Matteo Camporese

Simplified modeling of catchment-scale evapotranspiration via boundary condition switching

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 07-2014

DOI: 10.1016/J.ADVWATRES.2014.04.008

Catchment-scale Richards equation-based modeling of evapotranspiration via boundary condition switching and root water uptake schemes

Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Date: 07-2015

DOI: 10.1002/2015WR017139

Modeling hydrological impacts of afforestation on intermittent streams

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 08-2020

DOI: 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2020.138748

Water balance complexities in ephemeral catchments with different land uses: Insights from monitoring and distributed hydrologic modeling

Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Date: 06-2016

DOI: 10.1002/2016WR018663

Water and salt balance modelling of intermittent catchments using a physically-based integrated model

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2019

DOI: 10.1016/J.JHYDROL.2018.11.035

Simulated response of an intermittent stream to rainfall frequency patterns

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 12-2019

DOI: 10.1002/HYP.13610

Long-Term Impacts of Partial Afforestation on Water and Salt Dynamics of an Intermittent Catchment under Climate Change

Publisher: MDPI AG

Date: 09-04-2020

DOI: 10.3390/W12041067

Abstract: Soil salinization is a major environmental issue in arid and semi-arid regions, and has been accelerated in some areas by removal of native vegetation cover. Partial afforestation can be a practical mitigation strategy if efficiently integrated with farms and pastures. Using an integrated surface-subsurface hydrological model, this study evaluates the water and salt dynamics and soil salinization conditions of a rural intermittent catchment in the semi-arid climate of southeast Australia subjected to four different partial afforestation configurations under different climate change scenarios, as predicted by several general circulation models. The results show that the locations of afforested areas can induce a retarding effect in the outflow of groundwater salt, with tree planting at lower elevations showing the steadier salt depletion rates. Moreover, except for the configuration with trees planted near the outlet of the catchment, the streamflow is maintained under all other configurations. It appears that under both Representative Concentration Pathways considered (RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5), the Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model represents the fastest salt export scheme, whereas the Canadian Earth System Model and the Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate represent the slowest salt export scheme. Overall, it is found that the location of partial afforestation generally plays a more significant role than the climate change scenarios.

University Of Padua

Location: Italy

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University Of Padova

Location: Italy

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Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP180101229

Start Date: 03-2018

End Date: 12-2022

Amount: $309,599.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP140100871

Start Date: 11-2014

End Date: 12-2018

Amount: $186,351.00

Funder: Australian Research Council