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Eric Rosenberg
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Washington
Historical and Future Trends in Precipitation Historical and Future Trends in Precipitation ExtremesExtremes in Washington State in Washington State
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IntroductionIntroduction
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JANUARY FLOODS
JANUARY 12, 2009
When disaster becomes routineCrisis repeats as nature’s buffers disappearLynda V. Mapes
Disaster Declarations
Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster declarations in King County in
connection with flooding:
January 1990
November 1990
December 1990
November 1995
February 1996
December 1996
March 1997
November 2003
December 2006
December 2007
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“A time series is stationary if it is free of trends, shifts, or periodicity, implying that the statistical parameters of the series (e.g., mean and variance) remain constant through time.”
Salas 1993, Handbook of Hydrology
StationarityStationarity
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Urban Stormwater InfrastructureUrban Stormwater Infrastructure
Urbonas and Roesner 1993
Minor Infrastructure
Roadside swales, gutters, and sewers typically designed to convey runoff events of 2- or 5-year return periods.
Major Infrastructure
Larger flood control structures designed to manage 50- or 100-year events.
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ObjectivesObjectives
1. What are the historical trends in precipitation extremes across Washington State?
2. What are the projected trends in precipitation extremes over the next 50 years in the state’s urban areas?
3. What are the likely consequences of future changes in precipitation extremes on urban stormwater infrastructure?
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BackgroundBackground
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Literature ReviewLiterature Review
Karl and Knight 1998
• 10% increase in total precip (nationally) since 1910
• Mostly due to trends in highest 10% of daily events
Kunkel et al. 1999, 2003
• 16% increase in frequency of 7-day extremes (nationally) from 1931-96
• Some frequencies nearly as high at beginning of 20th century as at end of 20th century
• No significant trend found for Pacific Northwest
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Literature ReviewLiterature Review
Madsen and Figdor 2007
• Statistically significant increase of 30% in frequency of extreme precipitation in Washington from 1948-2006
• Statistically significant increase of 45% in Seattle
• Statistically significant decrease of 14% in Oregon
• Non-significant increase of 1% in Idaho
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Literature ReviewLiterature Review
Two main drawbacks with prior research:
• Not focused on sub-daily extremes most critical to urban stormwater infrastructure
• Not focused on changes in event intensity most critical to urban stormwater infrastructure
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Literature ReviewLiterature Review
Fowler and Kilsby 2003
• Used “regional frequency analysis” to determine changes in design storm magnitudes from 1960
to 2000 in the United Kingdom
• Employed framework that we adapted for our study
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Historical Precipitation Historical Precipitation AnalysisAnalysis
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Regional Frequency AnalysisRegional Frequency Analysis
Principle:
• Annual precipitation maxima from all sites in a region can be described by common probability distribution after site data are divided by their at-site means.
• Larger pool of data results in less variable estimates of design storm magnitudes, particularly for longer return periods.
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Regional Frequency AnalysisRegional Frequency Analysis
Methods:
• Divided precipitation records into two 25-year time periods (1956-1980 and 1981-2005).
• Compared annual maxima between two periods at storm durations ranging from 1 hour to 10 days.
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Study LocationsStudy Locations
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Results of Historical AnalysisResults of Historical Analysis
Changes in average fitted annual maxima between
1956–1980 and 1981–2005:
SeaTac Spokane Portland
1-hour +7% -1% +4%
24-hour +25% +7% +2%*
* Statistically significant for difference in means
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Statistical SignificanceStatistical Significance
• General indication of how likely a sample statistic is to have occurred by chance.
• We tested for:
→ differences in population means
→ differences in population distributions
→ non-zero temporal trends
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Statistical SignificanceStatistical Significance
• All tests were performed at a significance level of 5%
• A statistically significant result (e.g., for a test of differences in means) indicates that if the means of the underlying populations are equal, there is a less than 5% chance of obtaining the computed test statistic.
• In other words, we are at least 95% confident that the means of the underlying populations are not equal.
• A statistically significant result does NOT imply that the means of the underlying populations are different by the same amount as the difference in the sample means, only that they are different by SOME amount, however small.
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Precipitation Distributions at SeaTacPrecipitation Distributions at SeaTac
+37%
+30%
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Future PrecipitationFuture PrecipitationProjectionsProjections
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Emissions ScenariosEmissions Scenarios
A1 A2
B1 B2
Global Regional
Economic
Environmental
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Emissions ScenariosEmissions Scenarios
Stott et al. 2006
IPCC Scenario A1B, characterized by…
“…a quickly growing integrated world with a global population that reaches 9 billion in 2050 and then gradually declines. The world converges socially and economically across all regions, with a quick spread of new and efficient technologies. This
scenario assumes that there is a balanced use of all energy sources."
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Emissions ScenariosEmissions Scenarios
Stott et al. 2006
IPCC Scenario A2, characterized by…
“… a divided world of independently operating, self- reliant nations with a continuously increasing population. Economic development is regionally oriented with slower and more fragmented technological changes and improvements to per capita income."
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Emissions ScenariosEmissions Scenarios
Nakicenovic and Swart 2000
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Global Climate ModelsGlobal Climate Models
ECHAM5
• Developed at Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Hamburg, Germany)
• Used to simulate the A1B scenario in our study
CCSM3
• Developed at National Center for AtmosphericResearch (NCAR; Boulder, Colorado)
• Used to simulate the A2 scenario in our study
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Global Climate ModelsGlobal Climate Models
Mote et al 2005
ECHAM5
CCSM3
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Dynamical DownscalingDynamical Downscaling
Courtesy Eric Salathé
Global ModelGlobal Model Regional ModelRegional Model
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Changes in Raw Annual MaximaChanges in Raw Annual Maxima
SeaTac Spokane Portland
1-hour +16% +10% +11%
24-hour +19% +4% +5%
1-hour -5% -7% +2%
24-hour +15% +22% +2%
* Statistically significant for difference in means and distributions, and for non-zero trends
EC
HA
M5
CC
SM
3
* *
* *
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Overview: Bias CorrectionBias Correction and Statistical DownscalingBias Correction and Statistical Downscaling
• Performed at the grid point from each
simulation that was closest to SeaTac Airport
• Bias corrected data used to drive hydrologic
modeling of Thornton Creek (Seattle) and
Juanita Creek (Kirkland) watersheds.
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Overview: Bias CorrectionBias Correction and Statistical DownscalingBias Correction and Statistical Downscaling
• Despite biases in modeled data, projections may still prove useful if interpreted relative to the modeled
climatology rather than the observed climatology.
• Performed separately for each calendar month.
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Results of Bias-CorrectionResults of Bias-Correction
Raw Bias Corrected Bias
1-hour -19% -7%
24-hour +11% -2%
1-hour -33% -13%
24-hour -22% +3%
EC
HA
M5
CC
SM
3
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Bias-Corrected Time Series (CCSM3/A2Bias-Corrected Time Series (CCSM3/A2))
2003
2006
2007
PREDICTIONCALIBRATION
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Bias-Corrected Time Series (ECHAM5/A1BBias-Corrected Time Series (ECHAM5/A1B))
PREDICTIONCALIBRATION
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ConclusionsConclusions
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ConclusionsConclusions
• Few statistically significant changes in extreme precip have been observed in the last 50 years, with the possible exception of the Puget Sound. • Simulations generally indicate increases in extreme
magnitudes throughout the state over the next 50 years, but their projections vary by model and
region, and actual changes may be difficult to distinguish from natural variability.
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What the Study Does Not AddressWhat the Study Does Not Address
• Projections from the other 2 families of scenarios or the other 20+ global climate models
• What percentage of past trends was due to climate change and what percentage was due to climate
variability
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Thank YouThank You