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Climate change and hydropower in Iran's Karkheh River Basin

Abrishamchi, A ; Sharif University of Technology | 2012

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1061/9780784412312.336
  3. Publisher: ASCE , 2012
  4. Abstract:
  5. The Karkheh River Basin is one of the Iranian river basins with a high potential for hydropower production. While Iran is actively constructing large dams in the Basin for hydropower production, climate change is putting the future status of hydropower production in the Basin in question. Using MODSIM, sensitivity of the Basin to climate change is investigated by estimating stream flow changes and the resulting impacts on hydropower production for different climate change scenarios. Results indicate considerable reductions in annual and seasonal hydropower production due to the expected dry climatic conditions under the existing operation rules. Findings highlight the necessity for revision of the operation rules, developed based on the historical hydrologic data, to minimize the negative impacts of climate change on the Basin
  6. Keywords:
  7. Climate change scenarios ; Climatic conditions ; Flow changes ; High potential ; Hydro power production ; Hydrologic data ; Large dams ; Operation rules ; River basins ; Stream flow ; Water resources ; Watersheds ; Climate change
  8. Source: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2012: Crossing Boundaries, Proceedings of the 2012 Congress ; 2012 , Pages 3341-3349 ; 9780784412312 (ISBN)
  9. URL: http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784412312.336