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Water Resources
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Assessment of Climate-Change Impact on Runoff Using Normalized Difference
Vegetation Index
Results and discussion
Above computation gives 50-year of synthetic rainfall and temperature data ,
evapotranspiration coefficient, CET, on 2xCO2 condition,
and other model parameters. Daily runoff are simulated to calculate
flow-duration-curves (FDC) for assessing the runoff frequencies of both 1xCO 2 and 2xCO 2
conditions. Fig. 5 illustrates the FDCs of Fusan basin. Table 4 and Fig 6 summarize the
flow change rates. Results show that frequencies of low flow are decreased in Fusan and
Lisan basins. Q 90 are down to 57% and 49% of original values. However, high flows,
Q 10 , are increase to 165% and 187%, respectively. It shows high possibility of appearing a
peak flow on flood period..
Table 4. Flow rate changes of two climate conditions (Q2xCO2 / Q1xCO2)
Exceed Possibility | Fusan |
Chichiawan | Sandiman | Lisan |
| 90% | 57% | 108% | 163% | 49% |
| 80% | 58% | 105% | 223% | 58% |
| 70% | 63% | 110% | 331% | 71% |
| 60% | 70% | 109% | 431% | 86% |
| 50% | 82% | 102% | 498% | 103% |
| 40% | 98% | 106% | 344% | 124% |
| 30% | 118% | 111% | 271% | 144% |
| 20% | 137% | 130% | 242% | 169% |
| 10% | 165% | 162% | 228% | 187% |
Fig.5 Flow duration curve of Fusan

Fig.6 Flow change rate of four basins
Lisan and Sandiman basins have increasing values in both low and high flows. Though
Sandiman locates on tropical southern-Taiwan, higher temperature doesn’t evaporate the extra
rainfall supply during drought period. Comparing mean flows, Q 50, of the four basins,
Chichiawan and Lisan show insignificant change. Fusan reduces to 82% of original
condition, while Sandiman on the south has five times of original flow. Southern region has
very low mean flow on present condition that may cause this significant increase. Table 5
shows the ratio comparing flows of different possibilities from 1xCO 2 and 2xCO 2 conditions.
Sandiman shows higher values on Q 50/Q 90 and Q 10/Q 50. 2xCO 2 condition introduces increase
rate of Q 50 that makes an improvement of non-uniform timely distribution on southern region.
Table 5 Ratio of flow of different exceed possibilities of the four studied basins
Flow Ratio | Fusan | Chichiawan | Sandiman | Lisan |
| 1 xCO2 | 2 xCO2 | 1 xCO2 | 2 xCO2 | 1 xCO2 | 2 xCO2 | 1 xCO2 | 2 xCO2 |
| Q 50/Q90 | 1.90 | 2.72 | 2.56 | 2.41 | 3.46 | 10.54 | 1.72 | 3.59 |
Q10/Q50 | 2.57 | 5.20 | 3.43 | 5.46 | 27.29 | 12.49 | 3.30 | 6.00 |
Conclusion
The study combines rainfall-runoff model, vegetation index defined by remote sensing,
output of GCM , and data disaggreation model to estimate the changed evapotranspiration
parameter for calculating runoff of four basins located on north, middle, south, and east
regions. Flow duration curves is calculated to assess the impact of runoff from climate
change. Results show that:
- Fusan (north region) and Lisan (east region) show larger flood and smaller drought flow.
Increasing rainfall and warmer weather brings double impact to the two basins.
Chichiawan (middle region) shows insignificant changes on flood but smaller drought
flow.
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Sandiman (south region) has significant increase flow rate at all exceeded probabilities.
A five-time high of average flow provides positive contribution for water resource
planning.
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High flow, Q10, are increase in all four basins, and the Sandiman basin makes a highest
value of 228% that makes negative impact on flood control.
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