Objective
The MEDALUS programme is designed to investigate and predict the effects of progressive land degradation in Mediterranean areas.
It is apparent that the techniques and procedures developed in this programme can be applied to other areas undergoing increasing aridification.
This proposal is brought forward under the Co-operation with Central and Eastern European Countries for an evaluation of the methods and procedures of MEDALUS 11: Project 4 in their application to the Great Plain of Hungary.
This is a transitional area between Mediterranean and continental climates, which is also undergoing aridification.
The proposal seeks to bring together the field and laboratory skills of the Hungarian team and the models and modelling skills developed by the MEDALUS project.
The work will involve four main components: (1) The assessment of existing trends in climatic parameters, including rainfall, evaporation and evapotranspiration and temperatures, ecological characteristics, soil moistures, groundwater levels and runoff with a view to establishing the existence or otherwise of already reported trends for the driest areas of Hungary.
(2) Investigating the physical processes of desertification, especially of soil erosion, crop response under different irrigation regimes and salinisation and alkalisation.
This will involve continuing the recording of soil erosion variability on already established plots and monitoring parameters specifically required as inputs to MEDALUS models.
(3) Researching the history of land use and ecological changes at earlier period of drought and elucidating possible strategies for mitigating the effects of desertification in different environments and socio-economic contexts of the Great Plain.
(4) Implementing the MEDALUS Catena model in Hungary and using it to predict the impact of changing vegetation and land use as well as climate on hillslope vegetation cover, hydrology and erosion under different scenarios.
The project will benefit from inputs and advice from all the MEDALUS groups.
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WC2R 2LS London
United Kingdom
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