Climate change impacts hydrological processes by altering both spatial and temporal
characteristics of water flow in a watershed. The physically-based hydro-climate model for the
assessment of regional climate change is one of the most realistic modeling approaches to
account for the non-stationarity in changing climate conditions of the 21st century. In this study
the hydrologic response of streamflow in the upper Ping river basin to climate change is analyzed by utilizing the output from a General Circulation Model (GCM), named ECHAM5, under A1B emission scenario which is considered to be the most plausible one to occur during the 21st century. The downscaling approach by MM5 regional atmospheric model was implemented at a fine grid resolution of 9 km2 for the study area. The Watershed Environmental Hydrology Model (WEHY) with its capability to incorporate the interaction between atmospheric processes and land surface hydrology and its physically-based features was utilized to simulate the watershed hydrologic processes. Study of the climate change impact on
hydrological processes for the upper Ping river basin is crucial for Thailand because the watershed is a major contributor of water supply to a major agriculture region in Thailand.