climate change challenges in the arizona-sonora border region
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Climate Change Challenges in the Arizona-Sonora Border Region Arizona-Mexico Commission – Water Committee 2007 Arizona Summer Plenary Session Tucson, ArizonaJune 14, 2007. Gregg Garfin Climate Assessment for the Southwest Institute for the Study of Planet Earth University of Arizona. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Climate Change Challengesin the Arizona-Sonora
Border Region
Arizona-Mexico Commission – Water Committee2007 Arizona Summer Plenary Session
Tucson, Arizona June 14, 2007
Gregg GarfinClimate Assessment for the SouthwestInstitute for the Study of Planet EarthUniversity of Arizona
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Climate Change Water Challenges in the Arizona-Sonora Border Region
Increased temperatures: very likelyDecreased precipitation: likely
Potential direct impacts and concerns:• Decreased water supply reliability• Increased surface water evaporation• Decreased hydropower production• Reduced minimum flows for fish and estuaries• Earlier peak flow timing• Greater likelihood of extreme events: drought, flood
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Climate Change Water Challenges in the Arizona-Sonora Border Region
Potential indirect impacts and concerns:• Increased water and energy demands for warm season cooling
• Amplified by urban heat islands• Increased stress on ecosystems:
• Enhanced insect-related disturbances• Fire erosion decreased water quality enhanced threats to infrastructure• Invasive species + fire + increased temperature plant and animal migration landscape transformation
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Arizona DailyArizona Daily StarStar
Lake Powell’s declineLake Powell’s declineJ. Dohrenwend, USGSJ. Dohrenwend, USGS
2003 Southern California Wildfires2003 Southern California WildfiresNew York TimesNew York Times
Southwest U.S. forest die-offSouthwest U.S. forest die-offT. Degomez, UA Cooperative ExtensionT. Degomez, UA Cooperative Extension
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Mexico Ranching
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• 30% reduction in cattle inventory 1996: >300,000 cattle perished• Cattle sold in U.S. market at depressed prices• U.S.-Mexico tensions over tariffs, disease
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Cortez Vázquez, 2006 NADM Workshop
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October-May Precipitation Sonora/Chihuahua
José Villanueva Diáz, INIFAP, 2006 NADM Workshop
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Radiation Balance
The climate system redistributes heat and moisture
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http://www.grida.no/climate/vitalafrica/english/09.htm
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CO2 Change in Perspective
http://www.grida.no/climate/vital/02.htm
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http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/anomalies/anomalies.html
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Data from PRISM: 1895-2005.
WRCC / CEFA NOAA WestmapCourtesy of Kelly Redmond, Western Regional Climate Center
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WRCC CEFANOAA WestmapCourtesy of Kelly Redmond, Western Regional Climate Center
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Henry Diaz, NOAA ESRL
Annual Temperature Change at 10,000 ft / 3,000 m – 1979-2004
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Taken January 30, 2006 by Larry Martinez, USDA-NRCS: White Mountain Snowpack at 9,200 ft.,
near Mt. Baldy Wilderness (Normally 24” snowpack).
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Stewart et al. 2005 Journal of Climate
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Stewart et al. 2005 Journal of Climate
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Stewart et al. 2005 Journal of Climate
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IPCC 4th Assessment: Working Group I, Chapter 11, Regional Projections
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• Lower latitudes tend to dry out during winter• Tropical high pressure expands• Jet stream retreats to the north
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Change in Center of Mass in Streamflow
Stewart et al., 2004 Climatic Change
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ConservativeProjection of Future Climate in the UCRB
11 models and 2 emissions scenarios downscaled to the Colorado River Basin
Departures from1950-1999
Annual average temperature
Annual average precipitation
Annual average runoff
Christensen & Lettenmaier, 2006
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Impacts to LCRB
Christensen and Lettenmaier, 2006
• April 1 SWE: 75% of average by 2040-2069• Releases to Lower Basin: drop below current annual releases 28-44% of years• Delivery shortages: 21-38% of the time• Average deliveries to Mexico: –85% to –94% of treaty agreement• Power output: –20% of 1950-1999 average
Decreased surface water supply reliability
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Longer Heat WavesDiffenbaugh et al., 2005
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
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More Precipitation in ExtremesDiffenbaugh et al., 2005Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
Arizona Daily Star
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Victor Magaña, UNAM
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Victor Magaña, UNAM
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Courtesy of Dr. Craig Allen, NPS
Massive Forest Dieback
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Courtesy of Univ. Arizona Laboratory of Tree-Ring Researchhttp://www.ispe.arizona.edu/climas/learn/fire/ecological.html
Post-Wildfire Erosion
Courtesy of Ron Smallwood, Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, 2004 Fire
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Current Realities: Changing demographics
• Population increases on both sides of the border• Growing populations strain water resources and raise
demand for energy• Altered land-use patterns increase vulnerability
Courtesy of Dr. Robert Varady, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
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Recommendations to address Climate Change Water Challenges
• Enhanced bi-national climate monitoring• SMN, NIDIS, AHIS• Citizen scientists, Rainlog
• Centers for Arizona-Sonora bi-national research and outreach• Capacity building initiatives
• Border Climate Summary• Arizona-Sonora drought preparedness
• To optimize decision-making: strong cooperation between institutions affected by climate and those that manage water and land
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Gregg GarfinClimate Assessment for the SouthwestInstitute for the Study of Planet Earth
www.ispe.arizona.edu/climashttp://www.climate.noaa.gov/cpo_pa/risa/