<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In order to assess the nature of climate change, it is important to analyze the indicators of climate variability in different scales: spatial and temporal. The analysis at different scales can lead to understanding of the nature of variations. Climate change studies are essential for comprehending the nature of global processes, to refine global climate patterns and also develop further research for natural processes (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_plua-2018-0004_ref_005_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1ab1ab5Aa">Meinke, Stone, 2005</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_plua-2018-0004_ref_004_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1ab1ab4Aa">Hulme <italic>et al</italic>., 1999</xref>). Processes in nature are united, continuous and in constant interaction. Variance of interaction types are immeasurable, types can be connected with different scales and science fields, for example, biological, ecological, physical etc. If interaction is taking place between the land and atmosphere, it is defined as hydrological interaction. As water is significantly important for many purposes on the Earth, it is relevant to analyze precipitation and water runoff on a local scale. In the territory of Latvia, the amount of precipitation exceeds the level of evapotranspiration. Long-term monitoring data show that precipitation leads to average runoff of 250 mm per year (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_plua-2018-0004_ref_015_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1ab1ac15Aa">Ziverts, 2004</xref>). The monitoring data collected at three research sites located in Latvia was used for this research including Berze (Lielupe river basin, meteorological station in Dobele), Mellupite (Venta river basin, meteorological station in Saldus monitoring) and Vienziemite (Gauja river basin, meteorological station in Zoseni). The results from this study show that there is a pronounced interaction between runoff and precipitation with an average of 53 to 82%.</p></abstract>

In order to assess the nature of climate change, it is important to analyze the indicators of climate variability in different scales: spatial and temporal. The analysis at different scales can lead to understanding of the nature of variations. Climate change studies are essential for comprehending the nature of global processes, to refine global climate patterns and also develop further research for natural processes (Meinke, Stone, 2005; Hulme et al., 1999). Processes in nature are united, continuous and in constant interaction. Variance of interaction types are immeasurable, types can be connected with different scales and science fields, for example, biological, ecological, physical etc. If interaction is taking place between the land and atmosphere, it is defined as hydrological interaction. As water is significantly important for many purposes on the Earth, it is relevant to analyze precipitation and water runoff on a local scale. In the territory of Latvia, the amount of precipitation exceeds the level of evapotranspiration. Long-term monitoring data show that precipitation leads to average runoff of 250 mm per year (Ziverts, 2004). The monitoring data collected at three research sites located in Latvia was used for this research including Berze (Lielupe river basin, meteorological station in Dobele), Mellupite (Venta river basin, meteorological station in Saldus monitoring) and Vienziemite (Gauja river basin, meteorological station in Zoseni). The results from this study show that there is a pronounced interaction between runoff and precipitation with an average of 53 to 82%.

Analysis of Precipitation and Runoff Conditions in Agricultural Runoff Monitoring Sites

Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies

Rural Sustainability Research

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In order to assess the nature of climate change, it is important to analyze the indicators of climate variability in different scales: spatial and temporal....

Analysis of Precipitation and Runoff Conditions in Agricultural Runoff Monitoring Sites

Published Online: Aug 13, 2018

Page range: 26 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plua-2018-0004

Keywords
agricultural land, precipitation, subsurface drainage, discharge

© 2018 Ieva Siksnāne et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Analysis of Precipitation and Runoff Conditions in Agricultural Runoff Monitoring Sites

Published Online: Aug 13, 2018

Page range: 26 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plua-2018-0004

Keywordsagricultural land, precipitation, subsurface drainage, discharge

© 2018 Ieva Siksnāne et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
agricultural land, precipitation, subsurface drainage, discharge