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Assessing the Effect of Climate Oscillations and Land-use Changes on Streamflow in the Central Spanish Pyrenees

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dc.creator Beguería, Santiago
dc.creator López-Moreno, Juan I.
dc.creator Lorente, Adrián
dc.creator Seeger, M.
dc.creator García-Ruiz, José María
dc.date 2008-06-20T13:10:20Z
dc.date 2008-06-20T13:10:20Z
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:44:55Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:44:55Z
dc.identifier Ambio, 32(4): 283—286 (2003)
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/5214
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/5214
dc.description Plans to increase the amount of irrigated land in Mediterranean countries should consider how changes in climate and land-use affect water resources. In this study, both precipitation and temperature were used to analyze regional trends in discharge in the basins of the Central Spanish Pyrenees since the mid-20th century. Annual variations in the relationship between precipitation and discharge suggested that discharge was relatively lower in the second half of the study period, coinciding with major changes in land use. On a monthly scale, precipitation increased significantly in October, April, and July, and decreased in March, and temperature increased in January and February and decreased in April. Nevertheless, discharge has decreased significantly in most months in the past 50 years. Land-use and plant-cover changes are the only nonclimatic factor that can explain the loss of around 30% of the average annual discharge.
dc.description Funding for this research was provided by the following projects: "Water resources management in a changing environment: the impact of sediment in sustainability" (WARMICE, ENV4-CT98-0789), funded by the European Community, and "Assessment of sediment and runoff sources in relation to land-use changes", (HIDROESCALA, REN2000-1709-C04-01/GLO) and "Hydrological processes in semi-natural Mediterranean areas" (PROHISEM, REN2001-2268-C02-01/HID), both funded by CICYT.
dc.description Peer reviewed
dc.format 193239 bytes
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject land use change
dc.subject runoff
dc.subject discharge
dc.subject trend
dc.subject Pyrenees
dc.subject Spain
dc.subject mountain
dc.subject hydrology
dc.title Assessing the Effect of Climate Oscillations and Land-use Changes on Streamflow in the Central Spanish Pyrenees
dc.type Artículo


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