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15 Dec 2014
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| 15 Dec 2014
Quantification of hydrologic impacts of climate change in a Mediterranean basin in Sardinia, Italy, through high-resolution simulations
M. Piras
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale ed Architettura, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Fisica dell'Atmosfere e dell'Idrosfere, Tolentino, Italy
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale ed Architettura, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Fisica dell'Atmosfere e dell'Idrosfere, Tolentino, Italy
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
R. Deidda
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale ed Architettura, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Fisica dell'Atmosfere e dell'Idrosfere, Tolentino, Italy
E. R. Vivoni
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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Short summary
We quantified the hydrologic impacts of climate change in the Rio Mannu basin (472.5 km2), Sardinia, Italy.
We created high-resolution climate forcings for a physically based distributed hydrologic model by combining four climate models with two statistical downscaling tools of precipitation and potential evapotranspiration. A significant diminution of mean annual runoff at the basin outlet (mean of -32%), and a reduction of soil water content and actual evapotranspiration are expected.
We quantified the hydrologic impacts of climate change in the Rio Mannu basin (472.5 km2),...
