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2. Spatial variability of the relationships of runoff and sediment yield with weather types throughout the Mediterranean basin
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Peña-Angulo, D., Nadal-Romero, E., González-Hidalgo, J.C., Albaladejo, J., Andreu, V., Bagarello, V., Barhi, H., Batalla, R.J., Bernal, S., Bienes, R., Campo, J., Campo-Bescós, M.A., Canatario-Duarte, A., Cantón, Y., Casali, J., Castillo, V., Cerdà, A., Cheggour, A., Cid, P., Cortesi, N., Desir, G., Díaz-Pereira, E., Espigares, T., Estrany, J., Fernández-Raga, M., Ferreira, C.S.S., Ferro, V., Gallart, F., Giménez, R., Gimeno, E., Gómez, J.A., Gómez-Gutiérrez, A., Gómez-Macpherson, H., González-Pelayo, O., Hueso-González, P., Kairis, O., Karatzas, G.P., Klotz, S., Kosmas, C., Lana-Renault, N., Lasanta, T., Latron, J., Lázaro, R., Le Bissonnais, Y., Le Bouteiller, C., Licciardello, F., López-Tarazón, J.A., Lucía, A., Marín, C., Marqués, M.J., Martínez-Fernández, J., Martínez-Mena, M., Martínez-Murillo, J.F., Mateos, L., Mathys, N., Merino-Martín, L., Moreno-de las Heras, M., Moustakas, N., Nicolau, J.M., Novara, A., Pampalone, V., Raclot, D., Rodríguez-Blanco, M.L., Rodrigo-Comino, J., Romero-Díaz, A., Roose, E., Rubio, J.L., Ruiz-Sinoga, J.D., Schnabel, S., Senciales-González, J.M., Simonneaux, V., Solé-Benet, A., Taguas, E.V., Taboada-Castro, M.M., Taboada-Castro, M.T., Todisco, F., Úbeda, X., Varouchakis, E.A., Vericat, D., Wittenberg, L., Zabaleta, A., and Zorn, M.
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- 2019
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3. Effects of agricultural drainage systems on sediment connectivity in a small Mediterranean lowland catchment
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Calsamiglia, A., García-Comendador, J., Fortesa, J., López-Tarazón, J.A., Crema, S., Cavalli, M., Calvo-Cases, A., and Estrany, J.
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- 2018
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4. Eco-geomorphological connectivity and coupling interactions at hillslope scale in drylands: Concepts and critical examples
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Calvo-Cases, A, Arnau-Rosalén, E, Boix-Fayos, C, Estrany, J, Roxo, MJ, Symeonakis, E, Calvo-Cases, A, Arnau-Rosalén, E, Boix-Fayos, C, Estrany, J, Roxo, MJ, and Symeonakis, E
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The diagnosis of land degradation requires a deep understanding of ecosystem functioning and evolution. In dryland systems, in particular, research efforts must address the redistribution of scarce resources for vegetation, in a context of high spatial heterogeneity and non-linear response. This fact explains the prevalence of eco-hydrological perspectives interested in runoff processes and, the more recent, focused on connectivity as an indicator of system resource optimisation. From a geomorphological perspective and reviewing the concepts of eco-hydro-geomorphological interactions operating in ecosystems, this paper explores the effects of erosion on vegetation configuration through two case studies at different spatio-temporal scales. We focus on the structure-function linkage, specifically on how morphological traits relate with different stages in the erosional sequence, both in the abiotic and the biotic domain. Results suggest that vegetation dynamics are affected by structural boundary conditions at both scales, i.e. by surface armouring related with rock fragments at the patch scale, and by the degree of hillslope-channel coupling at the hillslope scale. Our preliminary results can serve as new working hypotheses about the structure-function interplay on hillslopes. All this, taking advantage of the recent technological achievements for acquiring very high-resolution geospatial data that offer new analytical possibilities in a range of scales.
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- 2021
5. Relationship of Weather Types on the Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Rainfall, Runoff, and Sediment Yield in the Western Mediterranean Basin
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Geodinámica, Geodinamika, Nadal Romero, E., González Hidalgo, J.C., Albaladejo, J., Andreu, V., Bahri, H., Bernal, S., Biddoccu, M., Bienes, R., Campo, J., Campo Bescós, M.A., Canatário Duarte, A., Cantón, Y., Casali, J., Castillo, V., Cavallo, E., Cerdà, A., Cid, P., Cortesi, N., Desir, G., Díaz Pereira, E., Espigares, T., Estrany, J., Farguell, J., Fernández Raga, M., Ferreira, C.S., Ferro, V., Gallart, F., Giménez, R., Gimeno, E., Gómez, J.A., Gómez Gutiérrez, A., Gómez Macpherson, H., González Pelayo, O., Kairis, O., Karatzas, G.P., Keesstra, S., Klotz, S., Kosmas, C., Lana Renault, N., Lasanta, T., Latron, J., Lázaro, R., Le Bissonnais, Y., Le Bouteiller, C., Licciardello, F., López Tarazón, J.A., Lucía, A., Marín Moreno, V.M., Marín, C., Marqués, M.J., Martínez Fernández, J., Martínez Mena, M., Mateos, L., Mathys, N., Merino Martín, L., Moreno de las Heras, M., Moustakas, N., Nicolau, J.M., Pampalone, V., Raclot, D., Rodríguez Blanco, M.L., Rodrigo Comino, J., Romero Díaz, A., Ruiz Sinoga, J.D., Rubio, J.L., Schnabel, S., Senciales-González, J.M., Solé Benet, A., Taguas, E.V., Taboada Castro, M.T., Taboada Castro, M.M., Todisco, F., Úbeda, X., Varouchakis, E.A., Wittenberg, L., Zabaleta Lopetegui, Ane, Zorn, M., Geodinámica, Geodinamika, Nadal Romero, E., González Hidalgo, J.C., Albaladejo, J., Andreu, V., Bahri, H., Bernal, S., Biddoccu, M., Bienes, R., Campo, J., Campo Bescós, M.A., Canatário Duarte, A., Cantón, Y., Casali, J., Castillo, V., Cavallo, E., Cerdà, A., Cid, P., Cortesi, N., Desir, G., Díaz Pereira, E., Espigares, T., Estrany, J., Farguell, J., Fernández Raga, M., Ferreira, C.S., Ferro, V., Gallart, F., Giménez, R., Gimeno, E., Gómez, J.A., Gómez Gutiérrez, A., Gómez Macpherson, H., González Pelayo, O., Kairis, O., Karatzas, G.P., Keesstra, S., Klotz, S., Kosmas, C., Lana Renault, N., Lasanta, T., Latron, J., Lázaro, R., Le Bissonnais, Y., Le Bouteiller, C., Licciardello, F., López Tarazón, J.A., Lucía, A., Marín Moreno, V.M., Marín, C., Marqués, M.J., Martínez Fernández, J., Martínez Mena, M., Mateos, L., Mathys, N., Merino Martín, L., Moreno de las Heras, M., Moustakas, N., Nicolau, J.M., Pampalone, V., Raclot, D., Rodríguez Blanco, M.L., Rodrigo Comino, J., Romero Díaz, A., Ruiz Sinoga, J.D., Rubio, J.L., Schnabel, S., Senciales-González, J.M., Solé Benet, A., Taguas, E.V., Taboada Castro, M.T., Taboada Castro, M.M., Todisco, F., Úbeda, X., Varouchakis, E.A., Wittenberg, L., Zabaleta Lopetegui, Ane, and Zorn, M.
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Rainfall is the key factor to understand soil erosion processes, mechanisms, and rates. Most research was conducted to determine rainfall characteristics and their relationship with soil erosion (erosivity) but there is little information about how atmospheric patterns control soil losses, and this is important to enable sustainable environmental planning and risk prevention. We investigated the temporal and spatial variability of the relationships of rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield with atmospheric patterns (weather types, WTs) in the western Mediterranean basin. For this purpose, we analyzed a large database of rainfall events collected between 1985 and 2015 in 46 experimental plots and catchments with the aim to: (i) evaluate seasonal differences in the contribution of rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield produced by the WTs; and (ii) to analyze the seasonal efficiency of the different WTs (relation frequency and magnitude) related to rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield. The results indicate two different temporal patterns: the first weather type exhibits (during the cold period: autumn and winter) westerly flows that produce the highest rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield values throughout the territory; the second weather type exhibits easterly flows that predominate during the warm period (spring and summer) and it is located on the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula. However, the cyclonic situations present high frequency throughout the whole year with a large influence extended around the western Mediterranean basin. Contrary, the anticyclonic situations, despite of its high frequency, do not contribute significantly to the total rainfall, runoff, and sediment (showing the lowest efficiency) because of atmospheric stability that currently characterize this atmospheric pattern. Our approach helps to better understand the relationship of WTs on the seasonal and spatial variability of rainfall, runoff and sediment yield with a regional scale ba
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- 2020
6. Relationship of weather types on the seasonal and spatial variability of rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield in the western Mediterranean basin
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Peña-Angulo, D., Nadal-Romero, E., González-Hidalgo, J.C., Albaladejo, J., Andreu, V., Barhi, H., Bernal, S., Biddoccu, M., Bienes, R., Campo, J., Campo-Bescós, M.A., Canatário-Duarte, A., Cantón, Y., Casali, J., Castillo, V., Cavallo, E., Cerdà, A., Cid, P., Cortesi, N., Desir, G., Díaz-Pereira, E., Espigares, T., Estrany, J., Farguell, J., Fernández-Raga, M., Ferreira, C.S., Ferro, V., Gallart, F., Giménez, R., Gimeno, E., Gómez, J.A., Gómez-Gutiérrez, A., Gómez-Macpherson, H., González-Pelayo, O., Kairis, O., Karatzas, G.P., Keesstra, S., Klotz, S., Kosmas, C., Lana-Renault, N., Lasanta, T., Latron, J., Lázaro, R., Le Bissonnais, Y., Le Bouteiller, C., Licciardello, F., López-Tarazón, J.A., Lucía, A., Marín-Moreno, V.M., Marín, C., Marqués, M.J., Martínez-Fernández, J., Martínez-Mena, M., Mateos, L., Mathys, N., Merino-Martín, L., Moreno-de las Heras, M., Moustakas, N., Nicolau, J.M., Pampalone, V., Raclot, D., Rodríguez-Blanco, M.L., Rodrigo-Comino, J., Romero-Díaz, A., Ruiz-Sinoga, J.D., Rubio, J.L., Schnabel, S., Senciales-González, J.M., Solé-Benet, A., Taguas, E.V., Taboada-Castro, M.T., Taboada-Castro, M.M., Todisco, F., Úbeda, X., Varouchakis, E.A., Wittenberg, L., Zabaleta, A., Zorn, M., Peña-Angulo, D., Nadal-Romero, E., González-Hidalgo, J.C., Albaladejo, J., Andreu, V., Barhi, H., Bernal, S., Biddoccu, M., Bienes, R., Campo, J., Campo-Bescós, M.A., Canatário-Duarte, A., Cantón, Y., Casali, J., Castillo, V., Cavallo, E., Cerdà, A., Cid, P., Cortesi, N., Desir, G., Díaz-Pereira, E., Espigares, T., Estrany, J., Farguell, J., Fernández-Raga, M., Ferreira, C.S., Ferro, V., Gallart, F., Giménez, R., Gimeno, E., Gómez, J.A., Gómez-Gutiérrez, A., Gómez-Macpherson, H., González-Pelayo, O., Kairis, O., Karatzas, G.P., Keesstra, S., Klotz, S., Kosmas, C., Lana-Renault, N., Lasanta, T., Latron, J., Lázaro, R., Le Bissonnais, Y., Le Bouteiller, C., Licciardello, F., López-Tarazón, J.A., Lucía, A., Marín-Moreno, V.M., Marín, C., Marqués, M.J., Martínez-Fernández, J., Martínez-Mena, M., Mateos, L., Mathys, N., Merino-Martín, L., Moreno-de las Heras, M., Moustakas, N., Nicolau, J.M., Pampalone, V., Raclot, D., Rodríguez-Blanco, M.L., Rodrigo-Comino, J., Romero-Díaz, A., Ruiz-Sinoga, J.D., Rubio, J.L., Schnabel, S., Senciales-González, J.M., Solé-Benet, A., Taguas, E.V., Taboada-Castro, M.T., Taboada-Castro, M.M., Todisco, F., Úbeda, X., Varouchakis, E.A., Wittenberg, L., Zabaleta, A., and Zorn, M.
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Rainfall is the key factor to understand soil erosion processes, mechanisms, and rates. Most research was conducted to determine rainfall characteristics and their relationship with soil erosion (erosivity) but there is little information about how atmospheric patterns control soil losses, and this is important to enable sustainable environmental planning and risk prevention. We investigated the temporal and spatial variability of the relationships of rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield with atmospheric patterns (weather types, WTs) in the western Mediterranean basin. For this purpose, we analyzed a large database of rainfall events collected between 1985 and 2015 in 46 experimental plots and catchments with the aim to: (i) evaluate seasonal differences in the contribution of rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield produced by the WTs; and (ii) to analyze the seasonal efficiency of the different WTs (relation frequency and magnitude) related to rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield. The results indicate two different temporal patterns: the first weather type exhibits (during the cold period: autumn and winter) westerly flows that produce the highest rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield values throughout the territory; the second weather type exhibits easterly flows that predominate during the warm period (spring and summer) and it is located on the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula. However, the cyclonic situations present high frequency throughout the whole year with a large influence extended around the western Mediterranean basin. Contrary, the anticyclonic situations, despite of its high frequency, do not contribute significantly to the total rainfall, runoff, and sediment (showing the lowest efficiency) because of atmospheric stability that currently characterize this atmospheric pattern. Our approach helps to better understand the relationship of WTs on the seasonal and spatial variability of rainfall, runoff and sediment yield with a regional scale ba
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- 2020
7. Relationship of Weather Types on the Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Rainfall, Runoff, and Sediment Yield in the Western Mediterranean Basin
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Peña-Angulo, D., primary, Nadal-Romero, E., additional, González-Hidalgo, J.C., additional, Albaladejo, J., additional, Andreu, V., additional, Bahri, H., additional, Bernal, S., additional, Biddoccu, M., additional, Bienes, R., additional, Campo, J., additional, Campo-Bescós, M.A., additional, Canatário-Duarte, A., additional, Cantón, Y., additional, Casali, J., additional, Castillo, V., additional, Cavallo, E., additional, Cerdà, A., additional, Cid, P., additional, Cortesi, N., additional, Desir, G., additional, Díaz-Pereira, E., additional, Espigares, T., additional, Estrany, J., additional, Farguell, J., additional, Fernández-Raga, M., additional, Ferreira, C.S., additional, Ferro, V., additional, Gallart, F., additional, Giménez, R., additional, Gimeno, E., additional, Gómez, J.A., additional, Gómez-Gutiérrez, A., additional, Gómez-Macpherson, H., additional, González-Pelayo, O., additional, Kairis, O., additional, Karatzas, G.P., additional, Keesstra, S., additional, Klotz, S., additional, Kosmas, C., additional, Lana-Renault, N., additional, Lasanta, T., additional, Latron, J., additional, Lázaro, R., additional, Le Bissonnais, Y., additional, Le Bouteiller, C., additional, Licciardello, F., additional, López-Tarazón, J.A., additional, Lucía, A., additional, Marín-Moreno, V.M., additional, Marín, C., additional, Marqués, M.J., additional, Martínez-Fernández, J., additional, Martínez-Mena, M., additional, Mateos, L., additional, Mathys, N., additional, Merino-Martín, L., additional, Moreno-de las Heras, M., additional, Moustakas, N., additional, Nicolau, J.M., additional, Pampalone, V., additional, Raclot, D., additional, Rodríguez-Blanco, M.L., additional, Rodrigo-Comino, J., additional, Romero-Díaz, A., additional, Ruiz-Sinoga, J.D., additional, Rubio, J.L., additional, Schnabel, S., additional, Senciales-González, J.M., additional, Solé-Benet, A., additional, Taguas, E.V., additional, Taboada-Castro, M.T., additional, Taboada-Castro, M.M., additional, Todisco, F., additional, Úbeda, X., additional, Varouchakis, E.A., additional, Wittenberg, L., additional, Zabaleta, A., additional, and Zorn, M., additional
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- 2020
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8. Cartografía semi-automática de terrazas de cultivo a partir de datos LiDAR
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Arnau, Eva, Calsamiglia, A, Calvo, Adolfo, Estrany, J, and Symeonakis, Ilias
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The mountain systems surrounding the Mediterranean suffered a huge transformation related with the agriculture, mainly as a consequence of the agricultural terraces construction. These structures modify the topography and soils distribution, and, as a consequence, the drainage basins hydro-erosive dynamics. The massive land abandonment especially during the second half of the 20th century conduced to an afforestation associated with the occurrence of wild fires. The combination of fires and the collapse of the terraces walls has accelerated soil erosion processes. Actual sources of topographical data –mainly the airborne LiDAR- and the image analysis tools, offers an adequate resolution to get the land surface elements patters and map landforms such terrace steps. This paper explores the possibilities of such data sources and tools and pretends mapping the terrace walls both active and abandoned for the agricultural practices. Two small catchments have been selected in Mallorca and Castelló as samples characterised by the massive presence of agricultural terraces and using airborne LiDAR data has applied a procedure that produced satisfactory results. The maps have been check by means of photointerpretation and field work, and an exploratory work has been done analysing the influence of the terraces over the erosion processes by means of the study of the structural connectivity applying to the DTMs a Connectivity Index (IC).
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- 2018
9. Comparison of stage/discharge rating curves derived from different recording systems: Consequences for streamflow data and water management in a Mediterranean island
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Fortesa, J., primary, García-Comendador, J., additional, Calsamiglia, A., additional, López-Tarazón, J.A., additional, Latron, J., additional, Alorda, B., additional, and Estrany, J., additional
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- 2019
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10. Structural and functional connectivity in the agricultural Can Revull catchment (Mallorca, Spain)
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Calsamiglia A., Garcia-Comendador J., Fortesa J., Crema S., Cavalli M., Alorda B., and Estrany J.
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monitoring ,sediment connectivity ,sediment transport - Abstract
Unravelling the spatio-temporal variability of the sediment transfer within a catchment represents a challenge of great importance to quantify erosion, soil redistribution and their impacts on agricultural landscape. Structural and functional connectivity have been identified as useful aspects of connectivity that may clarify how these processes are coupled or decoupled in various types of catchment sediment cascades. In this study, hydrological and sediment connectivity in a Mediterranean agricultural catchment (1.4 km2) modified through traditional drainage systems (i.e. ditches and subsurface tile drainages) was assessed during two contrasted rainfall events occurred in October 2016 (20 mm in 24 h -return period < 1 yr-, I30 6.6 mm h-1 with 32 mm accumulated in 14 days) and in December 2016 (99 mm in 24 h -return period 25 yr-, I30 23 mm h-1 with 39 mm accumulated in 14 days). A morphometric index of connectivity (IC) was calculated to study the spatial patterns of structural connectivity. The identification of the main sediment pathways -in terms of functional connectivity- was conducted by field mapping, whilst the estimation of erosion and deposition rates by the analysis of high resolution digital terrain models (i.e. 5 cm pix-1; RMSE < 0.05 m) obtained from automated digital photogrammetry and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The IC estimations allowed the identification of the most (dis-)connected areas related with the anthropogenic control in the resisting forces of the catchment. On the one hand, in the upper part of the catchment, depositional compartments were created by dry-stone walls that separate agricultural properties laminating flash floods. On the other hand, in the lower part of the catchment these depositional compartments were generated by an orthogonal network of ditches situated topographically above the natural thalwegs. In its turn, the most connected areas are located in the steepest parts of the catchment under rainfed herbaceous crops without dry stone walls and also within the lowland depositional compartments where the pathways are diverted generating parallel concentrated flows because of the greater elevation of these ditches. The observed spatial patterns of functional connectivity showed significant differences between the two events, although well fitted with IC as a clear evidence of anthropogenic controls in the resisting forces. During the October 2016 event -representative of high frequency-low magnitude events in the catchment- traditional drainage systems controlled the water and sediment transfer which was mainly concentrated within the ditches. By contrast, during the event of December 2016 -representative of extreme events- this transfer process was controlled by the natural morphology of the catchment, which activated coupling mechanisms between different compartments, increasing the effective area and triggering erosion processes including the formation of rills and incipient gullies. The spatial location of the sediment mobilization and deposition areas during the extreme event in December 2016 is well fitted with the IC estimations. The application of IC, therefore, may provide useful information to improve the drainage systems design and the implementation of measures to prevent soil losses.
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- 2017
11. The role of wildfire on soil quality in abandoned terraces of three Mediterranean micro-catchments
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Lucas-Borja, M.E., primary, Calsamiglia, A., additional, Fortesa, J., additional, García-Comendador, J., additional, Lozano Guardiola, E., additional, García-Orenes, F., additional, Gago, J., additional, and Estrany, J., additional
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- 2018
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12. Regeneration of three pine species in a Mediterranean forest: A study to test predictions from species distribution models under changing climates
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Tíscar, P.A., primary, Candel-Pérez, D., additional, Estrany, J., additional, Balandier, P., additional, Gómez, R., additional, and Lucas-Borja, M.E., additional
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- 2017
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13. Can inpainting improve digital terrain analysis? Comparing techniques for void filling, surface reconstruction and geomorphometric analyses
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Manel Llena, Joan Estrany, Damià Vericat, Aleix Calsamiglia, Lorenzo Marchi, Stefano Crema, Marco Cavalli, Crema S., Llena M., Calsamiglia A., Estrany J., Marchi L., Vericat D., and Cavalli M.
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Terrain analysis ,Void (astronomy) ,business.industry ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Inpainting ,geomorphometry ,image inpainting ,interpolation ,DTM ,Geomorphometry ,SfM ,Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) ,void filling ,Computer vision ,Artificial intelligence ,business ,Geology ,Surface reconstruction ,Earth-Surface Processes - Abstract
The investigation of form and processes in geomorphology and ecology is highly dependent on topographic data: a reliable digital terrain representation is in fact a key issue across environmental and earth sciences. In many cases, the processing of high-resolution topographic data (e.g., light detection and ranging (LiDAR), structure from motion) has to face issues such as void filling, vegetation/feature removal and interpolation accuracy that are usually related to (i) intrinsic limitations of the adopted technology, (ii) local conditions affecting the survey or (iii) specific design scenario. In this paper, we develop a methodology to test the accuracy of an image inpainting algorithm to fill data voids in complex mountain areas. The devised experiment exploits the availability of a high-resolution, LiDAR-derived digital terrain model and the inpainting approach accuracy is checked against some widely used interpolation techniques (natural neighbor, spline, inverse distance weighting, kriging). In order to better mimic the actual surface texture, a methodology to introduce local topographic variability to the interpolated surface is also presented. The results show a better performance of the inpainting algorithm especially in the case of complex and rugged topography. Two examples showing an effective usage and accuracy of the proposed technique are reported, highlighting the drawbacks that a poor surface representation can introduce. The whole procedure is made freely available within a Matlab (R) script with the addition of sample files. (c) 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (c) 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- 2020
14. Spatial variability of the relationships of runoff and sediment yield with weather types throughout the Mediterranean basin
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G. Desir, José María Senciales-González, Patricio Cid, Álvaro Gómez-Gutiérrez, Luis Merino-Martín, Carla Ferreira, Tíscar Espigares, Miguel A. Campo-Bescós, Albert Solé-Benet, Asunción Romero-Díaz, Julián Martínez-Fernández, Damien Raclot, Damià Vericat, Agata Novara, María Martínez-Mena, C. Le Bouteiller, Encarnación V. Taguas, Francesca Todisco, Antonio Canatário-Duarte, Luciano Mateos, Francesc Gallart, José Andrés López-Tarazón, Susana Bernal, Emmanouil A. Varouchakis, Y. Le Bissonnais, Mariano Moreno-de las Heras, Noemí Lana-Renault, A. Zabaleta, Dhais Peña-Angulo, M. Mercedes Taboada-Castro, Lea Wittenberg, Ramon J. Batalla, Vito Ferro, Susanne Schnabel, Xavier Úbeda, Victor Castillo, Matija Zorn, José Carlos González-Hidalgo, Ramón Bienes, Juan Albaladejo, M.T. Taboada-Castro, Feliciana Licciardello, C. Marín, V. Simonneaux, Óscar González-Pelayo, George P. Karatzas, H. Barhi, Roberto Lázaro, E. Roose, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Joan Estrany, Julián Campo, Elvira Díaz-Pereira, José Luis Rubio, Sébastien Klotz, Artemio Cerdà, Javier Casalí, Vicente Andreu, Helena Gómez-Macpherson, Nicolle Mathys, Yolanda Cantón, Estela Nadal-Romero, Teodoro Lasanta, Nicola Cortesi, Orestis Kairis, Rafael Giménez, Maria Jose Marques, María Fernández-Raga, A. Cheggour, José Damián Ruiz-Sinoga, Vincenzo Pampalone, José A. Gómez, Vincenzo Bagarello, Paloma Hueso-Gonzalez, José M. Nicolau, Ana Lucía, N. Moustakas, Costas Kosmas, M. L. Rodríguez-Blanco, Jérôme Latron, E. Gimeno, Juan F. 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Agrosystème - Hydrosystème (UMR LISAH), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [ Madagascar])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Department of Geography, Mediterranean Ecogeomorphological and Hydrological Connectivity Research Team (MEDhyCON) Hydrol Connect Res, Dept Geog, Palma De Mallorca 07122, Spain, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science [Potsdam], University of Potsdam, Faculty of Sciences, Center for Applied Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Instituto Hispano Luso de Investigaciones Agrarias, Universidad de Salamanca, Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations (UMR AMAP), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Institut d'Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paul Valéry (Montpellier 3), Université de Montpellier (UM), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [Bolivie]), Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université Paul-Valéry - 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Universidad de Zaragoza [Zaragoza], Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologìa = Pyrenean Institute of Ecology [Zaragoza] (IPE - CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Institut National de Recherche en Génie Rural Eaux et Forêts (INRGREF), Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts (ENGREF)-Institution de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles [Tunis] (IRESA), Instituto Catalán de Investigación del Agua - ICRA (SPAIN) (ICRA), Universidad Pública de Navarra [Espagne] = Public University of Navarra (UPNA), Universidade de Aveiro, Universitat de València (UV), Université Cadi Ayyad [Marrakech] (UCA), Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputacion (BSC - CNS), Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible - Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (IAS CSIC), Universidad de Extremadura - University of Extremadura (UEX), Universidad de Málaga [Málaga] = University of Málaga [Málaga], Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), University of Potsdam = Universität Potsdam, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen = Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM), École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Ecologie fonctionnelle et biogéochimie des sols et des agro-écosystèmes (UMR Eco&Sols), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Université de Toulouse (UT), Universidad de Córdoba = University of Córdoba [Córdoba], Università degli Studi di Perugia = University of Perugia (UNIPG), Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC), Pena-Angulo D., Nadal-Romero E., Gonzalez-Hidalgo J.C., Albaladejo J., Andreu V., Bagarello V., Barhi H., Batalla R.J., Bernal S., Bienes R., Campo J., Campo-Bescos M.A., Canatario-Duarte A., Canton Y., Casali J., Castillo V., Cerda A., Cheggour A., Cid P., Cortesi N., Desir G., Diaz-Pereira E., Espigares T., Estrany J., Fernandez-Raga M., Ferreira C.S.S., Ferro V., Gallart F., Gimenez R., Gimeno E., Gomez J.A., Gomez-Gutierrez A., Gomez-Macpherson H., Gonzalez-Pelayo O., Hueso-Gonzalez P., Kairis O., Karatzas G.P., Klotz S., Kosmas C., Lana-Renault N., Lasanta T., Latron J., Lazaro R., Le Bissonnais Y., Le Bouteiller C., Licciardello F., Lopez-Tarazon J.A., Lucia A., Marin C., Marques M.J., Martinez-Fernandez J., Martinez-Mena M., Martinez-Murillo J.F., Mateos L., Mathys N., Merino-Martin L., Moreno-de las Heras M., Moustakas N., Nicolau J.M., Novara A., Pampalone V., Raclot D., Rodriguez-Blanco M.L., Rodrigo-Comino J., Romero-Diaz A., Roose E., Rubio J.L., Ruiz-Sinoga J.D., Schnabel S., Senciales-Gonzalez J.M., Simonneaux V., Sole-Benet A., Taguas E.V., Taboada-Castro M.M., Taboada-Castro M.T., Todisco F., Ubeda X., Varouchakis E.A., Vericat D., Wittenberg L., Zabaleta A., Zorn M., Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologia (IPE), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), and Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Runoff ,Erosion ,Mediterranean basin ,Sediment yield ,Synoptic weather types ,0207 environmental engineering ,[SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Mediterranean Basin ,Hydrology (agriculture) ,Erosão, Produção de sedimentos, Escoamento, Bacia Mediterrânica ,Soil retrogression and degradation ,ddc:550 ,020701 environmental engineering ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Water Science and Technology ,Hydrology ,Sediment ,Institut für Umweltwissenschaften und Geographie ,15. Life on land ,6. Clean water ,13. Climate action ,Environmental science ,Spatial variability ,Soil conservation ,Surface runoff - Abstract
Este artículo contiene 16 páginas, 6 figuras, 2 tablas., Soil degradation by water is a serious environmental problem worldwide, with specific climatic factors being the major causes. We investigated the relationships between synoptic atmospheric patterns (i.e. weather types, WTs) and runoff, erosion and sediment yield throughout the Mediterranean basin by analyzing a large database of natural rainfall events at 68 research sites in 9 countries. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to identify spatial relationships of the different WTs including three hydro-sedimentary variables: rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield (SY, used to refer to both soil erosion measured at plot scale and sediment yield registered at catchment scale). The results indicated 4 spatial classes of rainfall and runoff: (a) northern sites dependent on North (N) and North West (NW) flows; (b) eastern sites dependent on E and NE flows; (c) southern sites dependent on S and SE flows; and, finally, (d) western sites dependent on W and SW flows. Conversely, three spatial classes are identified for SY characterized by: (a) N and NE flows in northern sites (b) E flows in eastern sites, and (c) Wand SW flows in western sites. Most of the rainfall, runoff and SY occurred during a small number of daily events, and just a few WTs accounted for large percentages of the total. Our results confirm that characterization by WT improves understanding of the general conditions under which runoff and SY occur, and provides useful information for understanding the spatial variability of runoff, and SY throughout the Mediterranean basin. The approach used here could be useful to aid of the design of regional water management and soil conservation measures., This research was supported by projects funded by the MINECOFEDER: CGL2014-52135-C3-3-R, CGL2014-59946-R, CGL2015-65569- R, CGL2015-64284-C2-2-R, and PCIN-2017-061/AEI. When this manuscript was first submitted Estela Nadal-Romero and Damià Vericat received a “Ramón y Cajal” postdoctoral contract (RYC-2013-14371 and RYC‐2010‐06264, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, MEC). Damià Vericat is now a Serra Húnter Fellow at the University of Lleida. María Fernández-Raga received a “José Castillejo” postdoctoral grant (Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports). Carla Ferreira was supported by a post-doctoral research grant from the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (SFRH/ BPD/120093/2016). Mariano Moreno-de las Heras received a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral contract (IJCI-2015-26463) from the MEC. José Andrés López-Tarazón received a Vicenç Mut postdoctoral fellowship from the Autonomous Balearic Government (CAIB PD/038/2016). José Andrés López-Tarazón and Ramon Batalla also acknowledge the Secretariat for Universities and Research of the Department of the Economy and Knowledge of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia for supporting the Consolidated Research Group 2014 SGR 645 (RIUSFluvial Dynamics Research Group), and the CERCA Programme. This paper has benefited from the Lab and Field Data Pool created within the framework of the COST action CONNECTEUR (ES1306).
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15. Relationship of Weather Types on the Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Rainfall, Runoff, and Sediment Yield in the Western Mediterranean Basin
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Álvaro Gómez-Gutiérrez, Feliciana Licciardello, Marcella Biddoccu, Susana Bernal, Victor Castillo, José Carlos González-Hidalgo, Costas Kosmas, Ramón Bienes, Juan Albaladejo, Susanne Schnabel, Artemio Cerdà, Ana Lucía, José Damián Ruiz-Sinoga, Luis Merino-Martín, Xavier Úbeda, Yolanda Cantón, Emmanouil A. Varouchakis, Francesc Gallart, Antonio Canatário-Duarte, Vincenzo Pampalone, Patricio Cid, Dhais Peña-Angulo, N. Mathys, José Andrés López-Tarazón, Jérôme Latron, Sébastien Klotz, Matija Zorn, Damien Raclot, Elvira Díaz-Pereira, Maria Jose Marques, María Martínez-Mena, Óscar González-Pelayo, Albert Solé-Benet, E. Gimeno, María Fernández-Raga, Noemí Lana-Renault, Carla Ferreira, George P. Karatzas, N. Moustakas, Helena Gómez-Macpherson, Francesca Todisco, Teodoro Lasanta, C. Le Bouteiller, Joan Estrany, Vicente Andreu, M. L. Rodríguez-Blanco, José M. Nicolau, José Luis Rubio, Orestis Kairis, M. Mercedes Taboada-Castro, Miguel A. Campo-Bescós, Eugenio Cavallo, Tíscar Espigares, Saskia Keesstra, Luciano Mateos, H. Bahri, José A. Gómez, Y. Le Bissonnais, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, José María Senciales-González, A. Zabaleta, Lea Wittenberg, Mariano Moreno-de las Heras, Vito Ferro, M.T. Taboada-Castro, Javier Casalí, Nicola Cortesi, Rafael Giménez, Asunción Romero-Díaz, C. Marín, Estela Nadal-Romero, J. Farguell, Julián Campo, José Martínez-Fernández, G. Desir, V.M. Marín-Moreno, Roberto Lázaro, Encarnación V. Taguas, Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Ambientales (IUCA), Departamento de Geografía, University of Zaragoza - Universidad de Zaragoza [Zaragoza], Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Desertification Research Centre, Department of Environmental Quality and Soils, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Institut National de Recherche en Génie Rural Eaux et Forêts (INRGREF), Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts (ENGREF)-Institution de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles [Tunis] (IRESA), Integrative Freshwater Ecology Group, Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes, Institute for Agricultural and Earthmoving Machines, National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Departamento Investigación Aplicada y Extensión Agraria, Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural, Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDRA), ISFOOD Institute, Department of Projects and Rural Engineering, Universidad Pública de Navarra [Espagne] = Public University of Navarra (UPNA), School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Department of Agronomy (Soil Science Area), University of Almeria, Soil and Water Conservation Research Group, Centro de Edafologia y Biologia Aplicada del Segura, Department of Geography, Soil Erosion and Degradation Research Group, Universitat de València (UV), Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (LANGEBIO), Maize Genetics and Genomics Lab, CINVESTAV, Department of Earth Sciences, Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputacion (BSC - CNS), Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Unidad de Ecología, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (UAH), Department of Geography, Mediterranean Ecogeomorphological and Hydrological Connectivity Research Team (MEDhyCON), University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), Mediterranean Environmental Research Group, Department of Physical Geography and Regional Geographic Analysis (GRAM), University of Barcelona, Department of Applied Chemistry and Physics, University of Leon, College of Agriculture, Research Centre for Natural Resources, Environment and Society (CERNAS), Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Department of Earth and Marine Sciences [Palermo], Università degli studi di Palermo - University of Palermo, Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera, Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible - Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (IAS CSIC), INTERRA Research Institute, Universidad de Extremadura - University of Extremadura (UEX), Department of Environment and Planning, Earth Surface Processes Team (ESP) Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Universidade de Aveiro, Department of Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens, School of Environmental Engineering [Chania], Technical University of Crete [Chania], Team Soil Water and Land Use, Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen UR, Erosion torrentielle neige et avalanches (UR ETGR (ETNA)), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Area of Physical Geography, DCH, Universidad de la Rioja, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologìa = Pyrenean Institute of Ecology [Zaragoza] (IPE - CSIC), Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Experimental Station of Arid Zones (EEZA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Laboratoire d'étude des Interactions Sol - Agrosystème - Hydrosystème (UMR LISAH), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Physical and Regional Geography Research Group, Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Universitat de Lleida, University of Potsdam = Universität Potsdam, Faculty of Sciences, Center for Applied Geosciences, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen = Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen, Universidad de Córdoba = University of Córdoba [Córdoba], Universidade do Porto = University of Porto, Instituto Hispano Luso de Investigaciones Agrarias, Universidad de Salamanca, Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations (UMR AMAP), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro, Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, Laboratoire commun de télédétection (UR LCMO), Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et forêts (CEMAGREF), University of Vigo [ Pontevedra], Physical Geography, Trier University, Departamento de Geografía, Universidad de Cantabria [Santander], Universidad de Málaga [Málaga] = University of Málaga [Málaga], Faculty of Sciences, Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (CICA), University of A Coruña (UDC), Department of Agriculture-Food and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Research Unit, Università degli Studi di Perugia = University of Perugia (UNIPG), Departamento de Geografía, Grup de Recerca Ambiental Mediterrània, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Nairobi (UoN), Science and Technology Faculty, Hydro-Environmental Processes Research Group, University of the Basque Country (University of the Basque Country), Geographical Institute, Scientific Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU), Spanish Government (Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, MINECO) and FEDER Projects: CGL2014 52135-C3-3-R, ESP2017-89463-C3-3-R, CGL2014-59946-R, CGL2015-65569-R, CGL2015-64284-C2-2-R, CGL2015-64284-C2-1-R, CGL2016-78075-P, GL2008-02879/BTE, LEDDRA 243857, RECARE-FP7, CGL2017-83866-C3-1-R, and PCIN-2017-061/AEI. Dhais Pena-Angulo received a 'Juan de la Cierva' postdoctoral contract (FJCI-2017-33652 Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, MEC). Ana Lucia acknowledge the 'Brigitte-Schlieben-Lange-Programm'. The 'Geoenvironmental Processes and Global Change' (E02_17R) was financed by the Aragon Government and the European Social Fund. Jose Andres Lopez-Tarazon acknowledges the Secretariat for Universities and Research of the Department of the Economy and Knowledge of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia for supporting the Consolidated Research Group 2014 SGR 645 (RIUS-Fluvial Dynamics Research Group). Artemi Cerda thank the funding of the OCDE TAD/CRP JA00088807. Jose Martinez-Fernandez acknowledges the project Unidad de Excelencia CLU-2018-04 co-funded by FEDER and Castilla y Leon Government. Ane Zabaleta is supported by the Hydro-Environmental Processes consolidated research group (IT1029-16, Basque Government)., Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), European Commission, Gobierno de Aragón, Eusko Jaurlaritza, Generalitat de Catalunya, Junta de Castilla y León, Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Ingeniería, Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. ISFOOD - Institute for Innovation and Sustainable Development in Food Chain, Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Ingeniaritza Saila, University of Zaragoza, CNR - National Research Council of Italy, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Université de Valence, University of Extremadura, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologia (IPE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), University of Potsdam, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Universidad de Córdoba [Cordoba], Instrumentation, Material and Correlated Electrons Physics (IMAPEC), PHotonique, ELectronique et Ingénierie QuantiqueS (PHELIQS), Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG), Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Universidade do Porto, Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Università degli Studi di Perugia (UNIPG), Barcelona Supercomputing Center, UAM. Departamento de Geología y Geoquímica, Pena-Angulo D., Nadal-Romero E., Gonzalez-Hidalgo J.C., Albaladejo J., Andreu V., Barhi H., Bernal S., Biddoccu M., Bienes R., Campo J., Campo-Bescos M.A., Canatario-Duarte A., Canton Y., Casali J., Castillo V., Cavallo E., Cerda A., Cid P., Cortesi N., Desir G., Diaz-Pereira E., Espigares T., Estrany J., Farguell J., Fernandez-Raga M., Ferreira C.S., Ferro V., Gallart F., Gimenez R., Gimeno E., Gomez J.A., Gomez-Gutierrez A., Gomez-Macpherson H., Gonzalez-Pelayo O., Kairis O., Karatzas G.P., Keesstra S., Klotz S., Kosmas C., Lana-Renault N., Lasanta T., Latron J., Lazaro R., Bissonnais Y.L., Bouteiller C.L., Licciardello F., Lopez-Tarazon J.A., Lucia A., Marin-Moreno V.M., Marin C., Marques M.J., Martinez-Fernandez J., Martinez-Mena M., Mateos L., Mathys N., Merino-Martin L., Moreno-de las Heras M., Moustakas N., Nicolau J.M., Pampalone V., Raclot D., Rodriguez-Blanco M.L., Rodrigo-Comino J., Romero-Diaz A., Ruiz-Sinoga J.D., Rubio J.L., Schnabel S., Senciales-Gonzalez J.M., Sole-Benet A., Taguas E.V., Taboada-Castro M.T., Taboada-Castro M.M., Todisco F., Ubeda X., Varouchakis E.A., Wittenberg L., Zabaleta A., Zorn M., Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)
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Mediterranean climate ,Western Mediterranean ,Rainfall ,Atmospheric Science ,Water en Landgebruik ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Climate ,analyses ,Sedimentació ,02 engineering and technology ,[SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy ,01 natural sciences ,Mediterranean Basin ,Soil ,Bodem ,Lluvia ,Soil, Water and Land Use ,Geología ,weather types ,rainfall ,runoff ,erosion ,sediment yield ,seasonal analyses ,Mediterranean basin ,Erosion, Mediterranean basin, Rainfall, Runoff, Seasonal analyses, Sediment yield, Weather types ,020701 environmental engineering ,Precipitacions (Meteorologia) ,Sediment yield ,Edafología ,[SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics ,PE&RC ,2502 Climatología ,Drenatge ,6. Clean water ,Weather types ,Tipos de clima ,Erosión ,Precipitations (Meteorology) ,2511 Ciencias del Suelo (Edafología) ,2508.10 Precipitación ,Seasonal analyses ,Anticyclone ,Erosió ,Erosion ,Drainage ,Mediterrània occidental ,Soil erosion--Climatic factors ,Cuenca mediterranea ,Runoff ,0207 environmental engineering ,Environmental Science (miscellaneous) ,lcsh:QC851-999 ,complex mixtures ,[SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems ,Atmospheric instability ,Settore AGR/08 - Idraulica Agraria E Sistemazioni Idraulico-Forestali ,Datasets ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Mediterraneanbasin ,Hydrology ,Water and Land Use ,Rainfal ,fungi ,Sediment ,Sedimentation and deposition ,seasonal ,15. Life on land ,Atmosfera -- Aspectes ambientals ,Bodem, Water en Landgebruik ,13. Climate action ,Enginyeria agroalimentària::Ciències de la terra i de la vida [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,Soil erosion ,Environmental science ,Rainfall frequencies ,Spatial variability ,lcsh:Meteorology. Climatology ,Clima ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,Surface runoff - Abstract
Producción Científica, Rainfall is the key factor to understand soil erosion processes, mechanisms, and rates. Most research was conducted to determine rainfall characteristics and their relationship with soil erosion (erosivity) but there is little information about how atmospheric patterns control soil losses, and this is important to enable sustainable environmental planning and risk prevention. We investigated the temporal and spatial variability of the relationships of rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield with atmospheric patterns (weather types, WTs) in the western Mediterranean basin. For this purpose, we analyzed a large database of rainfall events collected between 1985 and 2015 in 46 experimental plots and catchments with the aim to: (i) evaluate seasonal differences in the contribution of rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield produced by the WTs; and (ii) to analyze the seasonal efficiency of the different WTs (relation frequency and magnitude) related to rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield. The results indicate two different temporal patterns: the first weather type exhibits (during the cold period: autumn and winter) westerly flows that produce the highest rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield values throughout the territory; the second weather type exhibits easterly flows that predominate during the warm period (spring and summer) and it is located on the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula. However, the cyclonic situations present high frequency throughout the whole year with a large influence extended around the western Mediterranean basin. Contrary, the anticyclonic situations, despite of its high frequency, do not contribute significantly to the total rainfall, runoff, and sediment (showing the lowest efficiency) because of atmospheric stability that currently characterize this atmospheric pattern. Our approach helps to better understand the relationship of WTs on the seasonal and spatial variability of rainfall, runoff and sediment yield with a regional scale based on the large dataset and number of soil erosion experimental stations., Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad - FEDER (CGL2014 52135-C3-3-R; ESP2017-89463-C3-3-R; CGL2014-59946-R; CGL2015-65569-R; CGL2015-64284- C2-2-R; CGL2015-64284-C2-1-R; CGL2016-78075-P; GL2008-02879/BTE; LEDDRA 243857; RECARE-FP7; CGL2017-83866-C3-1-R y PCIN-2017- 061/AEI), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (FJCI-2017-33652), Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (TAD/CRP JA00088807), Junta de Castilla y León - FEDER (CLU-2018-04)
16. [Care complexity and place of death in palliative home care].
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Busquet-Duran X, Manresa-Domínguez JM, Llobera-Estrany J, López-García AI, Moreno-Gabriel E, and Torán-Monserrat P
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- Humans, Male, Aged, 80 and over, Palliative Care, Caregivers, Probability, Home Care Services, Neoplasms therapy
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Objective: To examine the associations between the dimensions of the HexCom care complexity model and the place of death., Method: Multicenter longitudinal observational study in patients with advanced illness cared for by home care support teams in Catalonia. Age, gender, type of illness, main caregiver, external support, place of death and the sub-areas of care complexity provided by HexCom were registered. A multivariate Cox regression analysis was performed., Results: Participation of 1527 patients (72% oncology), cared for a median of 35 days. 45% died at home. The probability of dying at home was greater when a greater functional impairment was detected in the initial assessment (hazard ratio [HR]: 7.67; 95% confidence interval [95%CI]: 4.93-11.92), when the patient was male (HR: 1.19; 95%CI: 1.02-1.39), was over 80 years old (HR: 1.41; 95%CI: 1.20-1.66) and when care complexity was detected in relation to being in a situation of last days (HR: 2.24; 95%CI: 1.69-2.97). It was more likely not to die at home in the case of cancer (HR: 0.76; 95%CI: 0.64-0.89), or if poor external support to the family group was detected in the first evaluation (HR: 0.79; 95%CI: 0.67-0.93), or that the patient did not feel at peace with others (HR: 0.56; 95%CI: 0.40-0.79), or lack of agreement on the planning of the place of death (HR: 0.57; 95%CI: 0.48-0.68)., Conclusions: The assessment of the complexity of care through the HexCom-Clin model can help to improve advance planning of decisions by incorporating among its dimensions the feeling of peace with others, the external support to the family nucleus and the degree of agreement on the place of death., (Copyright © 2022 SESPAS. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)
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17. Combining sediment fingerprinting and hydro-sedimentary monitoring to assess suspended sediment provenance in a mid-mountainous Mediterranean catchment.
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García-Comendador J, Martínez-Carreras N, Fortesa J, Company J, Borràs A, and Estrany J
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- Bayes Theorem, Environmental Monitoring, Floods, Radioisotopes, Geologic Sediments, Soil
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Soil erosion and sediment transport are controlled by complex factors promoting variable responses in catchment's erosion rates and sediment yields. To mitigate eventual negative effects derived from altered fluxes, integrated catchment management plans should assess the sediment cascade from upstream erosive processes, sediment mobilization through hillslopes and within the channel, up to downstream sediment yields. This study links hydro-sedimentary dynamics with sediment fingerprinting source ascription in a mid-mountainous Mediterranean catchment during five hydrological years (2013-2018). Soil colour parameters and fallout radionuclides were used as tracers to predict dominant suspended sediment sources using (i) a Bayesian mixing model (MixSIAR) and (ii) an End Member Mixing Analysis (EMMA). MixSIAR suggested that crops were the dominant source in most of the collected samples. EMMA showed similar results, clustering all except one sediment samples close to the crop and channel bank signatures. In addition, a quantitative hysteresis index was calculated and floods were clustered in function of their hydro-sedimentary characteristics. Despite different patterns were associated to each of the four identified clusters (e.g. different sediment loads and maximum suspended sediment concentrations), correlation between sediment origin and hydro-sedimentary variables was not significant due to the little seasonal variation in source type ascription., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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18. Gender and Observed Complexity in Palliative Home Care: A Prospective Multicentre Study Using the HexCom Model.
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Busquet-Duran X, Moreno-Gabriel E, Jiménez-Zafra EM, Tura-Poma M, Bosch-DelaRosa O, Moragas-Roca A, Martin-Moreno S, Martínez-Losada E, Crespo-Ramírez S, Lestón-Lado L, Salamero-Tura N, Llobera-Estrany J, Salvago-Leiracha A, López-García AI, Manresa-Domínguez JM, Morandi-Garde T, Persentili-Viure ES, and Torán-Monserrat P
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Caregivers, Female, Humans, Male, Palliative Care, Prospective Studies, Home Care Services, Neoplasms
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This study analyses gender differences in the complexity observed in palliative home care through a multicentre longitudinal observational study of patients with advanced disease treated by palliative home care teams in Catalonia (Spain). We used the HexCom model, which includes six dimensions and measures three levels of complexity: high (non-modifiable situation), medium (difficult) and low. Results: N = 1677 people, 44% women. In contrast with men, in women, cancer was less prevalent (64.4% vs. 73.9%) ( p < 0.001), cognitive impairment was more prevalent (34.1% vs. 26.6%; p = 0.001) and professional caregivers were much more common (40.3% vs. 24.3%; p < 0.001). Women over 80 showed less complexity in the following subareas: symptom management (41.7% vs. 51,1%; p = 0.011), emotional distress (24.5% vs. 32.8%; p = 0.015), spiritual distress (16.4% vs. 26.4%; p = 0.001), socio-familial distress (62.7% vs. 70.1%; p = 0.036) and location of death (36.0% vs. 49.6%; p < 0.000). Men were more complex in the subareas of "practice" OR = 1.544 (1.25-1.90 p = 0.000) and "transcendence" OR = 1.52 (1.16-1.98 p = 0.002). Observed complexity is related to male gender in people over 80 years of age. Women over the age of 80 are remarkably different from their male counterparts, showing less complexity regarding care for their physical, psycho-emotional, spiritual and socio-familial needs.
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19. [Wish to hasten death in home palliative care. Look for your seven percent.]
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Busquet-Duran X, Jiménez-Zafra EM, Martínez-Losada EJ, Tura-Poma M, Llobera-Estrany J, Bosch-de la Rosa O, Leston-Lado MD, Moragas-Roca A, Martin Moreno S, López-Garcia AI, Salamero-Tura N, Crespo-Ramírez S, Manresa-Domínguez JM, and Torán-Monserrat P
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- Attitude to Death, Humans, Spain epidemiology, Palliative Care, Terminally Ill
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Objective: The wish to hasten death has been little researched in the area of Mediterranean countries and we are not aware of specific studies on its particularities in home care in our setting. The aim of this work was to investigate the prevalence and evolution of wish to hasten death in home care, analysing its relationship with physical, emotional, spiritual, ethical and social-family unrest., Methods: Longitudinal observational study in palliative home care in Catalonia. 43 teams agreed on the level of complexity after the first visit and after the discharge of the patient with the HexCom model, which classifies the desire to anticipate death into Low complexity (no or sporadic manifestation); Medium (persistent desire that requires specific treatment); or High (persistent desire that is considered potentially refractory). For the comparison of proportions, Pearson's Chi-squared test was used and a multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed, in which the dependent variable corresponded to the desire to hasten initial death. The level of significance was p≤0.05., Results: The total number of patients included in this study was 1,677, of whom 1,169 (69.7%) were oncologic. The prevalence of desire to hasten death was 6.67%. It was related to spiritual distress, especially lack of meaning (OR 3.25) and lack of connection (OR 3.81), to psychoemotional distress (OR 2.34) and to ethical distress. Protective factors were spiritual distress in relation to transcendence (OR 0.50), the caregiver being a partner (OR 0.50) and being cared for by a team that included psychology and social work (OR 0.34). The desire to anticipate death is stable in 71.6% of patients., Conclusions: The desire to anticipate death is a changing and complex phenomenon that can emerge at any time. The presence of psycho-emotional, spiritual-existential and ethical discomfort, especially in patients without a partner, should make us take a proactive attitude to identify it early., Competing Interests: Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.
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20. Assessing Face Validity of the HexCom Model for Capturing Complexity in Clinical Practice: A Delphi Study.
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Busquet-Duran X, Jiménez-Zafra EM, Tura-Poma M, Bosch-de la Rosa O, Moragas-Roca A, Martin-Moreno S, Martínez-Losada E, Crespo-Ramírez S, Lestón-Lado L, Salamero-Tura N, Llobera-Estrany J, Oriol-Peregrina N, Moreno-Gabriel E, Manresa-Domínguez JM, and Torán-Monserrat P
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Capturing complexity is both a conceptual and a practical challenge in palliative care. The HexCom model has proved to be an instrument with strong reliability and to be valid for describing the needs and strengths of patients in home care. In order to explore whether it is also perceived to be helpful in enhancing coordinated and patient-centred care at a practical level, a methodological study was carried out to assess the face validity of the model. In particular, a Delphi method involving a group of 14 experts representing the full spectrum of healthcare professionals involved in palliative care was carried out. The results show that there is a high level of agreement, with a content validity index-item greater than 0.92 both with regard to the complexity model and the HexCom-Red, HexCom-Basic, and the HexCom-Clin instruments, and higher than 0.85 regarding the HexCom-Figure and the HexCom-Patient instruments. This consensus confirms that the HexCom model and the different instruments that are derived from it are valued as useful tools for a broad range of healthcare professional in coordinately capturing complexity in healthcare practice.
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21. Influence of weather types on the hydrosedimentary response in three small catchments on the Island of Mallorca, Spain.
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Peña-Angulo D, Estrany J, García-Comendador J, Fortesa J, Tomàs-Burguera M, Company J, Alorda B, and Nadal-Romero E
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- Floods, Islands, Spain, Water Movements, Hydrology, Weather
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The influence of the sea and topography are vital factors in the atmospheric processes affecting any island, as they introduce peculiarities in the hydrosedimentary response of fluvial systems. In view of that, the relationship between the surface atmospheric conditions (weather types, WTs), rainfall, runoff and erosion dynamics in three small catchments located in Mallorca were analysed. The catchments are representative in terms of geomorphology and land use but also due to their location within the major rainfall areas previously identified in the island by (Sumner et al., 1993). Data of rainfall, runoff and sediment variables, coupled with calculated WTs were used for the 2013-2017 period. WTs frequency and distribution during this period were compared to the last climatic period reference (1981-2010) to test the climate validity of the study period. The results illustrated how hydrosedimentary response was mostly caused by eco-geographical patterns but also by differences in the response of each catchment to WTs, related to the intrinsic geographical position in the island and different exposures to humid winds. Anticyclonic WT was the most frequent, despite it being only involved in one flood event at the eastern catchment. Conversely, eastern and northeastern WTs generated more than 85% of the total runoff and sediment, representing only 39% of flood events. The understanding of the specific role of WTs on the island's hydrology was improved, considering that freshwater resources are scarce and eco-sociologically crucial., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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22. Nano and Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): A New Grand Challenge for Precision Agriculture?
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Gago J, Estrany J, Estes L, Fernie AR, Alorda B, Brotman Y, Flexas J, Escalona JM, and Medrano H
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- Data Collection, Phenotype, Plants, Agriculture, Remote Sensing Technology
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By collecting data at spatial and temporal scales that are inaccessible to satellite and field observation, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are revolutionizing a number of scientific and management disciplines. UAVs may be particularly valuable for precision agricultural applications, offering strong potential to improve the efficiency of water, nutrient, and disease management. However, some authors have suggested that the UAV industry has overhyped the potential value of this technology for agriculture, given that it is difficult for non-specialists to operate UAVs as well as to process and interpret the resulting data. Here, we analyze the barriers to applying UAVs for precision agriculture, which range from regulatory issues to technical requirements. We then evaluate how new developments in the nano- and micro-UAV (NAV and MAV, respectively) markets may help to overcome these barriers. Among the possible breakthroughs that we identify is the ability of NAV/MAV platforms to directly quantify plant traits using methods (e.g., object-oriented classification) that require less image calibration and interpretation than spectral index-based approaches. We suggest that this potential, when combined with steady improvements in sensor miniaturization, flight precision, and autonomy as well as cloud-based image processing, will make UAVs a tool with much broader adoption by agricultural managers in the near future. If this wider uptake is realized, then UAVs have real potential to improve agriculture's resource-use efficiency. © 2020 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., (© 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
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23. Climate and land use change effects on soil erosion in two small agricultural catchment systems Fugnitz - Austria, Can Revull - Spain.
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Luetzenburg G, Bittner MJ, Calsamiglia A, Renschler CS, Estrany J, and Poeppl R
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Soil erosion represents one of the most important processes of land degradation in the world and is considered a serious threat to the provision of food supply, to human health and to terrestrial ecosystems. In Europe, soil erosion by water and tillage is responsible for the loss of fertile topsoil and therefore productive land. Under Global Change scenarios climate and land use are expected to impact soil loss and sediment discharge rates distinctly in contrasting climatic regions, further influenced by tillage practices. Soil erosion modeling is a valuable tool to estimate future changes and elucidate opportunities to mitigate future threats to soil loss and crop yield, ultimately leading to the development of Best Management Practices (BMPs). In this study, future change of soil erosion processes under the IPCC Representative Concentration Pathways RCP2.6 and RCP6.0, as well as a conventional tillage (CT) and a reduced tillage (RT) practice are investigated in two small agricultural catchments in Europe under contrasting climate; Can Revull in Spain and Fugnitz in Austria. We applied GeoWEPP, the Geospatial Interface for the Water Erosion Prediction Project, to model these two agricultural catchments at a fine spatial resolution. We demonstrate that tillage practice, precipitation and runoff are driving factors for soil erosion at both locations. Furthermore, we illustrate that tillage practices have a greater effect on soil erosion than climate change scenarios. RT could reduce soil erosion by more than 75% compared to CT practices. Under RCP6.0, future changes in runoff, hillslope soil loss and sediment discharge would be greater compared to RCP2.6, with different responses depending on the investigated climatic region. Linking soil erosion models on a fine spatial scale and with different management practices to downscaled global circulation models, can provide valuable input for the development of future BMPs to reduce soil loss in agricultural landscapes., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2020
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24. Effects of land use and seasonality on stream water quality in a small tropical catchment: The headwater of Córrego Água Limpa, São Paulo (Brazil).
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Rodrigues V, Estrany J, Ranzini M, de Cicco V, Martín-Benito JMT, Hedo J, and Lucas-Borja ME
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Stream water quality is controlled by the interaction of natural and anthropogenic factors over a range of temporal and spatial scales. Among these anthropogenic factors, land cover changes at catchment scale can affect stream water quality. This work aims to evaluate the influence of land use and seasonality on stream water quality in a representative tropical headwater catchment named as Córrego Água Limpa (Sao Paulo, Brasil), which is highly influenced by intensive agricultural activities and urban areas. Two systematic sampling approach campaigns were implemented with six sampling points along the stream of the headwater catchment to evaluate water quality during the rainy and dry seasons. Three replicates were collected at each sampling point in 2011. Electrical conductivity, nitrates, nitrites, sodium superoxide, Chemical Oxygen Demand (DQO), colour, turbidity, suspended solids, soluble solids and total solids were measured. Water quality parameters differed among sampling points, being lower at the headwater sampling point (0m above sea level), and then progressively higher until the last downstream sampling point (2500m above sea level). For the dry season, the mean discharge was 39.5ls
-1 (from April to September) whereas 113.0ls-1 were averaged during the rainy season (from October to March). In addition, significant temporal and spatial differences were observed (P<0.05) for the fourteen parameters during the rainy and dry period. The study enhance significant relationships among land use and water quality and its temporal effect, showing seasonal differences between the land use and water quality connection, highlighting the importance of multiple spatial and temporal scales for understanding the impacts of human activities on catchment ecosystem services., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2018
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