Multiscale Impacts of Anthropogenic and Climate Changes on Tropical and Mediterranean Hydrology

• Other Authors: Descroix, Luc (Editor), Mahé, Gil (Editor), Laraque, Alain (Editor), Ribolzi, Olivier (Editor), Lacombe, Guillaume (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Africa; rainfall; monthly grids; database; inverse distance weighted; agroforestry; catchment hydrology; humid tropics; hydrological modeling; impact assessment; land-cover change; Montane Southeast Asia; rubber; trend detection; water balance; critical drought; frequency analysis; Mediterranean region; precipitation deficit; Seyhan River basin; spatial drought analysis; standardized precipitation index (SPI); Casiquiare; Orinoco; Amazon; bifurcation; hydro-sedimentary budget; trends; Senegal River Basin; rainfall shift; hydroclimatic variables; streamflow; climate change; data preprocessing; donor selection; drainage area ratio; Euphrates basin; moving average; physical similarity; streamflow estimation; ungauged basins; water salinity; inverse estuaries; West Africa; drought; mangrove; Mono basin; extreme rainfall events; ENSEMBLE; regional climate models; modeling; MUSLE; erosion; solid transport; dam; Bouregreg; Morocco; overland flow; inter-rill erosion; teak tree plantation; understory; broom grass; South-East Asia; land management; soil erosion; flow recession model; discharge forecast; Senegal River; Gambia River; Niger River; hydroclimatology; hydrosedimentology; hydrogeochemical; Congo River Basin; urbanization; impervious area; Cameroon; runoff; Rambla de Algeciras; semi-arid; lake; lakeshores; silting; bank gullies; UAV; LiDAR; DoD; M3C2; Fouta Djallon; water tower; depletion (or recession) coefficient; runoff coefficient; soil water holding capacity; basement; sandstone; Fula society; n/a
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Summary

The atmospheric part of the water cycle is accelerating, affecting hydrological dynamics, especially in tropical and Mediterranean areas, where landscapes, soils and territories are particularly vulnerable to global warming and land use changes. Across four continents and a dozen of different regions or basins, this SI strives to highlight the environmental and societal vulnerabilities and their links with the water cycle. The basins of three of the greatest basins in the world in terms of streamflows-the Amazon River, the Orinoco River and the Congo River-show their unexpected behaviors. This book aims to present past and present status to improve future land and water management.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (372 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-0365-1237-2
9783036512365
9783036512372

Access

Open Access