Drought and Low Flow Projections – learning from the past for managing the future
- Wasser - Atmosphäre - Umwelt
Abstract
The aim of the project is a comprehensive analysis of drought and low flows in Central Europe (Austria and neighbour regions) under past, present and future conditions. The approach aims to overcome the limitations of current trend analysis and climate projections by a joint analysis of streamflow anomalies with meteorological drivers and tree ring records in the longer past, including the pre-instrumental period. This new understanding of drought generation in the climate and hydrological system will be used (i) to put current extreme low flow conditions into the context of climate change during the past millennium, and (ii) to develop improved models for predicting future drought conditions. The results target government agencies at both state and federal levels and private businesses and the main benefit will come from reduced costs to the government budgets as well as to private stakeholders due to more efficient management decisions.
- Climate Change
- Low flow
- Drought
- Environmetrics / Environmental statistics
- Space-time modeling
Project staff
Gregor Laaha
Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Gregor Laaha
gregor.laaha@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85101, 85116
Project Leader
01.03.2015 - 31.12.2018
Michael Grabner
Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Michael Grabner
michael.grabner@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-89128
Sub Projectleader
01.03.2015 - 31.12.2018
BOKU partners
External partners
Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik
Mag. Klaus Haslinger
partner
Hydrographischer Dienst Kärnten
DI Johannes Moser
partner
Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Hydraulic Engineering
Prof. Günter Blöschl
partner
Universität Graz, Institut für Geographie und Raumforschung
Prof. Wolfgang Schöner
partner