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DOI | 10.1038/NCLIMATE3273 |
Climate change enhances interannual variability of the Nile river flow | |
Siam, Mohamed S.; Eltahir, Elfatih A. B. | |
2017-05-01 | |
发表期刊 | NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE |
ISSN | 1758-678X |
EISSN | 1758-6798 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 7期号:5 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | The human population living in the Nile basin countries is projected to double by 2050, approaching one billion(1). The increase in water demand associated with this burgeoning population will put significant stress on the available water resources. Potential changes in the flow of the Nile River as a result of climate change may further strain this critical situation(2,3). Here, we present empirical evidence from observations and consistent projections from climate model simulations suggesting that the standard deviation describing interannual variability of total Nile flow could increase by 50% ( +/- 35%) ( multi-model ensemble mean +/- 1 standard deviation) in the twenty-first century compared to the twentieth century. We attribute the relatively large change in interannual variability of the Nile flow to projected increases in future occurrences of El Nino and La Nina events(4,5) and to observed teleconnection between the El Nino-Southern Oscillation and Nile River flow(6,7). Adequacy of current water storage capacity and plans for additional storage capacity in the basin will need to be re-evaluated given the projected enhancement of interannual variability in the future flow of the Nile river. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000400373500015 |
WOS关键词 | SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE ; CHANGE IMPACTS ; FREQUENCY ; EVENTS |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/34592 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | MIT, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Ralph M Parsons Lab, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Siam, Mohamed S.,Eltahir, Elfatih A. B.. Climate change enhances interannual variability of the Nile river flow[J]. NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE,2017,7(5). |
APA | Siam, Mohamed S.,&Eltahir, Elfatih A. B..(2017).Climate change enhances interannual variability of the Nile river flow.NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE,7(5). |
MLA | Siam, Mohamed S.,et al."Climate change enhances interannual variability of the Nile river flow".NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE 7.5(2017). |
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