Regional impacts of global change: seasonal trends  in extreme rainfall, run-off and temperature  in two contrasting regions of Morocco

Khomsi, Kenza; Mahe, Gil; Tramblay, Yves; Sinan, Mohamed; Snoussi, Maria

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1079-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 5

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 1079–1090, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1079-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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Special issue: Climate change, extreme events and hazards in the Mediterranean...

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 1079–1090, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1079-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 5

Research article 10 May 2016

Research article | 10 May 2016

Regional impacts of global change: seasonal trends in extreme rainfall, run-off and temperature in two contrasting regions of Morocco

Kenza Khomsi et al.

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EC C33: 'Comments to the authors', Hadas Saaroni, 10 Feb 2015
- AC C409: 'Reply to the comment', Kenza Khomsi, 09 Apr 2015
RC C53: 'rainfall and temperature extremes', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Feb 2015
- AC C411: 'Reply to the review', Kenza Khomsi, 09 Apr 2015
SC C95: 'Scale of figure 1', Mohamed el Mehdi Saidi, 02 Mar 2015
- AC C413: 'Reply to the comment', Kenza Khomsi, 09 Apr 2015
RC C732: 'Referee comments on the Trends in rainfall and temperature extremes in Morocco', Anonymous Referee #3, 20 May 2015

Short summary

The study investigates trends in mean and extreme rainfall, run-off, temperature and their relationship with large-scale atmospheric circulation. It focuses on two Moroccan watersheds; Bouregreg and Tensift, using data from 1977 to 2003. Results do not show a homogeneous behaviour in the catchments; the influence of the large-scale atmospheric circulation is different and a clear spatial dependence of the trend analysis is linked to the distance from the coast and the mountains.