Webinar Series:
Securing European Water Resources in a Changing Climate
Do you work with water resources, e.g. hydropower, food agencies or in a water- or environmental authority? Would you like to know more about how the changing climate and socioeconomic conditions may influence water reservoirs and the services they provide to different economic sectors? Then join us in March for a 3-part webinar series where findings from the EU project DIRT-X will be presented!
The Webinars:
- Climate impact indicators and insights for hydropower from interconnected energy systems: A pan-European perspective (March 2nd, 14:00-15:00 CET)
- Hydrological climate services and ecological impacts: insights from a coastal use case (March 16th, 14:00-15:00 CET)
- Hydro-climatic change and sediment dynamics: Insight from two hydropower use cases (March 23rd, 14:00-15:30 CET)
Your key takeaways:
- Learn more about how reservoirs are affected by sediment, now and in a future climate, and how this may affect your type of operations.
- Discover the world of climate impact indicators, and how they can be useful for cross-sectoral assessments
Get in touch with the DIRT-X team during the Q&A, and support the future content and development of water- and climate services for your sector!
The webinars are held online in English and are free of charge.
Webinar #1:
Climate impact indicators and insights for hydropower from interconnected energy systems:
A pan-European perspective
March 2nd, 14:00-15:00 CET
Your key takeaways:
· Learn how Dirt-X simulation studies show the impact of future climate conditions on hydrology and how will these impacts affect sediment regimes across Europe
· Discover how hydropower can contribute to the adequacy and flexibility of the pan-European energy system under future climate conditions
Speakers:
Alena Bartosova
Alena Bartosova is the Head of the Environment and Climate Section of the Hydrology Research Unit at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) and an expert on water quality modeling with 30 years of experience in watershed and impact assessments. She will introduce the topic and provide a general overview of the project.
Jing Hu
Jing Hu from Utrecht University is a researcher in energy system analysis & modelling and energy meteorology. He will report on the contribution of hydropower to adequacy and balance of European power system under future climate conditions.
René Capell
René Capell is a hydrologist with expertise in catchment modeling and leads the Monitoring and Observation group within the Hydrological Research Unit at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI). He will present European-scale model results of climate change impacts on hydrology and sediment transports.
Conrad Brendel
Conrad Brendel is a researcher in water quality modeling at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) who specializes in modeling sediment fluxes and their impacts on hydropower reservoirs. He will serve on the panel of subject matter experts and participate in the discussions.
Webinar #2:
Hydrological climate services and ecological impacts:
Insights from a coastal use case
March 16th, 14:00-15:00 CET
Your key takeaways:
Learn about the Orust-Tjörn, Swedish Skagerrak coast case study:
- An increase in surface water temperature along the coast is observed and part of future climate scenarios
- Phytoplankton biomass has decreased the last decades which co-occurs with a reduction in inorganic nitrogen concentrations
- Silicate concentrations are increasing near river mouths. This is likely an effect of increased riverine flow.
- Future climate scenarios indicate an increased riverine flow in the catchment area
- A reduction in salinity and an increase in brownification along the coast are likely effects of the increase in riverine input.
- Climate change is likely to affect the distribution of marine organisms which will affect the aquaculture industry in several ways.
- Coupled climate – hydrology- coastal ocean models are important tools for managing adaption to climate change
Speakers:
Alena Bartosova
Alena Bartosova is the Head of the Environment and Climate Section of the Hydrology Research Unit at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute and an expert on water quality modeling with 30 years of experience in watershed and impact assessments. She will introduce the topic and provide a general overview of the project.
Moa Edman
Moa Edman from the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) is an expert in coastal zone modelling. She will talk about how a changed climate can affect the marine environment. Special focus is on the Orust-Tjörn fjord system on the Swedish west coast, but also differences and similarities to other sites along the Swedish coast will be discussed.
Johan Strömqvist
Johan Strömqvist is a hydrologist with expertise in water quality modelling at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI). He will present current and future riverine inputs of water flow, nutrients and suspended sediments to the Swedish west coast affecting the Orust-Tjörn area.
Bengt Karlson
Bengt Karlson is a biological oceanographer/marine biologist specializing in phytoplankton and Harmful Algal Blooms. Bengt is a senior scientist at SMHI:s Oceanographic Research Department. He works mainly in the Kattegat-Skagerrak and in the Baltic Sea but is also active in the global context, e.g. in the UNESCO-IOC Governmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms.
Webinar #3:
Hydro-climatic change and sediment dynamics:
Insights from two hydropower use cases
March 23rd, 14:00-15:30 CET
Speakers:
Alena Bartosova
Alena Bartosova is the Head of the Environment and Climate Section of the Hydrology Research Unit at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute and an expert on water quality modeling with 30 years of experience in watershed and impact assessments. She will introduce the topic and provide a general overview of the project.
Thomas Bosshard
Thomas Bosshard is a researcher at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) and has his expertise in the interface between climate models and hydrological models. He will talk about how data from climate projections have been tailored to the requirements of our case studies.
Kilian Mouris
Kilian Mouris from the University of Stuttgart is an expert in hydraulic engineering and numerical modeling. He will present how global change is altering the catchments erosion and reservoir sedimentation processes.
Maria Pesci
Maria Pesci from Leibniz University Hannover is a hydrological modeler with focus on glacio-hydrological processes. She will report on flow (Banja & Gepatsch) and glaciers (Gepatsch) future changes.
Behnam Balouchi
Behnam Balouchi from Norwegian University of Science and Technology is an expert in hydraulic and river engineering with a focus on flow and sediment patterns using innovative and modern techniques. He will talk about the quantification of sediment transport for sustainable hydropower operations.
Stefan Achleitner
Stefan Achleitner is an Associate Professor at the University of Innsbruck and an expert in hydraulic engineering with focus on sediment bedload transport. He will talk about sediment flows in Gepatsch catchment.
