TY - CHAP
T1 - Hydrology in a Mediterranean mountain environment - The Vallcebre research basins (northeastern Spain). I. 20 years of investigation of hydrological dynamics
AU - Latron, Jérôme
AU - Llorens, Pilar
AU - Soler, Montserrat
AU - Poyatos, Rafael
AU - Rubio, Carles
AU - Muzylo, Aleksandra
AU - Martínez-Carreras, Nuria
AU - Delgado, Juliana
AU - Regüés, David
AU - Catari, Gusman
AU - Nord, Guillaume
AU - Gallart, Francesc
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Investigations started 20 years ago in the Vallcebre research basins with the objective of better understanding the hydrological functioning of Mediterranean mountain basins. The Vallcebre basins are located in a Mediterranean mountain area of the Pyrenean ranges (northeastern Spain). Average annual precipitation is 862±206 mm and potential evapotranspiration is 823±26 mm. Climate is highly seasonal, leading to periods with water deficit in summer and, on occasion, in winter. Hydrological research in the basins is related to rainfall interception, evapotranspiration, soil moisture spatio-temporal dynamics, runoff response and runoff processes, suspended sediment dynamics and model application at both the plot and basin scales. Findings obtained over the last two decades have shown that, due to their intermediate position between drier and wetter climatic areas, the Vallcebre basins have a particular hydrological dynamic, which is specific to Mediterranean mountain areas.
AB - Investigations started 20 years ago in the Vallcebre research basins with the objective of better understanding the hydrological functioning of Mediterranean mountain basins. The Vallcebre basins are located in a Mediterranean mountain area of the Pyrenean ranges (northeastern Spain). Average annual precipitation is 862±206 mm and potential evapotranspiration is 823±26 mm. Climate is highly seasonal, leading to periods with water deficit in summer and, on occasion, in winter. Hydrological research in the basins is related to rainfall interception, evapotranspiration, soil moisture spatio-temporal dynamics, runoff response and runoff processes, suspended sediment dynamics and model application at both the plot and basin scales. Findings obtained over the last two decades have shown that, due to their intermediate position between drier and wetter climatic areas, the Vallcebre basins have a particular hydrological dynamic, which is specific to Mediterranean mountain areas.
KW - Hydrological dynamics
KW - Mediterranean mountains
KW - Research basins
KW - Vallcebre
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M3 - Capítulo
AN - SCOPUS:79551567735
SN - 9781907161087
T3 - IAHS-AISH Publication
SP - 38
EP - 43
BT - Status of Perspectives of Hydrology in Small Basins
ER -