Projected impacts of climate change on hydropower potential in China

Liu, Xingcai; Tang, Qiuhong; Voisin, Nathalie; Cui, Huijuan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3343-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3343-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3343-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 8

Research article

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22 Aug 2016

Research article |

| 22 Aug 2016

Projected impacts of climate change on hydropower potential in China

Xingcai Liu, Qiuhong Tang, Nathalie Voisin, and Huijuan Cui

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Manuscript hess-2016-41 by Liu et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Apr 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee #1', Qiuhong Tang, 03 May 2016
RC2: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Apr 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee #2', Qiuhong Tang, 03 May 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (11 May 2016) by Thomas Kjeldsen

AR by Qiuhong Tang on behalf of the Authors (20 Jun 2016)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (24 Jun 2016) by Thomas Kjeldsen

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Jul 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (23 Jul 2016)

ED: Publish as is (31 Jul 2016) by Thomas Kjeldsen

AR by Qiuhong Tang on behalf of the Authors (02 Aug 2016)

Short summary

Impacts of climate change on hydropower potential of China are investigated using projections from multiple general circulation models and global hydrological models. Results show that the projected total hydropower potential of China generally increases (e.g., in southwest China) while the maximum production of current hydropower stations may decrease (e.g., in Sichuan and Hubei provinces) in the future. This study prompts the consideration of climate change in hydropower planning in China.