Proceedings of IAHS
Proceedings of IAHS
PIAHS
Articles | Volume 384
Articles | Volume 384
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-384-349-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-384-349-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 384
Pre-conference publication
 | 
16 Nov 2021
Pre-conference publication |  | 16 Nov 2021

Assessing climate change impact on the hydropower potential of the Bamboi catchment (Black Volta, West Africa)

Yacouba Yira, Tariro Cynthia Mutsindikwa, Aymar Yaovi Bossa, Jean Hounkpè, and Seyni Salack

Data sets

West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) high-resolution climate simulation data, links to subset of variables at daily and monthly temporal resolution in NetCDF format D. Heinzeller, D. Dieng, G. Smiatek, C. Olusegun, C. Klein, I. Hamann, S. Salack, J. Bliefernicht, and H. Kunstmann https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.880512

Model code and software

WaSiM (Richards) WaSiM-ETH http://www.wasim.ch/en/products/wasim_richards.htm

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Short summary
This study evaluates the impact of future climate change on the hydropower generation potential of the Bamboi catchment (Black Volta). The results indicate a projected mean annual precipitation increase while a decrease of hydropower generation is expected.
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