Sintayehu Legesse Gebre
P.o.box 307
Ethiopia
Research Article
Hydrological Response to Climate Change of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin: Based on IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5)
Author(s): Sintayehu Legesse Gebre and Fulco LudwigSintayehu Legesse Gebre and Fulco Ludwig
Climate change is likely to affect the hydrology and water resources availability of upper Blue Nile River basin. Different water resource development projects are currently existed and under construction in the region. In order to understand the future impacts of climate change, we assessed the hydrological response of climate change of four catchments (Gilgel Abay, Gumer, Ribb, and Megech) of the upper Blue Nile River basin using new emission scenarios based on IPCC fifth assessment report (AR5). Five biased corrected 50 kms by 50 kms resolution GCMs (Global Circulation Model) output of RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 emission scenarios were used. The future projection period were divided in to two future horizons of 2030`s (2035-2064) and 2070`s (2071-2100). The Hydrologic Engineering Center-Hydrological Modelling System (HEC-HMS) was calibrated and validated for stream flow simulation. All the f.. View More»
