Climate elasticity of annual runoff: observation in fifteen forested catchments on a latitudinal gradient in east Asia
In order to overview the impact of climate change on runoff from forested catchments over Asian countries, we collected water balance data from fifteen long-term catchment monitoring stations (total monitoring period 1975–2018, not continuous), spanning from Sabah, Malaysia (our southernmost site),...
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| author | Nobuaki Tanaka Lai, Yen-Jen Sangjun Im Maznah Mahali Venus Tuankrua Koichiro Kuraji Fera Cleophas Chatchai Tantasirin Mie Gomyo Tseng, Chun-Wei Katsushige Shiraki Norifumi Hotta Yuko Asano Hiroki Inoue Anand Nainar |
| author_facet | Nobuaki Tanaka Lai, Yen-Jen Sangjun Im Maznah Mahali Venus Tuankrua Koichiro Kuraji Fera Cleophas Chatchai Tantasirin Mie Gomyo Tseng, Chun-Wei Katsushige Shiraki Norifumi Hotta Yuko Asano Hiroki Inoue Anand Nainar |
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| description | In order to overview the impact of climate change on runoff from forested catchments over Asian countries, we collected water balance data from fifteen long-term catchment monitoring stations (total monitoring period 1975–2018, not continuous), spanning from Sabah, Malaysia (our southernmost site), to Hokkaido, Japan (our northernmost site). We then employed an elasticity analysis to the dataset to examine how the annual runoff from each catchment responded to inter-annual fluctuations in annual rainfall and annual mean air temperature. As a result, we found that (1) the annual runoff was sensitive to annual rainfall for all the catchments examined. In addition, (2) the annual runoff from seven of the fifteen catchments was sensitive to inter-annual changes in the mean air temperature, which was likely due to changes in forest evapotranspiration. Three catchments, however, exhibited an increased runoff in a hot year. Finally, (3) the annual rainfall from the previous year (carry-over soil moisture) was important in explaining the variation in annual runoff in two tropical montane forest catchments. This study may serve as one of the pilot studies toward a comprehensive understanding of the climate elasticity of runoff in countries over Asia, because the examined catchments are unevenly and sparsely distributed over the area. |
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| spelling | ums.eprints-422102024-12-10T06:59:04Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42210/ Climate elasticity of annual runoff: observation in fifteen forested catchments on a latitudinal gradient in east Asia Nobuaki Tanaka Lai, Yen-Jen Sangjun Im Maznah Mahali Venus Tuankrua Koichiro Kuraji Fera Cleophas Chatchai Tantasirin Mie Gomyo Tseng, Chun-Wei Katsushige Shiraki Norifumi Hotta Yuko Asano Hiroki Inoue Anand Nainar GB447 Climatic geomorphology QH1-(199.5) General Including nature conservation, geographical distribution In order to overview the impact of climate change on runoff from forested catchments over Asian countries, we collected water balance data from fifteen long-term catchment monitoring stations (total monitoring period 1975–2018, not continuous), spanning from Sabah, Malaysia (our southernmost site), to Hokkaido, Japan (our northernmost site). We then employed an elasticity analysis to the dataset to examine how the annual runoff from each catchment responded to inter-annual fluctuations in annual rainfall and annual mean air temperature. As a result, we found that (1) the annual runoff was sensitive to annual rainfall for all the catchments examined. In addition, (2) the annual runoff from seven of the fifteen catchments was sensitive to inter-annual changes in the mean air temperature, which was likely due to changes in forest evapotranspiration. Three catchments, however, exhibited an increased runoff in a hot year. Finally, (3) the annual rainfall from the previous year (carry-over soil moisture) was important in explaining the variation in annual runoff in two tropical montane forest catchments. This study may serve as one of the pilot studies toward a comprehensive understanding of the climate elasticity of runoff in countries over Asia, because the examined catchments are unevenly and sparsely distributed over the area. MDPI 2023 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42210/1/ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42210/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf Nobuaki Tanaka and Lai, Yen-Jen and Sangjun Im and Maznah Mahali and Venus Tuankrua and Koichiro Kuraji and Fera Cleophas and Chatchai Tantasirin and Mie Gomyo and Tseng, Chun-Wei and Katsushige Shiraki and Norifumi Hotta and Yuko Asano and Hiroki Inoue and Anand Nainar (2023) Climate elasticity of annual runoff: observation in fifteen forested catchments on a latitudinal gradient in east Asia. Atmosphere, 14. pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14040629 |
| spellingShingle | GB447 Climatic geomorphology QH1-(199.5) General Including nature conservation, geographical distribution Nobuaki Tanaka Lai, Yen-Jen Sangjun Im Maznah Mahali Venus Tuankrua Koichiro Kuraji Fera Cleophas Chatchai Tantasirin Mie Gomyo Tseng, Chun-Wei Katsushige Shiraki Norifumi Hotta Yuko Asano Hiroki Inoue Anand Nainar Climate elasticity of annual runoff: observation in fifteen forested catchments on a latitudinal gradient in east Asia |
| title | Climate elasticity of annual runoff: observation in fifteen forested catchments on a latitudinal gradient in east Asia |
| title_full | Climate elasticity of annual runoff: observation in fifteen forested catchments on a latitudinal gradient in east Asia |
| title_fullStr | Climate elasticity of annual runoff: observation in fifteen forested catchments on a latitudinal gradient in east Asia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate elasticity of annual runoff: observation in fifteen forested catchments on a latitudinal gradient in east Asia |
| title_short | Climate elasticity of annual runoff: observation in fifteen forested catchments on a latitudinal gradient in east Asia |
| title_sort | climate elasticity of annual runoff observation in fifteen forested catchments on a latitudinal gradient in east asia |
| topic | GB447 Climatic geomorphology QH1-(199.5) General Including nature conservation, geographical distribution |
| url | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42210/1/ABSTRACT.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42210/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf |
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