Analysis of spatio-temporal variation of hydroclimatic variables of the Krishna river basin under future scenarios

Tirupathi, Chanapathi and Shashidhar, Thatikonda (2022) Analysis of spatio-temporal variation of hydroclimatic variables of the Krishna river basin under future scenarios. International Journal of River Basin Management. pp. 1-12. ISSN 1571-5124

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Abstract

Climate change and intensified human activities are expected to alter the natural hydrological cycle would cause changes in the distribution of water resources and their availability across space and time. Therefore, the present study focused on understanding the spatiotemporal variations of hydroclimatic variables namely rainfall, surface runoff, water yield, and the Aridity Index (AI) of the Krishna River Basin (KRB) under combined impact of climate and Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) change scenarios. From trend analysis, the best model (CNRM-CM5 driven RCM) projected an increasing trend in rainfall under both RCP 4.5 and 8.5 scenarios for the entire century. Results indicated that, except for the central part, most of KRB experiences high runoff and water yield conditions under both RCP 4.5 and 8.5 scenarios in the mid and end centuries, conversely it may face low runoff and water yield conditions in the early century. Most of the central part is in arid and semi-arid conditions and, the eastern part of the basin is in dry sub-humid conditions, while the Western Ghats, Palleru, and Munneru regions of the basin fall under humid and hyper humid regions under RCP 4.5 scenario. Whereas the majority of the basin falls under humid and hyper humid regions under RCP 8.5 scenario except for the central and few other parts of the basin. In light of this, it was essential to review the current water management strategies and plan future projects to provide efficient and effective ways to mitigate the adverse impacts resulting from climate variability. © 2022 International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research.

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Shashidhar, ThatikondaUNSPECIFIED
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Aridity index; climate change; hydroclimatic variables; Krishna river basin; spatiotemporal variations; trend analysis
Subjects: Civil Engineering
Divisions: Department of Civil Engineering
Depositing User: . LibTrainee 2021
Date Deposited: 10 Oct 2022 04:59
Last Modified: 10 Oct 2022 04:59
URI: http://raiith.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/10866
Publisher URL: http://doi.org/10.1080/15715124.2022.2079656
OA policy: https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/5435
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