干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Leveraging atmospheric moisture recycling in Saudi Arabia and neighboring countries for irrigation and afforestation planning

Arid

DOI	10.1007/s10113-024-02284-7
	Leveraging atmospheric moisture recycling in Saudi Arabia and neighboring countries for irrigation and afforestation planning
	Zampieri, Matteo; Luong, Thang M.; Ashok, Karumuri; Dasari, Hari P.; Pistocchi, Alberto; Hoteit, Ibrahim
通讯作者	Zampieri, M ; Hoteit, I
来源期刊	REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
ISSN	1436-3798
EISSN	1436-378X
出版年	2024
卷号	24 期号:3
英文摘要	Effective irrigation planning is crucial for sustainable agricultural development and ecosystem restoration projects in arid regions. With respect to ambitious greening initiatives, Saudi Arabia is establishing a national strategy toward a more sustainable and eco-friendly future not only for itself but also for the broader Middle East region. Thus, comprehensively understanding the water cycle in the region is essential to identify the most suitable target locations for afforestation and reforestation while considering the potential role of irrigation. Herein, in addition to traditional pedoclimatic factors, we introduce a complementary consideration-irrigation recycling. Building on the well-established concept of atmospheric moisture recycling and taking advantage from an atmospheric trajectory dataset, we track the path of evaporated water from current or potential irrigated sites to the location where the evaporated water eventually falls as precipitation. Our analysis offers two key benefits. First, it helps pinpoint the regions in which and the periods during which water recycling is maximum within the country, aiding more precise calculations of the investment return value for irrigation infrastructures. Second, it helps identify the land-use change patterns that contribute to international efforts such as drought mitigation in East Africa as an example. We found that one-third of the actual precipitation in the current Saudi irrigated sites originated from evapotranspiration over land, mainly from Saudi Arabia and surrounding countries. Interestingly, most of the evapotranspiration from these irrigated sites will eventually fall somewhere over land (primarily in Iran). Controlling the seasonality and spatial distribution of the future irrigation expansion will allow controlling the atmospheric moisture recirculation in Saudi Arabia and nearby drought-prone regions such as Eastern Africa. The outcomes of this study will be the subject of future integrated assessments to account for the climatic feedbacks of the land-use change scenarios. At present, they provide crucial insights to support the decision-making process surrounding the Saudi and Middle East Green Initiatives. Further, the presented methodology offers a pragmatic framework that can be applied to similar greening projects for other regions, making it a viable and valuable approach for global sustainability programs.
英文关键词	Greening Afforestation Reforestation Agriculture Land-use change Desert Arid environment Arabian Peninsula Suitability assessment Irrigation Water resources Integrated management Environmental policy Decision-making Sustainable development Climate adaptation Transboundary issues
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	hybrid
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:001285801100001
WOS关键词	RED-SEA ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; WATER ; PRECIPITATION ; EVAPORATION ; MANAGEMENT
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/405264
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zampieri, Matteo,Luong, Thang M.,Ashok, Karumuri,et al. Leveraging atmospheric moisture recycling in Saudi Arabia and neighboring countries for irrigation and afforestation planning[J],2024,24(3).
APA	Zampieri, Matteo,Luong, Thang M.,Ashok, Karumuri,Dasari, Hari P.,Pistocchi, Alberto,&Hoteit, Ibrahim.(2024).Leveraging atmospheric moisture recycling in Saudi Arabia and neighboring countries for irrigation and afforestation planning.REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE,24(3).
MLA	Zampieri, Matteo,et al."Leveraging atmospheric moisture recycling in Saudi Arabia and neighboring countries for irrigation and afforestation planning".REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE 24.3(2024).