{"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":"The use of decision support tools in participatory river basin management","authors":"M. Welp","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00046-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00046-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There are growing demands for effective public participation in river basin management. These are posed among others by the proposed EU Water Framework Directive as well as international conventions and policy documents. The demands will raise a need for guidance on exactly how the public is to be involved. In public participation ‘decision support tools’ (DST) and integrated modelling can have a role to play. Many computer tools not only can serve as tools for analysis for experts, but also as vehicles for communication, training, forecasting and experimentation. Illustrated by selected examples of software a range of tools and their potential applications are presented. Essential for the added-value of computer tools in stakeholder participation, in comparison to other methods like expert presentations, fact sheets, etc., is the way they are used. Lessons can be drawn from projects where computer tools were used in other policy areas. Within an European research project on energy and climate policy (ULYSSES) integrated models on global climate change were used in integrated assessment (IA) focus groups. A web-based tutorial for the use of computer models was developed. It gives guidelines for the design and setup of participatory arrangements in conjunction with computer models. Besides procedural recommendations lessons can be drawn concerning the kind of output the tools should provide and the early involvement of users is modelling and software development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 7","pages":"Pages 535-539"},"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)00046-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91605981","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}
F. Dunkerley , J. Moreno , T. Mikkelsen , I.H. Griffiths
{"title":"LINCOM wind flow model: application to complex terrain with thermal stratification","authors":"F. Dunkerley , J. Moreno , T. Mikkelsen , I.H. Griffiths","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00095-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00095-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>LINCOM is a fast linearised and spectral wind flow model for use over hilly terrain. It is designed to rapidly generate mean wind field predictions which provide input to atmospheric dispersion models and wind engineering applications. The thermal module, LINCOM-T, has recently been improved to provide reasonably robust results over a range of stability conditions. The results predicted for idealised terrain only are presented here. Meteorological data used to initialise the model are normally obtained from measurements or from outputs from larger scale numerical models. These standard data types have therefore been used to calculate the meteorological parameters required by LINCOM-T. The effect of the formulation of these parameters on the perturbed velocity field has been investigated in detail.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 10","pages":"Pages 839-842"},"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)00095-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76956445","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":"Density fronts: Sieves in the estuarine sediment transfer system?","authors":"A.D. Reeves, R.W. Duck","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)85020-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)85020-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sharply defined water density gradients (due principally to salinity contrasts but also to temperature effects) and velocity gradients occur both longitudinally and transversely in many estuaries. These gradients are related to frontal systems (fronts) which, at the water surface, are typically manifest as lines or bands of foam, floating debris or distinct changes in the colour and transparency of the water. Fronts, which form by several mechanisms, including tidal intrusion, axial convergence, advective flow and flow separation, acts as temporary barriers, serve to inhibit exchange of water masses and to entrap fine particulate materials. It is suggested that, in terms of suspended sediment transport through and within estuaries that are characterized by fronts, such features should be considered as “sieves” in the estuarine sediment transfer system. Where characterised by many fronts, an estuary as a whole should most appropriately be considered as a complex of sieves, which collectively create a dynamic “sieve regime”.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 1","pages":"Pages 89-92"},"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)85020-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78658510","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}
{"title":"Transition mechanism of debris flows over rigid bed to over erodible bed","authors":"S Egashira , T Itoh , H Takeuchi","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(00)00235-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1909(00)00235-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In debris flows over erodible beds, the kinematic conditions at the bed surface, such as velocity and velocity gradient, are determined by the dynamic condition that the driving force must be equal to the yield stress at the bed surface. In debris flows over rigid beds, on the other hand, kinematic quantities depend on such conditions as bed slope, sediment discharge rate, static friction angle of sediment and friction angle of grain to the bed surface. In the present study, the differences between debris flows over erodible and rigid beds as well as the transition between the two are analyzed theoretically by solving for velocity and sediment concentration profiles. An important difference between the two lies in the shear stress distributions near the bed. The velocity gradient takes a finite value in the case of a rigid bed, and zero in the case of an erodible bed, which causes several different features in the profiles of velocity, and sediment concentration, and correspondingly in the flow resistance. The theoretical results are verified by flume data.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 2","pages":"Pages 169-174"},"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)00235-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91637086","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":"Fluid exchange between a recirculation region and the perturbed external flow","authors":"C. Piccolo, R. Arina, C. Cancelli","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00005-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00005-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We present numerical simulations of incompressible, two-dimensional, unsteady flow over a backward facing step. The velocity field is made time-dependent through a vortical perturbation of given amplitude and frequency imposed upstream of the step. On being convected downstream by the flow, the perturbation interacts with the detached shear layer and causes the recirculating flow to periodically shed large-scale vortices. By means of Lagrangian tracers we study the fluid exchange between the recirculation region and the incoming flow. The numerical experiments have application to processes of enviromental relevance, i.e. the trapping of a pollutant within a recirculating structure and its release, which may be found in the lee side of a sharp crest, such as a row of hills laid across the wind.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 4","pages":"Pages 269-273"},"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)00005-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83202991","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}