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Stability of water yield in watersheds

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The hydrological system of a watershed is intricately influenced by both underlying characteristics and climate conditions.Understanding the variability in water yield is essential for effective water resources management and water security in the context of changing environments.In this study,we adopted the Budyko framework and leveraged simulations from the CMIP6 model to investigate the compensation effects of climate and underlying characteristics on watershed water yield.Based on Taylor expansion and Budyko framework,we estimated the sensitivity of watershed water yield to climate and underlying characteristics(the first-and second-order partial derivatives).By combining external watershed characteristics(e.g.,water yield ratios and underlying characteristics)with internal sensitivity coefficients,this study further used vine copula and principal component analysis to quantify the stability of watershed water yield.Our findings show:(1)Water-yield changes related to underlying characteristics could be offset by climate-related water-yield changes across all climate zones,maintaining the water yield ratio steady(i.e.,the compensation effects).(2)However,global watersheds will turn more sensitive to underlying characteristics and less sensitive to climate variation in the future.Both climate-and underlying-related sensitivities increase in watersheds with arid climates.(3)The stability of watershed water yield will gradually diminish in the future.From 1901-1950 to 2051-2100,the global stability of 280 watersheds drops from 0.054 to 0.021(i.e.,stability index identified by the joint probability).Particularly,the largest change in stability of water yield reaches-0.347±0.18 in arid regions.In semi-arid,semi-humid,and humid regions,the changes are-0.039±0.010,-0.028±0.005,and-0.005±0.002,respectively.The findings provide a reference for the future sustainable water resources development under climate change,highlighting the vulnerability of the water resources in arid and semi-arid watersheds.

Hydrological system stabilityCompensation effects on water yieldSensitivitiesBudyko-Fu decomposition frameworkGlobal watersheds

Yu YAN、Zhiyong LIU、Xiaohong CHEN、Liyan HUANG

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Center for Water Resources and Environment,School of Civil Engineering,Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275,China

Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Zhuhai),Zhuhai 519082,China

National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Key Research and Development Program of ChinaOutstanding Youth Fund of Guangdong ProvinceTeam Project of Pearl River Talent Program

521790312021YFC30010002023B15150201162019ZT08G090

2024

中国科学:地球科学(英文版)
中国科学院

中国科学:地球科学(英文版)

影响因子:1.002
ISSN:1674-7313
年,卷(期):2024.67(2)
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