87695 20200716101434.0 doi 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.01.059 sideral 110889 ART-2019-110889 eng (orcid)0000-0001-5333-2285 Peña-Angulo, D. Universidad de Zaragoza Spatial variability of the relationships of runoff and sediment yield with weather types throughout the Mediterranean basin 2019 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Soil degradation by water is a serious environmental problem worldwide, with specific climatic factors being the major causes. We investigated the relationships between synoptic atmospheric patterns (i.e. weather types, WTs) and runoff, erosion and sediment yield throughout the Mediterranean basin by analyzing a large database of natural rainfall events at 68 research sites in 9 countries. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to identify spatial relationships of the different WTs including three hydro-sedimentary variables: rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield (SY, used to refer to both soil erosion measured at plot scale and sediment yield registered at catchment scale). The results indicated 4 spatial classes of rainfall and runoff: (a) northern sites dependent on North (N) and North West (NW) flows; (b) eastern sites dependent on E and NE flows; (c) southern sites dependent on S and SE flows; and, finally, (d) western sites dependent on W and SW flows. Conversely, three spatial classes are identified for SY characterized by: (a) N and NE flows in northern sites (b) E flows in eastern sites, and (c) W and SW flows in western sites. Most of the rainfall, runoff and SY occurred during a small number of daily events, and just a few WTs accounted for large percentages of the total. Our results confirm that characterization by WT improves understanding of the general conditions under which runoff and SY occur, and provides useful information for understanding the spatial variability of runoff, and SY throughout the Mediterranean basin. The approach used here could be useful to aid of the design of regional water management and soil conservation measures. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EUR/COST/ES1306-Connecteur info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/CGL2014-52135-C3-3-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/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/CGL2015-65569-R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/PCIN-2017-061-AEI info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/RYC-2010-06264 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/RYC-2013-14371 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 4.5 2019 1.684 2019 ENGINEERING, CIVIL 9 / 134 = 0.067 2019 Q1 T1 Water Science and Technology 2019 Q1 WATER RESOURCES 6 / 94 = 0.064 2019 Q1 T1 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY 15 / 198 = 0.076 2019 Q1 T1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Nadal-Romero, E. (orcid)0000-0002-8518-9177 González-Hidalgo, J.C. Universidad de Zaragoza Albaladejo, J. Andreu, V. Bagarello, V. Barhi, H. Batalla, R.J. Bernal, S. Bienes, R. Campo, J. Campo-Bescós, M.A. Canatario-Duarte, A. Cantón, Y. Casali, J. Castillo, V. Cerdà, A. Cheggour, A. Cid, P. Cortesi, N. (orcid)0000-0001-8949-5676 Desir, G. Universidad de Zaragoza Díaz-Pereira, E. Espigares, T. Estrany, J. Fernández-Raga, M. Ferreira, C.S.S. Ferro, V. Gallart, F. Giménez, R. Gimeno, E. Gómez, J.A. Gómez-Gutiérrez, A. Gómez-Macpherson, H. González-Pelayo, O. Hueso-González, P. Kairis, O. Karatzas, G.P. Klotz, S. Kosmas, C. Lana-Renault, N. (orcid)0000-0002-9658-8069 Lasanta, T. Latron, J. Lázaro, R. Le Bissonnais, Y. Le Bouteiller, C. Licciardello, F. López-Tarazón, J.A. Lucía, A. Marín, C. Marqués, M.J. Martínez-Fernández, J. Martínez-Mena, M. Martínez-Murillo, J.F. Mateos, L. Mathys, N. Merino-Martín, L. Moreno-de las Heras, M. Moustakas, N. (orcid)0000-0001-6514-3641 Nicolau, J.M. Universidad de Zaragoza Novara, A. Pampalone, V. Raclot, D. Rodríguez-Blanco, M.L. Rodrigo-Comino, J. Romero-Díaz, A. Roose, E. Rubio, J.L. Ruiz-Sinoga, J.D. Schnabel, S. Senciales-González, J.M. Simonneaux, V. Solé-Benet, A. Taguas, E.V. Taboada-Castro, M.M. Taboada-Castro, M.T. Todisco, F. Úbeda, X. Varouchakis, E.A. Vericat, D. Wittenberg, L. Zabaleta, A. Zorn, M. 5011 220 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. CC.Agrar.y Medio Natural Área Ecología 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 571 (2019), 390-405 J. hydrol. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY 0022-1694 1163451 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/87695/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 355197 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/87695/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:87695 articulos driver 2020-07-16-08:53:08 ARTICLE