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ArticleHeliyon2022

Envisaging the actual evapotranspiration and elucidating its effects under climate change scenarios on agrarian lands of bilate river basin in Ethiopia.

Abera Shigute Nannawo, Tarun Kumar Lohani, Abunu Atlabachew Eshete

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Article in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Abera Shigute NannawoFaculty of Water Resources and Irrigation Engineering, Arba Minch Water Technology Institute, Arba Minch University, P.O. Box 21, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
Tarun Kumar LohaniFaculty of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering, Arba Minch Water Technology Institute, Arba Minch University, P.O. Box 21, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
Abunu Atlabachew EsheteFaculty of Water Resources and Irrigation Engineering, Arba Minch Water Technology Institute, Arba Minch University, P.O. Box 21, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.

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Abstract

The earth's natural water and energy systems rely on actual evapotranspiration (AET). Climate change plays a crucial role in affecting the hydrologic processes of Abayya-Chamo lake basin in Ethiopia's Rift Valley, resulting into a distributed actual evapotranspiration (DAET) system. Various studies have already been undertaken on the effects of climate change (CC) on AET but forecasted precipitation and temperature to determine space-time distribution of AET across the basin have not been studied yet. Estimates for precipitation and temperature were acquired from the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) Africa platform, using RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios, during 1986-2015, 2041-2070, and 2071-2100 periods. WetSpass-M model was employed to investigate seasonal and annual DAET under varied climate amplitude and distribution. For the baseline period (1986-2015), the maximum annual AET was predicted to be 2815.8 mm/yr. For 2041-2070, and 2071-2100 periods, the estimated maximum annual AET for RCP4.5 scenarios was 3019.2 and 3212.1 mm/yr, respectively, while for RCP8.5 scenarios, it was 3116 and 3352.2 mm/yr, respectively. The baseline annual AET was 516.6 mm/yr, while the mid-term (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) and long-term (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) models predicted mean annual AETs of 423.8 and 432 mm/yr and 429.6, and 438.5 mm/yr, respectively. Between 2041 and 2070, the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios predicted a 92.8 and 84.6 mm/yr decrease in mean annual AET, respectively. The model predicted a decline in mean annual AET of 87 and 78.2 mm/yr for both scenarios in 2071 and 2100, respectively. With the exception of the basin's maximum AET, the mean annual AET for both RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 emission scenarios may decline during 2041-2070 and 2071-2100. As rainfall declines and temperature rises and the projected AET in the basin gets disrupted in the future decades. This research may add information to the water management and utilization, and a better knowledge of how climate change directly affects AET systems.

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Actual evapotranspirationBilate river bainClimate changeRCPsWetSpass-M model

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PMID36060990
PMCPMC9433687

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