1. Water Resources under Climate Change in Himalayan Basins
H. Li1, 2(lihong2291@gmail.com); C.-Y. Xu1; S. Beldring3; L. Tallaksen1 and S. Jain4
1 Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway; 2 Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norway;
3 Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Norway; 4 National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India
1.Introduction
Glaciers are essential in the water resources system.
Climate change has posed urgent tasks for water resources projections.
Reliable water resources projections are essential to society development.
Here we use a hydro-glacial model to predict water resources. Downscaling
EC-Earth
MPI RCA4
REMO
3. Methods
4.Results & Conclusions
(a) Beas (b) Chamkhar Chhu
(a) Climate: warming and uncertain precipitation.
(b) Less water is available due to climate change and
population growth.
(c) Population growth is roughly responsible for 40% of
the decline in water availability.
2.Study Sites & Data
10-yr moving annual T () and P ()
in the Chamkhar Chhu Basin
Water availability per capita in the
Chamkhar Chhu Basin and the Beas
Basin
without population growth
This study is funded by the
Research Council of Norway
through the project-JOINTINDNOR
(Project Number 203867) and the
Department of Science and
Technology, Govt. of India.