Assessing future changes in flood frequencies under CMIP6 climate projections using SWAT modeling: A case study of Bitlis Creek, Turkey
     
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Doç. Dr. Emrah YALÇIN Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Journal of Water and Climate Change (Q2)
Dergi ISSN 2040-2244 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 05-2024
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 15 / 5 / 2212–2231 DOI 10.2166/wcc.2024.646
Makale Linki https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2024.646
Özet
Climate change is altering flood risk globally, with local variations prompting the necessity for regional assessments to guide the planning and management of water-related infrastructures. This study details an integrated framework for assessing future changes in flood frequencies, using the case of Bitlis Creek (Turkey). The precipitation and temperature simulations of 21 global circulation models (GCMs) from the coupled model intercomparison project phase 6 (CMIP6) are used to drive the developed soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) model in generating daily streamflow projections under the CMIP6 historical experiment and the shared socio-economic pathway (SSP) scenarios of SSP245 and SSP585. Five probability distribution functions are considered to calculate the 5-, 10-, 25-, 50-, 100-, and 500-year flood discharges for the historical period 1955-2010 and the future periods 2025-2074 and 2025-2099. The quantification of climate change impacts on the design discharges is based on the medians of the flood discharges obtained for the climate data of each GCM, using the best-fitted distribution functions according to the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test results. The findings illustrate significant increases in discharge rates, ranging from 21.1 to 31.7% for the 2025-2099 period under the SSP585 scenario, highlighting the necessity of considering changing climate conditions in designing water-related infrastructures.
Anahtar Kelimeler
climate change | CMIP6 | flood frequency analysis | probability distribution function | streamflow projection | SWAT model