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Impacts of climate change on peak streamflow in Kakia-Esamburmbur Sub-catchment of Enkare Narok River catchment, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorOrnella Tsoudje Tchouateux
dc.contributor.authorHosea M. Mwangi
dc.contributor.authorJoseph K. Sang
dc.contributor.authorHannah N. Ngugi
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T11:45:03Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionArticle
dc.description.abstractClimate change has shown significant effects on catchment water balance mainly linked to hydrological extremes. Hence, the objective of this study was to predict the impacts of climate change on peak streamflow in flood prone Kakia-Esamburmbur sub-catchment of Narok County, Kenya. Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was used to simulate the impacts of climate change on peak streamflow, whereas Gumbel distribution was used to project the peak flows (for base simulation and two climate change periods). Three climate change scenarios were simulated based on International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projected for the East Africa region. These scenarios were Representative Concentration Pathway 2.6 (RCP2.6), RCP4.5 and RCP8.5. Gumbel distribution method was used to determine the peaks of the simulated streamflow corresponding to 2, 5, 10, 50, and 100- year return periods (T). Model performance values obtained for calibration and validation were Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE): 0.57 and 0.52, coefficient of determination (R2 ): 0.61 and 0.66, and percent bias (PBIAS): 5.8% and 24%. The simulation showed that the change in peak flood will respectively increase by 6.7% to 8.2% for Period 1 and between 18.5% and 24.3% for Period 2 for floods of return periods between 2 and 100 years. The findings of this study provide useful insights for developing flood risk management strategies for Narok town.
dc.description.sponsorshipJKUAT, NCWSC
dc.identifier.citationTchouateu, O. T., Mwangi, H. M., Sang, J. K., & Ngugi, H. N. (2020). Impacts of climate change on peak streamflow in Kakia-Esamburmbur Sub-catchment of Enkare Narok River catchment, Kenya. JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING, 5(4), 194-205.
dc.identifier.urihttps://jsre.jkuat.ac.ke/index.php/jsre/article/view/99/98
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.nrf.go.ke/handle/123456789/908
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherJournal of Sustainable Research in Engineering
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectSWAT
dc.subjectGumbel’s distribution
dc.subjectflood magnitude
dc.titleImpacts of climate change on peak streamflow in Kakia-Esamburmbur Sub-catchment of Enkare Narok River catchment, Kenya
dc.typeArticle
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