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@article{Rau:2020:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11040,
author = {Rau, P and Buytaert, W and Drenkhan, F and Lavado, W and Jimenez, J and Montoya, N and Bonnesoeur, V and Valdivia, G and Cachay, W and Goyburo, A and Risco, E and Abad, J and Mackay, J and Hannah, D and Barrand, N and Siegert, M and Macera, B and Bueno, M and Baca, C and Gianella, C},
doi = {10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11040},
title = {RAHU Project: Assessing water security and climate change adaptation strategies in the glaciated Vilcanota-Urubamba river basin},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11040},
year = {2020}
}

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AB  - <jats:p>        &lt;p&gt;The Peruvian Andes are a hotspot of vulnerabilities to impacts in water resources due to the propensity for water stress, the highly unpredictable weather, the sensitivity of glaciers, and the socio-economic vulnerability of its population. In this context, we selected the Vilcanota-Urubamba catchment in Southern Peru for addressing these challenges aiming at our objectives within a particular hydrological high-mountain context in the tropical Andes: a) Develop a fully-distributed, physically-based glacier surface energy balance model that allows for a realistic representation of glacier dynamics in glacier melt projections; b) Design and implement a glacio-hydrological monitoring and data collection approach to quantify non-glacial contributions to water resources and the impact of catchments interventions; c) Mapping of human water use at high spatiotemporal resolution and determining current and future levels of water (in)security; and d) Integrate last objectives in a glacier - water security assessment model and evaluate the tool's capacity to support locally embedded climate change adaptation strategies.&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The RAHU project intends to transform the scientific understanding of the impact of glacier shrinkage on water security and, at the same time, to connect to and inform policy practices in Peru. It follows a &quot;source to tap&quot; paradigm, in which is planned to deliver a comprehensive and fully integrated water resources vulnerability assessment framework for glacier-fed basins, comprising state-of-the-art glaciology, hydrology, water demand characterisation, and water security assessment. It includes glacio-hydrological and water resources monitoring campaigns, to complement existing monitoring efforts of our project partners and collaborators, and new remotely sensed data sets. Those campaigns will be implemented using the pr
AU  - Rau,P
AU  - Buytaert,W
AU  - Drenkhan,F
AU  - Lavado,W
AU  - Jimenez,J
AU  - Montoya,N
AU  - Bonnesoeur,V
AU  - Valdivia,G
AU  - Cachay,W
AU  - Goyburo,A
AU  - Risco,E
AU  - Abad,J
AU  - Mackay,J
AU  - Hannah,D
AU  - Barrand,N
AU  - Siegert,M
AU  - Macera,B
AU  - Bueno,M
AU  - Baca,C
AU  - Gianella,C
DO  - 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11040
PY  - 2020///
TI  - RAHU Project: Assessing water security and climate change adaptation strategies in the glaciated Vilcanota-Urubamba river basin
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11040
ER  -

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