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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 16, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac263c
关键词
dams and reservoirs; reservoir characteristic factors; meteorological changing behaviors; Pearson correlation analysis; multiple linear regression
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51909117]
- Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province [2020A1515110642]
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control
The study explores the correlations between reservoir characteristic factors (RCFs) of selected dams and related reservoirs and meteorological variables worldwide, finding complex relationships and differing impacts on different meteorological variables. The research shows that RCFs have a greater impact on precipitation than geographical factors, while evaporation is more sensitive to geographical factors.
As a primary artificial project in a river basin, the role of large dams and related reservoirs in mitigating the hydrological and meteorological extremes has been widely recognized. Moreover, construction of additional large dams is considered as one of the best available options to meet future increases in water, food, and energy demands, although this may drastically affect the surrounding natural environment. However, the issue about the degree of such effects is still unclear, although the interactive impacts of dams and related reservoirs on the changes in meteorological variables are of great scientific importance. Therefore, this study aims to explore the impacts of reservoir characteristic factors (RCFs) on local climate change near the reservoir through examining the correlations between the RCFs of selected dams and related reservoirs and meteorological variables all over the world. The major findings are: (a) the correlations of the RCFs with evaporation are the opposite of those with precipitation; (b) dams and related reservoirs can have completely opposite (weakening or enhancing) effects on different meteorological variables; and (c) the RCFs outperform the geographical factors in terms of the impact on precipitation, whereas the variation of evaporation is more sensitive to geographical factors. Overall, the outcomes of this study will be useful for policymakers to have a more informed understanding of local climate change affected by large dams and related reservoirs in the future.
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