Developing ACRU utilities for modelling future water availability : a case study of the Oldman Reservoir Watershed, Alberta

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dc.contributor.authorBonifacio, Charmaine Michelle T
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorKienzle, Stefan W.
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-22T21:06:33Z
dc.date.available2017-02-22T21:06:33Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractA changing climate can seriously perturb hydrological response within a watershed. The potential impacts on the future water availability for the upper Oldman Reservoir Watershed (ORW) was investigated using the Agricultural Catchments Research Unit (ACRU) model. Due to the operational challenges of the model, several utility tools were developed. Once the limitations were addressed, the Klemeš (1986) model testing was applied to assess the performance of the ACRU model. The ACRU model performed very well using the standard split-sampling test; as the testing progressed, its performance decreased. The future hydrological response was then analysed using two regional climate projections by comparing the historical baseline and future period. Despite the inherent arid climate characteristics of the ORW, both projections indicated increasing summer temperatures and seasonal shifts in hydrology. The ORW is expected to experience a decrease of summer streamflow and an increase in spring and winter streamflow.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4781
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0388en_US
dc.proquest.subject0984en_US
dc.proquest.subject0368en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Geographyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Geographyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectACRUen_US
dc.subjectclimateen_US
dc.subjectGISen_US
dc.subjectHRUen_US
dc.subjecthydrological modellingen_US
dc.subjectwatersheden_US
dc.titleDeveloping ACRU utilities for modelling future water availability : a case study of the Oldman Reservoir Watershed, Albertaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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