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Assessment of clilmate change impacts on streamflow trends using a water balance model
- Date Issued:
- 2012
- Summary:
- Significant changes in climate and their impacts are now visible in various places around the globe and are expected to become more evident in the coming decades. For each increase in temperature, there are environmental and societal consequences. It has important implications for existing water resources systems as well as for future water resources planning and management. Water accounting (identifying, quantifying and reporting information of water flow in a system) is the first step towards formulating productive and sustainable water management strategies in a region. Thus, water balance models could be an empowering tool for water resource managers to prepare for and mitigate the effects of climate change on their local hydrologic resources. This thesis offers an insight into how such a tool can be used to assess and predict future stream flow trends in an effort to mitigate or manage any potential effects.
Title: | Assessment of clilmate change impacts on streamflow trends using a water balance model. |
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Name(s): |
Matthews, Kevin. College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Date Issued: | 2012 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Physical Form: | electronic | |
Extent: | xviii, 130 p. : ill. (some col.) | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | Significant changes in climate and their impacts are now visible in various places around the globe and are expected to become more evident in the coming decades. For each increase in temperature, there are environmental and societal consequences. It has important implications for existing water resources systems as well as for future water resources planning and management. Water accounting (identifying, quantifying and reporting information of water flow in a system) is the first step towards formulating productive and sustainable water management strategies in a region. Thus, water balance models could be an empowering tool for water resource managers to prepare for and mitigate the effects of climate change on their local hydrologic resources. This thesis offers an insight into how such a tool can be used to assess and predict future stream flow trends in an effort to mitigate or manage any potential effects. | |
Identifier: | 830001896 (oclc), 3358599 (digitool), FADT3358599 (IID), fau:4031 (fedora) | |
Note(s): |
by Kevin Matthews. Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. Includes bibliography. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Reader. |
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Subject(s): |
Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects Hydrology Water resources development Natural resources -- Accounting |
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Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3358599 | |
Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
Host Institution: | FAU |