Assessing the Hydrological Effect of Climate Change on Water Balance of a River Basin in Northern Greece

Panagiota G. Koukouli, Pantazis E. Georgiou and Dimitrios K. Karpouzos
Additional contact information
Panagiota G. Koukouli: Department of Hydraulics, Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Pantazis E. Georgiou: Department of Hydraulics, Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Dimitrios K. Karpouzos: Department of Hydraulics, Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems (IJAEIS), 2018, vol. 9, issue 4, 14-33

Abstract: In this work, the impacts of climate change on the water resources of the Olynthios River Basin in Northern Greece, were assessed. For this purpose, the climate change scenarios SRES and RCPs were used (SRES A1B, Α2 and RCP4.5, 8.5) - which were taken from two climate models, CGCM3.1/T63 and CanESM2, respectively - for two time periods (2031-2050 and 2081-2100) and for the baseline period (1981-2000). The downscaling was performed using the weather generator ClimGen. The monthly water balance of the Olynthios River Basin was estimated with the use of a conceptual water balance model. Results showed that the annual runoff of the river basin of Olynthios will decrease in response to climate change under all scenarios for both time periods. The results highlight the necessity for adequate adaptation strategies which could improve agricultural water management and reduce the impacts of climate change on agriculture.

Date: 2018
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve ... 18/IJAEIS.2018100102 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:igg:jaeis0:v:9:y:2018:i:4:p:14-33

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems (IJAEIS) is currently edited by Frederic Andres

More articles in International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems (IJAEIS) from IGI Global
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Journal Editor ().