Study on Aquatic and Ecological Environment Formed by a Tropical Glacier and the runoff water and Impact Assessment from Climate Changes

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24404015
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Hydraulic engineering
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: UMEDA Makoto 東北大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (10447138)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAKANO Kazunori 日本大学, 工学部, 准教授 (30292519) ; NAKAGAWA Fumiko 名古屋大学, 大学院環境学研究科, 准教授 (70360899) ; MASAGO Yoshifumi 東北大学, 大学院工学研究科, 助教 (50507895)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 気候変動 / 河川環境

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The study area is located in the high mountainous region of Andes altiplano, which characterizes itself as tropical glacier. The glacier is also important in terms of hydraulic engineering, because it is one of the major water resources to the metropolitan city located in the downstream of the river. In this study, we made field investigations on water quality formation and aquatic vegetation in the river made from runoff water from glacier, and developed numerical analysis model for those processes in the river basin including the water resources reservoir. Those elucidated water environmental formation processes in the river and the reservoir of our study area.

Free Research Field

水工学