amorim RSS, et al. (2017) Effects of conversion of native cerrado vegetation to pasture on soil hydro-physical properties, evapotranspiration and streamflow on the Amazonian agricultural frontier. PLoS ONE 12(6): e0179414. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179414

    Lamparter, G., Nóbrega, R. L. B., Kovacs, K., Amorim, R. S., & Gerold, G. (2016). Modelling hydrological impacts of agricultural expansion in two macro-catchments in Southern Amazonia, Brazil. Regional Environmental Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-016-1015-2

    Andrade, T. S.; Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Ribeiro Neto, A.; Galvão, C. O. (2015). Adaption strategies and risk management: the Rainwater systems case in the Brazilian Semi-arid. ClimaCom Cultura Científica, v. 2, p. 1111.

    Guzha, A. C., Nobrega, R. L. B., Kovacs, K., Rebola-Lichtenberg, J., Amorim, R. S. S. and Gerold, G. (2015). Characterizing rainfall-runoff signatures from micro-catchments with contrasting land cover characteristics in Southern Amazonia, Hydrol. Process., 29(4), 508?521, doi:10.1002/hyp.10161, 2015.

    Guzha, A. C., Nobrega, R., Santos, C. A. G. and Gerold, G.: Investigating discharge and rainfall variability in an Amazonian watershed: Do any trends exist?, vol. 15, p. 2013., 2013.

    Nóbrega, R. L .B.; Galvao, C.O.; Ceballos, B. S. O.; Palmier, L. R. (2012) Political and institutional aspects on the use of rainwater in rural areas of Brazilian Semi-arid. Brazilian Journal of Water Resources, v. 17, n. 4 (in Portuguese).

    Souza, S.; Montenegro, S. M. G. L.; Santos, S. M.; Pessoa, S. G. S.; Nóbrega, R. L. B. (2011) Evaluation of water quality and the effectiveness of sanitary barriers for the rainwater use. Brazilian Journal of Water Resources, v. 16, p. 81-93 (in Portuguese).

    Galvao, C. O.; Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Brasileiro, F. V.; Araujo, E. C. (2009). An e-Science plataform for collaborative generation of knowledge in hydrology, hydrogeology and water resources - IAHS-AISH Publication 331, 500-504.


  • Full papers in Conference Proceedings:

    Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Fernandes, R. O.; Galvão, C. O. (2014). Water balance sensitivity analysis for Rainwater harvesting systems in the Brazilian Semi-arid, in the Proceedings of the 9 Simpósio Brasileiro de Captação e Manejo de Água de Chuva, 2014, Feira de Santana (in Portuguese).

    Guzha, A. C., Nóbrega, R., Kovacs, K., Amorim, R. S. S. and Gerold, G. (2013) Quantifying impacts of agro-industrial expansion in Mato Grosso, Brazil, on watershed hydrology using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model, in Proceedings of the 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Adelaide, Australia, 1-6 December, pp. 1833-1839.

    Galvao, C.O.; Oishi, S.; Nóbrega, R.L.B.; Dantas, M.S. (2011). Rainwater Catchment Systems under Climate Change: an Assessment of Brazilian and Japanese Cases. 34th IAHR World Congress, Brisbane, Australia.

    Palmier, L. R.; Nóbrega, R. L. B. (2010). Challenges for upgrading rainfed agriculture using water harvesting techniques in the Brazilian semi-arid region. International Conference ?Arid and Semi-Arid development through Water Augmentation?, UNESCO, Technical documents of the IHP-LAC, N° 31., Valparaíso, Chile.

    Palmier, L. R.; Nóbrega, R. L. B. (2010). The state-of-the-art in the cost-efficiency use of water harvesting techniques in agriculture. Integrated Water Resources Management Karlsruhe 2010, Karlsruhe: KIT Scientific Publishing, p. 65-70, Germany.

    Fernandes, R. O.; Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Galvao, C. O. (2008). Impact of global climate change on evaporation from a reservoir in the Brazilian semi-arid. In: IX Conference of Water Resources in the Northeastern Brazil, Salvador, Brazil (in Portuguese).

  • Abstracts proceedings:

    Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Lamparter, G.; Guzha, A.; Kovacs, K.; Amorim, R. S. S.; Gerold, G. Quantifying hydrological impacts of land-use change in the Southern Amazon at different spatial scales. In: 7th International Water Resources Management Conference of ICWRS, Bochum, 2016.

    Schultze, N.; Schindewolf, M.; Lamparter, G.; Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Amorim, R. S. S.; Schmidt, J. . Validation of the EROSION 3D model on micro-catchment scale in Mato Grosso/Brazil. (2015). In the Proceedings of European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, Vienna.

    Ziembowicz, T.; Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Amorim, R. S. S.; Gerold, G. (2015). The role of the Riparian Zone as Ecohydrological Control for the Environment Quality in Brazilian Cerrado Agricultural Zone. In the Proceedings of the 5th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Hydrology and Ecology, 2015, Vienna.

    Lamparter, G.; Kovacs, K.; Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Gerold, G. (2015). Application of the land use update function in the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) for two macro-catchments at the Amazonian agricultural frontier in Brazil. In the proceedings of the International Soil & Water Assessment Tool Conference, p. 65, Sardinia.

    Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Guzha, A.; Lamparter, G.; Kovacs, K.; Gerold, G. (2015). Spatial variability of rainfall and its correlation with discharge in five micro-catchments in the Southern Amazon. In the proceedings of the 26th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), Prague.

    Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Guzha, A.; Freire, P.; Santos, C. A. G.; Gerold, G. (2013). Understanding the relationship between rainfall and river discharge: trends in an Amazonian watershed. In the Geophysical Research Abstracts (EGU General Assembly 2013), v. 15, Vienna.

    Guzha, A.; Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Gerold, G. (2013). Investigation of the hydrological controls of rainfall runoff responses for selected micro catchments in Southern Amazonia, Brazil. In the Proceedings of the Biohydrology Conference, Landau.

    Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Galvão, C. O.; Palmier, L. R.; Ceballos, B. S. O. (2013). Are the water resources problems in semi-arid regions really a structural issue? Lessons learned from Brazil. In the Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research, Koblenz.

    Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Correia, A.; Galvão, C. O. (2010). Rainwater Harvesting Technology and Policies in Semiarid Regions -- Paraiba (Northeastern Brazil) and Texas (Southwestern United States) Case Study. In the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference: Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-arid Regions, Fortaleza.

    Palmier, L. R.; Nóbrega, R. L. B. (2010). The use of roof catchments and cisterns for domestic supply in Brazil. In the Proceedings of the Arid and Semi Arid Development through Water Augmentation, Valparaiso, Chile.

    Carvalho, M.; Araujo, E. C.; Fernandes, R. O.; Nóbrega, R. L. B. (2008). Producing and sharing regional weather forecast data for e-Science applications. In the Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on e-Science, Indianapolis.


  • Selected presentations:

    Nóbrega, R. L. B.; Lamparter, L.; Guzha, A.; Amorim, R. S. S.; Couto, E.; Gerold, G. Hydrological research in the Cerrado and Amazon biomes: recent results from a Brazilian-German research cooperation. Water Research Horizon Conference, Dessau, Germany, 2016 (invited).

    An overview of the development of urban rainwater harvesting systems in Brazil. (2011). International Workshop on Urban Rainwater Management, Paris, France.

    The state-of-the-art in the cost-efficiency use of water harvesting techniques in agriculture. (2010) IWRM Karlsruhe, Germany.

    An e-Science plataform for collaborative generation of knowledge in hydrology, hydrogeology and water resources. (2009). 8th International Association of Hydrological Sciences Scientific Assembly & 37th IAH Congress, Hyderabad, India.