In the past, water resources in Australia have been over-allocated and this has led to the implementation of water reforms. An integrated assessment project is underway in the Namoi Catchment, located in New South Wales, Australia, that aims to assess the social, economic and ecological impacts of reductions in water allocations under current and future environmental conditions. Surface and gro...

Semi-arid areas are characterized by small water resources. An increasing water demand due to population growth and economic development as well as a possible decreasing water availability in the course of climate change may aggravate water scarcity in future in these areas. The quantitative assessment of the water resources is a prerequisite for the development of sustainable measures of water...

Abstract Lake Urmia has experienced climate change over the last decades, dramatically reducing water level. This study applies Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to evaluate runoff management strategies under different scenarios in Zarrineh River Basin. We examined two strategies: projected based on business-as-usual (BAU) trend Changes Cropping Pattern (CCP). The variables were downscaled ...

[1] An intensification of the hydrological cycle is a likely consequence of global warming. But changes in the hydrological cycle could affect sea-surface temperature by modifying diffusive ocean heat transports. We investigate this mechanism by studying a coupled general circulation model sensitivity experiment in which the hydrological cycle is artificially amplified. We find that the amplifi...

A distributed model for simulating the land surface hydrological processes in the Heihe river basin was developed and validated on the basis of considering the physical mechanism of hydrological cycle and the artificial system of water utilization in the basin. Modeling approach of every component process was introduced from 2 aspects, i.e., water cycle and energy cycle. The hydrological proces...

Forecasts of hydrological variables at a medium-range horizon, from one to two weeks, are useful to operate reservoirs, especially if these are used for hydropower generation and are constrained due to multiple water uses. In the present study we investigate the use of medium-range scenarios of reservoirs inflow for a decision making procedure related to a reservoir operation in the Doce River ...

Forecasts of hydrological variables at a medium-range horizon, from one to two weeks, are useful to operate reservoirs, especially if these are used for hydropower generation and are constrained due to multiple water uses. In the present study we investigate the use of medium-range scenarios of reservoirs inflow for a decision making procedure related to a reservoir operation in the Doce River ...