scholarly journals Climate change impact on water supply demands: case study of the city of Skopje

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 2172-2178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina Donevska ◽  
Angelco Panov
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Climate Change Impact ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Temperature And Precipitation ◽  
Change Impact ◽  
The City

Abstract The aim of the paper is to present the climate change impact on drinking water supply, and to assess the availability of current water resources to meet the increasing demands in climate change conditions, for the city of Skopje. Series of monthly precipitation and temperature data are estimated up to 2050, using recorded data and data for predicted changes of air temperature and precipitation according to climate change scenarios. Climate change impact on drinking water supply is assessed using multi-regression models for the dependence of the water supply data on the main climate parameters: temperature and precipitation. Forecast of future water quantities includes implementation of multi-regression models defined with a set of independent variables: the number of the population for time sets (t, t-1, t-2, t-3), precipitation and air temperature including predicted changes of the data under climate change conditions for the same time sets. Two scenarios are analysed: the first predicts that the number of the population until 2050 remains nearly the same as nowadays, the second predicts an increase of the number of the population at an average annual rate of increase of 0.58%. Results indicate shortage of available water resources for population and industry in climate change scenarios (increase of temperatures and decrease of precipitation) and increase of population.

scholarly journals Contrasting climate change impact on river flows from high-altitude catchments in the Himalayan and Andes Mountains

2016 ◽  
Vol 113 (33) ◽  
pp. 9222-9227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvan Ragettli ◽  
Walter W. Immerzeel ◽  
Francesca Pellicciotti
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Climate Change Impact ◽  
River Flow ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Glacier Area ◽  
Spatiotemporal Resolution ◽  
Change Impact

Mountain ranges are the world’s natural water towers and provide water resources for millions of people. However, their hydrological balance and possible future changes in river flow remain poorly understood because of high meteorological variability, physical inaccessibility, and the complex interplay between climate, cryosphere, and hydrological processes. Here, we use a state-of-the art glacio-hydrological model informed by data from high-altitude observations and the latest climate change scenarios to quantify the climate change impact on water resources of two contrasting catchments vulnerable to changes in the cryosphere. The two study catchments are located in the Central Andes of Chile and in the Nepalese Himalaya in close vicinity of densely populated areas. Although both sites reveal a strong decrease in glacier area, they show a remarkably different hydrological response to projected climate change. In the Juncal catchment in Chile, runoff is likely to sharply decrease in the future and the runoff seasonality is sensitive to projected climatic changes. In the Langtang catchment in Nepal, future water availability is on the rise for decades to come with limited shifts between seasons. Owing to the high spatiotemporal resolution of the simulations and process complexity included in the modeling, the response times and the mechanisms underlying the variations in glacier area and river flow can be well constrained. The projections indicate that climate change adaptation in Central Chile should focus on dealing with a reduction in water availability, whereas in Nepal preparedness for flood extremes should be the policy priority.

Regional regression models for hydro-climate change impact assessment

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 1972-1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabi Gyawali ◽  
Veronica W. Griffis ◽  
David W. Watkins ◽  
Neil M. Fennessey
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Climate Change Impact ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Climate Change Impact Assessment ◽  
Regional Regression ◽  
Change Impact

scholarly journals Climate change and hydropower production in the Swiss Alps: quantification of potential impacts and related modelling uncertainties

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1191-1205 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Schaefli ◽  
B. Hingray ◽  
A. Musy
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Impact ◽  
System Performance ◽  
Swiss Alps ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Future Period ◽  
The Future ◽  
Modelling Uncertainties ◽  
Change Impact ◽  
Potential Climate Change

Abstract. This paper addresses two major challenges in climate change impact analysis on water resources systems: (i) incorporation of a large range of potential climate change scenarios and (ii) quantification of related modelling uncertainties. The methodology of climate change impact modelling is developed and illustrated through application to a hydropower plant in the Swiss Alps that uses the discharge of a highly glacierised catchment. The potential climate change impacts are analysed in terms of system performance for the control period (1961–1990) and for the future period (2070–2099) under a range of climate change scenarios. The system performance is simulated through a set of four model types, including the production of regional climate change scenarios based on global-mean warming scenarios, the corresponding discharge model, the model of glacier surface evolution and the hydropower management model. The modelling uncertainties inherent in each model type are characterised and quantified separately. The overall modelling uncertainty is simulated through Monte Carlo simulations of the system behaviour for the control and the future period. The results obtained for both periods lead to the conclusion that potential climate change has a statistically significant negative impact on the system performance.

scholarly journals Climate change impact assessment as function of model inaccuracy

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 2875-2899
Author(s):  
P. Droogers ◽  
A. van Loon ◽  
W. Immerzeel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Climate Change Impact ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Model Errors ◽  
Climate Change Impact Assessment ◽  
Scenario Model ◽  
Change Impact ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Numerical simulation models are frequently applied to assess the impact of climate change on hydrology and agriculture. A common hypothesis is that unavoidable model errors are reflected in the reference situation as well as in the climate change situation so that by comparing reference to scenario model errors will level out. For a polder in The Netherlands an innovative procedure has been introduced, referred to as the Model-Scenario-Ratio (MSR), to express model inaccuracy on climate change impact assessment. MSR values close to 1, indicating that impact assessment is mainly a function of the scenario itself rather than of the quality of the model, were found for most indicators evaluated. More extreme climate change scenarios and indicators based on threshold values showed lower MSR values, indicating that model accuracy is an important component of the climate change impact assessment. It was concluded that the MSR approach can be applied easily and will lead to more robust impact assessment analyses.

scholarly journals Climate change and fenology of birds sprig arrival

2008 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feliksas Ivanauskas ◽  
Remigijus Lapinskas ◽  
Mečislovas Žalakevičius
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Impact ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Arrival Dates ◽  
Spring Arrival ◽  
Change Impact ◽  
Arrival Timing

The paper investigates the climate change impact on bird first spring arrival dates, including interpretation of mechanisms of changes in dates. Regression models for 46 species of birds based on data collected in Lithuania in 1966–2000are created and discussed.An explanation of changes in arrival timing is proposed.

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