VARIABILITY AND TRENDS IN THE VIȘEU RIVER RUNOFF REGIME

Variability and Trends in the Vișeu River Runoff Regime. The classic hydrological water management dealt with the changing resources by assuming the existence of stationarity. Once stationarity is neglected in the design of hydraulic engineering, numerous errors and risk may exist in the operations...

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Main Authors: Cs. HORVÁTH, R. H. BĂTINAȘ, Gh. ROȘIAN, Kinga Olga RETI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cluj University Press 2016-09-01
Series:Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai: Geographia
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Online Access:http://193.231.18.162:80/index.php/subbgeographia/article/view/5647
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author Cs. HORVÁTH
R. H. BĂTINAȘ
Gh. ROȘIAN
Kinga Olga RETI
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description Variability and Trends in the Vișeu River Runoff Regime. The classic hydrological water management dealt with the changing resources by assuming the existence of stationarity. Once stationarity is neglected in the design of hydraulic engineering, numerous errors and risk may exist in the operations and management strategies and will lead to unforeseen losses. Thus, one of the most important questions in today’s hydrology are: Did stationarity die? and if it is true How did stationarity die? As we know the climatic change is widely accepted so it is sad that by 2050 the effects of climate change may have a generally larger effect on flow regimes than it is estimated that dams and water withdrawals. If this is so, we must consideration that in this moment one of the most important aspect/moment is the change point identification in a period, from where significant change has occurred in a time series, for this we choose to use the Ms Excel Addinsoft XLStat to assess the homogeneity of the data by the Pettitt’s test, the von Neumann ratio test, the Buishand range test and also the standard normal homogeneity tests (SNHT). For the trend analysis we used the Mann-Kendall test and the classic linear regression test. Based on the results, we conclude that in case of the Vișeu watershed stationarity is questionable if not totally missing. As we see even if the precipitation values do not show significant changes regarding their homogeneity, the runoff series are changing, and in most cases this change is identified in the 20thcentury last decade. These results urge us to rethink and to reevaluate our sustainable water resource management for the future.
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spelling doaj.art-a60c27b31d4d4034b5772278a967f4f22024-01-01T09:34:00ZengCluj University PressStudia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai: Geographia1221-079X2065-95712016-09-01612VARIABILITY AND TRENDS IN THE VIȘEU RIVER RUNOFF REGIMECs. HORVÁTH0R. H. BĂTINAȘ1Gh. ROȘIAN2Kinga Olga RETI3“Babeș-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Geography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; hcsaba@gmail.com“Babeș-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Geography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; rbatinas@geografie.ubbcluj.roBabeș-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; rosian.gheorghe@ubbcluj.ro“Babeș-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;  reti.kinga@ubbcluj.ro Variability and Trends in the Vișeu River Runoff Regime. The classic hydrological water management dealt with the changing resources by assuming the existence of stationarity. Once stationarity is neglected in the design of hydraulic engineering, numerous errors and risk may exist in the operations and management strategies and will lead to unforeseen losses. Thus, one of the most important questions in today’s hydrology are: Did stationarity die? and if it is true How did stationarity die? As we know the climatic change is widely accepted so it is sad that by 2050 the effects of climate change may have a generally larger effect on flow regimes than it is estimated that dams and water withdrawals. If this is so, we must consideration that in this moment one of the most important aspect/moment is the change point identification in a period, from where significant change has occurred in a time series, for this we choose to use the Ms Excel Addinsoft XLStat to assess the homogeneity of the data by the Pettitt’s test, the von Neumann ratio test, the Buishand range test and also the standard normal homogeneity tests (SNHT). For the trend analysis we used the Mann-Kendall test and the classic linear regression test. Based on the results, we conclude that in case of the Vișeu watershed stationarity is questionable if not totally missing. As we see even if the precipitation values do not show significant changes regarding their homogeneity, the runoff series are changing, and in most cases this change is identified in the 20thcentury last decade. These results urge us to rethink and to reevaluate our sustainable water resource management for the future. http://193.231.18.162:80/index.php/subbgeographia/article/view/5647Vișeu Catchment, runoff trend, change point detection, statistical tests, Mann-Kendall test.
spellingShingle Cs. HORVÁTH
R. H. BĂTINAȘ
Gh. ROȘIAN
Kinga Olga RETI
VARIABILITY AND TRENDS IN THE VIȘEU RIVER RUNOFF REGIME
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai: Geographia
Vișeu Catchment, runoff trend, change point detection, statistical tests, Mann-Kendall test.
title VARIABILITY AND TRENDS IN THE VIȘEU RIVER RUNOFF REGIME
title_full VARIABILITY AND TRENDS IN THE VIȘEU RIVER RUNOFF REGIME
title_fullStr VARIABILITY AND TRENDS IN THE VIȘEU RIVER RUNOFF REGIME
title_full_unstemmed VARIABILITY AND TRENDS IN THE VIȘEU RIVER RUNOFF REGIME
title_short VARIABILITY AND TRENDS IN THE VIȘEU RIVER RUNOFF REGIME
title_sort variability and trends in the viseu river runoff regime
topic Vișeu Catchment, runoff trend, change point detection, statistical tests, Mann-Kendall test.
url http://193.231.18.162:80/index.php/subbgeographia/article/view/5647
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