"Climate Change Impacts on Hydroelectric Water Resource Management"
marks the 9th annual workshop of the CEATI Water Management Interest Group
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Hydropower plays an important role in the future supply of renewable energy. Climate change can have a profound impact on small and large scale hydroelectric power production. Therefore, water managers must be informed of the potential impacts of climate change on their river systems.
What changes can we expect and what impact will these have on hydroelectric power production and the users of the water system? Would water supplies remain as experienced over the past years or will the hydrologic pattern shift or/and change? Will these changes create opportunities or vulnerabilities?
There is a need to foster increased relationships between water managers and the scientific community studying climate change in an attempt to “bridge the gap of uncertainty” and increase our knowledge of changes to regional water supplies.
The goal of this year’s workshop is to bridge the gap between scientists and practitioners studying climate change impacts on short, medium and long term water resource planning.
- Technical Challenges for Adaptation to Climate Change
- Global Climate Models/ Regional Climate Models
- Statistical and dynamical downscaling
- Evaluation of uncertainties in climate change flow projections
- Modeling extremes
- Watershed & operational modeling
- Improved monitoring
- Paleo-climate studies
- Adaptation on Short/Medium/Long Term Planning
- How to manage uncertainties?
- What are the risk indicators associated with hydroelectric power generation?
- What are the expectations of changing water priorities?
- Adjusting operating practices
- Evidence of changes in extremes and their impacts
- Adaptation on operating water management strategie
- Ensemble forecasting
Join us at the Holiday Inn Montreal-Midtown October 8-9, 2008 to learn from the experts and share your experience.