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The Lake Fucino was the largest reservoir of fresh water in the Abruzzo Region until it was drained at the end of last century. The surface of the lake was about 150 square km. Temperature and precipitation historical records show appreciable changes in these variable that could be related to the draining of the lake. Changes in the vegetation around the lake are also recorded especially concerning the existence of plantations of olive trees. The setting of the lake is peculiar being at the center of a closed valley. To assess the possible effect of the lake on the local climate and the meteorology regime we have carried out a simulation using the climate version of the MM5 limited area model. This model includes a code for the soil atmosphere interactions. Also the model has been updated for the land use/land cover at very high resolution (1km). The simulations are carried out at different resolution and use the nesting technique. Preliminary results seem to indicate an overestimation of the changes with respect those present in the historical records.
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Tomassetti, B., Visconti, G., Paolucci, T., Ferretti, R., Verdecchia, M. (2001). Numerical Experiments to Study the Possible Meteorological Changes Induced by the Presence of a Lake. In: Visconti, G., Beniston, M., Iannorelli, E.D., Barba, D. (eds) Global Change and Protected Areas. Advances in Global Change Research, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48051-4_48
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