Spatial variability of the relationships of runoff and sediment yield with weather types throughout the Mediterranean basin

D. Pena-Angulo; E. Nadal-Romero; J. C. Gonzalez-Hidalgo; J. Albaladejo; V. Andreu; V. Bagarello; H. Barhi; R. J. Batalla; S. Bernal; R. Bienes; J. Campo; M. A. Campo-Bescos; A. Canatario-Duarte; Y. Canton; J. Casali; V. Castillo; A. Cerda; Aouatif Cheggour; P. Cid; N. Cortesi; G. Desir; E. Diaz-Pereira; T. Espigares; J. Estrany; M. Fernandez-Raga; C. S. S. Ferreira; V. Ferro; F. Gallarty; R. Gimenez; E. Gimeno; J. A. Gomez; A. Gomez-Gutierrez; H. Gomez-Macpherson; O. Gonzalez-Pelayo; P. Hueso-Gonzalez; O. Kairis; G. P. Karatzas; S. Klotz; C. Kosmas; N. Lana-Renault; T. Lasanta; J. Latron; R. Lazaro; Yves Le Bissonnais; Caroline Le Bouteiller; F. Licciardello; J. A. Lopez-Tarazon; A. Lucia; C. Marin; M.J. Marques; J. Martinez-Fernandez; M. Martinez-Mena; J. F. Martinez-Murillo; L. Mateos; N. Mathys; Luis Merino Martin; M. Moreno-de Las Heras; N. Moustakas; J. M. Nicolau; A. Novara; V. Pampalone; Damien Raclot; M. L. Rodriguez-Blanco; J. Rodrigo-Comino; A. Romero-Diaz; E. Roose; J. L. Rubio; J. D. Ruiz-Sinoga; S. Schnabel; J. M. Senciales-Gonzalez; Vincent Simonneaux; A. Sole-Benet; E. Taguas; M.M. Taboada-Castro; M.T. Taboada-Castro; F. Todisco; X. Ubeda; E. A. Varouchakis; D. Vericat; L. Wittenberg; A. Zabaleta; M. Zorn

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Spatial variability of the relationships of runoff and sediment yield with weather types throughout the Mediterranean basin

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Spatial variability of the relationships of runoff and sediment yield with weather types throughout the Mediterranean basin

D. Pena-Angulo, E. Nadal-Romero, J. C. Gonzalez-Hidalgo, J. Albaladejo, V. Andreu, V. Bagarello, H. Barhi, R. J. Batalla, S. Bernal, R. Bienes, …

Journal of Hydrology, Vol.571, pp.390-405

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.01.059

Abstract

Erosion

Synoptic weather types

Sediment yield

Runoff

Mediterranean basin

EROSION

TRANSPORT SOLIDE

FACTEUR METEOROLOGIQUE

EROSION

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT

Soil degradation by water is a serious environmental problem worldwide, with specific climatic factors being the major causes. We investigated the relationships between synoptic atmospheric patterns (i.e. weather types, WI's) and runoff, erosion and sediment yield throughout the Mediterranean basin by analyzing a large database of natural rainfall events at 68 research sites in 9 countries. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to identify spatial relationships of the different WTs including three hydro-sedimentary variables: rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield (SY, used to refer to both soil erosion measured at plot scale and sediment yield registered at catchment scale). The results indicated 4 spatial classes of rainfall and runoff: (a) northern sites dependent on North (N) and North West (NW) flows; (b) eastern sites dependent on E and NE flows; (c) southern sites dependent on S and SE flows; and, finally, (d) western sites dependent on W and SW flows. Conversely, three spatial classes are identified for SY characterized by: (a) N and NE flows in northern sites (b) E flows in eastern sites, and (c) W and SW flows in western sites. Most of the rainfall, runoff and SY occurred during a small number of daily events, and just a few WTs accounted for large percentages of the total. Our results confirm that characterization by WT improves understanding of the general conditions under which runoff and SY occur, and provides useful information for understanding the spatial variability of runoff, and SY throughout the Mediterranean basin. The approach used here could be useful to aid of the design of regional water management and soil conservation measures.

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Title: Spatial variability of the relationships of runoff and sediment yield with weather types throughout the Mediterranean basin
Creators - without role: D. Pena-Angulo - Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Ambientales (IUCA), Departamento de Geografía
E. Nadal-Romero - Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
J. C. Gonzalez-Hidalgo - Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Ambientales (IUCA), Departamento de Geografía
J. Albaladejo - Soil and Water Conservation Research Group
V. Andreu - Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació
V. Bagarello - Organizzazione per la Tutela Forestale, Ambientale e Agroalimentare
H. Barhi - National Research Institute of Rural Engineering, Water and Forests
R. J. Batalla - Catalan Institute for Water Research
S. Bernal - Integrative Freshwater Ecology Group
R. Bienes - Departamento Investigación Aplicada y Extensión Agraria
J. Campo - Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació
M. A. Campo-Bescos - ISFOOD Institute, Department of Projects and Rural Engineering
A. Canatario-Duarte - School of Agriculture
Y. Canton - Department of Agronomy (Soil Science Area)
J. Casali - ISFOOD Institute, Department of Projects and Rural Engineering
V. Castillo - Soil and Water Conservation Research Group
A. Cerda - Department of Geography, Soil Erosion and Degradation Research Group
Aouatif Cheggour - Cadi Ayyad University
P. Cid - National Institute of Genomic Medicine
N. Cortesi - Department of Earth Sciences
G. Desir - Tierra
E. Diaz-Pereira - Soil and Water Conservation Research Group
T. Espigares - Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Unidad de Ecología
J. Estrany - Department of Geography, Mediterranean Ecogeomorphological and Hydrological Connectivity Research Team (MEDhyCON)
M. Fernandez-Raga - Department of Applied Chemistry and Physics
C. S. S. Ferreira - College of Agriculture, Research Centre for Natural Resources, Environment and Society (CERNAS)
V. Ferro - University of Palermo
F. Gallarty - Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
R. Gimenez - ISFOOD Institute, Department of Projects and Rural Engineering
E. Gimeno - Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació
J. A. Gomez - Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible
A. Gomez-Gutierrez - INTERRA Research Institute
H. Gomez-Macpherson - Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible
O. Gonzalez-Pelayo - Centro de Estudos Ambientais e Marinhos
P. Hueso-Gonzalez - Universidad de Málaga
O. Kairis - Agricultural University of Athens
G. P. Karatzas - School of Environmental Engineering
S. Klotz - Université Grenoble Alpes
C. Kosmas - Agricultural University of Athens
N. Lana-Renault - Dhaka Community Hospital Trust
T. Lasanta - Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
J. Latron - Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
R. Lazaro - Estacion Experimental de Zonas Aridas
Yves Le Bissonnais - Society for Organizational Learning
Caroline Le Bouteiller - Université Grenoble Alpes
F. Licciardello - Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment
J. A. Lopez-Tarazon - University of Potsdam
A. Lucia - Faculty
C. Marin - Tierra
M.J. Marques - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
J. Martinez-Fernandez - Instituto Hispano Luso de Investigaciones Agrarias
M. Martinez-Mena - Soil and Water Conservation Research Group
J. F. Martinez-Murillo - Universidad de Málaga
L. Mateos - Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible
N. Mathys - Université Grenoble Alpes
Luis Merino Martin - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
M. Moreno-de Las Heras - Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
N. Moustakas - Agricultural University of Athens
J. M. Nicolau - Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Ambientales, Escuela Politécnica Superior
A. Novara - Organizzazione per la Tutela Forestale, Ambientale e Agroalimentare
V. Pampalone - Organizzazione per la Tutela Forestale, Ambientale e Agroalimentare
Damien Raclot - Society for Organizational Learning
M. L. Rodriguez-Blanco - Faculty
J. Rodrigo-Comino - Physical Geography
A. Romero-Diaz - Departamento de Geografía
E. Roose - Ecologie fonctionnelle & biogéochimie des sols & des agro-systèmes
J. L. Rubio - Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació
J. D. Ruiz-Sinoga - Physical Geography
S. Schnabel - INTERRA Research Institute
J. M. Senciales-Gonzalez - Universidad de Málaga
Vincent Simonneaux - Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère
A. Sole-Benet - Estacion Experimental de Zonas Aridas
E. Taguas - ETSIAM Campus Rabanales
M.M. Taboada-Castro - Faculty
M.T. Taboada-Castro - Faculty
F. Todisco - Department of Agriculture-Food and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Research Unit
X. Ubeda - Departamento de Geografía, Grup de Recerca Ambiental Mediterrània
E. A. Varouchakis - School of Environmental Engineering
D. Vericat - Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia
L. Wittenberg - University of Nairobi
A. Zabaleta - Science and Technology Faculty, Hydro-Environmental Processes Research Group
M. Zorn - Geodetic Institute of Slovenia
Publication Details: Journal of Hydrology, Vol.571, pp.390-405
Grant note: MINECO-FEDER [CGL2014-52135-C3-3-R, CGL2014-59946-R, CGL2015-65569-R, CGL2015-64284-C2-2-R, PCIN-2017-061/AEI]; Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, MEC [RYC-2013-14371, RYC-2010-06264]; Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports; Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation [SFRH/BPD/120093/2016]; Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral contract from the MEC [IJCI-2015-26463]; Vicenc Mut postdoctoral fellowship from the Autonomous Balearic Government [CAIB PD/038/2016]; Secretariat for Universities and Research of the Department of the Economy and Knowledge of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia [2014 SGR 645]; CERCA Programme; COST action CONNECTEUR [ES1306]
Identifiers: 9963478509311
Academic Unit: Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE; BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-02154366