Quantification of climate change impact on dam failure risk under   hydrological scenarios: a case study from a Spanish dam

Fluixá-Sanmartín, Javier; Morales-Torres, Adrián; Escuder-Bueno, Ignacio; Paredes-Arquiola, Javier

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-2117-2019

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01 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 01 Oct 2019

Quantification of climate change impact on dam failure risk under hydrological scenarios: a case study from a Spanish dam

Javier Fluixá-Sanmartín, Adrián Morales-Torres, Ignacio Escuder-Bueno, and Javier Paredes-Arquiola

Data sets

AEMET Spain02 v5 dataset AEMET http://www.aemet.es/es/serviciosclimaticos/cambio_climat/datos_diarios/ayuda/rejilla_20km

Hydrological Yearbook - Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de Obras Públicas CEDEX http://ceh-flumen64.cedex.es/anuarioaforos/default.asp

Short summary

Climate change is likely to affect the different factors driving dam failure risks. This article analyses the impact of climate change on the safety of a Spanish dam. Results show a progressive deterioration of the dam failure risk, mainly due to an alteration of the hydrological regime. The approach followed in this paper can serve as a useful guidebook for dam owners and dam safety practitioners in the analysis of other study cases.