Simulating the hydrological response of a closed catchment-lake system to recent climate and land-use changes in semi-arid Mediterranean environment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 517, Issue , 2014, Pages 732-745

  Niedda, Marcello ^a   Pirastru, Mario ^a   Castellini, Mirko ^a   Giadrossich, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate changes; Deforestation; Energy budget method; Lake water balance; Mediterranean climate; Physically based hydrological model

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION;

ENERGY BUDGET METHODS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAKE WATER BALANCE; LAND-USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SEMI ARID;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENERGY BUDGET; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAKE LEVEL; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND; STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET; WATER YIELD;

EID: 84904410897     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Adrian R., OReilly C.M., Zagarese H., Baines S.B., Hessen D.O., Keller W., et al. Lakes as sentinels of climate change. Limnol. Oceanogr. 2009, 54:2283-2297.
2. Agnese C., Bagarello V., Baiamonte G., Iovino M. Comparing physical quality of forest and pasture soils in a Sicilian watershed. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 2011, 75:1958-1970.
3. Alaoui A., Caduff U., Gerke H.H., Weingartner R. Preferential flow effects on infiltration and runoff in grassland and forest soils. Vadose Zone J. 2011, 10:367-377.
4. Allen, R.G., Pereira, L.S., Raes, D., Smith, M., 1998. Crop Evapotranspiration: Guidelines for Computing Crop Requirements. FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper No. 56, Rome, Italy, p. 300.
5. Bagarello V., Baiamonte G., Castellini M., Di Prima S., Iovino M. A comparison between the single ring pressure infiltrometer and simplified falling head techniques. Hydrol. Process. 2013, 10.1002/hyp.9980.
6. Barkhordarian A., von Storch H., Bhend J. The expectation of future precipitation change over the Mediterranean region is different from what we observe. Clim. Dyn. 2013, 40:225-244.
7. Brown A.E., Zhang L., McMahon T.A., Western A.W., Vertessy R.A. A review of paired catchment studies for determining changes in water yield resulting from alterations in vegetation. J. Hydrol. 2005, 310:28-61.
8. Buffoni L., Maugeri M., Nanni T. Precipitation in Italy from 1833 to 1996. Theoret. Appl. Climatol. 1999, 63:33-40.
9. Canto´n Y., Sole´-Benet A., De Vente J., Boix-Fayos C., Calvo-Cases A., Asensio C., Puigdefa´bregas J. A review of runoff generation and soil erosion across scales in semiarid south-eastern Spain. J. Arid Environ. 2011, 75:1254-1261.
10. Castellini M., Niedda M., Pirastru M., Ventrella D. Temporal changes of soil physical quality under two residue management systems. Soil Use Manage. 2014, 10.1111/sum.12137.
11. Celik I. Land-use effects on organic matter and physical properties of soil in a southern Mediterranean highland of Turkey. Soil Tillage Res. 2005, 83:270-277.
12. Cognard-Plancq A.L., Marc V., Didon-Lescot J.F., Normand M. The role of forest cover on streamflow down sub-Mediterranean mountain watersheds: a modelling approach. J. Hydrol. 2001, 254:229-243.
13. De Moraes J.M., Schuler A.E., Dunne T., Figueiredo R.D.O., Victoria R.L. Water storage and runoff processes in plinthic soils under forest and pasture in Eastern Amazonia. Hydrol. Process. 2006, 20:2509-2526.
14. Dickinson R.E., Henderson-Sellers A., Rosenzweig C., Sellers P.J. Evapotranspiration models with canopy resistance for use in climate models, a review. Agric. For. Meteorol. 1991, 54:373-388.
15. D'Odorico P., Bhattachan A., Davis K., Ravi S., Runyan C. Global desertification: drivers and feedbacks. Adv. Water Resour. 2013, 51:326-344.
16. Elfert S., Bormann H. Simulated impact of past and possible future land use changes on the hydrological response of the Northern German lowland 'Hunte' catchment. J. Hydrol. 2010, 383:245-255.
17. Esteban-Parra M.J., Rodrigo F.S., Castro-Diez Y. Spatial and temporal patterns of precipitation in Spain for the period 1880-1992. Int. J. Climatol. 1998, 18:1557-1574.
18. Gao X., Pal J.S., Giorgi F. Projected changes in mean and extreme precipitation over the Mediterranean region from high resolution double nested RCM simulations. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2006, 33:L03706.
19. Germer S., Neill C., Krusche A.V., Elsenbeer H. Influence of land-use change on near-surface hydrological processes: undisturbed forest to pasture. J. Hydrol. 2010, 380:473-480.
20. Gibelin A.L., De´que´ M. Anthropogenic climate change over the Mediterranean region simulated by a global variable resolution model. Clim. Dyn. 2003, 20:327-339.
21. Giorgi F. Variability and trends of sub-continental scale surface climate in the twentieth century. Part I: observations. Clim. Dyn. 2002, 18:675-691.
22. Giorgi F. Climate change Hot-Spots. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2006, 33:L08707.
23. Giorgi F., Lionello P. Climate change projections for the Mediterranean region. Global Planet. Change 2008, 63:90-104.
24. Gonzalez-Sosa E., Braud I., Dehotin J., Lassabate`re L., Angulo-Jaramillo R., Lagouy M., Branger F., Jacqueminet C., Kermadi S., Michel K. Impact of land use on the hydraulic properties of the topsoil in a small French catchment. Hydrol. Process. 2010, 24:2382-2399.
25. Gratani L., Bombelli A., Covone F. Variation in shrub structure and species co-occurrence in the Mediterranean maquis. J. Mediterranean Ecol. 2003, 4:31-38.
26. Guo H., Hu Q., Jiang T. Annual and seasonal streamflow responses to climate and land-cover changes in the Poyang Lake basin, China. J. Hydrol. 2008, 355:106-122.
27. Hartmann D.L. Global Physical Climatology 1994, vol. 56. Academic Press.
28. Legesse D., Vallet-Coulomb C., Gasse F. Hydrological response of a catchment to climate and land use changes in Tropical Africa: case study South Central Ethiopia. J. Hydrol. 2003, 275:67-85.
29. Legesse D., Vallet-Coulomb C., Gasse F. Analysis of the hydrological response of a tropical terminal lake, Lake Abiyata (Main Ethiopian Rift Valley) to changes in climate and human activities. Hydrol. Process. 2004, 18:487-504.
30. Lenters J.D., Kratz T.K., Bowser C.J. Effects of climate variability on lake evaporation: results from a long-term energy budget study of Sparkling Lake, northern Wisconsin (USA). J. Hydrol. 2005, 308:168-195. 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.10.028.
31. Li Z., Liu W.Z., Zhang X.C., Zheng F.L. Impacts of land use change and climate variability on hydrology in an agricultural catchment on the Loess Plateau of China. J. Hydrol. 2009, 377:35-42.
32. Llorens P., Domingo F. Rainfall partitioning by vegetation under Mediterranean conditions. A review of studies in Europe. J. Hydrol. 2007, 335:37-54.
33. Mariotti A. Recent changes in the Mediterranean water cycle: a pathway toward long-term regional hydroclimatic change?. J. Clim. 2010, 23:1513-1525.
34. McKinnon K.A., Stine A.R., Huybers P. The spatial structure of the annual cycle in surface temperature: amplitude, phase, and Lagrangian history. J. Clim. 2013, 26:7852-7862.
35. Nash J.E., Sutcliffe J.E. River flow forecasting through conceptual models, Part I - a discussion of principles. J. Hydrol. 1970, 10:282-290.
36. Niedda M. Simulation of ground-water flow in steep basin with shallow surface soil. J. Hydraul. Eng. 2000, 126:670-678.
37. Niedda M. Upscaling hydraulic conductivity by means of entropy of terrain curvature representation. Water Resour. Res. 2004, 40:W04206. 10.1029/2003WR002721.
38. Niedda M., Greppi M. Tidal, seiche and wind dynamics in a small lagoon in the Mediterranean Sea. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 2007, 74(1):21-30.
39. Niedda M., Pirastru M. Hydrological processes of a closed catchment-lake system in a semi-arid Mediterranean environment. Hydrol. Process. 2013, 27:3617-3626. 10.1002/hyp.9478.
40. Niedda M., Pirastru M. Field investigation and modelling of coupled stream discharge and shallow water-table dynamics in a small Mediterranean catchment (Sardinia). Hydrol. Process. 2013, 10.1002/hyp.10016.
41. Niehoff D., Fritsch U., Bronstert A. Land-use impacts on storm-runoff generation: scenarios of land-use change and simulation of hydrological response in a meso-scale catchment in SW-Germany. J. Hydrol. 2002, 267:80-93.
42. Paraskevopoulos S.P., Iatrou G.D., Pantis J.D. Plant growth strategies in evergreen-sclerophyllous shrublands (Maquis) in central Greece. Vegetation 1994, 115:109-114.
43. Pirastru M., Niedda M. Field monitoring and dual permeability modelling of water flow through unsaturated calcareous rocks. J. Hydrol. 2010, 392:40-53.
44. Pirastru M., Niedda M. Evaluation of the soil water balance in an alluvial flood plain with a shallow groundwater table. Hydrol. Sci. J. 2013, 58(4):898-911.
45. Pirastru M., Castellini M., Giadrossich F., Niedda M. Comparing the hydraulic properties of forested and grassed soils on an experimental hillslope in a Mediterranean environment. Proc. Environ. Sci. 2013, 19:341-350.
46. Reynolds, W.D., Elrick D.E., Youngs, E.G., 2002. Ring or cylinder infiltrometers (vadose zone). In: Dane, J.H., Topp, G.C. (Eds.), Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 4, Physical Methods, SSSA Book Series, No. 5. Soil Sci. Soc. Am., pp. 818-820.
47. Rockefeller S.L., McDaniel P.A., Falen A.L. Perched water table responses to forest clearing in northern Idaho. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 2004, 68:168-174.
48. Shanahan T.M., Overpeck J.T., Sharp W.E., Scholz C.A., Arko J.A. Simulating the response of a closed basin lake to recent climate changes in tropical West Africa (Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana). Hydrol. Process. 2007, 21:1678-1691.
49. Shen H.W., Julien P.Y. Erosion and sediment transport. Handbook of Hydrology 1992, 12.1-12.61. McGraw-Hill, New York. D.R. Maidment (Ed.).
50. Spano D., Snyder R.L., Sirca C., Duce P. ECOWAT-a model for ecosystem evapotranspiration estimation. Agric. For. Meteorol. 2009, 149:1584-1596.
51. Tomozeiu R., Lazzeri M., Cacciamani C. Precipitation fluctuations during the winter season from 1960 to 1995 over Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Theoret. Appl. Climatol. 2002, 72:221-229.
52. UNCCD, 1994. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 58 pp.
53. Vallet-Coulomb C., Legesse D., Gasse F., Travi Y., Chernet T. Lake evaporation estimates in tropical Africa from limited meteorological data. J. Hydrol. 2001, 245:1-18. 10.1016/S0022-1694(01)00341-9.
54. Wang L., D'Odorico P., Evans J.P., Eldridge D.J., McCabe M.F., Caylor K.K., King E.G. Dryland ecohydrology and climate change: critical issues and technical advances. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 2012, 16:2585-2603.
55. Williamson C.E., Saros J.E., Schindler D.W. Sentinels of change. Science 2009, 323(5916):887-888.
56. Williamson C.E., Saros J.E., Vincent W.F., Smol J.P. Lakes and reservoirs as sentinels, integrators, and regulators of climate change. Limnol. Oceanogr. 2009, 54(6):2273-2282.
57. Xoplaki E., Gonzalez-Rouco J.F., Luterbacher J.U., Wanner H. Wet season Mediterranean precipitation variability: influence of large-scale dynamics and trends. Clim. Dyn. 2004, 23:63-78.
58. Xu L., Baldocchi D.D. Seasonal variation in carbon dioxide exchange over a Mediterranean annual grassland in California. Agric. For. Meteorol. 2004, 123:79-96.
59. Xu X., Scanlon B.R., Schilling K., Sun A. Relative importance of climate and land surface changes on hydrologic changes in the US Midwest since the 1930s: Implications for biofuel production. J. Hydrol. 2013, 497:110-120.