Climate change impact on streamflow in large-scale river basins: projections and their uncertainties sourced from GCMs and RCP scenarios

Climate change impact on river runoff was investigated within the framework of the second phase of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISI-MIP2) using a physically-based land surface model Soil Water – Atmosphere – Plants (SWAP) (developed in the Institute of Water Problems...

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Main Authors: O. N. Nasonova, Y. M. Gusev, E. E. Kovalev, G. V. Ayzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-06-01
Series:Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences
Online Access:https://www.proc-iahs.net/379/139/2018/piahs-379-139-2018.pdf
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author O. N. Nasonova
Y. M. Gusev
E. E. Kovalev
G. V. Ayzel
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description Climate change impact on river runoff was investigated within the framework of the second phase of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISI-MIP2) using a physically-based land surface model Soil Water – Atmosphere – Plants (SWAP) (developed in the Institute of Water Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences) and meteorological projections (for 2006–2099) simulated by five General Circulation Models (GCMs) (including GFDL-ESM2M, HadGEM2-ES, IPSL-CM5A-LR, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, and NorESM1-M) for each of four Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) scenarios (RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6.0, and RCP8.5). Eleven large-scale river basins were used in this study. First of all, SWAP was calibrated and validated against monthly values of measured river runoff with making use of forcing data from the WATCH data set and all GCMs' projections were bias-corrected to the WATCH. Then, for each basin, 20 projections of possible changes in river runoff during the 21st century were simulated by SWAP. Analysis of the obtained hydrological projections allowed us to estimate their uncertainties resulted from application of different GCMs and RCP scenarios. On the average, the contribution of different GCMs to the uncertainty of the projected river runoff is nearly twice larger than the contribution of RCP scenarios. At the same time the contribution of GCMs slightly decreases with time.
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spelling doaj.art-e9c497b092bc44b6904562e97e4bea442022-12-21T18:24:26ZengCopernicus PublicationsProceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences2199-89812199-899X2018-06-0137913914410.5194/piahs-379-139-2018Climate change impact on streamflow in large-scale river basins: projections and their uncertainties sourced from GCMs and RCP scenariosO. N. Nasonova0Y. M. Gusev1E. E. Kovalev2G. V. Ayzel3Institute of Water Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119333, Russian FederationInstitute of Water Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119333, Russian FederationInstitute of Water Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119333, Russian FederationInstitute of Water Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119333, Russian FederationClimate change impact on river runoff was investigated within the framework of the second phase of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISI-MIP2) using a physically-based land surface model Soil Water – Atmosphere – Plants (SWAP) (developed in the Institute of Water Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences) and meteorological projections (for 2006–2099) simulated by five General Circulation Models (GCMs) (including GFDL-ESM2M, HadGEM2-ES, IPSL-CM5A-LR, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, and NorESM1-M) for each of four Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) scenarios (RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6.0, and RCP8.5). Eleven large-scale river basins were used in this study. First of all, SWAP was calibrated and validated against monthly values of measured river runoff with making use of forcing data from the WATCH data set and all GCMs' projections were bias-corrected to the WATCH. Then, for each basin, 20 projections of possible changes in river runoff during the 21st century were simulated by SWAP. Analysis of the obtained hydrological projections allowed us to estimate their uncertainties resulted from application of different GCMs and RCP scenarios. On the average, the contribution of different GCMs to the uncertainty of the projected river runoff is nearly twice larger than the contribution of RCP scenarios. At the same time the contribution of GCMs slightly decreases with time.https://www.proc-iahs.net/379/139/2018/piahs-379-139-2018.pdf
spellingShingle O. N. Nasonova
Y. M. Gusev
E. E. Kovalev
G. V. Ayzel
Climate change impact on streamflow in large-scale river basins: projections and their uncertainties sourced from GCMs and RCP scenarios
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences
title Climate change impact on streamflow in large-scale river basins: projections and their uncertainties sourced from GCMs and RCP scenarios
title_full Climate change impact on streamflow in large-scale river basins: projections and their uncertainties sourced from GCMs and RCP scenarios
title_fullStr Climate change impact on streamflow in large-scale river basins: projections and their uncertainties sourced from GCMs and RCP scenarios
title_full_unstemmed Climate change impact on streamflow in large-scale river basins: projections and their uncertainties sourced from GCMs and RCP scenarios
title_short Climate change impact on streamflow in large-scale river basins: projections and their uncertainties sourced from GCMs and RCP scenarios
title_sort climate change impact on streamflow in large scale river basins projections and their uncertainties sourced from gcms and rcp scenarios
url https://www.proc-iahs.net/379/139/2018/piahs-379-139-2018.pdf
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