MODELLING THE EFFECTS OF LAND-USE CHANGES ON CLIMATE: A CASE STUDY ON YAMULA DAM
Dams block flow of rivers and cause artificial water reservoirs which affect the climate and the land use characteristics of the river basin. In this research, the effect of the huge water body obtained by Yamula Dam in Kızılırmak Basin is analysed over surrounding spatial’s land use and climate cha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-10-01
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| Series: | The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XLII-2-W1/147/2016/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W1-147-2016.pdf |
| Summary: | Dams block flow of rivers and cause artificial water reservoirs which affect the climate and the land use characteristics of the river basin.
In this research, the effect of the huge water body obtained by Yamula Dam in Kızılırmak Basin is analysed over surrounding spatial’s
land use and climate change. Mann Kendal non-parametrical statistical test, Theil&Sen Slope method, Inverse Distance Weighting
(IDW), Soil Conservation Service-Curve Number (SCS-CN) methods are integrated for spatial and temporal analysis of the research
area. For this research humidity, temperature, wind speed, precipitation observations which are collected in 16 weather stations nearby
Kızılırmak Basin are analyzed. After that these statistical information is combined by GIS data over years. An application is developed
for GIS analysis in Python Programming Language and integrated with ArcGIS software. Statistical analysis calculated in the R Project
for Statistical Computing and integrated with developed application. According to the statistical analysis of extracted time series of
meteorological parameters, statistical significant spatiotemporal trends are observed for climate change and land use characteristics. In
this study, we indicated the effect of big dams in local climate on semi-arid Yamula Dam. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1750 2194-9034 |