Impacts of climate change on water resources in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

Chakilu, Gashaw Gismu

Impacts of climate change on water resources in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

dc.contributor.advisor	Szegedi, Sándor
dc.contributor.advisor	Túri, Zoltán
dc.contributor.author	Chakilu, Gashaw Gismu
dc.contributor.department	Földtudományok Doktori Iskola	hu
dc.contributor.submitterdep	Debreceni Egyetem::Természettudományi és Technológiai Kar::Földtudományi Intézet::Meteorológiai Tanszék
dc.contributor.submitterdep	Debreceni Egyetem::Természettudományi és Technológiai Kar::Földtudományi Intézet::Természetföldrajzi és Geoinformatikai Tanszék
dc.date.accessioned	2023-06-20T14:16:39Z
dc.date.available	2023-06-20T14:16:39Z
dc.date.created	2023
dc.date.defended	2023-07-17
dc.description.abstract	Climate change is unquestionably a very important challenge facing the world in the 21st century due to its extensive impacts on the environment and socioeconomic situations of the global community. This study was conducted to evaluate the change in climate and its impact on water resources in the upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia. Climate data were projected by six Global Climate Models (GCMs) in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5). Changes in temperature and rainfall and their impacts on PET, seasonal aridity, and stream flow of watersheds including the extreme flow events were evaluated by classifying the entire data into four categories. The data range consisting 1971–2000, was taken as a baseline, whereas the data ranges 2011–2040 (Period 1), 2041–2070 (Period 2), and 2071–2100 (Period 3) were considered as the targeted change study periods. Based on the assessment result, it was found that both the maximum temperature and minimum temperature are expected to increase in the region over the 21st century, with the highest increase in Period 3; whereas the change in rainfall showed seasonal fluctuation. The loss of water by PET is anticipated to increase due to the increase in temperature; consequently, it is also found that seasonal aridity is likely to increase prominently in the dry season. The future stream flow nature of watersheds is likely to be affected by climate change, with an increase in rainy/summer and post-summer seasons, and a decrease in dry season. It is also discovered that the low flows of watersheds are anticipated to exhibit a consistent decline throughout the 21st century, whereas, the high flow events are expected to increase across all watersheds.
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dc.format.extent	144
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/2437/355829
dc.language.iso	en
dc.subject	Climate Change
dc.subject	Water Resources
dc.subject	Stream Flow
dc.subject	Extreme Flow
dc.subject	Potential Evapotranspiration
dc.subject.discipline	Földtudományok	hu
dc.subject.sciencefield	Természettudományok	hu
dc.title	Impacts of climate change on water resources in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
dc.title.translated	Az éghajlatváltozás hatásai a vízkészletekre a Kék-Nílus felső vízgyűjtőjén (Etiópia)