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Impacts of Climate Change on Rainfall Indices Estimation in Some of Subbasins West of Iran

Version 1 : Received: 10 May 2017 / Approved: 10 May 2017 / Online: 10 May 2017 (10:28:28 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 28 October 2017 / Approved: 30 October 2017 / Online: 30 October 2017 (04:01:48 CET)

How to cite: Nazaripouya, H. Impacts of Climate Change on Rainfall Indices Estimation in Some of Subbasins West of Iran. Preprints 2017, 2017050089. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201705.0089.v2 Nazaripouya, H. Impacts of Climate Change on Rainfall Indices Estimation in Some of Subbasins West of Iran. Preprints 2017, 2017050089. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201705.0089.v2

Abstract

Future projections from climate models and recent studies shows impact of climate change on rainfall indices estimation. This study assesses the simulations of rainfall indices based on the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project CMIP5 and CMIP3 in the some of subbasin Hamedan Province West of Iran. The analysis of the rainfall indices are: simple rainfall intensity, very heavy rainfall days, maximum one-day rainfall and rainfall frequency has been carried out in this study to evaluating the impact of climate change on rainfall indices events. Relative change in three rainfall indices is investigated by GCMs under various greenhouse gas emission scenarious A1B and B1 and RCP8.5, RCP8.5 scenarios for the future periods 2020–2045 and 2045-2065. The final results show that each of rainfall indices differs in stations under the three GCMs model (GIAOM, MIHR, MPEH5) and emission scenarios A1B and B1, and RCP2.5, RCP8.5 scenarios. Relative change of daily intensity index varies from -9.93% - 25%, very heavy rainfall days 20.71% - 25.9% and yearly rainfall depth -15.71% - 13% can be observed at study area in 50y for future periods (2046–2065). Rainfall indices of sum wet days, nday >1mm and maximum one-day rainfall are projected to decrease under the senariuos B1,A1B and sum wet days, simple daily intensity and heavy Rainfall days>10 projected to decrease under the RCP2.6.

Keywords

climate change; rainfall indices; uncertainty; LARS-WG; Hamedan province

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Environmental Science

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