DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-5201-2014
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84918577822
论文题名: Quantification of hydrologic impacts of climate change in a Mediterranean basin in Sardinia, Italy, through high-resolution simulations
作者: Piras M ; , Mascaro G ; , Deidda R ; , Vivoni E ; R
刊名: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
ISSN: 10275606
出版年: 2014
卷: 18, 期: 12 起始页码: 5201
结束页码: 5217
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Agriculture
; Climate models
; Groundwater
; Runoff
; Soil moisture
; Statistical mechanics
; Water resources
; Actual evapotranspiration
; Agricultural activities
; Distributed hydrologic model
; Future climate projections
; High resolution simulations
; Infiltration excess runoffs
; Mean annual precipitation
; Runoff generation mechanisms
; Climate change
; climate change
; climate modeling
; evapotranspiration
; hydrological modeling
; numerical model
; precipitation (climatology)
; resolution
; runoff
; soil water
; temperature effect
; water availability
; water resource
; Italy
; Mediterranean Sea
; Sardinia
英文摘要: Future climate projections robustly indicate that the Mediterranean region will experience a significant decrease of mean annual precipitation and an increase in temperature. These changes are expected to seriously affect the hydrologic regime, with a limitation of water availability and an intensification of hydrologic extremes, and to negatively impact local economies. In this study, we quantify the hydrologic impacts of climate change in the Rio Mannu basin (RMB), an agricultural watershed of 472.5 km2 in Sardinia, Italy. To simulate the wide range of runoff generation mechanisms typical of Mediterranean basins, we adopted a physically based, distributed hydrologic model. The high-resolution forcings in reference and future conditions (30-year records for each period) were provided by four combinations of global and regional climate models, bias-corrected and downscaled in space and time (from ~25 km, 24 h to 5 km, 1 h) through statistical tools. The analysis of the hydrologic model outputs indicates that the RMB is expected to be severely impacted by future climate change. The range of simulations consistently predict (i) a significant diminution of mean annual runoff at the basin outlet, mainly due to a decreasing contribution of the runoff generation mechanisms depending on water available in the soil; (ii) modest variations in mean annual runoff and intensification of mean annual discharge maxima in flatter sub-basins with clay and loamy soils, likely due to a higher occurrence of infiltration excess runoff; (iii) reduction of soil water content and actual evapotranspiration in most areas of the basin; and (iv) a drop in the groundwater table. Results of this study are useful to support the adoption of adaptive strategies for management and planning of agricultural activities and water resources in the region. © Author(s) 2014. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/78038
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作者单位: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale ed Architettura, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy; Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Fisica dell'Atmosfere e dell'Idrosfere, Tolentino, Italy; School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States; School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
Recommended Citation:
Piras M,, Mascaro G,, Deidda R,et al. Quantification of hydrologic impacts of climate change in a Mediterranean basin in Sardinia, Italy, through high-resolution simulations[J]. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,2014-01-01,18(12)