Extreme Floods and Droughts under Future Climate Scenarios

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Meteorology & climatology; Boise River Watershed; Canada; catchment based macroscale floodplain model; changing of exceedance; climate; climate change; climate change and variability; climate change impacts; climate projections; CMIP5; consecutive dry days; continuous simulations; Copula function; downscaled projections; downscaling; drought-flood abrupt alternation; droughts; ensembles; EURO-CORDEX projections; extreme hydrologic events; extreme precipitation; extreme rainfall; flash flood; flood frequency analysis; flood hazard; flood inundation maps; flood risk; flooding frequency; floods; frequency estimates; future precipitation at urban scale; future projections; HSPF; hydrological risk assessment; Northeastern US; RCM uncertainty; RCP4.5; RCP8.5; return period; Southeast U.S.; spatial analog; streamflow regulation rules; temporal and spatial evolution; uncertainty; water quality; water resource systems
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (174 p.)
• ISBN: 9783039218981; 9783039218998; books978-3-03921-899-8
• Access: Open Access

Hydroclimatic extremes, such as floods and droughts, affect aspects of our lives and the environment including energy, hydropower, agriculture, transportation, urban life, and human health and safety. Climate studies indicate that the risk of increased flooding and/or more severe droughts will be higher in the future than today, causing increased fatalities, environmental degradation, and economic losses. Using a suite of innovative approaches this book quantifies the changes in projected hydroclimatic extremes and illustrates their impacts in several locations in North America, Asia, and Europe.