A CMIP6 Multi-Model Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on Severe Meteorological Droughts through Multiple Drought Indices—Case Study of Iran’s Metropolises

Author:

Afsari Rasoul1,Nazari-Sharabian Mohammad2ORCID,Hosseini Ali3ORCID,Karakouzian Moses4ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Passive Defense (Urban Planning of Passive Defense), Supreme National Defense University, Tehran 1698613411, Iran

2. Department of Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV 25112, USA

3. Department of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417853933, Iran

4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA

Abstract

This study extensively explores the impact of climate change on meteorological droughts within metropolises in Iran. Focused on Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz, and Tabriz, this research employed CMIP6 climate models under varying climate change scenarios (SSPs) to forecast severe meteorological droughts spanning the period from 2025 to 2100. The investigation utilized a diverse set of drought indices (SPI, DI, PN, CZI, MCZI, RAI, and ZSI) to assess the drought severity in each city. This study is crucial as it addresses the pressing concerns of rapidly decreasing water levels in Iran’s dams, serious declines in underground aquifers, and the compounding issues of land subsidence and soil erosion due to excessive groundwater withdrawal in the face of severe droughts. This study culminated in the generation of box plots and heatmaps based on the results. These visual representations elucidated the distribution of the drought values under different indices and scenarios and provided a depiction of the probability of severe drought occurrences until the end of the century for each city. The resulting findings serve as invaluable tools, furnishing policymakers with informed insights to proactively manage and fortify metropolitan resilience against the evolving challenges posed by a changing climate.

Publisher

MDPI AG

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