Prediction and assessment of impacts on Asian river deltas by extreme climate events and their association with El Nino and Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
- National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA (United States). Div. of International Programs
Impacts of hydrological consequences of extreme climate events such as major floods and droughts on human systems have long been among the foremost concerns of the Pacific Rim countries. Proxy climate data for the last 500 years collected form the archives of counties in the Yangtze River Delta, China, were analyzed to understand the occurrence of extreme climate events, the pattern of such occurrences and their relationships to global climate changes. There have been 16 regional (delta wide) extreme climate events during the last 500 years (since 1,500 A.D.); all occurred in conjunction with reported El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) activities. Large interannual variability in precipitation is found to occur during or immediately following the ENSO events in the Delta. Management of systems increasingly dominated by humans, such as Asian delta regions, should include consideration of major climate variability, cycle periods and the extent of climate changes, as well as the trends associated with human growth and institutional changes.
- OSTI ID:
- 398260
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950666-; ISBN 1-882132-33-5; TRN: IM9649%%468
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Water Resources Association (AWRA) annual summer symposium on water resources and environmental hazards: emphasis on hydrologic and cultural insight in the Pacific Rim, Honolulu, HI (United States), 25-28 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Water resources and environmental hazards: Emphasis on hydrologic and cultural insight in the Pacific Rim. Proceedings of the AWRA annual summer symposium; Herrmann, R.; Back, W.; Sidle, R.C.; Johnson, A.V. [eds.]; PB: 508 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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