Uncertainty and Climate Variability in the Design and Operation of Water Resources Projects : Examples and Case Studies

There are two common problems in flood hydrology: 1) estimate the return period for a given flood; and 2) estimate the flood for a given return period. A commonly used procedure to solve these problems is to fit a probability density function such...

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Main Authors:	Rodríguez-Iturbe, Ignacio, Valdés, Juan B.
Format:	Other Environmental Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION ANNUAL RAINFALL ANNUAL VARIATIONS ANOXIC CONDITIONS ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE ATMOSPHERE AVAILABILITY OF WATER AVERAGE RAINFALL BASINS CALCULATION CAPACITY BUILDING CASE STUDIES CATCHMENT AREA CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS CLIMATE IMPACT CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE SIMULATIONS CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATIC CHANGE CLIMATIC CHARACTERISTICS CLIMATIC IMPACTS CLIMATIC VARIABILITY CLOUDS CO COLORS CONSTRUCTION COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE CROPS DAMS DECISION MAKERS DEFORESTATION DISCHARGE DOMINANT VEGETATION DRAINAGE DROUGHT DROUGHT CONDITIONS DRY PERIODS ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE ECOSYSTEMS EFFECT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY EMISSION EMISSION SCENARIOS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS SCENARIOS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT EVAPORATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXTREME VALUES FAT TAILS FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD FORECASTING FLOOD FREQUENCY FLOOD RISK FLOODS FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GCM GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GHG GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GASES GROUND SURFACE GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RECHARGE GROWING SEASON HIGHLANDS HUMAN INTERVENTION HUMID REGIONS HYDROLOGIC CHANGES HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS HYDROLOGIC CYCLE HYDROLOGIC MODELS HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS HYDROLOGIC RECORDS HYDROLOGIC REGIME HYDROLOGIC REGIMES HYDROLOGIC VARIABLES HYDROLOGICAL MODELS HYDROLOGISTS HYDROLOGY HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LAND-SURFACE LONG-TERM CLIMATE VARIABILITY MAGNITUDE OF CLIMATE CHANGE MANAGEMENT OF WATER MEAN RAINFALL METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION MITIGATION PALEOCLIMATOLOGY PEAK FLOWS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES PROBABILITY DENSITY PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL INTENSITY RAINFALL MEAN RAINFALL PATTERNS RAINFALL SCENARIOS RAINY DAYS RAINY SEASONS RANGES REGIONAL CLIMATE RESERVOIR RESERVOIRS RESTORATION RIVER RIVER BASIN RUNOFF SAMPLE SIZE SEASONAL PRECIPITATION SEASONAL RAINFALL SEDIMENT SERVICE PROVISION SPECIES SPECIES COMPOSITION STATISTICAL METHODS STOCHASTIC PROCESS STORM EVENTS STUDY AREA SUBLIMATION SURFACE BOUNDARY SURFACE RUNOFF SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY TEMPORAL RESOLUTION TROPICS UNCERTAINTIES USE OF WATER VEGETATION VEGETATION PATTERNS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER TABLE WATER USE WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WETLAND WETLAND SYSTEM WETLAND VEGETATION WETLAND WATER WETLANDS WMO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/11/17837367/uncertainty-climate-variability-design-operation-water-resources-projects-examples-case-studies-vol-1-2-annexes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15813