A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON A DAM IN COLD AND SNOWY REGIONS DURING SNOWMELT SEASON

Abstract

 The synthesis report of the IPCC fifth assessment report (AR5) stated that warming of the climate system is unequivocal. In cold and snowy regions, snowmelt water cover water demand. Therefore, the risk of water shotage might be increased by the climate change.
 In this paper, we studied the effects of climate change on the Jozankei Dam during snowmelt season. As results, it is found that fluctuation of the amount of snow and snowmelt water might be increased and heavy rain might be occured at the last half of snowmelt season in when percentage of storage is high in the future climate.