Impact of Land Cover on Wind Erosion in Arid Regions: A Case Study in Southern Tunisia
Wind erosion is a worldwide phenomenon for which several recent studies have shown that the intensity is expected to evolve because of climate and land use changes. Identifying the areas where wind erosion is the most active and its associated drivers may help to define efficient solutions to protec...
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| author | Mohamed Taieb Labiadh Jean Louis Rajot Saâd Sekrafi Mohsen Ltifi Badie Attoui Abderrazak Tlili Moustapha Hlel Gilles Bergametti Thierry Henry des Tureaux Christel Bouet |
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| description | Wind erosion is a worldwide phenomenon for which several recent studies have shown that the intensity is expected to evolve because of climate and land use changes. Identifying the areas where wind erosion is the most active and its associated drivers may help to define efficient solutions to protect the environment from this hazard. The south of Tunisia is a region highly prone to wind erosion and presents a variety of landscapes and land uses in a relatively small area. Thus, from November 2012 to June 2016, six sites were instrumented to monitor wind erosion in the most extended land uses existing in southern Tunisia. The main results are that wind erosion: (i) is nil in the oasis, (ii) is weak (<120 kg m<sup>−1</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup>) in the olive grove even if the surface is be ploughed up to eight times a year, (iii) is moderate (~1000 kg m<sup>−1</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup>) in the barley field, for which the sowing date is a driving parameter of wind erosion seasonality, (iv) can occur in the Chott El Jerid except when it is flooded, (v) is the most intense in rangelands on sand (~2500 kg m<sup>−1</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup>) and on flatbeds (>3000 kg m<sup>−1</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup>). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55a539e13d55423e9003666b8865bed92023-11-19T11:33:00ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2023-08-01129164810.3390/land12091648Impact of Land Cover on Wind Erosion in Arid Regions: A Case Study in Southern TunisiaMohamed Taieb Labiadh0Jean Louis Rajot1Saâd Sekrafi2Mohsen Ltifi3Badie Attoui4Abderrazak Tlili5Moustapha Hlel6Gilles Bergametti7Thierry Henry des Tureaux8Christel Bouet9Institut des Régions Arides (IRA), El Fjé, Medenine 4119, TunisiaInstitut d’Ecologie et des Sciences de l’Environnement de Paris, UMR IRD 242, Univ Paris Est Creteil–Sorbonne Université–CNRS–INRAE–Université Paris Cité, F-93143 Bondy, FranceInstitut des Régions Arides (IRA), El Fjé, Medenine 4119, TunisiaInstitut des Régions Arides (IRA), El Fjé, Medenine 4119, TunisiaInstitut des Régions Arides (IRA), El Fjé, Medenine 4119, TunisiaInstitut des Régions Arides (IRA), Kébili 4200, TunisiaInstitut des Régions Arides (IRA), Benguerdane 4160, TunisiaLISA, Université Paris Cité and Univ Paris Est Creteil, CNRS, F-75013 Paris, FranceInstitut d’Ecologie et des Sciences de l’Environnement de Paris, UMR IRD 242, Univ Paris Est Creteil–Sorbonne Université–CNRS–INRAE–Université Paris Cité, F-93143 Bondy, FranceInstitut d’Ecologie et des Sciences de l’Environnement de Paris, UMR IRD 242, Univ Paris Est Creteil–Sorbonne Université–CNRS–INRAE–Université Paris Cité, F-93143 Bondy, FranceWind erosion is a worldwide phenomenon for which several recent studies have shown that the intensity is expected to evolve because of climate and land use changes. Identifying the areas where wind erosion is the most active and its associated drivers may help to define efficient solutions to protect the environment from this hazard. The south of Tunisia is a region highly prone to wind erosion and presents a variety of landscapes and land uses in a relatively small area. Thus, from November 2012 to June 2016, six sites were instrumented to monitor wind erosion in the most extended land uses existing in southern Tunisia. The main results are that wind erosion: (i) is nil in the oasis, (ii) is weak (<120 kg m<sup>−1</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup>) in the olive grove even if the surface is be ploughed up to eight times a year, (iii) is moderate (~1000 kg m<sup>−1</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup>) in the barley field, for which the sowing date is a driving parameter of wind erosion seasonality, (iv) can occur in the Chott El Jerid except when it is flooded, (v) is the most intense in rangelands on sand (~2500 kg m<sup>−1</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup>) and on flatbeds (>3000 kg m<sup>−1</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup>).https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/9/1648wind erosionlandscapeland usearid climatesouthern Tunisia |
| spellingShingle | Mohamed Taieb Labiadh Jean Louis Rajot Saâd Sekrafi Mohsen Ltifi Badie Attoui Abderrazak Tlili Moustapha Hlel Gilles Bergametti Thierry Henry des Tureaux Christel Bouet Impact of Land Cover on Wind Erosion in Arid Regions: A Case Study in Southern Tunisia Land wind erosion landscape land use arid climate southern Tunisia |
| title | Impact of Land Cover on Wind Erosion in Arid Regions: A Case Study in Southern Tunisia |
| title_full | Impact of Land Cover on Wind Erosion in Arid Regions: A Case Study in Southern Tunisia |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Land Cover on Wind Erosion in Arid Regions: A Case Study in Southern Tunisia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Land Cover on Wind Erosion in Arid Regions: A Case Study in Southern Tunisia |
| title_short | Impact of Land Cover on Wind Erosion in Arid Regions: A Case Study in Southern Tunisia |
| title_sort | impact of land cover on wind erosion in arid regions a case study in southern tunisia |
| topic | wind erosion landscape land use arid climate southern Tunisia |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/9/1648 |
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