the main objective of this research was assessing the effects of land use on runoff parameters such as total runoff, surface runoff and peak discharges at the baghsalian watershed as a case study site. at first, land use maps of 1986 and 2012 were prepared using a synthetic method and landsat images. wetspa model was applied to simulate daily runoff for 8 years (the first 5 years as calibration...

In the Mediterranean region, climate and land use change are expected to impact on natural and agricultural ecosystems by warming, reduced rainfall, direct degradation of ecosystems and biodiversity loss. Human population growth and socioeconomic changes, notably on the eastern and southern shores, will require increases in food production and put additional pressure on agro-ecosystems and wate...

Aims In the midand high-latitude regions, three quarters of the land surface is covered by boreal conifer forests, and snow lasts for 6–8 months of the year. Correctly modeling surface energy balance and snowmelt at midand high-latitudes has a significant influence on climate and hydrological processes. However, the heterogeneous and clumped forest structure exerts important control over the ra...

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the representation energy budget for irrigated maize crops in soil–vegetation–atmosphere transfer (SVAT) models. To end, a comparison between original version interactions soil–biosphere–atmosphere (ISBA) model based on single-surface balance and new ISBA-multi-energy (ISBA-MEB) option was carried out. second analyze intra- inter-seasonal varia...

A watershed simulation and forecasting system is widely used in Finland for simulation of hydrological cycle and for making real-time forecasts. The system is based on a watershed model. This was based originally on the HBV-model and simulates the hydrological cycle using standard meteorological data. The model simulates the whole land area of Finland, including cross-border watersheds. This is...

This paper describes the main functionalities of an integrated framework to model the interactions between land use, climate, and hydrology along with stakeholders’ negotiation. Its novelty lies in the combination of individual-based and spatially distributed models within the Socio-Hydrology paradigm to capture the complexity and uncertainty inherent to these systems. It encompasses a land-use...