EGU21-15596
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-15596
EGU General Assembly 2021
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Climate change induced modifications of hydro-meteorological extreme events and their impacts on water resources for agriculture in the Mediterranean

Athanasios Loukas
Athanasios Loukas
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki-Dept. Rural and Surveying Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece (agloukas@topo.auth.gr)

It is common today to consider that climate is expected to change or even climate change is present and evident.  A changing climate leads to changes in the frequency, intensity, spatial extent, duration, and timing of climate extremes, and may result in unprecedented events. Changes in extremes of a climate variable are not always related in a simple way to changes in the mean of the same variable or a hydrological variable, and in some cases may be of opposite sign to a change in the mean of the variable.  Also, the changes vary from one geographical region to another.   In this review paper, examples of climate change impact studies on hydro-meteorological extremes, i.e. extreme precipitation, floods and droughts, in the Mediterranean region, are presented and discussed.  In this geographical area, agriculture is the main consumer of water, demanding 60-90% of the total water use. The impacts of the climate change induced modifications of hydro-meteorological extremes and water management practices on the availability of surface water and groundwater resources are also discussed.

How to cite: Loukas, A.: Climate change induced modifications of hydro-meteorological extreme events and their impacts on water resources for agriculture in the Mediterranean, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-15596, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-15596, 2021.

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