Extreme Floods and Droughts under Future Climate Scenarios

Markus, Momcilo; Cai, Ximing; Sriver, Ryan

doi:10.3390/books978-3-03921-899-8

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Markus, Momcilo

Cai, Ximing

Sriver, Ryan

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English

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Abstract

Hydroclimatic extremes, such as floods and droughts, affect aspects of our lives and the environment including energy, hydropower, agriculture, transportation, urban life, and human health and safety. Climate studies indicate that the risk of increased flooding and/or more severe droughts will be higher in the future than today, causing increased fatalities, environmental degradation, and economic losses. Using a suite of innovative approaches this book quantifies the changes in projected hydroclimatic extremes and illustrates their impacts in several locations in North America, Asia, and Europe.

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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/47263

Keywords

downscaling; floods; flood risk; Boise River Watershed; flooding frequency; CMIP5; flood frequency analysis; streamflow regulation rules; droughts; downscaled projections; flood inundation maps; RCM uncertainty; climate change and variability; RCP4.5; climate change; RCP8.5; frequency estimates; water resource systems; climate change impacts; extreme rainfall; catchment based macroscale floodplain model; consecutive dry days; Canada; water quality; Copula function; return period; drought-flood abrupt alternation; ensembles; continuous simulations; extreme hydrologic events; hydrological risk assessment; uncertainty; climate projections; Southeast U.S.; extreme precipitation; EURO-CORDEX projections; temporal and spatial evolution; HSPF; changing of exceedance; Northeastern US; climate; flash flood; spatial analog; future projections; flood hazard; future precipitation at urban scale