Linking land use and precipitation changes to water quality changes in Lake Victoria using earth observation data

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http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/107806 http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/107806 http://eprints.org/relation/issmallThumbnailVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/107806 archive 353 disk0/00/02/00/75 2024-10-28 08:14:20 2025-03-12 05:01:21 2024-10-28 08:14:20 article show Nakkazi M.T. Nkwasa A. 9900 0000-0002-8685-8854 Martínez A.B. van Griensven A. Linking land use and precipitation changes to water quality changes in Lake Victoria using earth observation data pub BNR WAT Climate change; Lake Victoria; Land use change; Remote sensing Due to the continued increase in land use changes and changing climatic patterns in the Lake Victoria basin, understanding the impacts of these changes on the water quality of Lake Victoria is imperative for safeguarding the integrity of the freshwater ecosystem. Thus, we analyzed spatial and temporal patterns of land cover, precipitation, and water quality changes in the Lake Victoria basin between 2000 and 2022 using global satellite products. Focusing on chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) and turbidity (TUR) in Lake Victoria, we used statistical metrics (correlation coefficient, trend analysis, change budget, and intensity analysis) to understand the relationship between land use and precipitation changes in the basin with changes in Chl-a and TUR at two major pollution hotspots on the lake, i.e., Winam Gulf and Inner Murchison Bay (IMB). Results show that the Chl-a and TUR concentrations in the Winam gulf increase with increases in precipitation. Through increases in precipitation, the erosion risks are increased and transport of nutrients from land to the lake system, promoting algal growth and turbidity. In the IMB, Chl-a and TUR concentrations decrease with an increase in precipitation, possibly due to dilution, but peak during moderate rainfall. Interestingly, changes in land use and land cover (LULC) at 5-year intervals showed no substantial correlation with water quality changes at selected hotspots even though a broader LULC change analysis over the past two decades indicated a notable 300% increase in built-up areas across the Lake Victoria basin. These findings underscore the dominant influence of precipitation changes over LULC changes on the water quality of Lake Victoria for the selected hotspot areas. 2024-10-25 published Springer-Verlag doi:10.1007/s10661-024-13261-2 3740 public Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 196 11 e1104 TRUE 0167-6369 no info:eu-repo/semantics/article