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Impact of climate change on meteorological, hydrological and agricultural droughts in the Lower Mekong River Basin: a case study of the Srepok Basin, Vietnam
Author(s) -
Sam Truong Thao,
Khoi Dao Nguyen,
Thao Nguyen Thi Thanh,
Nhi Pham Thi Thao,
Quan Nguyen Trong,
Hoan Nguyen Xuan,
Nguyen Van Thinh
Publication year - 2019
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/wej.12424
Subject(s) - environmental science , soil and water assessment tool , climate change , precipitation , climatology , water resources , surface runoff , hydrology (agriculture) , mm5 , structural basin , agriculture , drainage basin , swat model , water resource management , streamflow , geography , meteorology , geology , ecology , paleontology , oceanography , cartography , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , biology
The objective of this study is to assess future changes in meteorological, hydrology and agricultural droughts under the impact of changing climate in the Srepok River Basin, a subbasin of LMB, using three drought indices; standardized precipitation index (SPI), standardized runoff index (SRI) and standardized soil moisture index (SSWI). The well‐calibrated Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is used as a simulation tool to estimate the features of meteorological, hydrological and agricultural droughts. The climate data for the 2016–2040 period is obtained from four different regional climate models; HadGEM3‐RA, SNU‐MM5, RegCM4 and YSU‐RSM, which are downscaled from the HadGEM2‐AO GCM. The results show that the severity, duration and frequency of droughts are predicted to increase in the near future for this region. Moreover, the meteorological drought is less sensitive to climate change than the hydrological and agricultural droughts; however, it has a stronger correlation with the hydrological and agricultural droughts as the accumulation period is increased. These findings may be useful for water resources management and future planning for mitigation and adaptation to the climate change impact in the Srepok River Basin.