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Assessment the impact of forest cover change on rainfall in Kelantan River Basin

This study hypothesized that rainfall decreases with reduced Leaf Area Index (LAI) as the land use and land cover changes from 2010 to 2019. With reduction in vegetation, the evapotranspiration (ET) rate is expected to be lower, hence reducing the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. The reduced...

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Main Author: Muhammad Afiq Alif Kamarulakmal
Format: Undergraduate Final Project Report
Language:English
Published: 2021
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/11797/1/Muhammad%20Afiq%20Alif%20Kamarulakmal.pdf
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spelling my.umk.eprints.117972023-03-23T03:32:37Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/11797/ Assessment the impact of forest cover change on rainfall in Kelantan River Basin Muhammad Afiq Alif Kamarulakmal This study hypothesized that rainfall decreases with reduced Leaf Area Index (LAI) as the land use and land cover changes from 2010 to 2019. With reduction in vegetation, the evapotranspiration (ET) rate is expected to be lower, hence reducing the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. The reduced amount of atmospheric water vapor creates a dry environment over the vegetation, which restricts the air from achieving saturation to form clouds, thus affecting rainfall. This study aims to study forest cover change on rainfall in Kelantan River Basin (KRB) based on the relationship between LAI, ET and rainfall between 2010 and 2019. The study utilized remotely-sensed ET (MYD16A2GF) and LAI (MYD15A2H) from NASA MODIS, and rainfall from the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission (GPM). Trend and time-series analyses were performed for all three variables and the relationship between ET, LAI and rainfall were determined using multiple linear regression. The results show that seasonal change in ET and LAI were mostly decreasing, while rainfall showed an increasing trend. Both ET and LAI were found to have a weak negative correlation with rainfall, indicating that they do not significantly influence rainfall in KRB between 2010 and 2019. 2021 Undergraduate Final Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/11797/1/Muhammad%20Afiq%20Alif%20Kamarulakmal.pdf Muhammad Afiq Alif Kamarulakmal (2021) Assessment the impact of forest cover change on rainfall in Kelantan River Basin. Final Year Project thesis, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan. (Submitted)
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description This study hypothesized that rainfall decreases with reduced Leaf Area Index (LAI) as the land use and land cover changes from 2010 to 2019. With reduction in vegetation, the evapotranspiration (ET) rate is expected to be lower, hence reducing the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. The reduced amount of atmospheric water vapor creates a dry environment over the vegetation, which restricts the air from achieving saturation to form clouds, thus affecting rainfall. This study aims to study forest cover change on rainfall in Kelantan River Basin (KRB) based on the relationship between LAI, ET and rainfall between 2010 and 2019. The study utilized remotely-sensed ET (MYD16A2GF) and LAI (MYD15A2H) from NASA MODIS, and rainfall from the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission (GPM). Trend and time-series analyses were performed for all three variables and the relationship between ET, LAI and rainfall were determined using multiple linear regression. The results show that seasonal change in ET and LAI were mostly decreasing, while rainfall showed an increasing trend. Both ET and LAI were found to have a weak negative correlation with rainfall, indicating that they do not significantly influence rainfall in KRB between 2010 and 2019.
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author Muhammad Afiq Alif Kamarulakmal
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Assessment the impact of forest cover change on rainfall in Kelantan River Basin
author_facet Muhammad Afiq Alif Kamarulakmal
author_sort Muhammad Afiq Alif Kamarulakmal
title Assessment the impact of forest cover change on rainfall in Kelantan River Basin
title_short Assessment the impact of forest cover change on rainfall in Kelantan River Basin
title_full Assessment the impact of forest cover change on rainfall in Kelantan River Basin
title_fullStr Assessment the impact of forest cover change on rainfall in Kelantan River Basin
title_full_unstemmed Assessment the impact of forest cover change on rainfall in Kelantan River Basin
title_sort assessment the impact of forest cover change on rainfall in kelantan river basin
publishDate 2021
url http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/11797/1/Muhammad%20Afiq%20Alif%20Kamarulakmal.pdf
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