ISSN: 2381-8719
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Lekha N. Bagale
Sr. Divisional Engineer(Hydrology), Ministry of Energy Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Development Section,
Singhdarbar, Kathmandu
Nepal
Research Article
Study on Climate Change Induced Precipitation Variability and Its Impact on High Mountains of Nepal (A Case Study of - Kaligandaki River Basin, North of Nepal)
Author(s): Lekha N. Bagale
Lekha N. Bagale
The goal of this study is to develop different scenarios of water resource availability in near upstream of Kaligandaki River basin, under climate change-induced parameters such as precipitation and temperatures variability, considering a potential doubling of the atmospheric CO2 concentration in the next 100 years. Climate models suggest that global warming could bring warmer, drier conditions to Nepalese high Mountains due to the large topographical differences of the climate parameters. Although precipitation increases are projected by some models, on the glaciers of the Nepalese high Mountains, a detailed knowledge of mass-balance observation and discharge measurement are considered and the combination of both will be analyzed by means of either Water Balance Model (WatBal) or General Climate Model (GCM) with multi criteria model performance evaluation. To obtain reasonable and en.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2381-8719.1000215