Projection of future Precipitation changes in Tehran's water supply watersheds

This study identifies the impact of climate change on precipitation in watersheds of Tehran water supply in the horizon 2025-2050 under the scenarios of CMIP6. Therefore, first, the changes in precipitation trends in the base period were calculated using the precipitation data of the study area'...

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Main Authors: Faeze Shoja, Aliakbar Shamsipour
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Published: University of Sistan and Baluchestan 2023-06-01
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Online Access:https://jneh.usb.ac.ir/article_7234_066d8d4654a9aa7fba791041db277228.pdf
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description This study identifies the impact of climate change on precipitation in watersheds of Tehran water supply in the horizon 2025-2050 under the scenarios of CMIP6. Therefore, first, the changes in precipitation trends in the base period were calculated using the precipitation data of the study area's 33 synoptic and rain gauge stations for the period 1989-2019. Then changes soon based on four models, CanESM5, CNRM-CM6-1, MIROC6, and MRI-ESM2-0, and under two scenarios, SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5 were projected. Due to the large scale of atmospheric general circulation models, two methods of linear scaling (LS) and distribution mapping (DM) were used for downscaling selected GCMs. Finally, the DM method was chosen to produce climatic scenarios due to its higher accuracy after calculating the validation indices of the models. The trend tests showed that in a significant part of the study basin, an increasing trend (with confidence levels of 0.95 and 0.99) in autumn and a decreasing trend in winter are observed during the observation period. In spring, the eastern and northeastern regions show a decreasing trend, and the northern and northwestern regions show an increasing precipitation trend. According to the output of GCM models, spring precipitation under the SSP2-4.5 scenario increases in all stations and decreases in 17 stations according to SSP5-8.5. Changes in summer precipitation are not significant in the present and future conditions, and winter and autumn are somewhat consistent with the changes in the observation period. Thus, in winter, precipitation, according to both scenarios, is less than in the current situation and is more in autumn under the SSP5-8.5 scenario. The effect of climate change on the amount of water in the watersheds also showed that the maximum water volume in the current conditions is related to the Karaj watershed. Between 2025 and 2050, the water content of this watershed increases by 8.9% in the CNRM-CM6-1 model according to the SSP2-4.5 But in MIROC6, MRI-ESM2-0, and CanESM5 models, it decreases by 5.3, 6.3, and 59.6 percent, respectively.
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spelling doaj.art-0efb1a5d40944c0a8fab20bbcf4fe8d52023-06-13T19:59:11ZfasUniversity of Sistan and Baluchestanمخاطرات محیط طبیعی2676-43772676-43852023-06-01123615118010.22111/jneh.2022.42622.19087234Projection of future Precipitation changes in Tehran's water supply watershedsFaeze Shoja0Aliakbar Shamsipour1Postdoctoral researcher in climatology, Department of Physical Geography, University of Tehran, IranAssociate professor in Climatology, Department of Physical Geography, University of Tehran, IranThis study identifies the impact of climate change on precipitation in watersheds of Tehran water supply in the horizon 2025-2050 under the scenarios of CMIP6. Therefore, first, the changes in precipitation trends in the base period were calculated using the precipitation data of the study area's 33 synoptic and rain gauge stations for the period 1989-2019. Then changes soon based on four models, CanESM5, CNRM-CM6-1, MIROC6, and MRI-ESM2-0, and under two scenarios, SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5 were projected. Due to the large scale of atmospheric general circulation models, two methods of linear scaling (LS) and distribution mapping (DM) were used for downscaling selected GCMs. Finally, the DM method was chosen to produce climatic scenarios due to its higher accuracy after calculating the validation indices of the models. The trend tests showed that in a significant part of the study basin, an increasing trend (with confidence levels of 0.95 and 0.99) in autumn and a decreasing trend in winter are observed during the observation period. In spring, the eastern and northeastern regions show a decreasing trend, and the northern and northwestern regions show an increasing precipitation trend. According to the output of GCM models, spring precipitation under the SSP2-4.5 scenario increases in all stations and decreases in 17 stations according to SSP5-8.5. Changes in summer precipitation are not significant in the present and future conditions, and winter and autumn are somewhat consistent with the changes in the observation period. Thus, in winter, precipitation, according to both scenarios, is less than in the current situation and is more in autumn under the SSP5-8.5 scenario. The effect of climate change on the amount of water in the watersheds also showed that the maximum water volume in the current conditions is related to the Karaj watershed. Between 2025 and 2050, the water content of this watershed increases by 8.9% in the CNRM-CM6-1 model according to the SSP2-4.5 But in MIROC6, MRI-ESM2-0, and CanESM5 models, it decreases by 5.3, 6.3, and 59.6 percent, respectively.https://jneh.usb.ac.ir/article_7234_066d8d4654a9aa7fba791041db277228.pdfbias correctionclimate changecmip6precipitationssp scenariostrend tests
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Projection of future Precipitation changes in Tehran's water supply watersheds
مخاطرات محیط طبیعی
bias correction
climate change
cmip6
precipitation
ssp scenarios
trend tests
title Projection of future Precipitation changes in Tehran's water supply watersheds
title_full Projection of future Precipitation changes in Tehran's water supply watersheds
title_fullStr Projection of future Precipitation changes in Tehran's water supply watersheds
title_full_unstemmed Projection of future Precipitation changes in Tehran's water supply watersheds
title_short Projection of future Precipitation changes in Tehran's water supply watersheds
title_sort projection of future precipitation changes in tehran s water supply watersheds
topic bias correction
climate change
cmip6
precipitation
ssp scenarios
trend tests
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