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Puneet SrivastavaProfessor of Ecological EngineeringBiosystems Engineering DepartmentAuburn University(334) [email protected]
and
Co-leader, Southeast Climate Consortium (SECC)Water Group Leader, SECC
Incorporating Climate Information in Water Resources Decision-making
Research Interest-Using climate forecasts/projections in water resources
Weather Climate Change
Weak 1 Weak 2 Weak 3 Weak 4 Seasonal-Interannual
Decadal
SeasonalClimate
Weather - short-term (about
two weeks) fluctuations in
climate variables
Climate Variability - longer-
term (seasonal-to-interannual
(SI), decadal, multi-decadal)
Climate Change – projected
changes
3
Community Water Deficit Index
Streamflow Forecasting
Groundwater Indicator
Point Source Discharge Permitting
Climate Forecasts for Drought Monitoring and Forecasting
4
5
50
0.1 1 10
Rain
fall
inte
nsity
(mm
/hr)
Rainfall duration (hr)
2-yr
5-yr
10-yr
25-yr
50-yr
100-yr
5
50
0.1 1 10
Rain
fall
inte
nsity
(mm
/hr)
Rainfall duration (hr)
Climate Change Impacts on Rainfall Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF)
Climate Change Impacts on Erosion
Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Integrated Drought Information Systems (NIDIS)
US Department of Agriculture
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Southeast Climate Consortium (seclimate.org)
Sponsors/Collaborators
