A SWAT evaluation of the effect of climate change on the hydrology of the Volta River basin

Aditya Sood, Lal Muthuwatta and Matthew McCartney

Water International, 2013, vol. 38, issue 3, 297-311

Abstract: The SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) was used to evaluate the impacts of a climate scenario based on IPCC A1B emissions on flows in the Volta River basin in West Africa for 2021-2050 and 2071-2100, using 1983-2012 as the reference period. Overall, the simulation indicates increased variability and a decrease of up to 40% in river flow as a consequence of decreasing rainfall and increasing temperature. In particular, the analysis shows smaller absolute but greater relative changes in the hydrology of the northern (upper) part of the basin, particularly at the end of the century.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2013.792404

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