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Impact of Climate Change on Flow in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

Impact of Climate Change on Flow in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. Eugene S. Takle Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 USA gstakle@iastate.edu Project collaborators: Manoj Jha, Zaitao Pan, Roy Gu. 9th Annual GHP meeting , GKSS, Geesthacht , Germany, Sept. 22-26, 2003.

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Impact of Climate Change on Flow in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

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  1. Impact of Climate Change on Flow in the Upper Mississippi River Basin Eugene S. Takle Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 USA gstakle@iastate.edu Project collaborators: Manoj Jha, Zaitao Pan, Roy Gu 9th Annual GHP meeting, GKSS, Geesthacht, Germany, Sept. 22-26, 2003

  2. If we have perfect predictability of global fields, how well can we downscale this predictability to stream flow at one point?

  3. Outline • Domain and hydrological model (SWAT) • Calibration and validation • Observations -> stream flow • NNR -> RCM -> SWAT-> stream flow • GCM -> RCM -> SWAT-> stream flow • GHG -> GCM -> RCM -> SWAT -> stream flow • Stream flow vs. precipitation For details see: Jha, M., Z. Pan, E. S. Takle, and R. Gu, 2003: Impacts of climate change on stream flow in the Upper Mississippi River Basin: A regional climate model perspective. Accepted by Journal of Geophysical Research.

  4. Sub-Basins of the Upper Mississippi River Basin 119 sub-basins Outflow measured at Grafton, IL Approximately one observing station per sub-basin Approximately one model grid point per sub-basin

  5. Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) • Long-term, continuous watershed simulation model (Arnold et al,1998) • Daily time steps • Assesses impacts of climate and management on yields of water, sediment, and agricultural chemicals • Physically based, including hydrology, soil temperature, plant growth, nutrients, pesticides and land management

  6. SWAT Output with Various Sources of Climate Input

  7. Calibration of SWAT: Annual Stream Flow at Grafton, IL

  8. Calibration of SWAT: Monthly Stream Flow at Grafton, IL

  9. Validation of SWAT: Annual Stream Flow at Grafton, IL

  10. Validation of SWAT: Monthly Stream Flow at Grafton, IL

  11. RegCM2 Simulation Domain Red = global model grid point Green/blue = regional model grid points

  12. Annual Stream Flow Simulated by SWAT Driven by the RegCM2 Regional Climate Model with NNR Lateral Boundary Conditions

  13. Seasonal Stream Flow Simulated by SWAT Driven by the RegCM2 Regional Climate Model with NNR Lateral Boundary Conditions

  14. Mean Monthly Precipitation Simulated by the RegCM2 Regional Climate Model with NNR Lateral Boundary Conditions

  15. Without sufficient resolution, it just doesn’t look right. EST&LM

  16. Ten-Year Mean Precipitation Generated by the RegCM2 Regional Climate Model Driven with HadCM2 Global Model Results for the Contemporary and Future Scenario (2040s) Climate

  17. Ten-Year Mean Monthly Stream Flow Generated by the RegCM2 Regional Climate Model Driven with HadCM2 Global Model Results for the Contemporary and Future Scenario (2040s) Climate

  18. Errors in Simulated Stream Flow and Climate Change

  19. Comparison of Simulated Stream Flow under Climate Change with Various Model Biases

  20. Hydrologic Budget Components Simulated by SWAT under Different Climates All units are mm Yield is sum of surface runoff, lateral flow, and groundwater flow

  21. Relation of Runoff to Precipitation for Various Climates

  22. Regression Analysis: Stream Flow vs. Precipitation

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