Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Regionalization and spatial analysis of precipitation of the Urmia Lake Basin, Iran

Fazel, Nasim LU ; Berndtsson, Ronny LU orcid ; Uvo, Cintia Bertacchi LU orcid ; Kløve, Bjørn LU and Madani, Kaveh LU (2015) World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems p.1101-1107
Abstract

The spatial patterns of precipitation regarding physiography and atmospheric circulations in the Lake Urmia Basin have been investigated. Daily rainfall time series for the 50 most reliable precipitation stations for the period 1980-2010 were analyzed to detect the regional precipitation pattern. To identify rainfall homogeneous regions, principal component analysis was applied to the precipitation dataset. Agglomerative hierarchical clustering analysis using the Ward and Euclidean distance methods revealed three distinctive precipitation regions in the basin influenced by topography and lake. The first region (G1) covers the north and northeastern part of the Lake Urmia. G2 includes stations located in south and southeastern part of... (More)

The spatial patterns of precipitation regarding physiography and atmospheric circulations in the Lake Urmia Basin have been investigated. Daily rainfall time series for the 50 most reliable precipitation stations for the period 1980-2010 were analyzed to detect the regional precipitation pattern. To identify rainfall homogeneous regions, principal component analysis was applied to the precipitation dataset. Agglomerative hierarchical clustering analysis using the Ward and Euclidean distance methods revealed three distinctive precipitation regions in the basin influenced by topography and lake. The first region (G1) covers the north and northeastern part of the Lake Urmia. G2 includes stations located in south and southeastern part of the basin, while G3 covers the western part of the lake basin. The results from this study can be used to better plan agricultural land use, cropping patterns and water management in the delineated homogeneous rainfall regions.

(Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; ; ; and
organization
publishing date
type
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Homogeneous precipitation regions, Lake Urmia, Precipitation, Regionalization
host publication
World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015 : Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems - Proceedings of the 2015 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress - Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems - Proceedings of the 2015 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress
editor
Webster, Veronica L. and Karvazy, Karen
pages
7 pages
publisher
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
conference name
World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems
conference location
Austin, United States
conference dates
2015-05-17 - 2015-05-21
external identifiers
  • scopus:84935043418
ISBN
9780784479162
DOI
10.1061/9780784479162.108
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
38daee35-6b38-4aa4-aa5a-0d66ed1b4779
date added to LUP
2018-10-23 10:34:46
date last changed
2023-09-26 02:57:53
@inproceedings{38daee35-6b38-4aa4-aa5a-0d66ed1b4779,
  abstract     = {{<p>The spatial patterns of precipitation regarding physiography and atmospheric circulations in the Lake Urmia Basin have been investigated. Daily rainfall time series for the 50 most reliable precipitation stations for the period 1980-2010 were analyzed to detect the regional precipitation pattern. To identify rainfall homogeneous regions, principal component analysis was applied to the precipitation dataset. Agglomerative hierarchical clustering analysis using the Ward and Euclidean distance methods revealed three distinctive precipitation regions in the basin influenced by topography and lake. The first region (G1) covers the north and northeastern part of the Lake Urmia. G2 includes stations located in south and southeastern part of the basin, while G3 covers the western part of the lake basin. The results from this study can be used to better plan agricultural land use, cropping patterns and water management in the delineated homogeneous rainfall regions.</p>}},
  author       = {{Fazel, Nasim and Berndtsson, Ronny and Uvo, Cintia Bertacchi and Kløve, Bjørn and Madani, Kaveh}},
  booktitle    = {{World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015 : Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems - Proceedings of the 2015 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress}},
  editor       = {{Webster, Veronica L. and Karvazy, Karen}},
  isbn         = {{9780784479162}},
  keywords     = {{Homogeneous precipitation regions; Lake Urmia; Precipitation; Regionalization}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{01}},
  pages        = {{1101--1107}},
  publisher    = {{American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)}},
  title        = {{Regionalization and spatial analysis of precipitation of the Urmia Lake Basin, Iran}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784479162.108}},
  doi          = {{10.1061/9780784479162.108}},
  year         = {{2015}},
}