Streamflow frequency changes across western Europe and interactions with North Atlantic atmospheric circulation patterns
This study identifies significant periodicities in streamflow dynamics across western Europe using a hydrological database encompassing 1874 monthly series from catchments in Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Portugal, spanning the years 1962 to 2012. Significant and synchronous periodi...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:532535 2023-05-15T17:28:31+02:00 Streamflow frequency changes across western Europe and interactions with North Atlantic atmospheric circulation patterns Lorenzo-Lacruz, J. Morán-Tejeda, E. Vicente-Serrano, S.M. Hannaford, J. García, C. Peña-Angulo, D. Murphy, C. 2022-05 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532535/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532535/1/N532535JA.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103797 en eng Elsevier https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532535/1/N532535JA.pdf Lorenzo-Lacruz, J.; Morán-Tejeda, E.; Vicente-Serrano, S.M.; Hannaford, J. orcid:0000-0002-5256-3310 García, C.; Peña-Angulo, D.; Murphy, C. 2022 Streamflow frequency changes across western Europe and interactions with North Atlantic atmospheric circulation patterns. Global and Planetary Change, 212, 103797. 19, pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103797 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103797> cc_by_nc_nd_4 CC-BY-NC-ND Hydrology Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2022 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103797 2023-02-04T19:53:14Z This study identifies significant periodicities in streamflow dynamics across western Europe using a hydrological database encompassing 1874 monthly series from catchments in Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Portugal, spanning the years 1962 to 2012. Significant and synchronous periodicities with the main atmospheric mechanisms over the North Atlantic sector are also identified using Cross Wavelet Transform and Wavelet Coherence analysis. Principal Components Analysis (PCA) were applied to the different Wavelet transforms analysis in order to summarize the results. These show the occurrence of a 7-years streamflow cycle in a large proportion of catchments within the study domain since the mid 1980's that was not present in earlier periods. The significance, intensity and persistence of the observed regional cycle follows a spatial gradient around the English Channel. We show how the transitive coupling of key atmospheric mechanisms is an influencing factor causing the general change observed. These results suggest the occurrence of a regional change in the periodicities of streamflow across the western European domain. Our results emphasize the non-stationary interaction between streamflow and atmospheric circulation during recent decades and the prominent role of the North Atlantic Oscillation in the newly stablished streamflow cycles. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Global and Planetary Change 212 103797 |
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This study identifies significant periodicities in streamflow dynamics across western Europe using a hydrological database encompassing 1874 monthly series from catchments in Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Portugal, spanning the years 1962 to 2012. Significant and synchronous periodicities with the main atmospheric mechanisms over the North Atlantic sector are also identified using Cross Wavelet Transform and Wavelet Coherence analysis. Principal Components Analysis (PCA) were applied to the different Wavelet transforms analysis in order to summarize the results. These show the occurrence of a 7-years streamflow cycle in a large proportion of catchments within the study domain since the mid 1980's that was not present in earlier periods. The significance, intensity and persistence of the observed regional cycle follows a spatial gradient around the English Channel. We show how the transitive coupling of key atmospheric mechanisms is an influencing factor causing the general change observed. These results suggest the occurrence of a regional change in the periodicities of streamflow across the western European domain. Our results emphasize the non-stationary interaction between streamflow and atmospheric circulation during recent decades and the prominent role of the North Atlantic Oscillation in the newly stablished streamflow cycles. |
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Lorenzo-Lacruz, J. Morán-Tejeda, E. Vicente-Serrano, S.M. Hannaford, J. García, C. Peña-Angulo, D. Murphy, C. |
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Streamflow frequency changes across western Europe and interactions with North Atlantic atmospheric circulation patterns |
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Streamflow frequency changes across western Europe and interactions with North Atlantic atmospheric circulation patterns |
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Streamflow frequency changes across western Europe and interactions with North Atlantic atmospheric circulation patterns |
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Streamflow frequency changes across western Europe and interactions with North Atlantic atmospheric circulation patterns |
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Streamflow frequency changes across western Europe and interactions with North Atlantic atmospheric circulation patterns |
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streamflow frequency changes across western europe and interactions with north atlantic atmospheric circulation patterns |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532535/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532535/1/N532535JA.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103797 |
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North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532535/1/N532535JA.pdf Lorenzo-Lacruz, J.; Morán-Tejeda, E.; Vicente-Serrano, S.M.; Hannaford, J. orcid:0000-0002-5256-3310 García, C.; Peña-Angulo, D.; Murphy, C. 2022 Streamflow frequency changes across western Europe and interactions with North Atlantic atmospheric circulation patterns. Global and Planetary Change, 212, 103797. 19, pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103797 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103797> |
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