A 500-year annual runoff reconstruction for 14 selected European catchments

<p>Since the beginning of this century, Europe has been experiencing severe drought events (2003, 2007, 2010, 2018 and 2019) which have had adverse impacts on various sectors, such as agriculture, forestry, water management, health and ecosystems. During the last few decades, projections of th...

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Main Authors: S. Nasreen, M. Součková, M. R. Vargas Godoy, U. Singh, Y. Markonis, R. Kumar, O. Rakovec, M. Hanel
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Published: Copernicus Publications 2022-09-01
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Online Access:https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/4035/2022/essd-14-4035-2022.pdf
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author S. Nasreen
M. Součková
M. R. Vargas Godoy
U. Singh
Y. Markonis
R. Kumar
O. Rakovec
O. Rakovec
M. Hanel
M. Hanel
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M. Součková
M. R. Vargas Godoy
U. Singh
Y. Markonis
R. Kumar
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description <p>Since the beginning of this century, Europe has been experiencing severe drought events (2003, 2007, 2010, 2018 and 2019) which have had adverse impacts on various sectors, such as agriculture, forestry, water management, health and ecosystems. During the last few decades, projections of the impact of climate change on hydroclimatic extremes have often been used for quantification of changes in the characteristics of these extremes. Recently, the research interest has been extended to include reconstructions of hydroclimatic conditions to provide historical context for present and future extremes. While there are available reconstructions of temperature, precipitation, drought indicators, or the 20th century runoff for Europe, multi-century annual runoff reconstructions are still lacking. In this study, we have used reconstructed precipitation and temperature data, Palmer Drought Severity Index and available observed runoff across 14 European catchments in order to develop annual runoff reconstructions for the period 1500–2000 using two data-driven and one conceptual lumped hydrological model. The comparison to observed runoff data has shown a good match between the reconstructed and observed runoff and their characteristics, particularly deficit volumes. On the other hand, the validation of input precipitation fields revealed an underestimation of the variance across most of Europe, which is propagated into the reconstructed runoff series. The reconstructed runoff is available via Figshare, an open-source scientific data repository, under the DOI <a href="https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.15178107">https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.15178107</a>, <span class="cit" id="xref_paren.1">(<a href="#bib1.bibx78">Sadaf et al.</a>, <a href="#bib1.bibx78">2021</a>)</span>.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-7a3a9f7874464aeead12c26fda782e2d2022-12-22T01:43:42ZengCopernicus PublicationsEarth System Science Data1866-35081866-35162022-09-01144035405610.5194/essd-14-4035-2022A 500-year annual runoff reconstruction for 14 selected European catchmentsS. Nasreen0M. Součková1M. R. Vargas Godoy2U. Singh3Y. Markonis4R. Kumar5O. Rakovec6O. Rakovec7M. Hanel8M. Hanel9Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Suchdol, Prague 16500, Czech RepublicFaculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Suchdol, Prague 16500, Czech RepublicFaculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Suchdol, Prague 16500, Czech RepublicFaculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Suchdol, Prague 16500, Czech RepublicFaculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Suchdol, Prague 16500, Czech RepublicUFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, 04318 Leipzig, GermanyFaculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Suchdol, Prague 16500, Czech RepublicUFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, 04318 Leipzig, GermanyFaculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Suchdol, Prague 16500, Czech RepublicT. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, p.r.i., Prague 16000, Czech Republic<p>Since the beginning of this century, Europe has been experiencing severe drought events (2003, 2007, 2010, 2018 and 2019) which have had adverse impacts on various sectors, such as agriculture, forestry, water management, health and ecosystems. During the last few decades, projections of the impact of climate change on hydroclimatic extremes have often been used for quantification of changes in the characteristics of these extremes. Recently, the research interest has been extended to include reconstructions of hydroclimatic conditions to provide historical context for present and future extremes. While there are available reconstructions of temperature, precipitation, drought indicators, or the 20th century runoff for Europe, multi-century annual runoff reconstructions are still lacking. In this study, we have used reconstructed precipitation and temperature data, Palmer Drought Severity Index and available observed runoff across 14 European catchments in order to develop annual runoff reconstructions for the period 1500–2000 using two data-driven and one conceptual lumped hydrological model. The comparison to observed runoff data has shown a good match between the reconstructed and observed runoff and their characteristics, particularly deficit volumes. On the other hand, the validation of input precipitation fields revealed an underestimation of the variance across most of Europe, which is propagated into the reconstructed runoff series. The reconstructed runoff is available via Figshare, an open-source scientific data repository, under the DOI <a href="https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.15178107">https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.15178107</a>, <span class="cit" id="xref_paren.1">(<a href="#bib1.bibx78">Sadaf et al.</a>, <a href="#bib1.bibx78">2021</a>)</span>.</p>https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/4035/2022/essd-14-4035-2022.pdf
spellingShingle S. Nasreen
M. Součková
M. R. Vargas Godoy
U. Singh
Y. Markonis
R. Kumar
O. Rakovec
O. Rakovec
M. Hanel
M. Hanel
A 500-year annual runoff reconstruction for 14 selected European catchments
Earth System Science Data
title A 500-year annual runoff reconstruction for 14 selected European catchments
title_full A 500-year annual runoff reconstruction for 14 selected European catchments
title_fullStr A 500-year annual runoff reconstruction for 14 selected European catchments
title_full_unstemmed A 500-year annual runoff reconstruction for 14 selected European catchments
title_short A 500-year annual runoff reconstruction for 14 selected European catchments
title_sort 500 year annual runoff reconstruction for 14 selected european catchments
url https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/4035/2022/essd-14-4035-2022.pdf
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