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Highlights:

  • Drivers/forcings of the Altiplano hydroclimatic variability.
  • Mechanisms and processes responsible for the water crisis.
  • Impact of climate and land use changes on the Altiplano hydro-system.

Abstract:

WP3.2 aims at evaluating the impact of hydroclimatic variability and expected changes on the water system and population of the Altiplano. It will rely on ground and remote sensing hydroclimatic observations to study the drivers of the current variability and the processes responsible for the water crisis. A hydrological model will be calibrated to assess the respective role of climate change and land use land cover (LULC) dynamics on the Altiplano water resources. This research will identify the drivers and trends of the Altiplano hydroclimatic variability and provide scenarios for the water management and the analysis and implementation of resilience strategies (WP3.3).

Associated projects:

WASACA: This project aims to support a sustainable agriculture adaptation to climate change over the Altiplano. By the extensive use of remote sensing data and machine learning models the project has developed a monitoring system of salinization in the central Altiplano. Furthermore, WASACA project has initiated a hydrological modeling-based approach (i.e. fixing changing method) to assess the respective role of climate change and land use land cover (LULC) dynamics on the Altiplano water resources.

Contact: Fréderic Satgé: frederic.satge@ird.fr

IRN-ANDES-C2H: The International Research Network – ANDES Climate-Cryosphere-Hydrosphere (ANDES-C2H IRN) aims to bring together scientists from different French and South American institutions whose research focuses on the study of the dynamics of the water cycle and associated environmental changes, in interaction with climate forcings and changes in surface conditions, along the Andes.

Contact: Thomas Condom: thomas.condom@ird.fr

ANDEX: It is the Regional Hydroclimatic Program for the Andes dependent on the Hydroclimatology Panel of the Global Energy and Water Exchanges Program (GEWEX), one of the central projects of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP). ANDEX general objective is improving the understanding and prediction of the climate and hydrology along the Andes.

Contact: Jhan-Carlo Espinoza: jcev09@gmail.com

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