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