scholarly journals Applying Topographic Classification, Based on the Hydrological Process, to Design Habitat Linkages for Climate Change

Forests ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 466
Author(s):  
Yongwon Mo ◽  
Dong Lee ◽  
Keunyea Song ◽  
Ho Kim ◽  
Soo Park
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Hydrological Process ◽  
Habitat Linkages

Estimation of hydrological response to future climate change in a cold watershed

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Sha ◽  
Zhong-Liang Wang ◽  
Yue Zhao ◽  
Yan-Xue Xu ◽  
Xue Li
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Water System ◽  
Coupled Model ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
General Circulation Models ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Hydrological Process

Abstract The vulnerability of the natural water system in cold areas to future climate change is of great concern. A coupled model approach was applied in the headwater watershed area of Yalu River in the northeastern part of China to estimate the response of hydrological processes to future climate change with moderate data. The stochastic Long Ashton Research Station Weather Generator was used to downscale the results of general circulation models to generate synthetic daily weather series in the 2050s and 2080s under various projected scenarios, which were applied as input data of the Generalized Watershed Loading Functions hydrological model for future hydrological process estimations. The results showed that future wetter and hotter weather conditions would have positive impacts on the watershed runoff yields but negative impacts on the watershed groundwater flow yields. The freezing period in winter would be shortened with earlier snowmelt peaks in spring. These would result in less snow cover in winter and shift the monthly allocations of streamflow with more yields in March but less in April and May, which should be of great concern for future local management. The proposed approach of the coupled model application is effective and can be used in other similar areas.

Response of Hydrological Process to Climate Change of Basins with Different Glacier Ratio in the Tibet Plateau

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Wang ◽  
Fan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Hydrological Processes ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Hydrological Process ◽  
Snow Melt ◽  
Rainfall Runoff

<p>The glacier ratio influences both the contribution of meltwater runoff and the response of the basin's hydrological processes to climate change. In this study, the Karuxung, the Tuotuo and the Babao river basins with glaciers accounting for 20.7%, 2.1% and 0.38% respectively, were selected to study their hydrological processes under the climate change. Based on the daily runoff data of 30 years and MODIS snow cover products, the J2000 model was applied to quantify the contribution of meltwater and rainfall runoff, analyze the temporal and spatial variation characteristics of runoff and clarify the influence of climate change on these three basin. The main findings are as follows: (1) The contribution of glacier and snow melt runoff for the Karuxung, Tuotuo and Babao river basin was 60.7%, 25.3% and 19.9%, respectively. The contribution of rainfall runoff for the three basins was 39.3%, 74.7% and 81.1%, respectively. (2) The peak of glacier and snow melt runoff converted from summer to spring with the glacier ratio decreasing. (3) The runoff supplies in the Karuxung, Tuotuo and Babao river basin were from the 5500m-6500m, 4500m-5500m zone, and 3500m-4500m elevation zone, respectively. (4) The runoff and its components in the Karuxung and Tuotuo river basins showed significant increasing trends while the Babao river basin showed no significant change trends. (5) In the Karuxung river basin with large glacier ratio, the increase in temperature mainly caused the increase of meltwater and runoff, showing a positive impact on runoff. For the Tuotuo and Babao river basin with small glacier ratios, the increase in temperature mainly caused increased evaporation and reduced runoff, showing a negative impact on runoff.</p>

scholarly journals STUDI HIDROLOGI BERDASARKAN CLIMATE CHANGES MENGGUNAKAN MODEL SWAT DI DAERAH TANGKAPAN AIR WADUK JATILUHUR

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Budi Darmawan Supatmanto ◽  
Sri Malahayati Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Catchment Area ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Water Yield ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Hydrological Process ◽  
Coverage Area ◽  
Catchment Areas ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Total Coverage

Daerah Tangkapan waduk Jatiluhur berada diantara 107011'36” - 107032'36" BT and 6029'50" - 6040'45" LS di Jawa Barat, Indonesia. Area dengan luas 380 km2 merupakan 8% dari seluruh total area Hulu Sungai Citarum seluas 4500 km2. Fungsi dari daerah ini untuk memenuhi kebutuhan air untuk pertanian di Karawang dan Bekasi dan memenuhi kebutuhan air di Jakarta. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk meneliti dampak dari perubahan ik (Climate Changes) terhadap hasil hidrologi di daerah tangkapan. Perubahan iklim ditentukan oleh beberapa scenario perubahan iklim yang disiapkan sebagai input dalam SWAT hidrologi model. Simulasi dilakukan sesudah model dikalibrasi untuk mendapatkan parameter model yang sesuai dengan model hidrologi. Setelah itu model divalidasi untuk mengetahui bahwa model menggambarkan keadaan lapangan. hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa nilai-nilai limpasan dan hasil air yang bervariasi berdasarkan perubahan iklim. Oleh karena itu, perlu adanya untuk mempertimbangkan faktor-faktor perubahan iklim untuk mempelajari proses hidrologi di Daerah Tangkapan Air.Kata Kunci: SWAT, hidrologi, skenario perubahan iklim dan area tangkapan=Jatiluhur Reservoir Catchment Area is located between 107011'36” - 107032'36" BT and 6029'50" - 6040'45" LS in West Java, Indonesia. The catchment area embraces 380 km2, which is 8% of the total coverage area in the upstream of Citarum River with the total area of 4500 km2. The functions of this catchment are essential for meeting the needs of water for agriculture in Karawang and Bekasi area, and drinking water needs for Jakarta area. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of climate change on hydrology yield in the catchment. Changes in climate are discovered by several different climate changes scenarios, prepared as input for hydrological model SWAT. Simulation scenarios conducted after the model is calibrated in order to obtain model parameters that are sensitive to the hydrological response. Afterwards models are validated to find out that the model has described the state of the field. The result showed that the values of runoff and water yield are varies based on climate change. Therefore, there is a need to consider the factors of climate change in order to study hydrological process of a watershed.Keywords: SWAT, hydrology, climate changes scenarios and catchment areas.

scholarly journals Application of SWAT model to Assess Land Use and Climate Changes Impacts on Hydrology of Nam Rom River Basin in Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Son Ngo ◽  
Huong Hoang ◽  
Phuong Tran ◽  
Loc Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Ground Water ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Swat Model ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Hydrological Processes ◽  
Water Yield ◽  
Hydrological Process

Land use/land cover (LULC) and climate changes are two main factors directly affecting hydrologic conditions. However, very few studies in Vietnam have investigated changes in hydrological process under the impact of climate and land use changes on a basin scale. The objective of this study is to assess the individual and combined impacts of land use and climate changes on hydrological processes for the Nam Rom river basin, Northwestern Viet Nam using Remote Sensing (RS) and Soil and Water Assessment Tools (SWAT) model. SWAT model was used for hydrological process simulation. Results indicated that SWAT proved to be a powerful tool in simulating the impacts of land use and climate change on catchment hydrology. The change in historical land use between 1992 and 2015 strongly contributed to increasing hydrological processes (ET, percolation, ground water, and water yield), whereas, climate change led to significant decrease of all hydrological components. The combination of land use and climate changes significantly reduced surface runoff (-16.9%), ground water (-5.7%), water yield (-9.2%), and sediment load (-4.9%). Overall climatic changes had more significant effect on hydrological components than land use changes in the Nam Rom river basin during the 1992–2015. Under impacts of projected land use and climate change scenarios in 2030 on hydrological process of the upper Nam Rom river basin indicate that ET and surface flow are more sensitive to the changes in land use and climate in the future. In conclusion, the findings of this study will basic knowledge of the effects of climate and land-use changes on the hydrology for future development of integrated land use and water management practices in Nam Rom river basin.

scholarly journals Response of seasonal soil freeze depth to climate change across China

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1059-1073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoqing Peng ◽  
Tingjun Zhang ◽  
Oliver W. Frauenfeld ◽  
Kang Wang ◽  
Bin Cao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Snow Depth ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Ground Surface ◽  
Driving Factors ◽  
Hydrological Process ◽  
Vegetation Growth ◽  
Air Temperatures

Abstract. The response of seasonal soil freeze depth to climate change has repercussions for the surface energy and water balance, ecosystems, the carbon cycle, and soil nutrient exchange. Despite its importance, the response of soil freeze depth to climate change is largely unknown. This study employs the Stefan solution and observations from 845 meteorological stations to investigate the response of variations in soil freeze depth to climate change across China. Observations include daily air temperatures, daily soil temperatures at various depths, mean monthly gridded air temperatures, and the normalized difference vegetation index. Results show that soil freeze depth decreased significantly at a rate of −0.18 ± 0.03 cm yr−1, resulting in a net decrease of 8.05 ± 1.5 cm over 1967–2012 across China. On the regional scale, soil freeze depth decreases varied between 0.0 and 0.4 cm yr−1 in most parts of China during 1950–2009. By investigating potential climatic and environmental driving factors of soil freeze depth variability, we find that mean annual air temperature and ground surface temperature, air thawing index, ground surface thawing index, and vegetation growth are all negatively associated with soil freeze depth. Changes in snow depth are not correlated with soil freeze depth. Air and ground surface freezing indices are positively correlated with soil freeze depth. Comparing these potential driving factors of soil freeze depth, we find that freezing index and vegetation growth are more strongly correlated with soil freeze depth, while snow depth is not significant. We conclude that air temperature increases are responsible for the decrease in seasonal freeze depth. These results are important for understanding the soil freeze–thaw dynamics and the impacts of soil freeze depth on ecosystem and hydrological process.

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON ULZA DAM LIFESPAN

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klodian Zaimi ◽  
Fatos Hoxhaj ◽  
Sergio Fattorelli ◽  
rancesca Ramazzina
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Sediment Transport ◽  
Climate Change Impact ◽  
Hydrological Model ◽  
Hydrological Process ◽  
River Catchment ◽  
Land Use Scenarios ◽  
Change Impact ◽  
The Mean

Ulza Dam is one of the oldest hydropower infrastructures in Albania. The water capacity of the reservoir has been reduced because of the accumulation of the sediments coming from Mat River. The bathymetric measurements and river sediment transport are used for quantifying the water storage change up to nowadays. Analyzing the future climate change impact in the sediment transport from the river is very important for understanding the Ulza Dam lifespan. In order to analyze the sediment regime in the future, the climate change projection from the EURO-CORDEX has been downscaled for Mat River catchment and used as input for the HEC-HMS hydrological model considering also the erosion and sediment module. The hydrological model was also calibrated with the MUSLE parameters, and it reproduces the average value of the total sediment transport. The analysis of climate change impact on erosion and sediment transported at the reservoirs was done considering the mean annual load for the different 30-year simulated periods related to values from the historical period 1981-2010. Considering the impacts of climate change, the mean annual sediment siltation could increase for RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios. Over this hypothesis, the remaining lifespan can be reduced drastically in both scenarios. Different land-use scenarios were analyzed in order to evaluate the impact of erosion and, because the current land use scenario doesn’t produce any impact on the hydrological process, but only effects at a small scale, two hypothetical scenarios were defined at large scale and applied for Mat River catchment. Extensive management of land use and reforestation produce a positive effect on the hydrological process and reducing the erosion rate. The change of land use significantly counteracts the negative effects of climate change by 15% and a 24% reduction in the case of these land-use scenarios.

scholarly journals Quantifying the Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activities on Runoff in the Lancang River Basin Based on the Budyko Hypothesis

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 3501
Author(s):  
Hao Liu ◽  
Zheng Wang ◽  
Guangxing Ji ◽  
Yanlin Yue
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Mean Annual Precipitation ◽  
Hydrological Process ◽  
Lancang River ◽  
Runoff Change ◽  
Runoff Series ◽  
The Lancang River Basin ◽  
The Impact

Based on the Lancang River Basin (LRB) hydro–meteorological data from 1961 to 2015, this study uses the Mann–Kendall trend test and mutation test to analyze the trend of hydro–meteorological variables, as well as which year the runoff series changes, respectively. We applied the Choudhury–Yang equation to calculate the climate and catchment landscape elasticity of runoff. Then we quantified the impact of climate change and human activities on runoff change. The results show that: (1) the mean annual precipitation (P) in LRB showed an insignificant decline, the annual potential evapotranspiration (E0) showed a significant increase, and the runoff depth (R) showed a significant decrease; (2) the abrupt change of the R occurred in 2005. Both the climate and catchment landscape elasticity of runoff increased, which means that the hydrological process of LRB became more sensitive to climate changes and human activities; (3) compared with the base period (1961–2004), the reduction of P was the leading cause of runoff reduction, with a contribution of 45.64%. The contribution of E0 and human activities to runoff changes are 13.91% and 40.45%, respectively.

scholarly journals Response of hydrological processes to climate change in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, China

2015 ◽  
Vol 368 ◽  
pp. 293-298
Author(s):  
X. Yao ◽  
X. Cui ◽  
J. Yu ◽  
W. Sun
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
General Circulation Models ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
Change Scenario ◽  
Hydrological Process ◽  
The Future

Abstract. According to the IPCC Fourth Assessment, the temperature and evapotranspiration will increase in the future. As a sensitive region to climate change, hydrological process in the middle reaches of the Yellow River will be significantly affected by climate change. In this study, water resources change in the future for a typical basin there: Lushi basin is assessed using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) hydrological model. Downscaled ensemble output from sixteen General Circulation Models (GCMs) for the A1B emission scenario in the 2050s was input to SWAT as the regional climate change scenario. The prediction shows that ET of this basin increases in winter and spring, and decreases in summer and autumn, and the streamflow increases throughout the year. The increased streamflow will probably improve the water demand guarantee and be conducive to crop growth in winter and spring, and may improve the flood risk in summer.

Impacts of climate change on headstream runoff in the Tarim River Basin

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hailiang Xu ◽  
Bin Zhou ◽  
Yudong Song
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Annual Runoff ◽  
Tarim River ◽  
Tarim River Basin ◽  
Hydrological Process ◽  
River Watershed ◽  
The Tarim River ◽  
The Tarim River Basin ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

The impacts of climate change on annual runoff were analyzed using hydrologic and meteorological data collected by 8 meteorological stations and 15 hydrological stations in the headstream of the Tarim River Watershed from 1957 to 2005. The long-term trend of climate change and hydrological variations were determined by parametric and non-parametric tests. The results show that the increasing scale of precipitation is less than the scale of rising temperature. The change and response of hydrological process have their own spatial characteristics in the tributaries of a headstream. Precipitation and temperature do not increase simultaneously in the hydro- and meteo-stations located in the headstream. The temperature and runoff displayed certain relations, and a relationship also existed between precipitation and runoff. The annual runoff of the Aksu and Kaidu rivers was consistent with an increasing trend in temperature and precipitation during the past 50 years; temperature increases have a greater effect on annual runoff. These results suggest that with the increase of temperature in the Tarim River Watershed, the glacier in the headstreams would melt gradually which results in runoff increase in several headstreams. However, glacier meltwater would be exhausted due to continual glacier shrinkage, and the increased trend of runoff in the headstreams would also slow or lessen. Thus, regional water resources shortage problems are still serious and have become a major feature in the Tarim River Watershed.

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