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Table 4 Water stress indices under six different climate change scenarios for the year 2015

From: An estimate of the water budget for the endangered night parrot of Australia under recent and future climates

 

11% dehydration

22% dehydration

Scenario

10% H2O

25% H2O

55% H2O

10% H2O

25% H2O

55% H2O

a) Days exceeding 11 or 22% daily dehydration

 Current

75

9

0

0

0

0

 Access 1.3

141

71

13

20

3

0

 Access 1.0

144

72

9

16

1

0

 CanESM2

150

75

8

20

0

0

 GDFLCM3

140

85

17

24

4

0

 HadGEM2-CC

140

61

5

14

0

0

 HadGEM2-ES

147

66

10

20

0

0

b) Number of events exceeding 11 or 22% cumulative dehydration

 Current

15

14

0

14

3

0

 Access 1.3

20

20

14

20

14

5

 Access 1.0

16

16

9

15

15

3

 CanESM2

16

12

11

14

16

3

 GDFLCM3

14

15

14

15

16

7

 HadGEM2-CC

13

16

10

15

13

1

 HadGEM2-ES

15

15

10

13

17

4

c) Maximum run of days exceeding 11 or 22% cumulative dehydration

 Current

38

12

0

16

2

0

 Access 1.3

38

18

7

18

15

5

 Access 1.0

39

18

7

20

10

3

 CanESM2

39

25

10

25

12

2

 GDFLCM3

45

24

10

24

17

5

 HadGEM2-CC

39

18

9

18

11

1

 HadGEM2-ES

39

28

10

28

12

5