{"title":"Hydrologic Response to land use changes on the catchment scale","authors":"N. Fohrer, S. Haverkamp, K. Eckhardt, H.-G. Frede","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00052-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00052-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Regional land use changes due to European market policy have far reaching consequences for various landscape functions. Among others land use change influences the local water balance. Simulation models are mostly used to analyse the effect of management practices on water quality but they can also be a useful tool to quantify the hydrologic response of a catchment to different land use options. In this study the physically based, continuous time step model SWAT<sub>mod</sub> has been applied within the joint research project SFB 299 at the Giessen University to support the development of sustainable land use concepts. In a first step the model has been calibrated and validated for four mesoscale watersheds with differing land use distributions. Then the model performance for changing land use has been tested in an artificial watershed with a single crop at one time and one underlying soil type to eliminate the complex interactions of natural watersheds. In relation to forest barley produced the strongest response of the water balance components. Finally a case study for the Dietzhölze watershed with two land use scenarios derived with the ProLand model has been carried out. The impact of land use change on the annual water balance was relatively small due to compensating effects in a complex catchment. The decrease of forest due to a grassland bonus amplifies the peak flow rate and thus increases the risk of flooding.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 7","pages":"Pages 577-582"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00052-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91635117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Monitoring based time-prediction of rock falls: Three case-histories","authors":"J Zvelebill , M Moser","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(00)00234-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1909(00)00234-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Three case-histories are aimed to show possibilities how to use results of dilatometric measurements of relative displacements on rock cracks to assess actual rock slope instability and to make time-predictions of a rock fall. The prediction of a collapse of a sandstone rock wall above an international road in the Northern Bohemia was made 2 months beforehand, and the critical 7-days time-window was met with 1-day precision. For an unstable sandstone cliff in the same geographic area, the beginning for the the final phase of a rock fall preparation was foreseen 1 year before. The prognosis of the month entailing immediate rock fall danger was made 5 months beforehand, and then proved using a monitoring method. The time series of a 2 years lasting monitoring enabled the long-time prognosis of rock falling activity from a limestone cliff in Austrian Alps, in 1990. At present time, the prognosis seems to become fulfilled in the next 2 years. These years are making the upper limit of its most probable time window. The needs to improve methods of the medium- and the longtime ranging prognostication to meet the majority of practical demands are briefly discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 2","pages":"Pages 159-167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1909(00)00234-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91637084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Golaz-Cavazzi , P. Etchevers , F. Habets , E. Ledoux , J. Noilhan
{"title":"Comparison of two hydrological simulations of the Rhone basin","authors":"C. Golaz-Cavazzi , P. Etchevers , F. Habets , E. Ledoux , J. Noilhan","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00035-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00035-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The objective of the GEWEX/Rhone project is to develop a regional model of the surface energy and water cycles, coupled with a macroscale hydrological model within the Rhone basin. Two methods have been used: the Standard MODCOU model (SM) and CIRSE. SM computes the water balance with a daily time step using production functions consisting of 3 reservoirs. CIRSE is comprised of the ISBA surface scheme and the detailed CROCUS snow scheme. It solves the energy and water balances with a 5-minute time step. Both methods use the same model for the runoff routing and the water table evolution. This article presents the application of the 2 methods over the French part of the Rhone basin (86500 km2), for the 14-year period August 1981 to July 1995. Both models give satisfying results. SM, which was calibrated over a 3-year period, obtains the best results in terms of daily efficiency. However, the simulated total annual discharge is closer to the observations with CIRSE than with SM. This is due to the representation of the vegetation cycle and probably to a more realistic description of the soil moisture and evaporation in CIRSE.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 5","pages":"Pages 461-466"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00035-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90090224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Paradisi , R. Cesari , F. Mainardi , A. Maurizi , F. Tampieri
{"title":"A generalized Fick's law to describe non-local transport effects","authors":"P. Paradisi , R. Cesari , F. Mainardi , A. Maurizi , F. Tampieri","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00006-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00006-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Fick's law is extensively used as a model for turbulent diffusion processes. It requires separation of scales between those of the process driving the diffusion mechanism and the scale of variation of the mean quantity being diffused. This makes the model unsuitable for the description of non-local transport processes like those occurring in some turbulent flows.</p><p>A generalized Fick's law is proposed using a fractional derivative operator which accounts for non-local phenomena in virtue of its integral nature. This generalization is suggested as a model for two typical phenomena, like those observed in the convective boundary layer (CBL), which cannot be reduced to a local formulation: the inadequacy in the flux-gradient relationship when considering bottom-up dispersion (in particular, the counter-gradient transport) and the vertical drift of the location of the maximum concentration even in the absence of the mean velocity field.</p><p>The solution of the generalized diffusion equation qualitatively reproduces the above described features, supporting the fractional derivative description of turbulent transport in complex flows. A quantitative approach requires extensive investigation in order to deal with the details of real cases.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 4","pages":"Pages 275-279"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00006-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91187975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the urban boundary layer by sodar and tethersonde","authors":"M. Piringer, K. Baumann","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)85001-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)85001-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Austrian city of Graz at the south-eastern edge of the Alps frequently experiences wintertime stagnations during anticyclonic flow conditions, leading to high local concentrations of primary pollutants. This paper compares instrument performance during a representative January stagnation period in 1998 in the Graz region using data obtained from a field experiment that supplemented the routine meteorological network with an array of sodars and tethersondes and a meteorological tower. Although sodars are known to give reliable estimates of the horizontal wind in most cases, direct comparisons to other instruments for verification are still not very frequent. Therefore, the performance of the sodars to detect important modifications to the wind field over Graz will be discussed and compared to that of the tethersondes and the tower.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 11","pages":"Pages 881-885"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)85001-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136905441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of tides and river inputs on suspended sediment transport in the Ria de Aveiro lagoon, Portugal","authors":"J.F. Lopes , J.M. Dias , I. Dekeyser","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00077-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00077-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this work the influence of tides and river inputs on suspended sediment distribution in the Ria de Aveiro, a shallow lagoon situated in the Northwest of Portugal, has been studied. Particular emphasis has been placed on Laranjo Bay, a sub-system of the lagoon from a bio-geophysical point of view. The study is based on both data analysis and sediment transport modelling. Tides are the major factor influencing the hydrodynamics of the lagoon. Their effects are important even at the upper reaches of the different channels, where salinity, temperature and sediment concentrations change during the tidal cycle. Sediment concentration shows both semi-diurnal and fortnightly periodicity. Highest values are found in the northern channels due to erosion induced by high current speeds in shallow areas. Erosion and deposition are the dominant processes determining suspended sediment transport in the lagoon.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 9","pages":"Pages 729-734"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00077-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137441663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A multi-method study of bedload provenance and transport pathways in an estuarine channel","authors":"R.W. Duck, J.S. Rowan, P.A. Jenkins, I. Youngs","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00080-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00080-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Bedload transport pathways and provenance in the upper reaches of the Tay Estuary, Scotland have been investigated using a combination of three methods, analysis of bedform geometry and asymmetry using echo-sounding and side-scan sonar, the ‘McLaren Model’ of deducing sediment transport from grain size distributions and magnetic susceptibility measurements. The 13.5 km long study reach has been shown to be a complex mixing zone in which bedform asymmetry varies both temporally and spatially. Both grain size transport trends and magnetic susceptibility data suggest that the area is dominated by marine derived bedload but, to the south of the main channel axis, the contribution from fluvial input increases. A simple mixing model based on optimised linear programming has shown the relative contribution made to estuary bed sediments from marine and fluvial sources. With increased distance upstream the role of fluvial sources becomes more pronounced peaking at 24%. Together the results clearly illustrate the dominance of marine-derived bedload in the study area.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 9","pages":"Pages 747-752"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00080-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137441666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synoptic and hydrological analysis of a flood event","authors":"L. Ferraris , O. Reale , B. Turato","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00065-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00065-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This is a four-step study to analyze a flood event which occurred over Friuli (north-eastern Italy) during October 1998. The first step is a synoptic analysis, in which the importance of moisture originated in the tropical Atlantic, and carried towards the Mediterranean by the remnants of a former tropical system, is emphasized. The second step analyzes the numerical forecast, as performed by the NCEP Medium range forecast (MRF) global model and by the limited area model called <em>Eta model</em><span><sup>1</sup></span> (<span>Black, 1994</span>; <span>Mesinger, 1984</span>; <span>Mesinger et al., 1988</span>), highlighting the importance of the large scale forcing. The third step involves multifractal modeling (<span>Deidda et al., 1999</span>) on the rainfall forecast for two different simulations. Finally, the hydrological effects over land, produced by the predicted precipitation, are compared with the observed effects. The results suggest the importance of the correct representation of the large scale forcing for the regional models, and the crucial contribution of multifractal modeling to reproduce the spatial variability of the rainfall on a hydrologically significant scale.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 9","pages":"Pages 655-661"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00065-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87449417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of grid size in GIS based flood extent mapping using a 1D flow model","authors":"M.G.F. Werner","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00043-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00043-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Flood hazard in areas adjacent to rivers may be estimated by applying hydrological/hydraulic models to calculate parameters such as flood extent, depth and duration. Using a two-dimensional flow model based on the topography has the drawback that computational requirements are high, making this approach unattractive when applying in, for example, a decision support system. This paper presents a simple GIS based method for assessing the extent and depth of flooding based on water levels calculated using a 1-dimensional flow model and an extended inverse distance interpolation method. Local depressions not directly connected to the river by a continuous water surface are easily removed. The method is demonstrated on a 9 km<sup>2</sup> floodplain area, where the effect of varying grid size on flood extent estimation and evaluation time is investigated. Possible points of improvement as well as future work to assess the accuracy are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 7","pages":"Pages 517-522"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00043-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89874421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hydrologic Response to land use changes on the catchment scale","authors":"N. Fohrer, S. Haverkamp, K. Eckhardt, H. Frede","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00052-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00052-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"56 44","pages":"577-582"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91420570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}