This study aims to evaluate the effects of climate change and El Nino-Southern Oscillation(ENSO)on reference evapotranspiration(ET_(o))in the climate sub-regions of South Vietnam(SVN)and the role of the related meteor...This study aims to evaluate the effects of climate change and El Nino-Southern Oscillation(ENSO)on reference evapotranspiration(ET_(o))in the climate sub-regions of South Vietnam(SVN)and the role of the related meteorological variables.The trend analysis shows that ET_(o) has been increasing quite clearly,especially during the rainy season.By examining the contribution of meteorological variables to the increase of ET_(o),it is indicated that temperature is the main contributor.Among the meteorological variables that are related to ET_(o),temperature is also the factor that has gained the most significant increase.Analysis of variance reveals that there is no difference in the increase of ET_(o) among the climate sub-regions of SVN.The effect of ENSO on ET_(o) is assessed based on the difference in the mean value of ET_(o) between the El Nino and La Nina phases.The results show that this difference is most obvious from October to May,and the main factor contributing to the increase is not temperature but sunshine hours.The difference in sunshine hours between the warm and cold phases in these months is around one hour per day,contributing about58%-86%to the ET_(o) difference.Further analysis of variance shows that ENSO has different levels of influences on ET_(o) in the climate sub-regions.Compared to the increase in ET_(o) due to climate change over the past 40 years,the ET_(o) difference between El Nino and La Nina phases is many times higher.In addition,since the effect of ENSO on ET_(o) is most obvious in the study area during the dry season,it is much stronger.In order to mitigate the effect of ENSO on drought in this area,monitoring and forecasting meteorological variables that have the main contribution to the variation of ET_(o),including the number of sunshine hours,should be promoted.展开更多
基金supported by the Project 2.21 in the framework of the bilateral cooperation between Vietnam and the Wallonie-Bruxelles Government in the period 2019-2021。
文摘This study aims to evaluate the effects of climate change and El Nino-Southern Oscillation(ENSO)on reference evapotranspiration(ET_(o))in the climate sub-regions of South Vietnam(SVN)and the role of the related meteorological variables.The trend analysis shows that ET_(o) has been increasing quite clearly,especially during the rainy season.By examining the contribution of meteorological variables to the increase of ET_(o),it is indicated that temperature is the main contributor.Among the meteorological variables that are related to ET_(o),temperature is also the factor that has gained the most significant increase.Analysis of variance reveals that there is no difference in the increase of ET_(o) among the climate sub-regions of SVN.The effect of ENSO on ET_(o) is assessed based on the difference in the mean value of ET_(o) between the El Nino and La Nina phases.The results show that this difference is most obvious from October to May,and the main factor contributing to the increase is not temperature but sunshine hours.The difference in sunshine hours between the warm and cold phases in these months is around one hour per day,contributing about58%-86%to the ET_(o) difference.Further analysis of variance shows that ENSO has different levels of influences on ET_(o) in the climate sub-regions.Compared to the increase in ET_(o) due to climate change over the past 40 years,the ET_(o) difference between El Nino and La Nina phases is many times higher.In addition,since the effect of ENSO on ET_(o) is most obvious in the study area during the dry season,it is much stronger.In order to mitigate the effect of ENSO on drought in this area,monitoring and forecasting meteorological variables that have the main contribution to the variation of ET_(o),including the number of sunshine hours,should be promoted.
