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Future Climate Scenarios for the Indus Basin

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dc.contributor Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
dc.contributor Wescoat, James
dc.creator Yu, Winston
dc.creator Yang, Yi-Chen
dc.creator Savitsky, Andre
dc.creator Alford, Donald
dc.creator Brown, Casey
dc.creator Wescoat, James
dc.creator Debowicz, Dario
dc.creator Robinson, Sherman
dc.date 2014-09-22T16:29:35Z
dc.date 2014-09-22T16:29:35Z
dc.date 2013-04
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:12:07Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:12:07Z
dc.identifier 978-0-8213-9874-6
dc.identifier 978-0-8213-9875-3
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90256
dc.identifier Yu, Winston, Yi-Chen Yang, Andre Savitsky, Donald Alford, Casey Brown, James Wescoat, Dario Debowicz, and Sherman Robinson. “Future Climate Scenarios for the Indus Basin.” The Impacts of Climate Risks on Water and Agriculture (April 18, 2013): 77–93. © International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/279135
dc.description Examines the literature and available data on hydroclimatic variability and change on the Indus Basin plains, comparing historical fluctuations in climatic and hydrologic variables and reviewing scenarios of climate change derived from general circulation models (GCMs), including the generation of future scenarios of changing snow and ice melt in the Upper Indus Basin (IUB). Historical trends show statistically significant increasing temperatures and annual precipitation over the last century, and the general findings from a wide range of general circulation model (GCM) outputs show agreement among models regarding continued increases in temperature. Models regarding changes in precipitation (both in magnitude and direction) do not agree, but indicators do show a general trend in increased precipitation during the summer and a decrease during the winter, suggesting the primary impact on the UIB could be a shift in the timing of peak runoff and not a major change in annual volume.
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dc.language en_US
dc.publisher The World Bank
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/9780821398746_CH04
dc.relation The Indus Basin of Pakistan: The Impacts of Climate Risks on Water and Agriculture
dc.rights Creative Commons Attribution
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.source World Bank
dc.title Future Climate Scenarios for the Indus Basin
dc.type Article
dc.type http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle


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