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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia
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| Autores: |
Kim, Ungtae
Kaluarachchi, Jagath J.
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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| Data: |
2009-08-25
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| Ano: |
2008
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| Palavras-chave: |
Climate change
Hydrology
River basins
Runoff
Precipitation
Models
Dams
Operating policies
Water power
Drought
Analysis
Africa
Ethiopia
Egypt
Sudan
Upper Blue Nile River Basin
Crop Production/Industries
Environmental Economics and Policy
Farm Management
Land Economics/Use
Productivity Analysis
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
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| Resumo: |
The report evaluates the impacts of climate change on the hydrological regime and water resources of the Blue Nile River Basin in Ethiopia. It starts from the construction of the climate change scenarios based on the outcomes of several general circulation models (GCMs), uses a simple hydrological model to convert theses scenarios into runoff, and examines the impacts by means of a set of indices. The results, however uncertain with existing accuracy of climate models, suggest that the region is likely to have the future potential to produce hydropower, increase flow duration, and increase water storage capacity without affecting outflows to the riparian countries in the 2050s.
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| Tipo: |
Report
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
ISSN 1026-0862
ISBN 978-92-9090-696-4
http://purl.umn.edu/53025
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| Relação: |
International Water Management Institute>IWMI Research Reports
IWMI Research Report
126
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| Formato: |
21p.
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