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All Topics | Topic "Impacts on future water availability"
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Ms. Garima Vats

Subject: Impacts on future water availability   
Posted: 9/17/2013 Viewed: 24436 times
Hello !

I want to know if we can calculate the impact of climate change on future water availability using temperature/precipitation projections in WEAP.If yes, please give the direction.

Best,
Garima
Mr. Jack Sieber

Subject: Re: Impacts on future water availability   
Posted: 9/17/2013 Viewed: 24416 times
Yes, WEAP includes several different rainfall-runoff hydrology models that can be used to study the impacts of changing climate (temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind) and changing land use on water availability (both surface and groundwater).

Sources for more information:

Section of WEAP User Guide on catchment hydrology:
http://www.weap21.org/WebHelp/index.html#Overview_of_Catchment_Calculation_Methods.htm

Article in Water International describing one of the rainfall-runoff models, the "Soil Moisture Method":
http://www.weap21.org/downloads/WEAPDSS.pdf

"Hydrology" chapter of the WEAP Tutorial:
http://www.weap21.org/Tutorial

Jack
Topic "Impacts on future water availability"