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Effect of climate change on watershed runoff

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Abstract

This paper examines forecasts of changes in watershed runoff in the Delaware River basin that result from a range of predicted effects of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) on future precipitation, temperature, and stomatal resistance of plants. A deterministic hydrologic model, TOPMODEL, was driven with stochastic inputs of temperature and precipitation to derive the forecasts. Results indicate that the direction and magnitude of the changes in watershed runoff are dependent on the relative magnitudes of the induced changes in precipitation, temperature, and stomatal resistance. Natural variability in temperature and precipitation obscured the changes in watershed runoff even when the simulated changes in precipitation, temperature, and stomatal resistance were substantial.
Publication type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Title Effect of climate change on watershed runoff
ISBN 0872627195
Year Published 1989
Language English
Publisher Publ by ASCE
Publisher location New York, NY, United States
First page 673
Last page 678
Conference Title Proceedings of the 1989 National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering
Conference Location New Orleans, LA, USA
Conference Date 14 August 1989 through 18 August 1989
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