Downscaled climate change scenarios for the SW Cape - and using them in hydrological models to determine impacts

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2012

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University of Cape Town

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The study works towards bridging communication and data gaps between climate scientists and water planners, allowing water planners to work with useable climate change data and take into account probabilistic scenarios of change. The research focuses on the implications of climate change on agriculture in the Berg River Catchment Area of the Western Cape region of South Africa. It uses statistically downscaled climate change scenarios, providing data from the scenarios in a form that can be utilised in a hydrological model that is able to reflect a regional scale.

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CLIMATE CHANGE, HYDROLOGICAL MODELS, SOUTH AFRICA--WESTERN CAPE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC), RIVER BASINS, WATER MANAGEMENT, RAINFALL, DROUGHT, CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY, HYDROLOGY, WATER DEMAND, SOUTH OF SAHARA, DOWNSCALING

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/48668

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Research Results (CCAA) / Résultats de recherches (ACCA)