Impacts of Water Consumption in the Haihe Plain on the Climate of the Taihang Mountains, North China
In this study, the RegCM4 regional climate model was employed to investigate the impacts of water consumption in the Haihe Plain on the local climate in the nearby Taihang Mountains. Four simulation tests of twelve years’ duration were conducted with various schemes of water consumption by residents...
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| description | In this study, the RegCM4 regional climate model was employed to investigate the impacts of water consumption in the Haihe Plain on the local climate in the nearby Taihang Mountains. Four simulation tests of twelve years’ duration were conducted with various schemes of water consumption by residents, industries, and agriculture. The results indicate that water exploitation and consumption in the Haihe Plain causes wetting and cooling of the local land surface and rapid increases in the depth of the groundwater table. These wetting and cooling effects increase atmospheric moisture, which is transported to surrounding areas, including the Taihang Mountains to the west. In a simulation where water consumption in the Haihe Plain was doubled, the wetting and cooling effects in the Taihang Mountains were enhanced but at less than double the amount, because a cooler land surface does not enhance atmospheric convective activities. The impacts of water consumption activities in the Haihe Plain were more obvious during the irrigation seasons (primarily spring and summer). In addition, the land surface variables in the Taihang Mountains, e.g., sensible and latent heat fluxes, were less sensitive to the climatic impacts due to the water consumption activities in the Haihe Plain because they were strongly affected by local surface energy balance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b6cdfe1393e54005bc9591b672a1bd712025-02-03T01:00:09ZengWileyAdvances in Meteorology1687-93091687-93172018-01-01201810.1155/2018/62807376280737Impacts of Water Consumption in the Haihe Plain on the Climate of the Taihang Mountains, North ChinaJing Zou0Chesheng Zhan1Ruxin Zhao2Peihua Qin3Tong Hu4Feiyu Wang5Institute of Oceanographic Instrumentation, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Qingdao 266001, ChinaInstitute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaBeijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, ChinaInstitute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, ChinaInstitute of Oceanographic Instrumentation, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Qingdao 266001, ChinaSchool of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, ChinaIn this study, the RegCM4 regional climate model was employed to investigate the impacts of water consumption in the Haihe Plain on the local climate in the nearby Taihang Mountains. Four simulation tests of twelve years’ duration were conducted with various schemes of water consumption by residents, industries, and agriculture. The results indicate that water exploitation and consumption in the Haihe Plain causes wetting and cooling of the local land surface and rapid increases in the depth of the groundwater table. These wetting and cooling effects increase atmospheric moisture, which is transported to surrounding areas, including the Taihang Mountains to the west. In a simulation where water consumption in the Haihe Plain was doubled, the wetting and cooling effects in the Taihang Mountains were enhanced but at less than double the amount, because a cooler land surface does not enhance atmospheric convective activities. The impacts of water consumption activities in the Haihe Plain were more obvious during the irrigation seasons (primarily spring and summer). In addition, the land surface variables in the Taihang Mountains, e.g., sensible and latent heat fluxes, were less sensitive to the climatic impacts due to the water consumption activities in the Haihe Plain because they were strongly affected by local surface energy balance.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6280737 |
| spellingShingle | Jing Zou Chesheng Zhan Ruxin Zhao Peihua Qin Tong Hu Feiyu Wang Impacts of Water Consumption in the Haihe Plain on the Climate of the Taihang Mountains, North China Advances in Meteorology |
| title | Impacts of Water Consumption in the Haihe Plain on the Climate of the Taihang Mountains, North China |
| title_full | Impacts of Water Consumption in the Haihe Plain on the Climate of the Taihang Mountains, North China |
| title_fullStr | Impacts of Water Consumption in the Haihe Plain on the Climate of the Taihang Mountains, North China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impacts of Water Consumption in the Haihe Plain on the Climate of the Taihang Mountains, North China |
| title_short | Impacts of Water Consumption in the Haihe Plain on the Climate of the Taihang Mountains, North China |
| title_sort | impacts of water consumption in the haihe plain on the climate of the taihang mountains north china |
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