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Modelling the impacts of climate change on surface runoff in small Mediterranean catchments: empirical evidence from G reece
Author(s) -
Kalogeropoulos Kleomenis,
Chalkias Christos
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2012.00369.x
Subject(s) - surface runoff , climate change , environmental science , mediterranean climate , water resources , hydrology (agriculture) , water resource management , environmental resource management , geography , ecology , engineering , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , biology
During the last decades, a major factor that analysts and policy makers take into account in the assessment of the environment is climate change. This global physical process is expected to cause problems in natural and human environment. Thus, modelling climate change impacts may lead to prevention policies to minimize the degradation of life quality because of lack of water resources in the future. This study implicates Geographical Information System ( GIS ) and hydrological modelling tools to various scenarios of climate change such as the increase of temperature the decrease of rainfall, or even both of them, to estimate the potential impact of climate change on surface runoff in a typical catchment in A ndros I sland, G reece. Primary results indicate a proportional runoff decrease in the next 50 years because of global climate changes.