Impacts of precipitation and temperature changes on annual streamflow in the Murray-Darling Basin

Water International

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 313-323

  Yu, Jingjie ^a   Fu, Guobin ^a   Cai, Wenju ^b   Cowan, Tim ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst; Climate change; Climate elasticity of streamflow; Murray Darling basin; Uncertainties; Water availability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953668719     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2010.484907     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Alley, R.B., et al., 2007. Contribution of working group I to the fourth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change (summary for policymakers), 17 April 2007. Available from: www.ipcc.ch [Accessed 20 February 2009].
2. Arnell, N., 2002. Hydrology and global environmental change. Harlow: Prentice Hall.
3. Burrell, B.C., Davar, K., and Hughes, R., 2007. A review of flood management considering the impacts of climate change. Water International, 32 (3), 342-359.
4. Cai, W. and Cowan, T., 2008. Evidence of impacts from rising temperature on inflows to the Murray-Darling Basin. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L07701, doi:10.1029/2008GL033390.
5. Chiew, F.H.S., 2006. Estimation of precipitation elasticity of streamflow in Australia. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 51 (4), 613-625.
6. CSIRO and the BoM, 2007. Climate change in Australia: technical report 2007. Aspendale: CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research.
7. CSIRO, 2008. Water availability in the Murray-Darling Basin. A report to the Australian government from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. Canberra: CSIRO.
8. Fu, G.B., et al., 2004. Hydro-climatic trends of the Yellow River basin for the last 50 years. Climatic Change, 65 (1-2), 149-178.
9. Fu, G. B. and Chen S.L., 2005. ArcGIS geostatistical analysis of observed streamflow and its response to precipitation and temperature changes in the Yellow River. In: Regional Hydrological Impacts of Climatic Change -- Hydroclimatic Variability. Wallingford, UK: IAHS Publications, 238-245.
10. Fu, G.B., Barber, M.E., and Chen S.L., 2007a. The impacts of climate change on regional hydrological regimes in the Spokane River watershed. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 12 (5), 452-461.
11. Fu, G.B., Charles, S.P., and Chiew, F.H.S., 2007b. A two-parameter climate elasticity of streamflow index to assess climate change effects on annual streamflow. Water Resources Research, 43, W11419, doi:10.1029/2007WR005890.
12. Fu, G.B., et al., 2007c. Impacts of climate variability on streamflow in the Yellow River, Hydrological Processes, 21 (25), 3431-3439.
13. Fu, G.B., et al., 2009a. Decadal climatic variability, trends and future scenarios for the North China Plain. Journal of Climate, 22 (8), 2111-2123.
14. Fu, G.B., Charles, S.P., and Yu, J.J., 2009b. A critical overview of pan evaporation trends over the last 50 years. Climatic Change, 97 (1-2), 193-214.
15. Houghton, J.T., et al., 2001. Climate change 2001: the scientific basis. Contribution of working group I to the third assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
16. Jarraud, M., 2008. Responding to the challenges posed by climate change in the water sector. Water International, 33 (4), 529-537.
17. Johnston, K., et al., 2001. Using ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press.
18. McCarthy, J.J., et al., 2001. Climate change 2001: Working group II: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Contribution of working group II to the third assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
19. Murphy, B.F. and Timbal B., 2008. A review of recent climate variability and climate change in southeastern Australia. International Journal of Climatology, 28 (7), 859-879.
20. Murphy, J.M., et al., 2004. Quantification of modelling uncertainties in a large ensemble of climate change simulations. Nature 430 (7001), 768-772.
21. MDBA, 2009. About the Basin [online]. Available from: http://www.mdba.gov.au/water/about_basin [Accessed 1 March 2009].
22. Nash, L.L. and Gleick P.H., 1991. Sensitivity of streamflow in the Colorado basin to climatic changes. Journal of Hydrology, 125 (3-4), 221-241.
23. Nicholls, N., 2004. The changing nature of Australian droughts. Climatic Change, 63 (3), 323-336.
24. Pigram, J.J., 2000. Towards upstream-downstream hydrosolidarity. Australia's Murray-Darling River Basin. Water International, 25 (2), 222-226.
25. Potter, K.W., 1981. Illustration of a new test for detecting a shift in mean in precipitation series. Monthly Weather Review, 109 (9), 2040-2045.
26. Potter, N.J and Chiew F.H.S., 2009. Statistical characterisation and attribution of recent precipitation and runoff in the Murray-Darling Basin. Paper presented at the 18th world IMACS congress and MODSIM09 international congress on modelling and simulation, 13-17 July 2009, Cairns, Australia.
27. Risbey, J.S. and Entekhabi D., 1996. Observed Sacramento Basin streamflow response to precipitation and temperature changes and its relevance to climate impacts studies. Journal of Hydrology, 184 (3-4), 209-223.
28. Sankarasubramanian, A., Vogel, R. M., and Limbrunner J. F., 2001. Climate elasticity of streamflow in the United States. Water Resources Research, 37 (6), 1771-1781.
29. Schaake, J. C., 1990. From climate to flow. In: Climate change and U.S. water resources, P. E. Waggoner, ed. New York: John Wiley, chapter 8, pp. 177-206.
30. Smith, W.H.F. and Wessel P., 1990. Gridding with continuous curvature splines in tensions. Geophysics, 55 (3), 293-305.
31. Watkins, A.B., 2005. The Australian drought of 2005. WMO Bulletin, 53 (4), 156-162.