Transboundary Pollution Reduction in Three Danube River Basins

1997 ◽  
pp. 149-164
Author(s):  
Ron Orach
Keyword(s):  
River Basins ◽  
Transboundary Pollution ◽  
Danube River ◽  
Pollution Reduction

scholarly journals Variability and alterations of water temperatures across the Elbe and Danube River Basins

2013 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danijela Markovic ◽  
Ulrike Scharfenberger ◽  
Stefan Schmutz ◽  
Florian Pletterbauer ◽  
Christian Wolter
Keyword(s):  
River Basins ◽  
Danube River

scholarly journals Regional climate projections in two alpine river basins: Upper Danube and Upper Brahmaputra

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Dobler ◽  
M. Yaoming ◽  
N. Sharma ◽  
S. Kienberger ◽  
B. Ahrens
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Danube River ◽  
Simultaneous Increase ◽  
Climate Projections ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Global Circulation Models

Abstract. Projections from coarse-grid global circulation models are not suitable for regional estimates of water balance or trends of extreme precipitation and temperature, especially not in complex terrain. Thus, downscaling of global to regionally resolved projections is necessary to provide input to integrated water resources management approaches for river basins like the Upper Danube River Basin (UDRB) and the Upper Brahmaputra River Basin (UBRB). This paper discusses the application of the regional climate model COSMO-CLM as a dynamical downscaling tool. To provide accurate data the COSMO-CLM model output was post-processed by statistical means. This downscaling chain performs well in the baseline period 1971 to 2000. However, COSMO-CLM performs better in the UDRB than in the UBRB because of a longer application experience and a less complex climate in Europe. Different climate change scenarios were downscaled for the time period 1960–2100. The projections show an increase of temperature in both basins and for all seasons. The values are generally higher in the UBRB with the highest values occurring in the region of the Tibetan Plateau. Annual precipitation shows no substantial change. However, seasonal amounts show clear trends, for instance an increasing amount of spring precipitation in the UDRB. Again, the largest trends for different precipitation statistics are projected in the region of the Tibetan Plateau. Here, the projections show up to 50% longer dry periods in the months June to September with a simultaneous increase of about 10% for the maximum amount of precipitation on five consecutive days. For the Assam region in India, the projections also show an increase of 25% in the number of consecutive dry days during the monsoon season leading to prolonged monsoon breaks.

scholarly journals The European Flood Alert System – Part 1: Concept and development

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Thielen ◽  
J. Bartholmes ◽  
M.-H. Ramos ◽  
A. de Roo
Keyword(s):  
River Basins ◽  
Danube River ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Ensemble Prediction ◽  
Alert System ◽  
Ensemble Prediction System ◽  
Weather Forecasts ◽  
Flood Warning ◽  
Medium Range ◽  
Flood Alert

Abstract. This paper presents the development of the European Flood Alert System (EFAS), which aims at increasing preparedness for floods in trans-national European river basins by providing local water authorities with medium-range and probabilistic flood forecasting information 3 to 10 days in advance. The EFAS research project started in 2003 with the development of a prototype at the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), in close collaboration with the national hydrological and meteorological services. The prototype covers the whole of Europe on a 5 km grid. In parallel, different high-resolution data sets have been collected for the Elbe and Danube river basins, allowing the potential of the system under optimum conditions and on a higher resolution to be assessed. Flood warning lead-times of 3–10 days are achieved through the incorporation of medium-range weather forecasts from the German Weather Service (DWD) and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), comprising a full set of 51 probabilistic forecasts from the Ensemble Prediction System (EPS) provided by ECMWF. The ensemble of different hydrographs is analysed and combined to produce early flood warning information, which is disseminated to the hydrological services that have agreed to participate in the development of the system. In Part 1 of this paper, the scientific approach adopted in the development of the system is presented. The rational of the project, the system�s set-up, its underlying components, basic principles and products are described. In Part 2, results of a detailed statistical analysis of the performance of the system are shown, with regard to both probabilistic and deterministic forecasts.

scholarly journals Twinning European and South Asian river basins to enhance capacity and implement adaptive integrated water resources management approaches – results from the EC-project BRAHMATWINN

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.-A. Flügel
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Danube River ◽  
Climate Modelling ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Governance Analysis ◽  
Management Approaches

Abstract. The EC-project BRAHMATWINN was carrying out a harmonised integrated water resources management (IWRM) approach as addressed by the European Water Initiative (EWI) in headwater river systems of alpine mountain massifs of the twinning Upper Danube River Basin (UDRB) and the Upper Brahmaputra River Basins (UBRB) in Europe and Southeast Asia respectively. Social and natural scientists in cooperation with water law experts and local stakeholders produced the project outcomes presented in Chapter 2 till Chapter 10 of this publication. BRAHMATWINN applied a holistic approach towards IWRM comprising climate modelling, socio-economic and governance analysis and concepts together with methods and integrated tools of applied Geoinformatics. A detailed description of the deliverables produced by the BRAHMATWINN project is published on the project homepage http://www.brahmatwinn.uni-jena.de.

Coalitions in transboundary pollution reduction

1994 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 419-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. I. Krechetov
Keyword(s):  
Transboundary Pollution ◽  
Pollution Reduction

scholarly journals Development of adaptive IWRM options for climate change mitigation and adaptation

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.-A. Flügel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Danube River ◽  
Central Component ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Well Data ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Abstract. Adaptive Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) options related to the impacts of climate change in the twinning basins of the Upper Danube River Basin (UDRB) and the Upper Brahmaputra River Basin (UBRB) are developed based on the results obtained in the different work packages of the BRAHMATWINN project. They have been described and discussed in Chapter 2 till Chapter 9 and the paper is referring to and is integrating these findings with respect to their application and interpretation for the development of adaptive IWRM options addressing impacts of climate change in river basins. The data and information related to the results discussed in Chapter 2 till 8 have been input to the RBIS as a central component of the IWRMS (Chapter 9). Meanwhile the UDRB has been analysed with respect to IWRM and climate change impacts by various projects, i.e. the GLOWA-Danube BMBF funded project (GLOWA Danube, 2009; Mauser and Ludwig, 2002) the UBRB has not been studied so far in a similar way as it was done in the BRAHMATWINN project. Therefore the IWRM option development is focussing on the UBRB but the methodology presented can be applied for the UDRB and other river basins as well. Data presented and analysed in this chapter have been elaborated by the BRAHMATWINN project partners and are published in the project deliverable reports available from the project homepage http://www.brahmatwinn.uni-jena.de/index.php?id=5311&L=2.

scholarly journals Analysis of present IWRM in the Upper Brahmaputra and the Upper Danube River Basins

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.-A. Flügel ◽  
A. Bartosch
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Danube River ◽  
Engineering Sciences ◽  
Basin Scale ◽  
Water Management Planning

Abstract. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a process which strives towards the sustainable management of water resources in river basins. The approach integrates insights and knowledge from various scientific disciplines comprising natural, socio-economic, and engineering sciences. These three pillars of sustainability are important components of this approach integrating the environmental, economic and social dimension. In the ideal IWRM case planning is based on the river basin scale and therefore is comparatively discussed herein for the two twinning BRAHMATWINN river basins, i.e. the Upper Danube River Basin (UDRB) in Europe and the Upper Brahmaputra River Basin (UBRB) in South Asia. In this chapter major challenges for the implementation of the IWRM process towards a sustainable management of water resources in the two UDRB and UBRB twinning river basins of the BRAHMATWINN project are analysed. The study revealed that in the UDRB the IWRM approach is already part of water management planning and the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a good example in this regard. Contrary in the UBRB the implementation of IWRM is just at the beginning phase, only recently is being discussed in the riparian states but has not been implemented in any way so far on the basin scale.

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