Multidecadal variability of the Tonle Sap Lake flood pulse regime
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Hydrological Processes, Volume 35, issue 9
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Tonle Sap Lake (TSL) is one of the world's most productive lacustrine ecosystems, driven by the Mekong River's seasonal flood pulse. This flood pulse and its long-term dynamics under the Mekong River basin's (MRB) fast socio-economic development and climate change need to be identified and understood. However, existing studies fall short of sufficient time coverage or concentrate only on changes in water level (WL) that is only one of the critical flood pulse parameters influencing the flood pulse ecosystem productivity. Considering the rapidly changing hydroclimatic conditions in the Mekong basin, it is crucial to systematically analyse the changes in multiple key flood pulse parameters. Here, we aim to do that by using observed WL data for 1960-2019 accompanied with several parameters derived from a Digital Bathymetry Model. Results show significant declines of WL and inundation area from the late 1990s in the dry season and for the whole year, on top of increased subdecadal variability. Decreasing (increasing) probabilities of high (low) inundation area for 2000-2019 have been found, in comparison to the return period of inundation area for 1986-2000 (1960-1986). The mean seasonal cycle of daily WL in dry (wet) season for 2000-2019, compared to that for 1986-2000, has shifted by 10 (5) days. Significant correlations and coherence changes between the WL and large-scale circulations (i.e., El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD)), indicate that the atmospheric circulations could have influenced the flood pulse in different time scales. Also, the changes in discharge at the Mekong mainstream suggest that anthropogenic drivers may have impacted the high water levels in the lake. Overall, our results indicate a declining flood pulse since the late 1990s.Description
| openaire: EC/H2020/819202/EU//SOS.aquaterra Funding Information: This work was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA20060402, XDA20060401), the China Scholarship Council, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (91537210) and the Swedish STINT (CH2019–8377). The work is also partly supported by the High‐level Special Funding of the Southern University of Science and Technology (Grant No. G02296302, G02296402), Aalto‐Yliopisto, Academy of Finland funded project WASCO (Grant No. 305471) and European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 819202). Funding Information: This work was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA20060402, XDA20060401), the China Scholarship Council, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (91537210) and the Swedish STINT (CH2019?8377). The work is also partly supported by the High-level Special Funding of?the Southern University of Science and Technology (Grant No. G02296302, G02296402), Aalto-Yliopisto, Academy of Finland funded project WASCO (Grant No. 305471) and European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 819202). Publisher Copyright: © 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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Chen, A, Liu, J, Kummu, M, Varis, O, Tang, Q, Mao, G, Wang, J & Chen, D 2021, 'Multidecadal variability of the Tonle Sap Lake flood pulse regime', Hydrological Processes, vol. 35, no. 9, 14327. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14327