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Climate change, land use change and runoff prediction in the Rhine–Meuse basins
10.1002/rra.775.abs
As a consequence of increasing winter rainfall totals and intensities over the second half of the 20th century, signs of increased flooding probability in many areas of the Rhine and Meuse basins have been documented. These changes affecting rainfall characteristics are most evidently due to an increase in westerly atmospheric circulation types. Land use changes, particularly urbanization, can have significant local effects in small basins (headwaters) with respect to flooding, especially during heavy local rainstorms, but no evidence exists that land use change has had significant effects on peak flows in the rivers Rhine and Meuse.
For the 21st century, most global circulation models suggest higher winter rainfall totals. Most hydrological simulations of the Rhine–Meuse river basins suggest an increased flooding probability, with a progressive shift of the Rhine from a ‘rain‐fed/meltwater’ river into a mainly ‘rain‐fed’ river. A very limited effect of changes in land use on the discharge regime seems to exist for the main branches of the Meuse and Rhine rivers. For mesoscale basins, future changes in peak flows depend on the changes in the variability of extreme precipitations in combination with land use changes. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Climate change, land use change and runoff prediction in the Rhine–Meuse basins
10.1002/rra.775.abs
As a consequence of increasing winter rainfall totals and intensities over the second half of the 20th century, signs of increased flooding probability in many areas of the Rhine and Meuse basins have been documented. These changes affecting rainfall characteristics are most evidently due to an increase in westerly atmospheric circulation types. Land use changes, particularly urbanization, can have significant local effects in small basins (headwaters) with respect to flooding, especially during heavy local rainstorms, but no evidence exists that land use change has had significant effects on peak flows in the rivers Rhine and Meuse.
For the 21st century, most global circulation models suggest higher winter rainfall totals. Most hydrological simulations of the Rhine–Meuse river basins suggest an increased flooding probability, with a progressive shift of the Rhine from a ‘rain‐fed/meltwater’ river into a mainly ‘rain‐fed’ river. A very limited effect of changes in land use on the discharge regime seems to exist for the main branches of the Meuse and Rhine rivers. For mesoscale basins, future changes in peak flows depend on the changes in the variability of extreme precipitations in combination with land use changes. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Climate change, land use change and runoff prediction in the Rhine–Meuse basins
Pfister, Laurent (author) / Kwadijk, Jaap (author) / Musy, André (author) / Bronstert, Axel (author) / Hoffmann, Lucien (author)
River Research and Applications ; 20 ; 229-241
2004-05-01
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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