标题：Rainfall uncertainty and water availability: Elements for planning water allocation to users in irrigation districts of Mexico. Study case: Irrigation District 041, Yaqui River
摘要：The aim of this work is to present a protocol for analyzing readily available climatic and hydrological information on watersheds, in order to achieve a rational planning of irrigation water allocation under rainfall uncertainty conditions. We present as case study the Yaqui River watershed and Irrigation District (ID) No. 041 in the state of Sonora, Mexico. The watershed is divided into three sub-watersheds that drain into three reservoirs. Our findings indicate a strong dependence of water availability on the reservoirs, conditioned by El Niño phenomenon. In addition, rainfall-runoff relationships indicate the capability to produce a runoff for each sub-watershed and the differentiated impact of El Niño. The three sub-watersheds require about the same amount of antecedent rainfall for initiating the runoff (5 mm). A standardized precipitation index (SPI).
