Climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia
The report evaluates the impacts of climate change on the hydrological regime and water resources of the Blue Nile River Basin in Ethiopia. It starts from the construction of the climate change scenarios based on the outcomes of several general circulation models (GCMs), uses a simple hydrological m...
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International Water Management Institute
2008
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| author | Kim, U. Kaluarachchi, Jagath J. Smakhtin, Vladimir U. |
| author_browse | Kaluarachchi, Jagath J. Kim, U. Smakhtin, Vladimir U. |
| author_facet | Kim, U. Kaluarachchi, Jagath J. Smakhtin, Vladimir U. |
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| description | The report evaluates the impacts of climate change on the hydrological regime and water resources of the Blue Nile River Basin in Ethiopia. It starts from the construction of the climate change scenarios based on the outcomes of several general circulation models (GCMs), uses a simple hydrological model to convert theses scenarios into runoff, and examines the impacts by means of a set of indices. The results, however uncertain with existing accuracy of climate models, suggest that the region is likely to have the future potential to produce hydropower, increase flow duration, and increase water storage capacity without affecting outflows to the riparian countries in the 2050s. |
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| publishDate | 2008 |
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| spelling | CGSpace399132025-11-07T08:44:31Z Climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia Kim, U. Kaluarachchi, Jagath J. Smakhtin, Vladimir U. climate change hydrology river basins runoff precipitation models dams operating policies water power drought analysis The report evaluates the impacts of climate change on the hydrological regime and water resources of the Blue Nile River Basin in Ethiopia. It starts from the construction of the climate change scenarios based on the outcomes of several general circulation models (GCMs), uses a simple hydrological model to convert theses scenarios into runoff, and examines the impacts by means of a set of indices. The results, however uncertain with existing accuracy of climate models, suggest that the region is likely to have the future potential to produce hydropower, increase flow duration, and increase water storage capacity without affecting outflows to the riparian countries in the 2050s. 2008 2014-06-13T14:29:40Z 2014-06-13T14:29:40Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39913 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Kim, U.; Kaluarachchi, Jagath J.; Smakhtin, Vladimir U. 2008. Climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 21p. (IWMI Research Report 126) |
| spellingShingle | climate change hydrology river basins runoff precipitation models dams operating policies water power drought analysis Kim, U. Kaluarachchi, Jagath J. Smakhtin, Vladimir U. Climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia |
| title | Climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia |
| title_full | Climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia |
| title_short | Climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia |
| title_sort | climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources of the upper blue nile river basin ethiopia |
| topic | climate change hydrology river basins runoff precipitation models dams operating policies water power drought analysis |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39913 |
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