Modeling impacts of projected land use and climate changes on the water balance in the Baro basin, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: In terms of land use and climate, the world is changing at an unprecedented rate and these changes have a significant influence on our water resources. This study was conducted to examine the individual and combined potential impacts of land use and climate change on the water balance of the Baro basin in Ethiopia for the baseline period (1985-2002) and near-future period (2023-2040) using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). The plausible land use scenarios considering current (CUR), business as usual (BAU), and further expansion of altitudinal forest and watershed management practices (CON), as well as climate change scenarios from regional climate model outputs (RCMs) under two representative concentration pathways (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) for the 2023-2040 time frame, were used as inp

SUBMITTER: Mengistu AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10006722 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature