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Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Mountain Hydrology : Development of a Methodology Through a Case Study in the Andes of Peru.
Title:
Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Mountain Hydrology : Development of a Methodology Through a Case Study in the Andes of Peru.
Author:
Vergara, Walter.
ISBN:
9780821386637
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (194 pages)
Series:
World Bank Studies
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Objective of the Study -- Methodology -- Structure of the Report -- River Basins Used as Case Studies -- Chapter 2 - Context -- Climate Impacts on Water Regulation -- Climate Impacts on Glaciers -- Climate Impacts on Mountain Wetlands -- Chapter 3 - Climate Analysis -- High-Resolution Climate Projection for Peru for the 21st Century -- Ensembles to Simulate Future Climate -- Subgrid Orography Dynamic Model (Downscaling Tool) -- Rainfall Trend Analysis -- Limitations in Climate Projections -- Criteria for Building Climate Scenarios -- Chapter 4 - Hydrology Analysis -- WEAP Model -- Development of a Glacier Module -- The Páramo Module -- Chapter 5 - Testing the Hydrology Tool at Basin Level -- Calibration in Nonglaciated Sub-basins -- Calibration and Validation: The Santa River Basin -- Calibration and Validation: Rímac-Mantaro River Basins -- Chapter 6 - Results from the Hydrology Analysis -- Visualization of Climate Change Impacts on Rivers in Peru -- Visualization of Climate Change in the Santa Basin -- Visualization of Climate Change in the Rímac and Mantaro Basins -- Results -- Chapter 7 - Conclusions -- General Conclusions -- Moving Forward -- Lessons Learned -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix 1. IPCC-Emissions Scenarios -- Appendix 2. Verification of the Ability of the Simulated Dataset to Reproduce Observed Precipitation Behavior (draft) -- Appendix 3. Subgrid Orography Scheme -- Appendix 4. Technical Report on Glacier and High-elevation Wetland Model Selection and Parameterization -- Appendix 5. Páramo Module in WEAP -- Appendix 6. Calibration of Nonglaciated Sub-basins -- Appendix 7. Final Calibration-Validation of the Santa River Model -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
Climate change is beginning to have effects on climate, weather and resource availability in ways that need to be anticipated when planning for the future. In particular, changes in rainfall patterns and temperature may impact the intensity or schedule of water availability. Also the retreat of tropical glaciers, the drying of unique Andean wetland ecosystems, as well as increased weather variability and weather extremes will affect water regulation. These changes have the potential to impact the energy and other sectors, such as agriculture, and could have broader economic effects.Anticipating the impacts of climate change is a new frontier. There are few examples of predictions of the impact of climate change on resource availability and even fewer examples of the applications of such predictions to planning for sustainable economic development. However, having access to an effective methodology would allow planners and policy makers to better plan for adaptation measures to address the consequences of climate change on the power and water sectors.This report presents a summary of the efforts to develop methodological tools for the assessment of climate impacts on surface hydrology in the Peruvian Andes. It is targeted to decision makers in Peru and in other countries to give them guidance on how to choose available and suitable tools and make an assessment of climate impacts on water regulation.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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