Progress in Earth and Planetary Science

Table 5 a Summary of relative changes of dry season discharge in the future under different scenarios b Summary of relative changes of wet season discharge in the future under different scenarios c Summary of relative changes of annual peak discharge in the future under different scenarios

From: Integrated impact assessment of climate change and hydropower operation on streamflow and inundation in the lower Mekong Basin

a
Dry season	Chiang Saen			Kratie
Dry season	Dam (%)	CC (%)	Combined (%)	Dam (%)	CC (%)	Combined (%)
Near-future
SSP2-4.5	+ 44	+ 5	+ 52	+ 30	+ 9	+ 41
SSP5-8.5	+ 45	+ 4	+ 51	+ 29	+ 10	+ 42
Mid-future
SSP2-4.5	+ 44	+ 4	+ 50	+ 31	+ 6	+ 39
SSP5-8.5	+ 40	+ 11	+ 56	+ 27	+ 20	+ 53
Far-future
SSP2-4.5	+ 39	+ 13	+ 56	+ 31	+ 11	+ 45
SSP5-8.5	+ 34	+ 20	+ 60	+ 27	+ 27	+ 61

b
Wet season	Chiang Saen			Kratie
Wet season	Dam (%)	CC (%)	Combined (%)	Dam (%)	CC (%)	Combined (%)
Near-future
SSP2-4.5	−19	+ 7	−13	−11	+ 9	−4
SSP5-8.5	−19	+ 7	−13	−11	+ 7	−5
Mid-future
SSP2-4.5	−17	+ 17	−3	−11	+ 14	+ 1
SSP5-8.5	−15	+ 26	+ 7	−11	+ 18	+ 6
Far-future
SSP2-4.5	−15	+ 26	+ 6	−11	+ 20	+ 6
SSP5-8.5	−11	+ 49	+ 32	−10	+ 33	+ 19

c
Peak discharge	Chiang Saen			Kratie
Peak discharge	Dam (%)	CC (%)	Combined (%)	Dam (%)	CC (%)	Combined (%)
Near-future
SSP2-4.5	−11	+ 10	−2	−11	+ 14	+ 1
SSP5-8.5	−12	+ 11	−2	−11	+ 16	+ 3
Mid-future
SSP2-4.5	−8	+ 20	+ 10	−11	+ 21	+ 8
SSP5-8.5	−7	+ 28	+ 18	−11	+ 23	+ 12
Far-future
SSP2-4.5	−6	+ 27	+ 19	−11	+ 25	+ 11
SSP5-8.5	−4	+ 50	+ 44	−10	+ 43	+ 29

The future hydropower development scenario was adopted in the calculation

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