Climate variability and change : hydrological impacts

Proceedings of the fifth FRIEND World Conference held at Havana, Cuba, November 2006. The volume publishes 117 papers from over 30 countries. It reflects both the international dimension of FRIEND (Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data) and the key challenges facing hydrologists in the 21st century. The papers focus on: Data: databases; networks; GIS; Hydrological extremes: low flow prediction and forecasting, flood prediction and forecasting, rainfall–runoff modeling; Hydro-climatology: precipitation variability and prediction, teleconnections, climate change and impacts, trends; and Ecosystems: in-stream ecology, flood plains, water quality, sediments, groundwater, water balance, soils and land cover. The international FRIEND research programme of UNESCO is a global network of researchers from universities, research organizations, operational hydrological agencies and policy makers, for exchanging and sharing scientific knowledge and data. The eight regional FRIEND groups are investigating global change impacts on the hydrological cycle, statistical analyses of hydrological extremes, flow forecasting, hydrological modeling at different scales, variability of hydrological regimes, uncertainties in applying hydrological and water resources models and region wide surface water assessment, to enhance capacity building in developing countries.