Effect of the North Atlantic Oscillation on groundwater recharge in karst aquifers of the Cilento Geopark -Italy
The assessment of groundwater recharge for aquifers of a Geopark is an essential issue to plan water management based on balancing both human uses and river ecology. The relevance of this topic is enhanced by the climatic variability which constraints to analyze water budget with a non-stationary me...
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ftunivnapoliiris:oai:www.iris.unina.it:11588/564974 2024-06-23T07:54:58+00:00 Effect of the North Atlantic Oscillation on groundwater recharge in karst aquifers of the Cilento Geopark -Italy MANNA, FERDINANDO ALLOCCA, VINCENZO NAPOLITANO, ELISABETTA DE VITA, PANTALEONE Fusco F. Manna, Ferdinando Allocca, Vincenzo Fusco, F. Napolitano, Elisabetta DE VITA, Pantaleone 2013 http://hdl.handle.net/11588/564974 eng eng 12th European Geoparks Conference http://hdl.handle.net/11588/564974 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84892565322 Groundwater recharge Cilento Geopark Climate variability North Atlantic Oscillation 2013 ftunivnapoliiris 2024-06-10T14:58:49Z The assessment of groundwater recharge for aquifers of a Geopark is an essential issue to plan water management based on balancing both human uses and river ecology. The relevance of this topic is enhanced by the climatic variability which constraints to analyze water budget with a non-stationary methodology. In this paper, an approach for evaluating the effects of climatic variability on the groundwater recharge of karst aquifers of the Cilento Geopark is proposed, focusing on the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Such karst aquifers store invaluable groundwater resources feeding settlements of the Geopark and maintaining ecological equilibrium of the main rivers. With such purpose, time series of annual precipitation and air temperature, recorded by a meteorological network covering the Cilento Geopark, were gathered for the period 1921-2010 and analyzed. The most important result is the finding of a complexly cyclical variability of precipitation, with periodicities from yearly to decadal, which is strongly correlated to the NAO. During the examined period, the mean annual precipitation and mean annual effective precipitation ranged around the mean value, respectively for about ±40% and ±70%. Due to the continental influence of the NAO, the proposed approach can be conceived as being extendable to other Geoparks, climatically controlled by the NAO, in which the management of the groundwater resources is crucial for river ecological systems. Other/Unknown Material North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation IRIS Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II |
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The assessment of groundwater recharge for aquifers of a Geopark is an essential issue to plan water management based on balancing both human uses and river ecology. The relevance of this topic is enhanced by the climatic variability which constraints to analyze water budget with a non-stationary methodology. In this paper, an approach for evaluating the effects of climatic variability on the groundwater recharge of karst aquifers of the Cilento Geopark is proposed, focusing on the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Such karst aquifers store invaluable groundwater resources feeding settlements of the Geopark and maintaining ecological equilibrium of the main rivers. With such purpose, time series of annual precipitation and air temperature, recorded by a meteorological network covering the Cilento Geopark, were gathered for the period 1921-2010 and analyzed. The most important result is the finding of a complexly cyclical variability of precipitation, with periodicities from yearly to decadal, which is strongly correlated to the NAO. During the examined period, the mean annual precipitation and mean annual effective precipitation ranged around the mean value, respectively for about ±40% and ±70%. Due to the continental influence of the NAO, the proposed approach can be conceived as being extendable to other Geoparks, climatically controlled by the NAO, in which the management of the groundwater resources is crucial for river ecological systems. |
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Manna, Ferdinando Allocca, Vincenzo Fusco, F. Napolitano, Elisabetta DE VITA, Pantaleone |
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MANNA, FERDINANDO ALLOCCA, VINCENZO NAPOLITANO, ELISABETTA DE VITA, PANTALEONE Fusco F. |
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MANNA, FERDINANDO ALLOCCA, VINCENZO NAPOLITANO, ELISABETTA DE VITA, PANTALEONE Fusco F. |
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MANNA, FERDINANDO |
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Effect of the North Atlantic Oscillation on groundwater recharge in karst aquifers of the Cilento Geopark -Italy |
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Effect of the North Atlantic Oscillation on groundwater recharge in karst aquifers of the Cilento Geopark -Italy |
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Effect of the North Atlantic Oscillation on groundwater recharge in karst aquifers of the Cilento Geopark -Italy |
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Effect of the North Atlantic Oscillation on groundwater recharge in karst aquifers of the Cilento Geopark -Italy |
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Effect of the North Atlantic Oscillation on groundwater recharge in karst aquifers of the Cilento Geopark -Italy |
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effect of the north atlantic oscillation on groundwater recharge in karst aquifers of the cilento geopark -italy |
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2013 |
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North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation |
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North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation |
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