102207 20220426091141.0 doi 10.3390/atmos11060609 sideral 119210 ART-2020-119210 eng Peña-Angulo, D. (orcid)0000-0001-5333-2285 Relationship of weather types on the seasonal and spatial variability of rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield in the western Mediterranean basin 2020 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Rainfall is the key factor to understand soil erosion processes, mechanisms, and rates. Most research was conducted to determine rainfall characteristics and their relationship with soil erosion (erosivity) but there is little information about how atmospheric patterns control soil losses, and this is important to enable sustainable environmental planning and risk prevention. We investigated the temporal and spatial variability of the relationships of rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield with atmospheric patterns (weather types, WTs) in the western Mediterranean basin. For this purpose, we analyzed a large database of rainfall events collected between 1985 and 2015 in 46 experimental plots and catchments with the aim to: (i) evaluate seasonal differences in the contribution of rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield produced by the WTs; and (ii) to analyze the seasonal efficiency of the different WTs (relation frequency and magnitude) related to rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield. The results indicate two different temporal patterns: the first weather type exhibits (during the cold period: autumn and winter) westerly flows that produce the highest rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield values throughout the territory; the second weather type exhibits easterly flows that predominate during the warm period (spring and summer) and it is located on the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula. However, the cyclonic situations present high frequency throughout the whole year with a large influence extended around the western Mediterranean basin. Contrary, the anticyclonic situations, despite of its high frequency, do not contribute significantly to the total rainfall, runoff, and sediment (showing the lowest efficiency) because of atmospheric stability that currently characterize this atmospheric pattern. Our approach helps to better understand the relationship of WTs on the seasonal and spatial variability of rainfall, runoff and sediment yield with a regional scale based on the large dataset and number of soil erosion experimental stations. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/ESP2017-89463-C3-3-R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/ 603498/EU/Preventing and Remediating degradation of soils in Europe through Land Care/RECARE info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CGL2014-52135-C3-3-R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CGL2015-64284-C2-1-R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/CGL2014-59946-R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/CGL2015-64284-C2-2-R info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 2.686 2020 METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES 54 / 94 = 0.574 2020 Q3 T2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 162 / 272 = 0.596 2020 Q3 T2 0.698 2020 Environmental Science (miscellaneous) 2020 Q2 Atmospheric Science 2020 Q2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Nadal-Romero, E. (orcid)0000-0002-4651-7828 González-Hidalgo, J.C. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8518-9177 Albaladejo, J. Andreu, V. Barhi, H. Bernal, S. Biddoccu, M. Bienes, R. Campo, J. Campo-Bescós, M.A. Canatário-Duarte, A. Cantón, Y. Casali, J. Castillo, V. Cavallo, E. Cerdà, A. Cid, P. Cortesi, N. Desir, G. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-8949-5676 Díaz-Pereira, E. Espigares, T. Estrany, J. Farguell, J. Fernández-Raga, M. Ferreira, C.S. Ferro, V. Gallart, F. Giménez, R. Gimeno, E. Gómez, J.A. Gómez-Gutiérrez, A. Gómez-Macpherson, H. González-Pelayo, O. Kairis, O. Karatzas, G.P. Keesstra, S. Klotz, S. Kosmas, C. Lana-Renault, N. Lasanta, T. Latron, J. Lázaro, R. Bissonnais, Y.L. Bouteiller, C.L. Licciardello, F. López-Tarazón, J.A. Lucía, A. Marín-Moreno, V.M. Marín, C. Marqués, M.J. Martínez-Fernández, J. Martínez-Mena, M. Mateos, L. Mathys, N. Merino-Martín, L. Moreno-de las Heras, M. Moustakas, N. Nicolau, J.M. Pampalone, V. Raclot, D. Rodríguez-Blanco, M.L. Rodrigo-Comino, J. Romero-Díaz, A. Ruiz-Sinoga, J.D. Rubio, J.L. Schnabel, S. Senciales-González, J.M. Solé-Benet, A. Taguas, E.V. Taboada-Castro, M.T. Taboada-Castro, M.M. Todisco, F. Úbeda, X. Varouchakis, E.A. Wittenberg, L. Zabaleta, A. Zorn, M. 3006 430 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Geograf. Ordenac.Territ. Área Geografía Física 2000 427 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ciencias de la Tierra Área Geodinámica Externa 11, 6 (2020), 609 [20 pp] Atmosphere (Basel) Atmosphere 2073-4433 3840554 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/102207/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2647243 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/102207/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:102207 articulos driver 2022-04-26-08:56:55 ARTICLE