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    Evaluation of the impacts of future hydrological changes on the sustainable water resources management of the Richmond River catchment

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    Al-Safi, H.
    Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Al-Safi, H. and Sarukkalige, P.R. 2018. Evaluation of the impacts of future hydrological changes on the sustainable water resources management of the Richmond River catchment. Journal of Water and Climate Change. 9 (1): pp. 137-155.
    Source Title
    Journal of Water and Climate Change
    DOI
    10.2166/wcc.2017.144
    ISSN
    2040-2244
    School
    School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CME)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69879
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    Abstract

    The conceptual rainfall–runoff (HBV model) is applied to evaluate impacts of future climate changes on the hydrological system of the Richmond River catchment, Australia. Daily observed rainfall, temperature and discharge and long-term monthly mean potential evapotranspiration from the hydro-meteorological stations within the catchment over the period 1972–2014 were used to run, calibrate and validate the HBV model before the simulation. Future climate signals were extracted from a multi-model ensemble of eight global climate models (GCMs) of the CMIP5 under three scenarios (RCP2.6, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5). The calibrated HBV model was forced with the downscaled rainfall and temperature to simulate future streamflow at catchment outlet for the near-future (2016–2035), mid (2046–2065) and late (2080–2099) 21st century. A baseline run, with baseline climate period 1971–2010, was used to represent current climate status. Almost all GCMs’ scenarios predict slight increase in annual mean rainfall during the beginning of the century and decrease towards the mid and late century. Modelling results also show positive trends in annual mean streamflow during the near-future (13–23%), and negative trends in the mid (2–6%) and late century (6–16%), under all scenarios compared to the baseline-run. Findings could assist in managing future water resources in the catchment.

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