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Evaluation of water resources in a high-mountain basin in Serra da Estrela, Central Portugal, using a semi-distributed hydrological model
| Resumo: | High-mountain basins provide a source of valuable water resources. This paper presents hydrological models for the evaluation of water resources in the high-mountain Zêzere river basin in Serra da Estrela, Central Portugal. Models are solved with VISUAL BALAN v2.0, a code which performs daily water balances in the root zone, the unsaturated zone and the aquifer and requires a small number of parameters. A lumped hydrological model fails to fit measured stream flows. Its limitations are overcome by considering the dependence of the temperature and precipitation data with elevation and the spatial variability in hydrogeomorphological variables with nine sub-basins of uniform parameters. Model parameters are calibrated by fitting stream flow measurements in the Zêzere river. Computed stream flows are highly sensitive to soil thickness, whereas computed groundwater recharge is most sensitive to the interflow and percolation recession coefficients. Interflow is the main component of total runoff, ranging from 41 to 55% of annual precipitation. High interflows are favored by the steep relief of the basin, by the presence of a high permeability soil overlying the fractured low permeability granitic bedrock and by the extensive subhorizontal fracturing at shallow depths. Mean annual groundwater recharge ranges from 11 to 15% of annual precipitation. It has a significant uncertainty due to uncertainties in soil parameters. This methodology proves to be useful to handle the research difficulties regarding a complex mountain basin in a context of data scarcity. |
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| Autores principais: | Jorge Marques |
| Outros Autores: | J. Samper; B. Pisani; D. Alvares; J.M. Carvalho; H.I. Chaminé; J.M. Marques; G.T. Vieira; C.Mora; F.S. Borges |
| Assunto: | Ciências da terra e ciências do ambiente Earth and related Environmental sciences |
| Ano: | 2010 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Porto |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto |
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| author | Jorge Marques |
| author2 | J. Samper B. Pisani D. Alvares J.M. Carvalho H.I. Chaminé J.M. Marques G.T. Vieira C.Mora F.S. Borges |
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| author_facet | Jorge Marques J. Samper B. Pisani D. Alvares J.M. Carvalho H.I. Chaminé J.M. Marques G.T. Vieira C.Mora F.S. Borges |
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| datacite.creators.creator.creatorName.fl_str_mv | Jorge Marques J. Samper B. Pisani D. Alvares J.M. Carvalho H.I. Chaminé J.M. Marques G.T. Vieira C.Mora F.S. Borges |
| datacite.date.Accepted.fl_str_mv | 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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| datacite.titles.title.fl_str_mv | Evaluation of water resources in a high-mountain basin in Serra da Estrela, Central Portugal, using a semi-distributed hydrological model |
| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Jorge Marques J. Samper B. Pisani D. Alvares J.M. Carvalho H.I. Chaminé J.M. Marques G.T. Vieira C.Mora F.S. Borges |
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| dc.title.fl_str_mv | Evaluation of water resources in a high-mountain basin in Serra da Estrela, Central Portugal, using a semi-distributed hydrological model |
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| description | High-mountain basins provide a source of valuable water resources. This paper presents hydrological models for the evaluation of water resources in the high-mountain Zêzere river basin in Serra da Estrela, Central Portugal. Models are solved with VISUAL BALAN v2.0, a code which performs daily water balances in the root zone, the unsaturated zone and the aquifer and requires a small number of parameters. A lumped hydrological model fails to fit measured stream flows. Its limitations are overcome by considering the dependence of the temperature and precipitation data with elevation and the spatial variability in hydrogeomorphological variables with nine sub-basins of uniform parameters. Model parameters are calibrated by fitting stream flow measurements in the Zêzere river. Computed stream flows are highly sensitive to soil thickness, whereas computed groundwater recharge is most sensitive to the interflow and percolation recession coefficients. Interflow is the main component of total runoff, ranging from 41 to 55% of annual precipitation. High interflows are favored by the steep relief of the basin, by the presence of a high permeability soil overlying the fractured low permeability granitic bedrock and by the extensive subhorizontal fracturing at shallow depths. Mean annual groundwater recharge ranges from 11 to 15% of annual precipitation. It has a significant uncertainty due to uncertainties in soil parameters. This methodology proves to be useful to handle the research difficulties regarding a complex mountain basin in a context of data scarcity. |
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| spelling | High-mountain basins provide a source of valuable water resources. This paper presents hydrological models for the evaluation of water resources in the high-mountain Zêzere river basin in Serra da Estrela, Central Portugal. Models are solved with VISUAL BALAN v2.0, a code which performs daily water balances in the root zone, the unsaturated zone and the aquifer and requires a small number of parameters. A lumped hydrological model fails to fit measured stream flows. Its limitations are overcome by considering the dependence of the temperature and precipitation data with elevation and the spatial variability in hydrogeomorphological variables with nine sub-basins of uniform parameters. Model parameters are calibrated by fitting stream flow measurements in the Zêzere river. Computed stream flows are highly sensitive to soil thickness, whereas computed groundwater recharge is most sensitive to the interflow and percolation recession coefficients. Interflow is the main component of total runoff, ranging from 41 to 55% of annual precipitation. High interflows are favored by the steep relief of the basin, by the presence of a high permeability soil overlying the fractured low permeability granitic bedrock and by the extensive subhorizontal fracturing at shallow depths. Mean annual groundwater recharge ranges from 11 to 15% of annual precipitation. It has a significant uncertainty due to uncertainties in soil parameters. This methodology proves to be useful to handle the research difficulties regarding a complex mountain basin in a context of data scarcity.application/pdfengEvaluation of water resources in a high-mountain basin in Serra da Estrela, Central Portugal, using a semi-distributed hydrological modelJorge MarquesJ. SamperB. PisaniD. AlvaresJ.M. CarvalhoH.I. ChaminéJ.M. MarquesG.T. VieiraC.MoraF.S. BorgesURLhttps://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/91200ISSNIsPartOf1866-628020102010-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ecrestricted accessCiências da terra e ciências do ambienteEarth and related Environmental sciences1467502 byteshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ecapplication/pdffulltexthttps://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10216/91200/2/48265.pdfliteraturehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501journal article |
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| title | Evaluation of water resources in a high-mountain basin in Serra da Estrela, Central Portugal, using a semi-distributed hydrological model |
| title_full | Evaluation of water resources in a high-mountain basin in Serra da Estrela, Central Portugal, using a semi-distributed hydrological model |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of water resources in a high-mountain basin in Serra da Estrela, Central Portugal, using a semi-distributed hydrological model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of water resources in a high-mountain basin in Serra da Estrela, Central Portugal, using a semi-distributed hydrological model |
| title_short | Evaluation of water resources in a high-mountain basin in Serra da Estrela, Central Portugal, using a semi-distributed hydrological model |
| title_sort | Evaluation of water resources in a high-mountain basin in Serra da Estrela, Central Portugal, using a semi-distributed hydrological model |
| topic | Ciências da terra e ciências do ambiente Earth and related Environmental sciences |
| topic_facet | Ciências da terra e ciências do ambiente Earth and related Environmental sciences |
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