Changes in drought risk with climate change: prepared for the Ministry for the Environment (NZ Climate Change Office) , Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry / Brett Mullan ... [et al.].
By: Mullan, Brett.
Contributor(s): Porteous, Alan | Wratt, David | Hollis, Michele.
Material type: ArticleSeries: NIWA client report; WLG2005-23.Publisher: Wellington: NIWA, 2005Description: viii, 58 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.Subject(s): CLIMATIC CHANGES | DROUGHTS | RISK ASSESSMENT | PREDICTION | NEW ZEALANDHoldings: Electronic Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online Summary: Drought risk is expected to increase in already drought prone regions. The report used a range of climate change scenarios and projects a two to four fold increases in the incidence of severe drought across many eastern parts of New Zealand by the 2080s. Under a medium-high scenario, Marlborough could see what is considered a one in 20 year drought event today occurring every three to five years by the 2080s. The study covers all of New Zealand, and finds possible increases in drought risk in inland and northern parts of Otago, eastern Canterbury and Marlborough, parts of the Wairarapa, Hawkes Bay, the Bay of Plenty, the Coromandel Peninsula and parts of Northland. It uses projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and internationally recognised climate models.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-58)
Drought risk is expected to increase in already drought prone regions. The report used a range of climate change scenarios and projects a two to four fold increases in the incidence of severe drought across many eastern parts of New Zealand by the 2080s. Under a medium-high scenario, Marlborough could see what is considered a one in 20 year drought event today occurring every three to five years by the 2080s. The study covers all of New Zealand, and finds possible increases in drought risk in inland and northern parts of Otago, eastern Canterbury and Marlborough, parts of the Wairarapa, Hawkes Bay, the Bay of Plenty, the Coromandel Peninsula and parts of Northland. It uses projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and internationally recognised climate models.
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