Assessment of climate change impacts on watershed in cold-arid region: an integrated multi-GCM-based stochastic weather generator and stepwise cluster analysis method

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 191-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. W. Zhuang ◽  
Y. P. Li ◽  
G. H. Huang ◽  
J. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Arid Region ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Weather Generator ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Stochastic Weather Generator ◽  
Cluster Analysis Method ◽  
Stepwise Cluster Analysis

scholarly journals Climate change impacts on summer flood frequencies in two mountainous catchments in China and Switzerland

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Ragettli ◽  
X. Tong ◽  
G. Zhang ◽  
H. Wang ◽  
P. Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Models ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Stochastic Modelling ◽  
Weather Generator ◽  
Stochastic Weather Generator ◽  
Mountainous Catchments ◽  
Hourly Data ◽  
Summer Flood

Abstract Flood events are difficult to characterize if available observation records are shorter than the recurrence intervals, and the non-stationarity of the climate adds additional uncertainty. In this study, we use a hydrological model coupled with a stochastic weather generator to simulate the summer flood regime in two mountainous catchments located in China and Switzerland. The models are set up with hourly data from only 10–20 years of observations but are successfully validated against 30–40-year long records of flood frequencies and magnitudes. To assess the climate change impacts on flood frequencies, we re-calibrate the weather generator with the climate statistics for 2021–2050 obtained from ensembles of bias-corrected regional climate models. Across all assessed return periods (10–100 years) and two emission scenarios, nearly all model chains indicate an intensification of flood extremes. According to the ensemble averages, the potential flood magnitudes increase by more than 30% in both catchments. The unambiguousness of the results is remarkable and can be explained by three factors rarely combined in previous studies: reduced statistical uncertainty due to a stochastic modelling approach, hourly time steps and the focus on headwater catchments where local topography and convective storms are causing runoff extremes within a confined area.

scholarly journals Detection of drought events in Greece using daily precipitation

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Kalamaras ◽  
H. Michalopoulou ◽  
H. R. Byun
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Hierarchical Cluster Analysis ◽  
Daily Precipitation ◽  
Hierarchical Cluster ◽  
Seasonal Distribution ◽  
Drought Severity ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Cluster Analysis Method ◽  
Insight Into

In this study a method proposed by Byun & Wilhite, which estimates drought severity and duration using daily precipitation values, is applied to data from stations at different locations in Greece. Subsequently, a series of indices is calculated to facilitate the detection of drought events at these sites. The results provide insight into the trend of drought severity in the region. In addition, the seasonal distribution of days with moderate and severe drought is examined. Finally, the Hierarchical Cluster Analysis method is used to identify sites with similar drought features.

Cluster Analysis Using N-gram Statistics for Daihinmin Programs and Performance Evaluations

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seiya Okubo ◽  
Takaaki Ayabe ◽  
Tetsuro Nishino
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Imperfect Information ◽  
Computer Game ◽  
Computer Experiments ◽  
Performance Evaluations ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Cluster Analysis Method ◽  
N Gram ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Feature Values

In this paper, the authors elucidate the characteristics of the computer game Daihinmin, a popular Japanese card game that uses imperfect information. They first propose a method to extract feature values using n-gram statistics and a cluster analysis method that employs feature values. By representing the program card hands as several symbols, and the order of hands as simplified symbol strings, they obtain data that is suitable for feature extraction. The authors then evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method through computer experiments. In these experiments, they apply their method to ten programs that were used in the UEC Computer Daihinmin Convention. In addition, the authors evaluate the robustness of the proposed method and apply it to recent programs. Finally, they show that their proposed method can successfully cluster Daihinmin programs with high probability.

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