Ten years water and energy surface balance from the CNR-ISAC micrometeorological station in Salento peninsula (southern Italy)
Data of surface-atmosphere energy and water transfer from a ten years (2003–2013) period of activity of the ISAC-Lecce micrometeorological station (<a href="http://www.basesperimentale.le.isac.cnr.it"target="_blank">http://www.basesperimentale.le.isac.cnr.it</a>) have...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Copernicus Publications
2015-06-01
|
| Series: | Advances in Science and Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.adv-sci-res.net/12/121/2015/asr-12-121-2015.pdf |
| Summary: | Data of surface-atmosphere energy and water transfer from a ten years
(2003–2013) period of activity of the ISAC-Lecce micrometeorological station
(<a href="http://www.basesperimentale.le.isac.cnr.it"target="_blank">http://www.basesperimentale.le.isac.cnr.it</a>) have been analyzed: to
the authors' knowledge this is the first decadal data set of
surface-atmosphere transfer in Salento peninsula. The surface energy budget
shows a tendency to a positive bias possibly due to several reasons that
require more investigations. Some suitable indices related to the surface
water balance, such as the precipitation intensity, the aridity index and
the ground water infiltration fraction have been calculated. Possible trends
of these annual averages in the decadal period are considered, also taking
into account the statistical uncertainty associated to measurement errors
and missing data. The results indicate a significant increasing in the
precipitation intensity together with an experimental evidence of increasing
of the ground water infiltration in the measurement area, that is in
agreement with recent estimations for the whole Salento peninsula. On the
other hand, recent studies show that seawater intrusion and salinization of
the deep underground aquifer keep increasing in the same period. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1992-0628 1992-0636 |