Understanding climate and land surface changes impact on water resources using Budyko framework and remote sensing data in Ethiopia

Climate change and land degradation are the two drivers playing a significant role in changing freshwater availability. Targeted intervention requires understanding the role of each driver and their spatial dominance. However, detangling the effects of these factors and identifying where each plays...

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Autores principales: Abera, Wuletawu, Tamene, Lulseged D., Abegaz, Assefa, Solomon, Dawit
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101150
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author Abera, Wuletawu
Tamene, Lulseged D.
Abegaz, Assefa
Solomon, Dawit
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description Climate change and land degradation are the two drivers playing a significant role in changing freshwater availability. Targeted intervention requires understanding the role of each driver and their spatial dominance. However, detangling the effects of these factors and identifying where each plays the most important role is still unclear. In this study, we used Budyko-like framework and remote sensing data to evaluate the spatial effects of climate and land surface changes on water availability in Ethiopia. At national level, the mean long-term annual runoff change after 20 years is positive (about 80 mm/year), and is equally accountable to climate change (50%) and landscape surface changes (50%). However, both the change and contribution of the two factors vary spatially. In northern (Tigray region) and southeastern (Somali region) Ethiopia, the contribution of climate change is larger than the land surface changes on water resources. Particularly in the southeastern part of the country (Somali region), 70% of the changes in water resources is attributed to climate change. In most areas of the country, the change in water resources due to land surface change is positive. The detail percentage contribution of the two factors on the water resource change for each administrative zone is provided.
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spelling CGSpace1011502025-11-12T05:56:16Z Understanding climate and land surface changes impact on water resources using Budyko framework and remote sensing data in Ethiopia Abera, Wuletawu Tamene, Lulseged D. Abegaz, Assefa Solomon, Dawit climate change surface water water resources Climate change and land degradation are the two drivers playing a significant role in changing freshwater availability. Targeted intervention requires understanding the role of each driver and their spatial dominance. However, detangling the effects of these factors and identifying where each plays the most important role is still unclear. In this study, we used Budyko-like framework and remote sensing data to evaluate the spatial effects of climate and land surface changes on water availability in Ethiopia. At national level, the mean long-term annual runoff change after 20 years is positive (about 80 mm/year), and is equally accountable to climate change (50%) and landscape surface changes (50%). However, both the change and contribution of the two factors vary spatially. In northern (Tigray region) and southeastern (Somali region) Ethiopia, the contribution of climate change is larger than the land surface changes on water resources. Particularly in the southeastern part of the country (Somali region), 70% of the changes in water resources is attributed to climate change. In most areas of the country, the change in water resources due to land surface change is positive. The detail percentage contribution of the two factors on the water resource change for each administrative zone is provided. 2019-08 2019-05-02T16:11:29Z 2019-05-02T16:11:29Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101150 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Abera, Wuletawu; Tamene, Lulseged; Abegaz, Assefa & Solomon, Dawit (2019). Understanding climate and land surface changes impact on water resources using Budyko framework and remote sensing data in Ethiopia. Journal of Arid Environments, 167: 56-64
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surface water
water resources
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Tamene, Lulseged D.
Abegaz, Assefa
Solomon, Dawit
Understanding climate and land surface changes impact on water resources using Budyko framework and remote sensing data in Ethiopia
title Understanding climate and land surface changes impact on water resources using Budyko framework and remote sensing data in Ethiopia
title_full Understanding climate and land surface changes impact on water resources using Budyko framework and remote sensing data in Ethiopia
title_fullStr Understanding climate and land surface changes impact on water resources using Budyko framework and remote sensing data in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Understanding climate and land surface changes impact on water resources using Budyko framework and remote sensing data in Ethiopia
title_short Understanding climate and land surface changes impact on water resources using Budyko framework and remote sensing data in Ethiopia
title_sort understanding climate and land surface changes impact on water resources using budyko framework and remote sensing data in ethiopia
topic climate change
surface water
water resources
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101150
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