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Prediction of climate change effects on monthly flood runoff of Karun River using multiple linear model

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran

2 PhD Student, Faculty of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran

3 Researcher, Meteorological Office, of Sabzevar, Sabzevar, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of climate change on the monthly discharge of Karoon Catchment as the largest basin in the country. In this study, five hydrometric stations (Bamdgeh, Telezang, Gharmaleh, Gotvand and Dezful) and three synoptic stations (Ahwaz, Dezful and Masjed Soleiman) were considered. Using the SDSM software, NCEP data and large-scale data from the general circulation model (HadCM3 for temperature and CgCM3 for water discharge) were scaled parameters under two climate scenarios A1B and A2 in the Karun Basin. Then, the climate change data and the output of the microscale model were applied to the SPSS 19 and Minitab 17 to predict the significance of water discharge for future climate courses (2020-2070) be simulated. Results of climate change analysis showed that under different scenarios, monthly air temperature in the scenario A1B increases by 1.60°C and in the scenario A2 1.58°C, but the average annual rate of stations in the scenario A1B is 19.82 m S-1 in size and 16.27 m S-1 in the A2 scenario. The modified Kendall and age tests were used to identify seasonal and semi-annual seasonal time series trends. Results also showed that under climate scenarios of discharge in spring and first half of the year, there was no significant trend at 95% of confidence, but in other seasons of the second half of the year, there was a significant decrease.

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Watershed Engineering and Management
Volume 12, Issue 1
April 2020
Pages 44-56
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