LEADER 04811nam 2200901z- 450 001 9910688384403321 005 20231214133102.0 035 $a(CKB)5400000000045864 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/62527 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000045864 100 $a20202102d2015 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWater Resources in a Variable and Changing Climate 210 $cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2015 311 $a3-03842-082-4 330 $aClimate change will bring about significant changes to the capacity of, and the demand on, water resources. The resulting changes include increasing climate variability that is expected to affect hydrologic conditions. The effects of climate variability on various meteorological variables have been extensively observed in many regions around the world. Atmospheric circulation, topography, land use and other regional features modify global changes to produce unique patterns of change at the regional scale. As the future changes to these water resources cannot be measured in the present, hydrological models are critical in the planning required to adapt our water resource management strategies to future climate conditions. Such models include catchment runoff models, reservoir management models, flood prediction models, groundwater recharge and flow models, and crop water balance models. In water-scarce regions such as Australia, urban water systems are particularly vulnerable to rapid population growth and climate change. In the presence of climate change induced uncertainty, urban water systems need to be more resilient and multi-sourced. Decreasing volumetric rainfall trends have an effect on reservoir yield and operation practices. Severe intensity rainfall events can cause failure of drainage system capacity and subsequent urban flood inundation problems. Policy makers, end users and leading researchers need to work together to develop a consistent approach to interpreting the effects of climate variability and change on water resources. This Special Edition includes papers by international experts who have investigated climate change impacts on a variety of systems including irrigation and water markets, land use changes and vegetation growth, lake water levels and quality and sea level rises. These investigations have been conducted in many regions of the world including the USA, China, East Africa, Australia, Taiwan and the Sultanate of Oman. 610 $ameteorological variables 610 $awater resources management 610 $auncertainty 610 $ahydrological models 610 $aclimate models 700 $aAymar Y. Bossa$4auth$01352235 702 $aBernd Diekkrüger$4auth 702 $aHong-Ming Liu$4auth 702 $aEihab Fathelrahman$4auth 702 $aCharles B. Niwagaba$4auth 702 $aMd Sumon Shahriar$4auth 702 $aZongli Li$4auth 702 $aJames Pritchett$4auth 702 $aJonathan E. Kenny$4auth 702 $aMohammad Kamruzzaman$4auth 702 $aRobert Brooks$4auth 702 $aMike D. Burch$4auth 702 $aLeszek Sobkowiak$4auth 702 $aJanel Hanrahan$4auth 702 $aSergey Kravtsov$4auth 702 $aMohammed Saif Al-Kalbani$4auth 702 $aWen-Cheng Huang$4auth 702 $aWen-Cheng Liu$4auth 702 $aEuloge K. Agbossou$4auth 702 $aAlistair Grinham$4auth 702 $aPatrick Willems$4auth 702 $aM. Mercedes Taboada-Castro$4auth 702 $aTimothy O'Higgins$4auth 702 $aAlec Zuo$4auth 702 $aJohn Boland$4auth 702 $aMushtaque Ahmed$4auth 702 $aM. Teresa Taboada-Castro$4auth 702 $aAsma Abahussain$4auth 702 $aMary Akurut$4auth 702 $aRupak Aryal$4auth 702 $aRobert I. Daly$4auth 702 $aJyun-Long Lee$4auth 702 $aAmalia Davies$4auth 702 $aJun Xia$4auth 702 $aJan Jacob Keizer$4auth 702 $aMartin F. Price$4auth 702 $aSimon Beecham$4auth 702 $aMorgan Bida$4auth 702 $aLeon van der Linden$4auth 702 $aEdwyna Harris$4auth 702 $aJoao Pedro Nunes$4auth 702 $aAnn Wheeler$4auth 702 $aHenning Bjornlund$4auth 702 $aRicardo Arias$4auth 702 $aTodd Pagano$4auth 702 $aStephen Davies$4auth 702 $aPaul Roebber$4auth 702 $aLingling Zhao$4auth 702 $aM. Luz Rodríguez-Blanco$4auth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910688384403321 996 $aWater Resources in a Variable and Changing Climate$93163728 997 $aUNINA