Impact of climate change on water resources of upper Kharun catchment in Chhattisgarh, India
| Autor: | Kumar, N., Tischbein, B., Kusche, J., Laux, P., Beg, M. K., Bogardi, J. J. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Vol 13, Iss C, Pp 189-207 (2017) Journal of hydrology / Regional studies, 13, 189-207 |
| ISSN: | 2214-5818 |
| Popis: | Study region The Upper Kharun Catchment (UKC) is one of the most important, economically sound and highly populated watersheds of Chhattisgarh state in India. The inhabitants strongly depend on monsoon and are severely prone to water stress. Study focus This research aims to assess the impact of climate change on water balance components. New hydrological insights for the region The station-level bias-corrected PRECIS (Providing REgional Climates for Impact Studies) projections generally show increasing trends for annual rainfall and temperature. Hydrological simulations, performed by SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool), indicate over-proportional runoff-rainfall and under-proportional percolation-rainfall relationships. Simulated annual discharge for 2020s will decrease by 2.9% on average (with a decrease of 25.9% for q1 to an increase by 23.6% for q14); for 2050s an average increase by 12.4% (17.6% decrease for q1 to 39.4% increase for q0); for 2080s an average increase of 39.5% (16.3% increase for q1 to an increase of 63.7% for q0). Respective ranges on percolation: for 2020s an average decrease by 0.8% (12.8% decrease for q1 to an increase of 8.7% for q14); for 2050s an average increase by 2.5% (10.3% decrease for q1 to 15.4% increase for q0); for 2080s an average increase by 7.5% (0.3% decrease for q1 to 13.7% increase for q0). These over- and under-proportional relationships indicate future enhancement of floods and question sufficiency of groundwater recharge. Abbreviations ARS, Agricultural Research Service; ZEF, Center for Development Research; CGCOST, Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology; GCM, General Circulation Model; DAAD, German Academic Exchange Service; IITM, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology; IMK-IFU, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research; IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; NDVI, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index; PRECIS, Providing Regional Climates for Impact Studies; RCM, Regional Climate Model; SWAT, Soil and Water Assessment Tool; USDA, United States Department of Agriculture; UKC, Upper Kharun Catchment |
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