Bolsena Lake has an average surface of about 114 km² and a maximum depth of about 151 m. During the last one hundred years, there has been a negative rainfall trend and a slight increase in temperature in the area. In this work a model is presented which provides a monthly simulation of the lake levels: once calibrated, the model was used to simulate the effects of different climatic situations on the lake levels. The results show that, should the climatic trends continue, a decrease in the average level of up to three meters can be expected in the next few decades.

Impact of Climatic Variations on Bolsena Lake (Central Italy)

DRAGONI, Valter Ulderico;GNUCCI, Lucia;VALIGI, Daniela
2002

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Bolsena Lake has an average surface of about 114 km² and a maximum depth of about 151 m. During the last one hundred years, there has been a negative rainfall trend and a slight increase in temperature in the area. In this work a model is presented which provides a monthly simulation of the lake levels: once calibrated, the model was used to simulate the effects of different climatic situations on the lake levels. The results show that, should the climatic trends continue, a decrease in the average level of up to three meters can be expected in the next few decades.
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