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Climate Change 2016
October 27-29, 2016
Volume 7, Issue 9(Suppl) J Earth Sci Clim Change
ISSN: 2157-7617 JESCC, an open access journal
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October 24-26, 2016 Valencia, Spain
World Conference onClimate Change
Improving techniques for watershed water cycle to adapt climte change and variation
Cheolhee Jang, Hyeonjun Kim and Sung Kim
Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, Korea
S ince South Korea is heavily populated and has very small land area, the country is more reliant on territorial resources,
such as land and water, than other countries. Therefore, Korea faces a greater possibility of serious water resource problems
caused by even small climate changes. To address the issue of restricted water resource caused by climate change, a system
that predicts and evaluates climate change and the hydrologic cycle at local scales should be established. In addition, for
establishing a long-term national water resource plan, predicting and evaluating the influence of climate change on water
resources is very important. The aim of this study is to understand the changes in hydrological components such as runoff and
evapotranspiration caused by future climate change using the CAT (Catchment hydrologic cycle Assessment Tool), which is a
hydrological model developed by the KICT (Korea Institute of Civil engineering and building Technology) (Kim et al., 2012),
and to provide a method to better manage climate change by evaluating water cycle improvement facilities in areas that require
improvement. The water cycle improvement facilities were considered in this study, and these structures positively affect the
water cycle as they enable retention (by absorbing rainwater), and reduce the impervious area (by securing green areas), while
decreasing runoff. The CAT model used in this study provide a tool for evaluating the impact of such water cycle improvement
facilities.
Biography
Cheolhee Jang is currently working at Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, Korea. Cheolhee Jang research interests are Oceans and
Climate Change, hydrologic & water cycle etc.
Cheolhee Jang et al., J Earth Sci Clim Change 2016, 7:9(Suppl)