Assessment of land cover change on the hydrology of a Brazilian head-water watershed using the Distributed Hydrology-Soil-Vegetation Model

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作者
Alvarenga, L. A. [1 ]
de Mello, C. R. [1 ]
Colombo, A. [1 ]
Cuartas, L. A. [2 ]
Bowling, L. C. [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Fed Lavras, Dept Engn, CP 3037, BR-37200000 Lavras, MG, Brazil
[2] Ctr Nacl Monitoramento & Alertas Desastres Nat, BR-12247016 Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP, Brazil
[3] Purdue Univ, Dept Agron, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
关键词
Atlantic Forest; DHSVM; Headwater regions; Land-use; Hydrologic components; GRANDE RIVER-BASIN; ATLANTIC FOREST; CLIMATE-CHANGE; PREDICTION; ATTRIBUTES; SIMULATION; CATCHMENT; IMPACTS; RUNOFF; CREEK;
D O I
10.1016/j.catena.2016.04.001
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
The Atlantic Forest is one of the most important forest biomes in Brazil, and this biome continues to disappear. This study looked at simulated and observed hydrological components in a small watershed containing fragments of the Atlantic Forest. The performance of the Distributed Hydrology Soil Vegetation Model (DHSVM) and the effects of possible land cover change scenarios in the Lavrinha Watershed, in the Mantiqueira Range, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, were analyzed. The model was calibrated and validated using four years of continuous hydro-climate data sets, and the simulated daily and monthly streamflow showed acceptable agreement with the observed. A comparison of hypothetical land cover change scenarios showed that deforestation in the Atlantic Forest biome leads to increases in monthly soil moisture (by 5%), overland flow (by 33%) and total runoff (by 22%), with a corresponding decrease in interception (by 71%), evapotranspiration (by 30%) and water table depth (by 10%). These changes in land surface hydrology resulted in an increase in daily high and low streamflows (by 17% and 25%), with the opposite occurring when pasture was converted to Atlantic Forest. The results also show that the hydrology of a headwater tropical watershed is characterized by seasonal variability in rainfall and land cover changes and that there are connections among the topography, land cover, soil types and wet and dry seasons that maintain the spatial distribution of the hydrologic components in the watershed. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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