Projecting climate change impacts on hydrological processes on the Tibetan Plateau with model calibration against the glacier inventory data and observed streamflow

• Published in: Journal of hydrology (Amsterdam) Vol. 573; pp. 60 - 81
• Main Authors: Zhao, Qiudong, Ding, Yongjian, Wang, Jian, Gao, Hongkai, Zhang, Shiqiang, Zhao, Chuancheng, Xu, Junli, Han, Haidong, Shangguan, Donghui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2019
• Subjects: China; Climate change; climate models; Glaciers; hydrograph; hydrologic models; inventories; melting; planning; rain; rivers; runoff; snowmelt; stream flow; Streamflow; temperature; Tibetan Plateau; uncertainty; VIC-CAS model; warm season; water supply; watersheds; Yangtze River; Yellow River; China; Yangtze River; Yellow River; VIC-CAS model; Climate change; Tibetan Plateau; Glaciers; Streamflow

•A VIC-CAS model, coupled with glacier melting and evolution schemes, was developed.•Good model performances were obtained through a two-stage calibration strategy.•We systematically assessed the runoff and glacier responses to future climate change.•Increased rainfall runoff is the dominant cause o...