2007.4-2008.3 Yearbook of NILIM
Research Summary


River Department

Reference Number Y070302
Title Research on river management against global warming
Start-End Date 2005.4-2008.3
Division River Division
Author Head, Takenori YAMASHITA
Senior Researcher, Takayuki ISHIGAMI
Summary It is important to assess risks due to global warning from a practical point of view and develop river management measures including those related to floods and droughts. These risk are evaluated using the results of regional climate change projection over the next 100 years form the CRCM20 regional climate model and GCM20 high resolution general circulation model developed by the Japan Meteorological Agency and the Meteorological Research Institute.