Climate Change at the Local Scale: Trends, Impacts and Adaptations in a Northwestern Mediterranean Region (Costa Brava, NE Iberian Peninsula)

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Ribas ◽  
Josep Calbó ◽  
Albert Llausàs ◽  
Joan A. Lopez-Bustins
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Local Scale ◽  
Ne Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Costa Brava ◽  
Northwestern Mediterranean

scholarly journals Middle and late Holocene climate change and human impact inferred from diatoms, algae and aquatic macrophyte pollen in sediments from Lake Montcortès (NE Iberian Peninsula)

2011 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Scussolini ◽  
Teresa Vegas-Vilarrúbia ◽  
Valentí Rull ◽  
Juan Pablo Corella ◽  
Blas Valero-Garcés ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Human Impact ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Aquatic Macrophyte ◽  
Holocene Climate ◽  
Holocene Climate Change ◽  
Ne Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Middle And Late Holocene

scholarly journals Impact of Climate Change on Worlds Economy and Hydrological System

2021 ◽  
pp. 78-84
Author(s):  
Sajid Ali ◽  
Inayatullah Jan
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Global Change ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Hydrological Model ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Mediterranean River ◽  
The Mediterranean

The Mediterranean region appears to be particularly responsive to global and climate change. The global mean temperature has increased by 0.8°C compared with preindustrial levels while Europe has warmed more than the global average, especially in the Mediterranean, the north-east region, and mountain areas. Increasingly drier conditions are observed in the Mediterranean region both in the wet and in the dry season (~20%) with an increasingly irregular precipitation in both seasons (~ 40% in the dry season). The annual river flows have also decreased in the Mediterranean region, a difference projected to exacerbate due to climate and global change, which made the Mediterranean region most prone to an increase in drought hazard and water stress. Iberian Peninsula has been already affected by several major droughts, e.g. the recent one in 2005. These driving forces of global change impacts on water availability, water quality, and ecosystem services in Mediterranean river basins of the Iberian Peninsula, as well as their impacts on the human society and economy, makes it an important issue on the EU agenda. This thesis is an approach to quantify and analyze the water quantity, hydrological ecosystem services, and water supply in temperate regions under environmental changes. A hydrological model is developed for a low flow Mediterranean river (Francolí River) to assess the water allocation situation in the river basin using MIKE BASIN. Since the Mediterranean regions are hard hit by the changes in the global climatic patterns, the hydrological model focuses on the water distribution system & flow in the region.

scholarly journals Historical flash floods retromodelling in the Ondara River in Tàrrega (NE Iberian Peninsula)

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3359-3371 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Balasch ◽  
J. L. Ruiz-Bellet ◽  
J. Tuset
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Peak Flow ◽  
Flash Floods ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Peak Flows ◽  
The Town ◽  
Ne Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Morphology Changes

Abstract. Flash floods in the Ondara River have caused many fatalities and damages in the town of Tàrrega in the last 400 yr. Unfortunately, no flow records are available. However, floods can sometimes be reconstructed thanks to available historical information: limnimarks, written accounts and archaeological surveys. Indeed, from these data and using the retromodelling method on three different scenarios to take into account morphology changes, the peak flows of the seven greatest floods occurred in Tàrrega since the 17th century were estimated. The results showed that the heaviest flood's specific peak flow (10.7 m3 s−1 km−2) ranks among the highest ever modelled or measured in similar-sized catchments in the Western Mediterranean region. The results pointed out, as well, that the changes in channel's morphology (mainly, the disappearance of a mediaeval bridge under sediment) caused by one of the floods increased the hydraulic capacity of a crucial cross-section. All this resulted in modest floods invading the town less often, but with much faster and, thus, more destructive flows. A preliminary estimation of the results' uncertainty was 4% for great floods and 18% for modest floods. The reconstructed peak flows will be introduced in a database for a future use in climatic and hydrological studies.

Is climate change a threat for water uses in the Mediterranean region? Results from a survey at local scale

2016 ◽  
Vol 543 ◽  
pp. 981-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. La Jeunesse ◽  
C. Cirelli ◽  
D. Aubin ◽  
C. Larrue ◽  
H. Sellami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Local Scale ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Water Uses

INTEGRATED MULTI-STRATIGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION OF THE LATE PERMIAN-EARLY TRIASSIC TERRESTRIAL SUCCESSION IN THE CATALAN PYRENEES (NE IBERIAN PENINSULA): THE COLL DE TERRERS SECTION

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordi Ibanez-Insa ◽  
◽  
Eudald Mujal ◽  
Jaume Dinarès-Turell ◽  
Jordi Perez-Cano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Early Triassic ◽  
Late Permian ◽  
Ne Iberian Peninsula

scholarly journals Impact of air–sea coupling on the climate change signal over the Iberian Peninsula

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alba de la Vara ◽  
William Cabos ◽  
Dmitry V. Sein ◽  
Claas Teichmann ◽  
Daniela Jacob
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Regional Distribution ◽  
Coupled Model ◽  
Climate Change Signal ◽  
The North ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Impact

AbstractIn this work we use a regional atmosphere–ocean coupled model (RAOCM) and its stand-alone atmospheric component to gain insight into the impact of atmosphere–ocean coupling on the climate change signal over the Iberian Peninsula (IP). The IP climate is influenced by both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean sea. Complex interactions with the orography take place there and high-resolution models are required to realistically reproduce its current and future climate. We find that under the RCP8.5 scenario, the generalized 2-m air temperature (T2M) increase by the end of the twenty-first century (2070–2099) in the atmospheric-only simulation is tempered by the coupling. The impact of coupling is specially seen in summer, when the warming is stronger. Precipitation shows regionally-dependent changes in winter, whilst a drier climate is found in summer. The coupling generally reduces the magnitude of the changes. Differences in T2M and precipitation between the coupled and uncoupled simulations are caused by changes in the Atlantic large-scale circulation and in the Mediterranean Sea. Additionally, the differences in projected changes of T2M and precipitation with the RAOCM under the RCP8.5 and RCP4.5 scenarios are tackled. Results show that in winter and summer T2M increases less and precipitation changes are of a smaller magnitude with the RCP4.5. Whilst in summer changes present a similar regional distribution in both runs, in winter there are some differences in the NW of the IP due to differences in the North Atlantic circulation. The differences in the climate change signal from the RAOCM and the driving Global Coupled Model show that regionalization has an effect in terms of higher resolution over the land and ocean.

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