A. Loukas , L. Vasiliades , N.R. Dalezios , C. Domenikiotis
{"title":"Rainfall-frequency mapping for Greece","authors":"A. Loukas , L. Vasiliades , N.R. Dalezios , C. Domenikiotis","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00067-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00067-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>For the design of hydrotechnical projects in ungauged watersheds, the flood flow is estimated by various methods, which demand the estimation of rainfall of particular critical duration and return period. For medium-sized and large basins, the storms causing flood flows have usually duration larger than 24 hours. In this study daily rainfall data from 24 meteorological stations for the period 1950 to 1981 were used. These stations are evenly distributed over Greece. From these data, the rainfall depths for various durations were computed, i.e. 1 to 7 days. The Extreme Value I (Gumbel) theoretical distribution had the best fit to the data from other theoretical distributions and it was fitted to the maximum annual rainfall depths for various durations. As a result, the Depth-Duration_Frequency relationships for each station were estimated and mapped for Greece. Moreover, the analysis showed that the rainfall of various durations and return periods represents a certain percentage of the mean annual precipitation for hydrologicaly homogeneous areas of Greece. The homogeneous areas were identified through factor analysis of monthly precipitation data from 37 meteorological stations. The results of this study can be used for the estimation of rainfall at ungauged sites in medium and large watersheds but they should be applied with caution in mountainous areas. For the estimation of rainfall in these areas the climatic conditions of the region and the orographic enhancement of rainfall should be considered.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 9","pages":"Pages 669-674"},"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)00067-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87971435","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}
A. Francos , G. Bidoglio , L. Galbiati , F. Bouraoui , F.J. Elorza , S. Rekolainen , K. Manni , K. Granlund
{"title":"Hydrological and water quality modelling in a medium-sized coastal basin","authors":"A. Francos , G. Bidoglio , L. Galbiati , F. Bouraoui , F.J. Elorza , S. Rekolainen , K. Manni , K. Granlund","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)85013-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)85013-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The SWAT model, coupled to a GIS, was applied to the Kerava watershed (South of Finland), an agricultural subbasin of the Vantaa watershed draining into the Baltic Sea. The model was adapted to the specific conditions of the catchment by adding a weather generator and a snow melt submodel calibrated for Finland. A forested sub-basin was used to calibrate the forest parameters. The hydrological and water-quality simulation results were compared with daily measured series and monthly averages in terms of water outflows and nitrogen and phosphorus loads. Good agreement was found between measured and predicted values.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 1","pages":"Pages 47-52"},"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)85013-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86503112","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":"Quantitative estimation of surface ozone observation and forecast errors","authors":"S. Tilmes","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00082-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00082-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Five-month time series of hourly ground level ozone data of more than 360 German monitoring sites are investigated to estimate errors in observations and forecasts by a comprehensive three-dimensional regional chemistry transport model. On the assumption of uniform measurement techniques, error variances and spatial error correlations in the gridded background field are derived from the analysis of observation increments which are the differences between observations and modeled data. A thorough estimation of those error characteristics is the basic requirement for all data assimilation techniques. The results indicate how the representativeness of the observation sites is limited by differences in local emission characteristics. Additionally, there is a strong dependency on the time of day. The conclusion is that the description of observation and background error covariances for the analysis of ground level ozone has to be time-dependent and spatially inhomogeneous.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 10","pages":"Pages 759-762"},"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)00082-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80713255","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":"Bird identification on 1290-MHz wind profiler data applying neural networks and neurofuzzy systems","authors":"H. Richner, R. Kretzschmar","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(00)00237-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1909(00)00237-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Migrating birds can severely affect data from wind profilers operating in the 1000 MHz range. Recent methods for removing bird contamination do not seem to solve the problem satisfactorily. Here, a new method, the Quantum Neurofuzzy Bird Identification and Removal Deck (NEURO-BIRD) is presented. The algorithm has an overall classification rate of over 90 % for birds, clear air returns, and rain echoes for single, one-second wind profiler spectra. Even with very heavy migration, high quality hourly winds can be obtained. Because the source of contamination of the spectra is unambiguously identified, bird data can be supplied for ornithological research. NEURO-BIRD is very fast and well suited for real-time applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 3","pages":"Pages 181-186"},"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)00237-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74379203","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":"Energy and water cycles over larger and medium-sized catchments","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00020-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00020-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 5","pages":"Page 367"},"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)00020-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137163248","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":"Transport of impurities in 2D incompressible periodic flows","authors":"P. Paradisi , F. Tampieri","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00008-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00008-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The investigation of the motion of finite size particles with density different from that of the fluid is relevant to the study of transport in geophysical flows. A two-dimensional model of an incompressible periodic flow is used in order to assess the role of the different forces acting on the impurity. The classic results (stability of the vortex centre for impurities lighter than the fluid; unstable motion for denser impurities) are reviewed. In the former case a typical convergence time scale towards the vortex centre is defined and studied as a function of the Stokes number <em>St</em> and the density ratio γ. In the range of parameters under consideration it is observed that the Basset force acts as a (further) drag term modifying the convergence time without altering the qualitative features of the particle trajectory.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 4","pages":"Pages 287-291"},"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)00008-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87211892","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":"Multi-scenario flood modeling in a mountain watershed using data from a NWP model, rain radar and rain gauges","authors":"S. Taschner, R. Ludwig, W. Mauser","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00042-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00042-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The temporal and spatial distribution of precipitation is the key parameter for flood modelling. The study presents an evaluation of different meteorological data sources to assess their applicability and reliability for flood modeling. Apart from conventional rain gauge data, the information of the Numerical Weather Prediction Model SWISS MODEL (SM) and radar interpreted precipitation taken from the rain radar Fuerholzen, operated by the German Weather Service, has been available. They are used within the framework of an extended and GIS-structured TOPMODEL (Beven and Kirkby, 1979; Beven , 1994; Ludwig and Mauser, 2000), to perform model simulations and forecasts in the Ammer catchment for a hazardous flood event in 1999. The disaggregation and scaling of precipitation data, to meet the requirements of the hydrological model, is of specific interest. A variety of procedures to disaggregate NWP information for a hydrological application is presented, emphasizing the influence of the selected algorithm on the model result. Applying the SM and the rain radar data set, the calculated flood volume is overestimated within a range of 15 to 36%, while the rain gauge data set leads to an underestimated runoff volume of 13%. A sensitivity analysis shows a high variability in the spatial and temporal distribution of predicted and recorded precipitation and its consequent effect on the performance of the hydrological model. However, positive conclusions for future applications of a meteorological and hydrological model synergy can be drawn from the outcome of this study.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 7","pages":"Pages 509-515"},"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)00042-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84758275","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":"Interactive vegetation modelling at a regional scale: application to the adour basin","authors":"S. Voirin, J.-C. Calvet, F. Habets, Noilhan","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00038-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00038-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The ISBA (Interactions between Soil Biosphere and Atmosphere) SVAT model was modified to include a representation of interactive vegetation. A parameterization of <em>CO</em><sub>2</sub> assimilation was introduced, the photosynthesis process was parameterized as a function of vegetation physiological properties and environmental conditions. Thereby, the canopy stomatal resistance is described in a more realistic way than in the initial version. A growth model was used to compute Leaf Area Index (LAI) evolution instead of prescribing it from satellite data without taking into account possible climate changes and their consequences on plant development. In this paper, the “ISBA-A-gs” modified model is tested at the regional scale in the Adour basin. For this purpose it was necessary to calibrate three parameters for each land cover type (mainly coniferous forest, summer and winter crops): the mesophyll conductance, the maximum turnover time of leaves and an effective biomass per LAI ratio. This work has been followed by a long term simulation (1986–1995), where the surface scheme was coupled with a distributed hydrological model. The results were compared to those obtained with the “standard version”, <em>i.e</em> ISBA without A-gs. For the whole period, the simulated LAI was lower than the prescribed one, which decreased evaporation (10 to 15 % less with A-gs) and led to a better simulation of streamflow on both crop and forest areas.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"26 5","pages":"Pages 479-484"},"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)00038-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74832894","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 Documented Land Use Changes on the Surface Albedo and Evapotranspiration in a Plain Watershed","authors":"J. Mika, Sz. Horváth, L. Makra","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00055-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00055-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"33 1","pages":"601-606"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75290837","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}
A. Roo, M. Odijk, G. Schmuck, E. Koster, A. Lucieer
{"title":"Assessing the effects of land use changes on floods in the meuse and oder catchment","authors":"A. Roo, M. Odijk, G. Schmuck, E. Koster, A. Lucieer","doi":"10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00054-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1909(01)00054-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101025,"journal":{"name":"Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere","volume":"73 1","pages":"593-599"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73246660","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}