Hydrological Evaluation of Streamflow Drought Index Method for Different Time Scales: A Case Study of Arsuz Plain, Turkey

Drought has been among the priority issues for a long time because of its effects that vary depending on duration and severity. Hydrological drought can be explained as the decrease in clean water resources caused by climate change. In this paper, Arsuz Plain, one of the agricultural protected area...

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Main Authors: Evren TURHAN, Buse Duyan Çulha, Serin Değerli
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Published: Artvin Coruh University 2022-01-01
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Online Access:http://dacd.artvin.edu.tr/tr/pub/issue/68003/903655
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Buse Duyan Çulha
Serin Değerli
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description Drought has been among the priority issues for a long time because of its effects that vary depending on duration and severity. Hydrological drought can be explained as the decrease in clean water resources caused by climate change. In this paper, Arsuz Plain, one of the agricultural protected area in the Asi River Basin, was selected as the case study for the hydrological drought analysis. Firstly, discharge-time and flow duration curves (FDC) were created by using monthly average discharge data between the years of 1990 and 2015 which were obtained from three different Flow Observation Stations (FOSs) (numbered D19A021, D19A022 and D19A023), located close to each other. With the help of these data, Streamflow Drought Index (SDI) values were calculated for different time scales such as 3, 6 and 12 months. Consequently, it has been seen that all three stations have similar results in terms of the peak flow rate values excluding a few periods. As of 2000, it has been observed that Extreme Drought and Extremely Wet periods have started to occur in the basin for these stations. While the most wet period began between the years 2009 and 2010, the driest period was 2014. Considering the course of the drought event in different time scales, it can be concluded that the number of dry periods has increased in recent years.
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spelling doaj-art-4a4541f750c442338301eab6f75621d32025-02-03T03:12:14ZengArtvin Coruh UniversityDoğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi2528-96402022-01-01812536https://doi.org/10.21324/dacd.903655Hydrological Evaluation of Streamflow Drought Index Method for Different Time Scales: A Case Study of Arsuz Plain, TurkeyEvren TURHAN0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0742-4848 Buse Duyan Çulha1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5797-3861Serin Değerli2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0208-9152Adana Alparslan Türkeş Bilim ve Teknoloji Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi, İnşaat Mühendisliği, 01250, Adana.Adana Su ve Kanalizasyon İdaresi Genel Müdürlüğü, Plan-Proje Dairesi Başkanlığı, İçme Suyu Şube Müdürlüğü, 01140, Adana.Adana Alparslan Türkeş Bilim ve Teknoloji Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi, İnşaat Mühendisliği, 01250, AdanaDrought has been among the priority issues for a long time because of its effects that vary depending on duration and severity. Hydrological drought can be explained as the decrease in clean water resources caused by climate change. In this paper, Arsuz Plain, one of the agricultural protected area in the Asi River Basin, was selected as the case study for the hydrological drought analysis. Firstly, discharge-time and flow duration curves (FDC) were created by using monthly average discharge data between the years of 1990 and 2015 which were obtained from three different Flow Observation Stations (FOSs) (numbered D19A021, D19A022 and D19A023), located close to each other. With the help of these data, Streamflow Drought Index (SDI) values were calculated for different time scales such as 3, 6 and 12 months. Consequently, it has been seen that all three stations have similar results in terms of the peak flow rate values excluding a few periods. As of 2000, it has been observed that Extreme Drought and Extremely Wet periods have started to occur in the basin for these stations. While the most wet period began between the years 2009 and 2010, the driest period was 2014. Considering the course of the drought event in different time scales, it can be concluded that the number of dry periods has increased in recent years.http://dacd.artvin.edu.tr/tr/pub/issue/68003/903655hydrological droughtstreamflow drought indexclimate changeflow duration curvesarsuz plain
spellingShingle Evren TURHAN
Buse Duyan Çulha
Serin Değerli
Hydrological Evaluation of Streamflow Drought Index Method for Different Time Scales: A Case Study of Arsuz Plain, Turkey
Doğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi
hydrological drought
streamflow drought index
climate change
flow duration curves
arsuz plain
title Hydrological Evaluation of Streamflow Drought Index Method for Different Time Scales: A Case Study of Arsuz Plain, Turkey
title_full Hydrological Evaluation of Streamflow Drought Index Method for Different Time Scales: A Case Study of Arsuz Plain, Turkey
title_fullStr Hydrological Evaluation of Streamflow Drought Index Method for Different Time Scales: A Case Study of Arsuz Plain, Turkey
title_full_unstemmed Hydrological Evaluation of Streamflow Drought Index Method for Different Time Scales: A Case Study of Arsuz Plain, Turkey
title_short Hydrological Evaluation of Streamflow Drought Index Method for Different Time Scales: A Case Study of Arsuz Plain, Turkey
title_sort hydrological evaluation of streamflow drought index method for different time scales a case study of arsuz plain turkey
topic hydrological drought
streamflow drought index
climate change
flow duration curves
arsuz plain
url http://dacd.artvin.edu.tr/tr/pub/issue/68003/903655
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