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A New Index to Assess the Effect of Climate Change on Karst Spring Flow Rate

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  • Ahmad Behrouj Peely

    (Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz 7146713565, Iran)

  • Zargham Mohammadi

    (Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz 7146713565, Iran)

  • Vianney Sivelle

    (Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, National Research Council, 06128 Perugia, Italy)

  • David Labat

    (Université Toulouse 3-Géosciences Environnement Toulouse-CNRS-UT3-IRD, 31400 Toulouse, France)

  • Mostafa Naderi

    (Department of Earth Sciences, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 4513766731, Iran)

Abstract

Karstic aquifers, because of their conduit system, are susceptible to climate change. Ten karst springs in the Zagros region were selected to investigate the impact of climate change under three CMIP6 scenarios: SSP1-1.9, SSP2-4.5, and SSP5-8.5. This study was conducted in three steps: downscaling climate projection, analyzing spring discharge time series, and introducing a new index to assess the impact of climate change on spring flow rate. Applying LARS-WG6, precipitation was downscaled at 14 stations in the study area. Moreover, time series and trend analysis showed that the selected springs have experienced a decrease in their flow rate. Assuming the covariance function between precipitation and spring discharge is constant, new indices (i.e., I Q d , I d Q d , and I c c ) were introduced to highlight the effect of climate change according to the three scenarios. d Q d is the variability of spring discharge from past to future, I d Q d is spring discharge variability over the historical data, and I c c is the effect of precipitation and spring discharge change together. I c c has a range from −0.25 to 0.25 below and above, which is indicative that two extreme conditions including the spring dryness and overflow are in effect, respectively. The main results revealed that the degree of impact at each spring is a function of climate change scenarios and hydrogeological characteristics of the karstic systems. A more noticeable negative trend in spring flow rate is observed for the karst springs characterized by a dominant conduit flow regime and low matrix storage, located in the areas with low cumulative rainfall, and has a stronger relationship with precipitation. Based on the results, decisions on the management of karst water resources should be made considering where the springs bear free surface and pressurized flow conditions.

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  • Ahmad Behrouj Peely & Zargham Mohammadi & Vianney Sivelle & David Labat & Mostafa Naderi, 2024. "A New Index to Assess the Effect of Climate Change on Karst Spring Flow Rate," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-19, February.
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