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photo of Zheng Duan on Lund webpage

Zheng Duan

Associate senior lecturer

photo of Zheng Duan on Lund webpage

Impacts de l’utilisation des sols et de la variabilité climatique sur les composantes hydrologiques dans le bassin du fleuve Johor, en Malaisie

Impacts of land-use and climate variability on hydrological components in the Johor River basin, Malaysia

Author

  • Mou Leong Tan
  • Ab Latif Ibrahim
  • Zulkifli Yusop
  • Zheng Duan
  • Lloyd Ling

Summary, in English

Abstract: This study aims to investigate separate and combined impacts of land-use and climate variability on hydrological components in the Johor River Basin (JRB), Malaysia. The Mann-Kendall and Sen’s slope tests were applied to detect the trends in precipitation, temperature and streamflow of the JRB. The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was calibrated and validated using measured monthly streamflow data. The validation results showed that SWAT was reliable in the tropical JRB. The trend analysis showed that there was an insignificant increasing trend for streamflow, whereas significant increasing trends for precipitation and temperature were found. The combined (climate + land-use change) impact caused the annual streamflow and evaporation to increase by 4.4% and 1.2%, respectively. Climate (land-use) raised annual streamflow by 4.4% (0.06%) and evaporation by 2.2% (−0.2%). Climate change imposed a stronger impact than land-use change on the streamflow and evaporation. These findings are useful for decision makers to develop better water and land-use policies. Editor Z. W. Kundzewicz; Guest editor V. Krysanova

Publishing year

2015-05-04

Language

French

Pages

873-889

Publication/Series

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volume

60

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Oceanography, Hydrology, Water Resources

Keywords

  • climate change
  • evaporation
  • hydrology
  • Johor River
  • land-use change
  • Malaysia
  • Mann-Kendall
  • Sen’s slope
  • streamflow
  • SWAT

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0262-6667