Impact assessment of projected climate change on the hydrological regime in the SE Alps, Upper Soča River basin, Slovenia

2011 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 1025-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitja Janža
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Hydrological Regime

IMPACT OF FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE (2020–2059) ON THE HYDROLOGICAL REGIME IN THE HEIHE RIVER BASIN IN SHAANXI PROVINCE, CHINA

2019 ◽  
Vol 01 (01) ◽  
pp. 1950003 ◽  
Author(s):  
AIDI HUO ◽  
XIAOFAN WANG ◽  
YUXIANG CHENG ◽  
CHUNLI ZHENG ◽  
CHENG JIANG
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Hydrological Regime ◽  
Annual Runoff ◽  
Heihe River Basin ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Heihe River ◽  
The Heihe River Basin

Assessing the impacts of climate change on hydrological regime and associated social and economic activities (such as farming) is important for water resources management in any river basin. In this study, we used the popular Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to evaluate the impacts of future climate change on the availability of water resources in the Heihe River basin located within Shaanxi Province, China, in terms of runoff and streamflow. The results show that over the next 40 years (starting in 2020 till 2059), changes in the averaged annual runoff ratio are approximately [Formula: see text]11.0%, [Formula: see text]6.4%, 7.2%, and 20.4% for each of the next four consecutive decades as compared to the baseline period (2010–2019). The predicted annual runoff demonstrates an increase trend after a reduction and may result in increased drought and flood risk in the Heihe River basin. To minimize or mitigate these impacts, various adaptation methods have been proposed for the study area, such as stopping irrigation, flood control operation; reasonable development and utilization of regional underground water sources should be implemented in Zhouzhi county and Huyi region in the lower reaches of Heihe River basin.

scholarly journals CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON THE HYDROLOGY OF A SEMI-ARID RIVER BASIN

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. I_121-I_126
Author(s):  
Asif M. BHATTI ◽  
Toshio KOIKE ◽  
Patricia Ann JARANILLA-SANCHEZ ◽  
Mohamed RASMY ◽  
Kohei YOSHIMURA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Climate Change Impact ◽  
Climate Change Impact Assessment ◽  
Change Impact ◽  
Semi Arid

scholarly journals Climate Change Effects on Hydropower Potential in the Alcantara River Basin in Sicily (Italy)

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (19) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. T. Aronica ◽  
B. Bonaccorso
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Coupled Model ◽  
Daily Rainfall ◽  
Hydrological Regime ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Hydropower Generation ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
Hydropower Potential ◽  
The Impact

Abstract In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to hydropower generation, since it is a renewable, efficient, and reliable source of energy, as well as an effective tool to reduce the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases resulting from human activities. At the same time, however, hydropower is among the most vulnerable industries to global warming, because water resources are closely linked to climate changes. Indeed, the effects of climate change on water availability are expected to affect hydropower generation with special reference to southern countries, which are supposed to face dryer conditions in the next decades. The aim of this paper is to qualitatively assess the impact of future climate change on the hydrological regime of the Alcantara River basin, eastern Sicily (Italy), based on Monte Carlo simulations. Synthetic series of daily rainfall and temperature are generated, based on observed data, through a first-order Markov chain and an autoregressive moving average (ARMA) model, respectively, for the current scenario and two future scenarios at 2025. In particular, relative changes in the monthly mean and standard deviation values of daily rainfall and temperature at 2025, predicted by the Hadley Centre Coupled Model, version 3 (HadCM3) for A2 and B2 greenhouse gas emissions scenarios, are adopted to generate future values of precipitation and temperature. Synthetic series for the two climatic scenarios are then introduced as input into the Identification of Unit Hydrographs and Component Flows from Rainfall, Evapotranspiration and Streamflow Data (IHACRES) model to simulate the hydrological response of the basin. The effects of climate change are investigated by analyzing potential modification of the resulting flow duration curves and utilization curves, which allow a site's energy potential for the design of run-of-river hydropower plants to be estimated.

scholarly journals FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE NAGARA RIVER BASIN

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
Morihiro HARADA ◽  
Yasuyuki MARUYA ◽  
Toshiharu KOJIMA ◽  
Daisuke MATSUOKA ◽  
Yujin NAKAGAWA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Frequency Analysis ◽  
Flood Frequency ◽  
Flood Frequency Analysis
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