Extreme Hydrology and Climate Variability

Extreme Hydrology and Climate Variability
Author: Assefa M. Melesse,Wossenu Abtew,Gabriel Senay
Publsiher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 580
Release: 2019-07-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780128159996

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Extreme Hydrology and Climate Variability: Monitoring, Modelling, Adaptation and Mitigation is a compilation of contributions by experts from around the world who discuss extreme hydrology topics, from monitoring, to modeling and management. With extreme climatic and hydrologic events becoming so frequent, this book is a critical source, adding knowledge to the science of extreme hydrology. Topics covered include hydrometeorology monitoring, climate variability and trends, hydrological variability and trends, landscape dynamics, droughts, flood processes, and extreme events management, adaptation and mitigation. Each of the book's chapters provide background and theoretical foundations followed by approaches used and results of the applied studies. This book will be highly used by water resource managers and extreme event researchers who are interested in understanding the processes and teleconnectivity of large-scale climate dynamics and extreme events, predictability, simulation and intervention measures. Presents datasets used and methods followed to support the findings included, allowing readers to follow these steps in their own research Provides variable methodological approaches, thus giving the reader multiple hydrological modeling information to use in their work Includes a variety of case studies, thus making the context of the book relatable to everyday working situations for those studying extreme hydrology Discusses extreme event management, including adaption and mitigation

Global Change and Extreme Hydrology

Global Change and Extreme Hydrology
Author: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Hydrologic Science
Publsiher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2011-12-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780309217682

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Climate theory dictates that core elements of the climate system, including precipitation, evapotranspiration, and reservoirs of atmospheric and soil moisture, should change as the climate warms, both in their means and extremes. A major challenge that faces the climate and hydrologic science communities is understanding the nature of these ongoing changes in climate and hydrology and the apparent anomalies that exist in reconciling their extreme manifestations. The National Research Council (NRC) Committee on Hydrologic Science (COHS) held a workshop on January 5-6, 2010, that examined how climate warming translates into hydrologic extremes like floods and droughts. The workshop brought together three groups of experts. The first two groups consisted of atmospheric scientists and hydrologists focused on the scientific underpinnings and empirical evidence linking climate variability to hydrologic extremes. The third group consisted of water managers and decision-makers charged with the design and operation of water systems that in the future must be made resilient in light of a changing climate and an environment of hydrologic extremes. Global Change and Extreme Hydrology summarizes the proceedings of this workshop. This report presents an overview of the current state of the science in terms of climate change and extreme hydrologic events. It examines the "conventional wisdom" that climate change will "accelerate" the hydrologic cycle, fuel more evaporation, and generate more precipitation, based on an increased capacity of a warmer atmosphere to hold more water vapor. The report also includes descriptions of the changes in frequency and severity of extremes, the ability (or inability) to model these changes, and the problem of communicating the best science to water resources practitioners in useful forums.

Climate Variability and Change hydrological Impacts

Climate Variability and Change  hydrological Impacts
Author: Arthur Askew,Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (Project)
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 738
Release: 2006
Genre: Cambio climático
ISBN: 1901502783

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This volume contains 117 reviewed papers from over 30 countries, published in English, French and Spanish, which reflect both international dimension of FRIEND and the key challenges facing hydrologists in the 21st century.

Impacts of Climate Change and Climate Variability on Hydrological Regimes

Impacts of Climate Change and Climate Variability on Hydrological Regimes
Author: Jan C. van Dam
Publsiher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2003-10-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0521543312

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Examines the implications of possible climate changes and variability on both global and regional water resources.

Trends and Changes in Hydroclimatic Variables

Trends and Changes in Hydroclimatic Variables
Author: Ramesh Teegavarapu
Publsiher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2018-09-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780128109861

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Trends and Changes in Hydroclimatic Variables: Links to Climate Variability and Change discusses the change detection and trend analysis methods used to assess hydroclimatic variables in a changing climate. Changes and trends in hydroclimatic variables are assessed using state-of-the-art methods, such as non-linear trend estimation (including spline smoothing and local regression) and handling persistence (or serial auto-correlation in data) for assessing trends in different hydroclimatic variables (e.g. pre-whitening methods). This book offers a variety of real-life case studies and problem-solving techniques for a field that is rapidly evolving. Users will find methods to evaluate points where time series characteristics change and non-homogeneity in time series. In addition, it covers the subject of climate variability and change in an immense level of detail, including changes on precipitation, streamflow and sea levels. Examines statistical methods for trend analysis, providing an excellent reference book for scholars, scientists, students and professionals Offers an exhaustive treatment of several hydroclimatic variables in one book, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of changes in hydroclimatic variables over time and space Presents case studies dealing with changes in hydroclimatic variables in different geographical regions of the world Focuses on climate variability and change, including an extensive assessment of trends and their associated links to climate variability and change

Hydroclimatology

Hydroclimatology
Author: Marlyn L. Shelton
Publsiher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2009
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521848886

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A graduate textbook on the interdisciplinary significance of hydroclimatology, explaining the relationship between the climate system and the hydrologic cycle.

Floods in a Changing Climate

Floods in a Changing Climate
Author: Ramesh S. V. Teegavarapu
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2012
Genre: Climatic changes
ISBN: OCLC:1090058768

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Measurement, analysis and modeling of extreme precipitation events linked to floods is vital in understanding the world's changing climate. This book examines and documents the impacts of climate change and climate variability on extreme precipitation events, providing methods for assessment of the trends in these events, and their impacts. It also provides a basis to develop procedures and guidelines for climate-adaptive hydrologic engineering. Topics covered include approaches for assessment of hydrometerological floods, recent developments in hydrologic design for flood mitigation, and applications and limitations of improved precipitation forecasts, using information about internal modes of climate (teleconnections). State-of-the-art methodologies for precipitation analysis, estimation and interpolation are included, and exercises for each chapter, supported by modelling software and computational tools available online at www.cambridge.org/teegavarapu, enable the reader to apply and engage with the innovative methods of assessment"

Water

Water
Author: Peter H. Gleick
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2000
Genre: Climatic changes
ISBN: UVA:35007003737974

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