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Aquifer recharge in the Piedmont Alpine zone: Historical trends and future scenarios
| العنوان: | Aquifer recharge in the Piedmont Alpine zone: Historical trends and future scenarios |
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| المؤلفون: | Brussolo E., Palazzi E., Von Hardenberg J., Masetti G., Vivaldo G., Previati M., Canone D., Gisolo D., Bevilacqua I., Provenzale A., Ferraris S. |
| المساهمون: | Brussolo E., Palazzi E., Von Hardenberg J., Masetti G., Vivaldo G., Previati M., Canone D., Gisolo D., Bevilacqua I., Provenzale A., Ferraris S. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | Università degli studi di Torino: AperTo (Archivio Istituzionale ad Accesso Aperto) |
| الوصف: | The spatial and temporal variability of air temperature, precipitation, actual evapotranspiration (AET) and their related water balance components, as well as their responses to anthropogenic climate change, provide fundamental information for an effective management of water resources and for a proactive involvement of users and stakeholders, in order to develop and apply adaptation and mitigation strategies at the local level. In this study, using an interdisciplinary research approach tailored to water management needs, we evaluate the past, present and future quantity of water potentially available for drinking supply in the water catchments feeding the about 2.3 million inhabitants of the Turin metropolitan area (the former Province of Turin, north-western Italy), considering climatologies at the quarterly and yearly timescales. Observed daily maximum surface air temperature and precipitation data from 1959 to 2017 were analysed to assess historical trends, their significance and the possible cross-correlations between the water balance components. Regional climate model (RCM) simulations from a small ensemble were analysed to provide mid-century projections of the difference between precipitation and AET for the area of interest in the future CMIP5 scenarios RCP4.5 (stabilization) and RCP8.5 (business as usual). Temporal and spatial variations in recharge were approximated with variations of drainage. The impact of irrigation, and of snowpack variability, on the latter was also assessed. The other terms of water balance were disregarded because they are affected by higher uncertainty. The analysis over the historical period indicated that the driest area of the study region displayed significant negative annual (and spring) trends of both precipitation and drainage. Results from field experiments were used to model irrigation, and we found that relatively wetter watersheds in the northern and in the southern parts behave differently, with a significant increase of AET due to irrigation. The analysis of ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000751156800001; volume:26; issue:2; firstpage:407; lastpage:427; numberofpages:21; journal:HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES; http://hdl.handle.net/2318/1844081; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85124109357 |
| DOI: | 10.5194/hess-26-407-2022 |
| الاتاحة: | http://hdl.handle.net/2318/1844081 https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-407-2022 |
| Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.A1C975F6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.5194/hess-26-407-2022 |
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