Global Warming Impacts on Water Quality in the Nile Delta, Egypt [electronic resource].

Includes references.

In this study, a simplified model was calibrated against a relatively more complex model with the objective to achieve simulations with the simplified models. This could only be achieved by implementing the detailed and the simplified model in a complementary way. The simplified model was used to simulate 3 different scenarios to study the effect of the water temperature rise (in the Rosetta branch) on the DO concentrations. The results indicated that Global warming might increase the stress on Rosetta Branch and decline its water quality. Higher water temperatures reduce dissolved oxygen levels, especially for low concentrations (<5 mg/l) which could affect the aquatic life. If this effect was accompanied by flow reduction, deterioration in the quality status of the branch might be severe.

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