Catchment-scale hydrological response to climate-land-use combined scenarios : a case study for the Kishwaukee River basin, Illinois

Auteur :
CHOI, W.

Description :
This paper examines how the Kishwaukee River basin located between Chicago and Rockford, would respond to various climate-land use combined scenarios. The Hydrological Simulation Program-Fortran was calibrated and repeatedly run with 8 climate-land-use combined scenarios generated from a general circulation model and a dynamic urban growth model. The climate scenarios were based on 2 IPCC SRES emission scenarios and the land-use scenarios were based on 4 economic growth scenarios. The results of the study indicate that total runoff is predicted to decrease noticeably to moderate climate change but shows little sensitivity to land-use change.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Physical geography, issn : 0272-3646, 2008, vol. 29, n°. 1, p. 79-99, nombre de pages : 21, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 3 p.

Date :
2008

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Abingdon, Taylor and Francis