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: Received: 29 January 2020 / Approved: 30 January 2020 / Online: 30 January 2020 (11:10:47 CET)
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Ngo, S.; Hoang, H.; Tran, P.; Nguyen, L. Application of SWAT model to Assess Land Use and Climate Changes Impacts on Hydrology of Nam Rom River Basin in Vietnam. Preprints2020, 2020010362. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202001.0362.v1
Ngo, S.; Hoang, H.; Tran, P.; Nguyen, L. Application of SWAT model to Assess Land Use and Climate Changes Impacts on Hydrology of Nam Rom River Basin in Vietnam. Preprints 2020, 2020010362. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202001.0362.v1
Ngo, S.; Hoang, H.; Tran, P.; Nguyen, L. Application of SWAT model to Assess Land Use and Climate Changes Impacts on Hydrology of Nam Rom River Basin in Vietnam. Preprints2020, 2020010362. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202001.0362.v1
APA Style
Ngo, S., Hoang, H., Tran, P., & Nguyen, L. (2020). Application of SWAT model to Assess Land Use and Climate Changes Impacts on Hydrology of Nam Rom River Basin in Vietnam. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202001.0362.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Ngo, S., Phuong Tran and Loc Nguyen. 2020 "Application of SWAT model to Assess Land Use and Climate Changes Impacts on Hydrology of Nam Rom River Basin in Vietnam" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202001.0362.v1
Abstract
Land use/land cover (LULC) and climate changes are two main factors directly affecting hydrologic conditions. However, very few studies in Vietnam have investigated changes in hydrological process under the impact of climate and land use changes on a basin scale. The objective of this study is to assess the individual and combined impacts of land use and climate changes on hydrological processes for the Nam Rom river basin, Northwestern Viet Nam using Remote Sensing (RS) and Soil and Water Assessment Tools (SWAT) model. SWAT model was used for hydrological process simulation. Results indicated that SWAT proved to be a powerful tool in simulating the impacts of land use and climate change on catchment hydrology. The change in historical land use between 1992 and 2015 strongly contributed to increasing hydrological processes (ET, percolation, ground water, and water yield), whereas, climate change led to significant decrease of all hydrological components. The combination of land use and climate changes significantly reduced surface runoff (-16.9%), ground water (-5.7%), water yield (-9.2%), and sediment load (-4.9%). Overall climatic changes had more significant effect on hydrological components than land use changes in the Nam Rom river basin during the 1992–2015. Under impacts of projected land use and climate change scenarios in 2030 on hydrological process of the upper Nam Rom river basin indicate that ET and surface flow are more sensitive to the changes in land use and climate in the future. In conclusion, the findings of this study will basic knowledge of the effects of climate and land-use changes on the hydrology for future development of integrated land use and water management practices in Nam Rom river basin.
Keywords
Climate Change; Hydrology; Land Use Change; Remote Sensing; SWAT; Nam Rom River Basin
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Environmental Science
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