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The recent trends of runoff in China attributable to climate change

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  • Hemin Sun

    (Beijing Meteorological Bureau
    Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology)

  • Valentina Krysanova

    (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK))

  • Yu Gong

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    National Meteorological Centre, China Meteorological Administration)

  • Miaoni Gao

    (Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology)

  • Simon Treu

    (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK))

  • Ziyan Chen

    (Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology)

  • Tong Jiang

    (Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology)

Abstract

Against the background of global warming, the losses caused by hydrological extreme events are becoming more serious. Understanding how to quantitatively attribute the trends of river discharge and extreme events will play an important role in climate change adaptation. The main objective of this study is to analyze recent trends in river discharge and annual maximum daily runoff in Chinese catchments and attribute them to the ongoing climate change, where possible. For that, 20 catchments in China, which are not influenced or influenced only slightly by water management, are chosen as study areas. Then, we use the long-term observational climate dataset GSWP3-W5E5 from ISIMIP3a as factual climate and a detrended climate dataset based on it as counterfactual climate to drive the hydrological model for quantification of climate change contribution to trends in mean and extreme runoff. Our analysis shows that the trends in annual discharge over the period 1961–2019 in eight catchments (all located in western China) represented by five stations in the Upper Yellow and Upper Yangtze, Kaqun station in the Tarim-Yeerqiang, Changdu station in the Lancangjiang and Xindi station in the Heihe can be attributed to climate change. As well, it is shown that climate change enhanced annual maximum daily runoff in the Upper Yellow and Upper Yangtze River basins. The results provide a new understanding of the degree to which observed changes in mean and extreme runoff were induced by the observed changes in climate, which may improve adaptation to climate change in China.

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  • Hemin Sun & Valentina Krysanova & Yu Gong & Miaoni Gao & Simon Treu & Ziyan Chen & Tong Jiang, 2024. "The recent trends of runoff in China attributable to climate change," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 177(11), pages 1-19, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:climat:v:177:y:2024:i:11:d:10.1007_s10584-024-03803-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-024-03803-5
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