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Climate Change Impact on Hydrological Extremes: Preliminary Results from the Polish-Norwegian Project
- Source :
- Acta Geophysica. 64:477-509
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- This paper presents the background, objectives, and preliminary outcomes from the first year of activities of the Polish–Norwegian project CHIHE (Climate Change Impact on Hydrological Extremes). The project aims to estimate the influence of climate changes on extreme river flows (low and high) and to evaluate the impact on the frequency of occurrence of hydrological extremes. Eight “twinned” catchments in Poland and Norway serve as case studies. We present the procedures of the catchment selection applied in Norway and Poland and a database consisting of near-natural ten Polish and eight Norwegian catchments constructed for the purpose of climate impact assessment. Climate projections for selected catchments are described and compared with observations of temperature and precipitation available for the reference period. Future changes based on those projections are analysed and assessed for two periods, the near future (2021–2050) and the far-future (2071–2100). The results indicate increases in precipitation and temperature in the periods and regions studied both in Poland and Norway.
- Subjects :
- geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Frequency of occurrence
0208 environmental biotechnology
Drainage basin
Climate change
02 engineering and technology
Norwegian
01 natural sciences
language.human_language
020801 environmental engineering
Geophysics
Climatology
language
Environmental science
Precipitation
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Climate impact assessment
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18957455 and 18956572
- Volume :
- 64
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta Geophysica
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a377003f16dfd49e6717e57c6fb96322