Climate change assessment under greenhouse gases emission scenarios: Urmia Lake Basin

In the past few decades, an increase in greenhouse gases has caused global climate imbalance on the Earth which is referred to as "climate change". Studies have shown that this phenomenon has direct and indirect impacts on the natural, economic and social systems. Given the importance and...

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Main Authors: Maryam Mirdashtvan, Arash Malekian, Mohsen Mohseni Saravi
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Published: Iranian Scientific Association of Desert Management and Control (ISADMC) 2017-03-01
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Online Access:http://www.jdmal.ir/article_27854_0e23b19671947b23ba58f4b3af23117f.pdf
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Arash Malekian
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description In the past few decades, an increase in greenhouse gases has caused global climate imbalance on the Earth which is referred to as "climate change". Studies have shown that this phenomenon has direct and indirect impacts on the natural, economic and social systems. Given the importance and necessity of the phenomenon, “Urmia Lake Basin” was selected to study the impacts of climate change on climatic parameters. The large-scale outputs of HadCM3 general circulation models were downscaled using multi-linear SDSM model under the emission scenarios of A2 and B2 for the period of 2050s. Based on the results, the daily precipitation has different fluctuations in the coming period. Using HadCM3 model in the basin showed that the amount of precipitation in the period of 2050s will decrease 0.1 mm under the A2 scenario while will increase 0.03 mm under the B2 scenario. Precipitation will show reduction in winter and spring while will increase in summer and autumn under the both emission scenarios. The results revealed that average temperature will increase 1.2 and 1.1 °C under A2 and B2 scenarios, respectively; also, the highest increase in temperature will be up to 1.5 °C in winter under A2 scenario and 1.4 °C in summer under B2 scenario. The findings of this study can be used to estimate the changes induced in groundwater and surface water resources of the basin, changes in the yield of crops and ranglelands and the occurrence of climate extremes such as droughts and floods in the future.
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spelling doaj.art-871d0f03be604f9f9d6bff19e75890fe2023-03-02T06:47:08ZfasIranian Scientific Association of Desert Management and Control (ISADMC)مدیریت بیابان2476-39852476-37212017-03-0159153010.22034/jdmal.2017.2785427854Climate change assessment under greenhouse gases emission scenarios: Urmia Lake BasinMaryam Mirdashtvan0Arash Malekian1Mohsen Mohseni Saravi2PhD candidate, Faculty of Rangeland and Watershed Management, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, IranAssociate Professor, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, IranProfessor, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, IranIn the past few decades, an increase in greenhouse gases has caused global climate imbalance on the Earth which is referred to as "climate change". Studies have shown that this phenomenon has direct and indirect impacts on the natural, economic and social systems. Given the importance and necessity of the phenomenon, “Urmia Lake Basin” was selected to study the impacts of climate change on climatic parameters. The large-scale outputs of HadCM3 general circulation models were downscaled using multi-linear SDSM model under the emission scenarios of A2 and B2 for the period of 2050s. Based on the results, the daily precipitation has different fluctuations in the coming period. Using HadCM3 model in the basin showed that the amount of precipitation in the period of 2050s will decrease 0.1 mm under the A2 scenario while will increase 0.03 mm under the B2 scenario. Precipitation will show reduction in winter and spring while will increase in summer and autumn under the both emission scenarios. The results revealed that average temperature will increase 1.2 and 1.1 °C under A2 and B2 scenarios, respectively; also, the highest increase in temperature will be up to 1.5 °C in winter under A2 scenario and 1.4 °C in summer under B2 scenario. The findings of this study can be used to estimate the changes induced in groundwater and surface water resources of the basin, changes in the yield of crops and ranglelands and the occurrence of climate extremes such as droughts and floods in the future.http://www.jdmal.ir/article_27854_0e23b19671947b23ba58f4b3af23117f.pdfdownscalinggreenhouse gasesaogcmhadcm3sdsm
spellingShingle Maryam Mirdashtvan
Arash Malekian
Mohsen Mohseni Saravi
Climate change assessment under greenhouse gases emission scenarios: Urmia Lake Basin
مدیریت بیابان
downscaling
greenhouse gases
aogcm
hadcm3
sdsm
title Climate change assessment under greenhouse gases emission scenarios: Urmia Lake Basin
title_full Climate change assessment under greenhouse gases emission scenarios: Urmia Lake Basin
title_fullStr Climate change assessment under greenhouse gases emission scenarios: Urmia Lake Basin
title_full_unstemmed Climate change assessment under greenhouse gases emission scenarios: Urmia Lake Basin
title_short Climate change assessment under greenhouse gases emission scenarios: Urmia Lake Basin
title_sort climate change assessment under greenhouse gases emission scenarios urmia lake basin
topic downscaling
greenhouse gases
aogcm
hadcm3
sdsm
url http://www.jdmal.ir/article_27854_0e23b19671947b23ba58f4b3af23117f.pdf
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