Overview
- Gives an overview of various aspects of climate change by integrating global climate models, downscaling approaches and hydrological models
- Covers themes which help to understand climate change in a holistic manner
- Power point presentations on selected topics for classroom lectures help readers comprehend the methodology and attempt to solve similar problems
- Includes worked-out examples, problems and case studies
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Climate (SPCL)
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About this book
This book gives an overview of various aspects of climate change by integrating global climate models, downscaling approaches, and hydrological models. It also covers themes that help in understanding climate change in a holistic manner. The book includes worked-out examples, revision questions, exercise problems, and case studies, making it relevant for use as a textbook in graduate courses and professional development programs. The book will serve well researchers, students, as well as professionals working in the area of hydroclimatology.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Hyderabad, India
Komaragiri Srinivasa Raju
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Department of Civil Engineering, Centre for Earth Sciences, Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Dasika Nagesh Kumar
About the authors
Prof. D. Nagesh Kumar is working in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India since May 2002. Earlier he worked at IIT, Kharagpur (1994-2002) and National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad (1992-1994). He is also the Chairman, Centre for Earth Sciences, and Associate Faculty, Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research and Divecha Centre for Climate Change, IISc, Bangalore. He obtained Ph.D (Engg) from IISc, Bangalore, in 1992. He visited Utah State University, USA in 1999 for 6 months on BOYSCAST fellowship. He worked as Visiting Professor in EMSE, Saint-Etienne, France, in 2012. His research interests include Climate Hydrology, Water Resources Systems, Climate change Impact on Water Resources, Artificial Neural Networks, Evolutionary Algorithms, Fuzzy logic, MCDM and Remote Sensing & Geographical Information System applications in Water Resources Engineering. He has published more than 180 papers in leading international journals and conferences in his research fields. He has co-authored four text books viz., “Multicriterion Analysis in Engineering and Management” published by PHI, New Delhi and “Floods in a Changing Climate: Hydrologic Modeling” published by Cambridge University Press, U.K., “Hydroclimatic Teleconnection: Indian Perspective” and “Integrated Modelling for Optimal Reservoir Operation for Irrigation”, published by Scholars' Press, Germany. He is Associate Editor for ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Open Water Journal, IWA Publishing and in the Editorial Board of Open Hydrology Journal, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engg., Journal of AppliedComputational Intelligence and Soft Computing. He has been reviewer for more than 60 international journals including Water Resources Research and Journal of Hydrology. More information is available at http://civil.iisc.ernet.in/~nagesh/
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources
Book Subtitle: With Modeling Techniques and Case Studies
Authors: Komaragiri Srinivasa Raju, Dasika Nagesh Kumar
Series Title: Springer Climate
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6110-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-6109-7Published: 30 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5570-7Published: 30 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-6110-3Published: 29 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2352-0698
Series E-ISSN: 2352-0701
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 266
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Hydrology/Water Resources, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Climate Change