CWR Presents : Does phytoplankton biomass in a reservoir increase in the future? |
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A water resource in the future is a great concern around the world. In 2009 the research area of "Innovative Technology and System for Sustainable Water Use" was launched by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). One of the projects is "Development of Well-Balanced Urban Water Use System Adapted for Climate Change", which is leaded by Prof. Furumai at the University of Tokyo.
In this project, we are discussing the availability of “rainwater”, “groundwater”, and “reclaimed water” as well as “surface water” including rivers and reservoirs in highly populated metropolitan areas to assure the safe and stable urban water supply under climate change. One of the sub-groups of "watershed water resources group" conducts advanced hydrological simulations in watersheds to evaluate the influences of climate change on the availability (quantity and quality) of surface water and reservoir water, which includes GCMs downscaling by mesoscale numerical weather prediction model of WRF.
In this group, I am in charge of the future projection of water quantity and quality in a reservoir. The results so far implicates that algal blooms may decrease in the future due to the unfavorable air temperature conditions for the phytoplankton growth and the increase of flood events, even though some researchers says we will have more chance to have algal blooms due to the air temperature increase by the global warming. I also talk about the great uncertainties in the research.
PS* This seminar is free and open to the public & no RSVP required.
****All Welcome****
Speaker(s) |
Dr.Eng. Hiroshi Yajima, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Manage. of Social Systems and Civil Eng., Tottori University, Japan
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Location |
Blakers Lecture Room, Ground Floor, Mathematics Building, The University of Western Australia
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Contact |
Askale Abebe
<[email protected]>
: 6488 7565
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URL |
http://www.cv.tottori-u.ac.jp
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Start |
Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:00
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End |
Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:00
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Submitted by |
Askale Abebe <[email protected]>
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Last Updated |
Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:11
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