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DOI	10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110564
	Responses of salinity and chlorophyll-a to extreme rainfall events in the northwest Arabian Gulf: Emphasis on Shatt Al-Arab
	Alosairi Y.; Alsulaiman N.; Petrov P.; Karam Q.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0025326X
卷号	149
英文摘要	Recent extreme hydrological events, such as high rainfall and storms, have been linked to climate change worldwide due to their relatively uncommon trends, which are generally described as having varying frequencies and higher intensities. Similar extreme rainfall trends were observed in the northwest Arabian Gulf during the 2018–2019 season. Heavy rainfall events have triggered high discharges in the river of Shatt Al-Arab, where, prior to these events, the discharge rate has exhibited a declining trend over the past 40 years. Shatt Al-Arab provides various physical, chemical, and biological functions in the region. In this study, some recent and extensive measurements of salinity and post-processed satellite images of chlorophyll-a in the northwest Arabian Gulf were recorded to assess the response of the region to the higher discharges. The results indicated that the salinity decreased significantly during and after the rainfall events in response to the higher discharges from Shatt Al-Arab. The effects of higher discharges extended over most of Kuwait's coastline, including Kuwait Bay. The chlorophyll-a distributions doubled after the extreme events, emphasising the effects of Shatt Al-Arab. Collectively, the results indicated that the discharge from Shatt Al-Arab during the extreme event exceeded 1400 m3/s, while, in the previous seasons, it rarely exceeded 80 m3/s. The higher discharge levels of discharge would result in various changes in ecology at multiple levels due to the sudden and reversing shift in the hydro-environmental processes. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Circulation; Climate change; Estuary; Hydrodynamics; Kuwait Bay; Transport
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Aluminum alloys; Boiler circulation; Chlorophyll; Estuaries; Hydrodynamics; Rain; Biological functions; Environmental process; Extreme hydrological events; Extreme rainfall; Kuwait Bay; Multiple levels; Satellite images; Transport; Climate change; chlorophyll a; rain; chlorophyll a; chlorophyll a; circulation; climate change; estuary; extreme event; hydrodynamics; hydrological response; rainfall; river discharge; salinity; satellite imagery; Article; climate change; controlled study; ecology; hydrodynamics; image processing; Kuwait; Persian Gulf; river; salinity; satellite imagery; seashore; bay; chemistry; climate change; environmental monitoring; hydrology; Arabian Sea; Indian Ocean; Kuwait Bay; Kuwait [Middle East]; Persian Gulf; Shatt al Arab; Bays; Chlorophyll A; Climate Change; Environmental Monitoring; Extreme Weather; Hydrology; Kuwait; Rain; Rivers; Salinity
来源期刊	Marine Pollution Bulletin
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/149541
作者单位	Coastal Management Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait; Crisis and Decision Support Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait; Environmental Pollution and Climate Change, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Alosairi Y.,Alsulaiman N.,Petrov P.,et al. Responses of salinity and chlorophyll-a to extreme rainfall events in the northwest Arabian Gulf: Emphasis on Shatt Al-Arab[J],2019,149.
APA	Alosairi Y.,Alsulaiman N.,Petrov P.,&Karam Q..(2019).Responses of salinity and chlorophyll-a to extreme rainfall events in the northwest Arabian Gulf: Emphasis on Shatt Al-Arab.Marine Pollution Bulletin,149.
MLA	Alosairi Y.,et al."Responses of salinity and chlorophyll-a to extreme rainfall events in the northwest Arabian Gulf: Emphasis on Shatt Al-Arab".Marine Pollution Bulletin 149(2019).