Background
According to current climate projections future climate may be characterised by an increase of the climate system's variability which might also be accompanied by changes in the frequency and intensity of meteorological extreme events. Global climate models indicate robust large-scale changes of the precipitation regime (e.g. decrease of summer-, increase of winter precipitation in Central Europe) (e.g. IPCC, 4AR WG1, 2007). Linked to this are modifications of discharge (low flow and high flow) regimes of European rivers, with variable impacts on managed (anthropogenic) and unmanaged (natural) systems, depending on their sensitivity and vulnerability (ecology, economy, infrastructure, transport, energy production, water management, etc.). Even under an efficient climate change mitigation policy, climate change is going to have impacts in the upcoming years. In this context, decision makers need adequate adaptation strategies to minimize negative effects of climate change, based on up to date knowledge on the potential impacts including uncertainties.
In this context the International Commission for the Hydrology of the Rhine basin (CHR) has carried out the project ‘RheinBlick2050' aiming at the development and interpretation of joint, consistent discharge projections for the international Rhine River catchments. The underluing data and information are compiled from different national research projects from The Netherlands, Germany, France and Switzerland and are based on the most actual climate projections. The findings will help to assess future changes of hydro-meteorological conditions in the Rhine River basin and how such impacts influence hydrologic and hydraulic processes. Potential users of the findings and data, stakeholders and decision makers have been involved.
The International Commission for the Hydrology of the Rhine Basin (CHR) has invited scientists, decision makers and stakeholders in the field of climate research and climate change mitigation for a two-day colloquium. The colloquium was held at the University of Bonn 13 and 14 October 2010 and has presented the results of the RheinBlick2050 project but also results of similar projects in the Rhine basin.
Objectives
To communicate the state of the art of climate change impacts on the hydrology in the international Rhine River basin
Presentation of the main aspects of the final reporting of the CHR / RheinBlick2050 project
Organisers
The invitation to the event was issued by the International Commission for the Hydrology of the Rhine Basin (CHR) in cooperation with the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, the German Federal Institute for Hydrology, the German IHP/HWRP Secretariat and the Dutch Centre for Water Management.
Language
Working language of the workshop was English.
announcement_rheinblick2050_e.pdf
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| Spreafico - General introduction CHR and Rheinblick2050 | (4.11 MB) |
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| Görgen - Conclusions of the RheinBlick2050 project and lessons learned | (5.35 MB) |
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| Merz - Climate change and its impacts on hydrology in Austria | (8.03 MB) |
Day 1 - 13th October 2010
Registration and luncheon - from 12.00 p.m.
13.00 - 13.30
Welcome, general introduction, goals of RheinBlick2050 - Manfred Spreafico, president of CHR, University of Berne, Switzerland
13.30 - 14.00
Keynote: "Regional climate modelling within the new IPCC activities: What can we expect from CORDEX?" - Claas Teichmann, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
14.00 - 14.30
Keynote:"Using multiple climate projections from the EU FP6 ENSEMBLES project for hydrological applications" - Phil Graham, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden
14.30 - 15.00
Tea / Coffee
15.00 - 15.30
RheinBlick2050: "Changes in the hydro-meteorological regimes of the Rhine River basin based on bias corrected RCM simulation" - Jules Beersma, Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, Netherlands
15.30 - 16.00
RheinBlick2050: "Hydrological model intercomparisons, suitability and robustness studies" - Charles Perrin, Cemagref, Antony, France
16.00 - 16.30
RheinBlick2050: "Changes in the discharge regimes of the Rhine River during the 21st century. Projections and scenarios of mean and low flow" - Enno Nilson, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Coblence, Germany
16.30 - 17.00
RheinBlick2050: "High flow changes based on KNMI weather generator data" - Otto de Keizer, Deltares, Delft, Netherlands
19.00
Participants' dinner
Day 2 - 14th October 2010
09.00 - 09.30
Keynote: "Conclusions of the RheinBlick2050 project and lessons learned" - Klaus Görgen, Centre de Recherche Gabriel Lippmann, Belvaux, Luxembourg
09.30 - 10.10
"Atmospheric data processing and hydrological modelling of large Swiss basins in the frame of the Swiss CCHydro project" - Thomas Bosshard, Technical University Zurich and Massimiliano Zappa, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
10.10 - 10.40
"German Federal States activities in relation to climate change impacts along the Rhine River" - Gerhard Brahmer, Hessisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie (HLUG), Wiesbaden, Germany
10.40 - 11.10
Tea / Coffee
11.10 - 11.40
"Effects of climate change on groundwater processes in the Upper Rhine River valley" - Florence Habets, CNRS, UMR Sisyphe, Mines-Paristech, Fontainebleau, France
11.40 - 12.10
"Climate change and its impacts on hydrology in Austria" - Ralf Merz, Technical University Vienna, Austria
12.10 - 12.40
Keynote: "Translating research into policy - the ICPR perspective" - Anne Schulte-Wülwer-Leidig, International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine, Coblence, Germany
12.50 - 13.00
Concluding remarks: host / president CHR
13.00
Closing of the colloquium
Evening event
Participants' dinner near the conference centre on 13 October at 19.00 pm
Klaus Görgen
Centre de Recherche Public
Gabriel Lippmann
41, rue du Brill
L-4422 Luxembourg
Tel. +352 470261 46
goergen@lippmann.lu
Peter Krahe
Federal Institute of Hydrology
P.O. Box 200253
D-56002 Coblence
Tel. +49 261 1306 5234
krahe@bafg.de
Enno Nilson
Federal Institute of Hydrology
P.O. Box 200253
D-56002 Coblence
Tel. +49 261 1306 5325
nilson@bafg.de
David Volken
Federal Office for the Environment
CH-3003 Bern
Tel. +41 31 324 79 27
david.volken@bafu.admin.ch
Hendrik Buiteveld
Rijkswaterstaat - Centre for Water Management
P.O. Box 17
NL-8200 AA Lelystad
Tel. +31 320 29 8635
hendrik.buiteveld@rws.nl
Eric Sprokkereef
Secretariat CHR
P.O. Box 17
NL-8200 AA Lelystad
Tel. +31 320 29 8603
eric.sprokkereef@rws.nl
Latest actualisation: 11.10.2010
| Name | Organization | City / Country |
| Andréassian, Vazken | Cemagref | Antony Cedex / France |
| Aschwanden, Hugo | Federal Office for the Environment | Bern / Switzerland |
| Barneveld, Hermjan | HKV Hydrokontor GmbH | Aachen / Germany |
| Bastian, Christine | Administration de la Gestion de l'Eau | Luxemburg |
| Baur, Werner | Hochwassernotgemeinschaft Rhein e.V. | Bonn / Germany |
| Bauwens, Alexandra | UlG - Gx-ABT Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering | Gembloux / Belgium |
| Beersma, Jules | KNMI | De Bilt / Netherlands |
| Belz, Jörg Uwe | Federal Institute of Hydrology | Koblenz / Germany |
| Blom, Gerard | Deltares | Delft / Netherlands |
| Booij, Martijn | University of Twente | Enschede / Netherlands |
| Bosshard, Thomas | IAC ETH Zürich | Zürich / Switzerland |
| Bourqui, Marie | Electricité de France - R&D | Chatou / France |
| Brahmer, Gerhard | Hessisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie | Wiesbaden / Germany |
| Broseliske, Gerard | Centre for Water Management | Lelystad / Netherlands |
| Buiteveld, Hendrik | Centre for Water Management | Lelystad / Netherlands |
| Carambia, Maria | Federal Institute of Hydrology | Koblenz / Germany |
| Caspary, Hans J. | Hochschule für Technik | Stuttgart / Germany |
| Coron, Laurent | Electricité de France | Chatou / France |
| Demirel, Mehmet C. | University of Twente - Faculty of Engineering Technology | Enschede / Netherlands |
| Detrembleur, Sylvain | University of Liege | Liege / Belgium |
| Fournier, Maïté | EPAMA | Charleville-Mézières / France |
| Franke, Gerd | Wasser- und Schifffahrtsdirektion West | Münster / Germany |
| Gellweiler, Inga | IKSMS Projekt FLOW MS | Trier / Germany |
| Gerlinger, Kai | HYDRON GmbH | Karlsruhe / Germany |
| Görgen, Klaus | Centre de Recherche Gabriel Lippmann | Belvaux / Luxemburg |
| Graham, Phil | Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute | Norrköping / Sweden |
| Gratzki, Annegret | German Weather Service | Offenbach / Germany |
| Grigoryan, Gayane | University of Trier | Trier / Germany |
| Groen, Klaas | Rijkswaterstaat Centre for Water Management | Lelystad / Netherlands |
| Habets, Florence | CNRS, UMR Sisyphe, Mines-Paristech | Fontainebleau / France |
| Hausmann, Bernd | RWTH Aachen - Lehr und Forschungsgebiet Ingenieurhydrologie | Aachen / Germany |
| Hennegriff, Wolfgang | Landesamt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg | Karlsruhe / Germany |
| Hirt, Ulrike | Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries | Berlin / Germany |
| Horsten, Theresa | Federal Institute of Hydrology | Koblenz / Germany |
| Hüsemann, Wilhem | Wasserverband Obere Lippe | Büren / Germany |
| Keizer, Otto de | Deltares | Delft / Netherlands |
| Kerstgens, Heinrich | Contargo GmbH & Co. KG | Ludwigshafen / Germany |
| Kjellgren, Stina | Universität Stuttgart / Germany - Abteilung für Technik- und Umweltsoziologie | Stuttgart / Germany |
| Klein, Bastian | Federal Institute of Hydrology - Referat M2 | Koblenz / Germany |
| Kotlarski, Sven | Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich | Zurich / Switzerland |
| Krahe, Peter | Federal Institute of Hydrology | Koblenz / Germany |
| Lammersen, Rita | Rijkswaterstaat Centre for Water Management | Lelystad / Netherlands |
| Linde, Aline te | Deltares | Delft / Netherlands |
| Ludwig, Karl | Büro Ludwig: Wasserwirtschaft - Wasserbau GmbH | Karlsruhe / Germany |
| Maire, Philippe | Agence de l'Eau Rhin Meuse | Moulins-lès-Metz / France |
| Mathevet, Thibault | EDF DTG - Equipe DMM | Grenoble Cedex 09 / France |
| Maurer, Thomas | Federal Institute of Hydrology | Koblenz / Germany |
| Mehling, Andrea | Federal Institute of Hydrology | Koblenz / Germany |
| Merz, Ralf | Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water resources Management. Vienna University of Technology | Vienna / Austria |
| Middelkoop, Hans | Utrecht University - Faculty Physical Geography | Utrecht / Netherlands |
| Möller, Christian A. | BI Rheinpassagen | Bonn / Germany |
| Moser, Hans | Federal Institute of Hydrology | Koblenz / Germany |
| Müller, Gabriele | BMLFUW Vienna, Hydrological Service Austria | Vienna / Austria |
| Nilson, Enno | Federal Institute of Hydrology | Koblenz / Germany |
| Ohlwein, Christian | Meterological Institute University Bonn | Bonn / Germany |
| Patt, Heinz | United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security | Bonn / Germany |
| Perrin, Charles | Cemagref | Antony Cedex / France |
| Richter, Karl-Gerd | Aquantec GmbH | Karlsruhe / Germany |
| Ruijgh, Erik | Deltares | Delft / Netherlands |
| Saha, Dieter Michael | Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine | Strasbourg / France |
| Schädler, Bruno | Geographical Institute University Bern. Group for Hydrology | Bern / Switzerland |
| Schellekens, Jaap | Deltares | Delft / Netherlands |
| Schlenkhoff, Andreas | Bergische Universität Wuppertal - Institute for Geotechnics, Waste Management & Hydro Sciences | Wuppertal / Germany |
| Schmitt, Matthias | Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rhein-Wasserwerke e.V. | Cologne / Germany |
| Schmocker-Fackel, Petra | Federal Office for the Environment | Bern / Switzerland |
| Schulte-Wülwer-Leidig, Anne | International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) | Koblenz / Germany |
| Spreafico, Manfred | University Bern, Geographical Institute | Bern / Switzerland |
| Sprokkereef, Eric | Secretariat CHR | Lelystad / Netherlands |
| Steege, Volker | Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung, Referat WS 14 | Bonn / Germany |
| Teichmann, Claas | Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology | Hamburg / Germany |
| Terlou, Alberty | Secretariat CHR | Lelystad / Netherlands |
| Thierion, Charlotte | Mines Paristech - UPMC | Fontainebleau / France |
| Thysebaert, Didier de | Service Public de Wallonie - Direction Générale de l'Agriculture, des Ressources naturelles et de l'Environnement | Namur / Belgium |
| Volken, David | Federal Office for the Environment | Bern / Switzerland |
| Weidenhaupt, André | Administration de la gestion de l'eau | Luxemburg |
| Willems, Winfried | IAWG | Ottobrunn/ Germany |
| Zappa, Massimiliano | Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL | Birmensdorf / Switzerland |
| Zehetmair, Swen | University of Bonn - Geographical Institute | Bonn / Germany |