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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 336, 2022
The International Conference on Energy and Green Computing (ICEGC’2021)
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Article Number | 00027 | |
Number of page(s) | 8 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202233600027 | |
Published online | 17 January 2022 |
Assessment of the relative impacts of climate changes and anthropogenic forcing on Ouergha watershed hydrology (North-East of Morocco)
1 Laboratory of Geosciences of Natural Resources, Faculty of Sciences Kénitra, Ibn Tofail University, 133 Kénitra, Morocco
2 Laboratory of Geosciences Semlalia, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, 4000 Marrakech, Morocco
* Corresponding author: lamia.er-raioui@uit.ac.ma
Understanding the spatiotemporal distribution of past and future climate change impact is essential for effective water resource management. This study aims to reveal the impact of temperature and precipitation change on hydrological streamflow of Ouergha watershed and on the inflow regime of Al Wahda dam. Initially, historical climate trend was assessed using Mann Kendall tests and Sen’s slope. Then, regional Climate Models (Cordex-Africa) were used to project future precipitation and temperature data under two emission scenarios (RCP4.5 as realistic and RCP8.5 as pessimistic). After correcting the biases in climatic variables using three different methods, the calibrated and validated SWAT model was forced to project the hydrological simulations under both scenarios. The study shows a clear decreasing in precipitation and augmentation in annual mean temperature over the past decades. In addition, projected climate variables expected severe change in future precipitation (decreasing) and mean temperature (Increasing). The impact of this climatic alteration is expected to extremely affect rivers discharge and reservoir inflows in both magnitude and timing.
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