HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE OF A MEDIUM-SIZED MOUNTAINOUS CATCHMENT TO CLIMATE CHANGES

PANAGOULIA, D

dc.contributor.author	PANAGOULIA, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:40:53Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:40:53Z
dc.date.issued	1991	en
dc.identifier.issn	0262-6667	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/23291
dc.subject.classification	Water Resources	en
dc.title	HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE OF A MEDIUM-SIZED MOUNTAINOUS CATCHMENT TO CLIMATE CHANGES	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1991	en
heal.abstract	The long term hydrological response of a medium-sized mountainous catchment to climate changes has been examined. The climate changes were represented by a set of hypothetical scenarios of temperature increases coupled with precipitation and potential evapotranspiration changes. Snow accumulation and ablation, plus runoff from the study catchment (the Mesochora catchment in central Greece) were simulated under present (historical) and altered climate conditions using the US National Weather Service snowmelt and soil moisture accounting models. The results of this research obtained through alternative scenarios suggest strongly that all the hypothetical climate change scenarios would cause major decreases in winter snow accumulation and hence increases in winter runoff, as well as decreases in spring and summer runoff. The simulated changes in annual runoff were minor compared with the changes in the monthly distribution of runoff. Attendant changes in the monthly distribution of soil moisture and actual evapotranspiration would also occur. Such hydrological results would have significant implications on future water resources design and management.	en
heal.publisher	IAHS PRESS, INST HYDROLOGY	en
heal.journalName	HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL-JOURNAL DES SCIENCES HYDROLOGIQUES	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:A1991GT36400002	en
dc.identifier.volume	36	en
dc.identifier.issue	6	en
dc.identifier.spage	525	en
dc.identifier.epage	547	en