UNESCO Working Group on the impacts of climate variability and land-cover change on flooding and low flows as a function of scale

Abstract:

In the context of the IHP-VI Project 2.1 (Extreme events), and the cross-cutting activities of the FRIEND and HELP programmes, the UNESCO Division of Water Sciences has initiated a working group on identifying the relative role of climatic variability and land-cover change on floods and low flows as a function of spatial scale. The mandate of the working group is to summarize the state of the art of the subject, develop the key science questions, plan a five year research strategy for testing in HELP basins and other research experimental basins, and plan a series of workshops. This paper summarizes the findings of the first working group meeting held in Vienna during November, 2005. Copyright © 2006 IAHS Press.

Año de publicación:

2006

Keywords:

• scaling
• Climate Change
• Low flows
• Land use
• SCALE
• Floods

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