HR: 08:30h
AN: GC21B-02    [Abstracts]
TI: Projected Changes in Water Resources and Demands in Central Asia and Their Implications for Irrigated Agriculture
AU: * Geerken, R A
EM: roland.geerken@yale.edu
AF: Yale University Department of Geology and Geophysics, Kline Geology Laboratory 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, United States
AU: Vithanage, J
EM: j.vithanage@cgiar.org
AF: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Pelawatte, Battaramulla, Sunil Mawatha, 127, Sri Lanka
AU: Biradar, C
EM: c.biradar@cgiar.org
AF: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Pelawatte, Battaramulla, Sunil Mawatha, 127, Sri Lanka
AU: Platonov, A
EM: a.platonov@cgiar.org
AF: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Apt.123, House 6 Murtazaeva Street, Tashkent, 70000, Uzbekistan
AU: Thenkabail, P
EM: p.thenkabail@cgiar.org
AF: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Pelawatte, Battaramulla, Sunil Mawatha, 127, Sri Lanka
AU: Smith, R B
EM: ronald.smith@yale.edu
AF: Yale University Department of Geology and Geophysics, Kline Geology Laboratory 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, United States
AB: Projected climate changes in Central Asia are expected to cause substantial changes in the water balance of its river basins (Syrdarja, Amu-Darya, Lake Balkash). Using hydrologic modeling, climate data, and satellite images we model the current and future water situation. Increases in evapotranspiration and the melting of the glaciers that form a major water resource for the region, will affect soil moisture availability and the amount and timing of river discharge. Their impact on a vastly irrigation dependant agriculture will be discussed.
UR: http://www.yale.edu/emcwa/
DE: 1632 Land cover change
DE: 1640 Remote sensing (1855)
DE: 1655 Water cycles (1836)
SC: Global Environmental Change [GC]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting