Author Affiliations
11State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China12Hydrology Bureau of Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission, Wuhan 430015, China13Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norwayshow less
Fig. 1. Map of the Jinsha River Basin showing the location of weather stations, hydrological stations, reaches, sub-regions, and DEM
Fig. 2. The changes in extreme precipitation frequency N and flood season precipitation ratio R during 1960-2016(Note: In this research the daily precipitation greater than 50 mm is defined as an extreme precipitation event, and the flood season is set to be June to September.)
Fig. 3. Changes of observed annual average runoff and the trend analysis results at Pingshan hydrological station from 1960 to 2016
Fig. 4. Annual average land use distribution in various regions of the Jinsha River Basin during 1980-2015
Fig. 5. Runoff simulation effects of Pingshan hydrological station in the verification period (2000-2016)
Fig. 6. Simulation results of the 16 different climate and land use scenarios in the outlets of various regions in the Jinsha River Basin
Fig. 7. Selection procedures of typical GCMs under RCP4.5 emission scenario
Fig. 8. The predicted change rates of annual average precipitation compared with the historical period (a) and the Mann-Kendall test results of the annual average precipitation (b) predicted by the 7 typical GCMs in various regions of the Jinsha River Basin
Fig. 9. Change rates (the predicted averaged values compared with that of historical period) and the Mann-Kendall test results of annual extreme precipitation frequency N in 2017-2050
Fig. 10. The predicted change values and the Mann-Kendall test results of annual average temperature (Tmax and Tmin) in 2017-2050 in the Jinsha River Basin under different representative climate and emission scenarios
Fig. 11. Change rates of annual average runoff (2017-2050) compared with the historical period (1960-2016) (a) and the Mann-Kendall test results of annual average runoff in 2017-2050 (b) predicted by the 7 typical GCMs in various regions of the Jinsha River Basin
Fig. 12. Statistical results of predicted flood season discharge ratio f at Pingshan hydrological station, including Mann-Kendall test Z statistics and the change rates of f compared with the historical period
Fig. 13. Changes of predicted annual average precipitation, temperature and runoff compared with the historical period (1960-2016) in the whole Jinsha River Basin
Extreme precipitation frequency N | Historical period | RCP4.5 | RCP8.5 |
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CCSM4 | MPI | MRI | CCSM4 | IPSL | MIROC | MRI |
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Variation coefficient Cv | 0.33 | 0.42 | 0.55 | 0.40 | 0.51 | 0.62 | 0.54 | 0.46 |
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Table 1. 1 Variation coefficient (Cv) of extreme precipitation frequency N under different typical climate and emission scenarios during 2017-2050, together with that of historical period (1960-2016)
Data type | Description | Data source |
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DEM data | Spatial resolution of 200 m | Geospatial Data Cloud | Soil data | Spatial resolution of 1000 m | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) | Land use data | In year 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2015 with spatial resolution of 1000 m | National Earth System Science Data Sharing Infrastructure | Climate data | Daily data from 31 weather stations, including precipitation, temperature, wind speed, solar radiation, humidity and evaporation (1960-2016) | China Meteorological Data Service Center (CMDC) | Hydrological data | Monthly runoff data from 7 hydrological stations (1960-2016) | Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission |
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Table 1. Description of research data used in this research
Typical GCMs | Cold-dry | Cold-wet | Warm-dry | Warm-wet |
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RCP4.5 | MRI-CGCM3 | CCSM4 | MPI-ESM-LR | CCSM4 | RCP8.5 | MRI-CGCM3 | CCSM4 | IPSL-CM5A-MR | MIROC-ESM |
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Table 1. 0 Typical GCMs selected under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 emission scenarios, the outputs of each typical GCM respectively representing the typical climate scenarios of cold-dry, cold-wet, warm-dry and warm-wet in 2017-2050
Periods | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 |
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Climate data | 1977-1986 | 1987-1996 | 1997-2006 | 2007-2016 | Land use data | LU1980 | LU1990 | LU2000 | LU2010 |
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Table 2. Research periods and the corresponding climate and land use data
Scenarios | Climate data | Land use data | Scenarios | Climate data | Land use data |
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S1 | 1977-1986 | LU1980 | S9 | 1997-2006 | LU1980 | S2 | 1977-1986 | LU1990 | S10 | 1997-2006 | LU1990 | S3 | 1977-1986 | LU2000 | S11 | 1997-2006 | LU2000 | S4 | 1977-1986 | LU2010 | S12 | 1997-2006 | LU2010 | S5 | 1987-1996 | LU1980 | S13 | 2007-2016 | LU1980 | S6 | 1987-1996 | LU1990 | S14 | 2007-2016 | LU1990 | S7 | 1987-1996 | LU2000 | S15 | 2007-2016 | LU2000 | S8 | 1987-1996 | LU2010 | S16 | 2007-2016 | LU2010 |
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Table 3. Sixteen simulation scenarios combining historical measured climate and land use data in different periods
Periods | Annual average precipitation (mm) |
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Reg I | Reg II | Reg III | Reg IV | Basin |
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P1 (1977-1986) | 321.5 | 682.9 | 556.6 | 875.3 | 604.9 | P2 (1987-1996) | 310.5 | 704.9 | 600.7 | 862.7 | 610.5 | P3 (1997-2006) | 345.3 | 711.0 | 622.3 | 930.7 | 645.7 | P4 (2007-2016) | 392.2 | 701.0 | 572.9 | 843.6 | 624.7 | Historical (1960-2016) | 338.7 | 691.4 | 583.6 | 873.6 | 616.2 | Z values in M-K test | 2.07 | 1.63 | 0.76 | 0.59 | 2.07 |
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Table 4. Annual average precipitation in different periods calculated by Thiessen polygon method and the trend analysis results of historical precipitation (1960-2016) in various regions of the Jinsha River Basin
Temperature (℃) | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | 1960-2016 | Z values |
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Reg I | Tmax | 4.0 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 5.1 | Tmin | -10.7 | -10.3 | -9.6 | -8.6 | -10.0 | 5.8 | Reg II | Tmax | 13.5 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 4.6 | Tmin | -1.1 | -0.4 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.6 | 7.6 | Reg III | Tmax | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.4 | 17.1 | 16.3 | 3.7 | Tmin | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 8.0 | Reg IV | Tmax | 20.3 | 20.3 | 20.9 | 21.4 | 20.6 | 3.5 | Tmin | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 8.9 | 6.8 | Basin | Tmax | 12.9 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 4.7 | Tmin | -1.0 | -0.5 | -0.0 | 0.6 | -0.5 | 7.4 |
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Table 5. Annual average maximum and minimum temperature (Tmax and Tmin) in different periods and the trend analysis results (Z values) in various regions of the Jinsha River Basin
Hydrological stations | Zhimenda | Yajiang | Luning | Batang | Shigu | Huatan | Pingshan |
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Z values in M-K test | 1.20 | 0.6 | 0.43 | 0.83 | 0.40 | 0.26 | 0.12 |
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Table 6. Mann-Kendall test results of historical observed annual average runoff (1960-2016) in the seven hydrological stations in the Jinsha River Basin
Statistics (1960-2016) | Characteristic variables |
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Runoff coefficient (r) | Extreme flood frequency D (days) | Flood season discharge ratio f (%) |
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Mean | 0.502 | 41.3 | 62.1 | Z values in M-K test | -1.93 | 0.647 | -1.74 |
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Table 7. Statistical results of three characteristic values of runoff (Runoff coefficient r, Extreme flood frequency D and flood season discharge ratio f) at Pingshan hydrological station during the period of 1960-2016
Land use | Mean annual area (103 km2) | Area ratio (%) | Change rates (%) |
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1980-1990 | 1990-2000 | 2000-2010 | 2010-2015 |
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Grassland | 234.3 | 52.53 | 0.17 | 0.10 | -0.09 | -0.10 | Forest land | 132.4 | 29.68 | -0.24 | -0.26 | 0.12 | -0.09 | Bare land | 41.9 | 9.40 | -0.10 | 0.22 | -0.01 | -0.02 | Farmland | 26.4 | 5.92 | -0.26 | -0.30 | -1.94 | -0.89 | Wetland | 6.9 | 1.55 | 0.38 | -0.60 | 0.55 | -0.59 | Water body | 3.5 | 0.78 | -0.61 | 3.08 | 0.59 | 9.38 | Building land | 0.6 | 0.14 | 5.95 | 8.99 | 140.46 | 36.01 |
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Table 8. Annual mean distribution and the change rates of various land use in adjacent periods during the past 35 years (1980-2015) in the Jinsha River Basin
Hydrological stations | River system | Calibration period (1970-1999) | Verification period (2000-2016) |
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NS | PBIAS (%) | NS | PBIAS (%) |
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Zhimenda | Tongtian River | 0.84 | 7.4 | 0.80 | 0.8 | Yajiang | Yalong River | 0.81 | 2.0 | 0.72 | 13.4 | Luning | Yalong River | 0.86 | 4.8 | 0.77 | 15.9 | Batang | Jinsha River | 0.87 | -0.2 | 0.89 | -1.0 | Shigu | Jinsha River | 0.89 | 14.4 | 0.91 | 6.7 | Huatan | Jinsha River | 0.93 | -13.7 | 0.90 | -5.8 | Pingshan | Jinsha River | 0.93 | -6.5 | 0.90 | -5.4 | Absolute average mean | 0.88 | 7.0 | 0.84 | 7.0 |
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Table 9. Calibration and verification results in the seven hydrological stations in the Jinsha River Basin in SWAT model, with the evaluation indicators being Nash-Sutcliff coefficient (NS) and the Percent Bias (PBIAS)