Vergara, WalterDeeb, AlejandroLeino, IreneKitoh, AkioEscobar, Marisa2012-03-192012-03-192011978-0-8213-8662-0https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2278The objective of study of the impacts of climate change on mountain hydrology is to develop a methodology to assess the net impacts of climate change on the hydrological response in mountainous regions. This is done through a case study in the Peruvian Andes. There are few examples of predictions of the impact of climate change on resource availability and even fewer examples of the applications of such predictions to planning for sustainable economic development. This report presents a summary of the efforts of a Bank energy and climate change team to develop methodological tools for the assessment of climate impacts on surface hydrology in the Peruvian Andes. The importance of analyzing the potential climate impacts on hydrology in Peru arises in part from concerns about the retreat of tropical glaciers, the drying of unique Andean wetland ecosystems, as well as increased weather variability and weather extremes, all of which will affect water regulation. The study, together with a recently published report by the World Bank, Peru Overcoming the Barriers to Hydropower, is intended to inform plans for energy development in Peru and enable provides some insights into how hydrology may behave under future climate scenarios in Peru, the main purpose is to contribute to the methodological approaches to anticipate impacts from climate change in the Andes Region and other mountain rangesCC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTUREAIR TEMPERATURESALTITUDEANNUAL PRECIPITATIONASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE IMPACTSASSESSMENT REPORTSATMOSPHEREATMOSPHERE-OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATIONATMOSPHERE-OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONATMOSPHERIC CLIMATEATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICSATMOSPHERIC MODELSATMOSPHERIC PHYSICSATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHBASINSCALCULATIONCASE STUDIESCLIMATECLIMATE ANALYSISCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOSCLIMATE CHANGE STUDIESCLIMATE CHANGE TEAMCLIMATE CHANGESCLIMATE CONDITIONSCLIMATE DATACLIMATE EXTREMESCLIMATE HAZARDCLIMATE IMPACTSCLIMATE MODELCLIMATE MODELINGCLIMATE MODELSCLIMATE OBSERVATIONSCLIMATE POLICIESCLIMATE PROJECTIONSCLIMATE RESEARCHCLIMATE SCENARIOSCLIMATE STATIONSCLIMATE SYSTEMCLIMATE VARIABLESCLIMATE VARIATIONSCLOUDSCO2COASTCOASTAL AREASCOLORSCOMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODELCONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGECONSERVATIONCUMULATIVE LOSSDAMSDISCHARGEDRY SEASONDYNAMIC MODELECONOMIC GROWTHECOSYSTEMELECTRIC POWEREMISSIONEMISSION PATHEMISSIONSEMISSIONS SCENARIOEMISSIONS SCENARIOSENERGY BALANCEENERGY PRODUCTIONENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCESEVAPORATIONEVAPOTRANSPIRATIONEXTREME EVENTSEXTREME PRECIPITATIONEXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTSEXTREME RAINFALLEXTREME TEMPERATUREEXTREME TEMPERATURESEXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER EVENTSFEASIBILITYFIELD MEASUREMENTSFLOODSFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEFROSTFUTURE CLIMATE CHANGEFUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOSGCMGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMGHGGLACIER RETREATGLACIERSGLOBAL AVERAGE SURFACE WARMINGGLOBAL CLIMATEGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL CLIMATE MODELGLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONSGLOBAL WARMINGGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGROUNDWATERHIGH-RESOLUTION CLIMATEHIGHLANDSHYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONSHYDROLOGICAL IMPACTSHYDROLOGICAL MODELHYDROLOGICAL RESPONSEHYDROLOGICAL RESPONSESHYDROLOGICAL SYSTEMSHYDROLOGYICEICE CAPSIMAGESIMPACT OF CLIMATEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEINCOMEINCREASE IN TEMPERATUREINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEIPCCLAKESLAND COVERLAND COVER CLASSIFICATIONLAND SURFACELAND USEMAXIMUM TEMPERATUREMAXIMUM TEMPERATURESMEAN RAINFALLMETEOROLOGICAL DATAMETEOROLOGICAL RESEARCHMETEOROLOGICAL STATIONSMINIMUM TEMPERATUREMINIMUM TEMPERATURESMOISTURE CONTENTMOISTURE PROFILESMOUNTAINSPEAK FLOWSPHYSICSPLANNING PROCESSPLOTSPOLICY ANALYSISPOLICY MAKERSPOWER GENERATIONPOWER SUPPLYPRECIPITATIONPRECIPITATION DATAPRECIPITATION EVENTSRAINRAINFALLRAINFALL RUNOFFRAINFALL TRENDRANGESREGIONAL CLIMATEREGIONAL CLIMATE MODELRELATIVE HUMIDITYRESERVOIRRESERVOIRSRESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGERIVERRIVER SYSTEMSRUNOFFSATELLITE IMAGESSEA LEVEL RISESEASONSEASONAL TEMPERATURESEDIMENTSSNOWSNOWFALLSTATISTICAL METHODSSURFACE AIRSURFACE AIR TEMPERATURESURFACE AREASURFACE ELEVATIONSURFACE HYDROLOGYSURFACE PROCESSESSURFACE SOILSURFACE TEMPERATURESURFACE TEMPERATURESSURFACE WATERTEMPERATURE ANOMALIESTEMPERATURE CHANGETEMPERATURE CHANGESTEMPERATURE INCREASETEMPERATURE INCREASESTEMPERATURE INDEXESTEMPERATURE RANGETEMPERATURE VARIATIONTOPOGRAPHYVEGETATIONVULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE IMPACTSWARMER CLIMATEWARMER TEMPERATURESWATER CYCLEWATER QUALITYWATER TEMPERATUREWATER VAPORWATERSHEDWATERSHED LEVELWATERSHEDSWEATHER CONDITIONSWEATHER EXTREMESWEATHER STATIONSWEATHER VARIABILITYWETLANDWETLAND ECOSYSTEMSWETLANDSWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-8662-0