Long-lasting floods buffer the thermal regime of the Pampas
The presence of large water masses influences the thermal regime of nearby land shaping the local climate of coastal areas by the ocean or large continental lakes. Large surface water bodies have an ephemeral nature in the vast sedimentary plains of the Pampas (Argentina) where non-flooded periods a...
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| author | Houspanossian, Javier Kuppel, Sylvain Nosetto, Marcelo Daniel Di Bella, Carlos Marcelo Oricchio, Patricio Barrucand, Mariana Graciela Rusticucci, Matilde Monica Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel |
| author_browse | Barrucand, Mariana Graciela Di Bella, Carlos Marcelo Houspanossian, Javier Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel Kuppel, Sylvain Nosetto, Marcelo Daniel Oricchio, Patricio Rusticucci, Matilde Monica |
| author_facet | Houspanossian, Javier Kuppel, Sylvain Nosetto, Marcelo Daniel Di Bella, Carlos Marcelo Oricchio, Patricio Barrucand, Mariana Graciela Rusticucci, Matilde Monica Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel |
| author_sort | Houspanossian, Javier |
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| description | The presence of large water masses influences the thermal regime of nearby land shaping the local climate of coastal areas by the ocean or large continental lakes. Large surface water bodies have an ephemeral nature in the vast sedimentary plains of the Pampas (Argentina) where non-flooded periods alternate with flooding cycles covering up to one third of the landscape for several months. Based on temperature records from 17 sites located 1 to 700 km away from the Atlantic coast and MODIS land surface temperature data, we explore the effects of floods on diurnal and seasonal thermal ranges as well as temperature extremes. In non-flooded periods, there is a linear increase of mean diurnal thermal range (DTR) from the coast towards the interior of the region (DTR increasing from 10 to 16 K, 0.79 K/100 km, r 2 = 0.81). This relationship weakens during flood episodes when the DTR of flood-prone inland locations shows a decline of 2 to 4 K, depending on surface water coverage in the surrounding area. DTR even approaches typical coastal values 500 km away from the ocean in the most flooded location that we studied during the three flooding cycles recorded in the study period. Frosts-free periods, a key driver of the phenology of both natural and cultivated ecosystems, are extended by up to 55 days during floods, most likely as a result of enhanced ground heat storage across the landscape (~2.7 fold change in day-night heat transfer) combined with other effects on the surface energy balance such as greater night evaporation rates. The reduced thermal range and longer frost-free periods affect plant growth development and may offer an opportunity for longer crop growing periods, which may not only contribute to partially compensating for regional production losses caused by floods, but also open avenues for flood mitigation through higher plant evapotranspirative water losses. |
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| spelling | INTA35682018-10-08T17:05:32Z Long-lasting floods buffer the thermal regime of the Pampas Houspanossian, Javier Kuppel, Sylvain Nosetto, Marcelo Daniel Di Bella, Carlos Marcelo Oricchio, Patricio Barrucand, Mariana Graciela Rusticucci, Matilde Monica Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel Inundación Régimen Térmico del Suelo Pérdidas Temperatura Clima Flooding Soil Thermal Regimes Losses Temperature Climate Región Pampena Floods The presence of large water masses influences the thermal regime of nearby land shaping the local climate of coastal areas by the ocean or large continental lakes. Large surface water bodies have an ephemeral nature in the vast sedimentary plains of the Pampas (Argentina) where non-flooded periods alternate with flooding cycles covering up to one third of the landscape for several months. Based on temperature records from 17 sites located 1 to 700 km away from the Atlantic coast and MODIS land surface temperature data, we explore the effects of floods on diurnal and seasonal thermal ranges as well as temperature extremes. In non-flooded periods, there is a linear increase of mean diurnal thermal range (DTR) from the coast towards the interior of the region (DTR increasing from 10 to 16 K, 0.79 K/100 km, r 2 = 0.81). This relationship weakens during flood episodes when the DTR of flood-prone inland locations shows a decline of 2 to 4 K, depending on surface water coverage in the surrounding area. DTR even approaches typical coastal values 500 km away from the ocean in the most flooded location that we studied during the three flooding cycles recorded in the study period. Frosts-free periods, a key driver of the phenology of both natural and cultivated ecosystems, are extended by up to 55 days during floods, most likely as a result of enhanced ground heat storage across the landscape (~2.7 fold change in day-night heat transfer) combined with other effects on the surface energy balance such as greater night evaporation rates. The reduced thermal range and longer frost-free periods affect plant growth development and may offer an opportunity for longer crop growing periods, which may not only contribute to partially compensating for regional production losses caused by floods, but also open avenues for flood mitigation through higher plant evapotranspirative water losses. Instituto de Clima y Agua Fil: Houspanossian, Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Ciencias Físico- Matemáticas y Naturales; Argentina Fil: Kuppel, Sylvain. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. University of Aberdeen. School of Geosciences. Northern Rivers Institute; Reino Unido Fil: Nosetto, Marcelo Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias; Argentina Fil: Di Bella, Carlos Marcelo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Clima y Agua; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Sistemas de Información; Argentina Fil: Oricchio, Patricio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Clima y Agua; Argentina Fil: Barrucand, Mariana Graciela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina Fil: Rusticucci, Matilde Monica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina Fil: Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina 2018-10-08T16:57:38Z 2018-10-08T16:57:38Z 2018-01 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3568 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00704-016-1959-7#citeas 0177-798X 1434-4483 (Online) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-016-1959-7 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Springer Theoretical and applied climatology 131 (1–2) : 111–120. (January 2018) |
| spellingShingle | Inundación Régimen Térmico del Suelo Pérdidas Temperatura Clima Flooding Soil Thermal Regimes Losses Temperature Climate Región Pampena Floods Houspanossian, Javier Kuppel, Sylvain Nosetto, Marcelo Daniel Di Bella, Carlos Marcelo Oricchio, Patricio Barrucand, Mariana Graciela Rusticucci, Matilde Monica Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel Long-lasting floods buffer the thermal regime of the Pampas |
| title | Long-lasting floods buffer the thermal regime of the Pampas |
| title_full | Long-lasting floods buffer the thermal regime of the Pampas |
| title_fullStr | Long-lasting floods buffer the thermal regime of the Pampas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Long-lasting floods buffer the thermal regime of the Pampas |
| title_short | Long-lasting floods buffer the thermal regime of the Pampas |
| title_sort | long lasting floods buffer the thermal regime of the pampas |
| topic | Inundación Régimen Térmico del Suelo Pérdidas Temperatura Clima Flooding Soil Thermal Regimes Losses Temperature Climate Región Pampena Floods |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3568 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00704-016-1959-7#citeas https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-016-1959-7 |
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