Climate Change Impacts at Department of Defense Installations
Abstract
This project is aimed at providing the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with a comprehensive analysis of the uncertainty associated with generating climate projections at the regional scale that can be used by stakeholders and decision makers to quantify and plan for the impacts of future climate change at specific locations. The merits and limitations of commonly used downscaling models, ranging from simple to complex, are compared, and their appropriateness for application at installation scales is evaluated. Downscaled climate projections are generated at selected DoD installations using dynamic and statistical methods with an emphasis on generating probability distributions of climate variables and their associated uncertainties. The sites selection and selection of variables and parameters for downscaling was based on a comprehensive understanding of the current and projected roles that weather and climate play in operating, maintaining, and planning DoD facilities and installations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 16, 2017
- Accession Number
- AD1039517
Entities
People
- David Changnon
- Don Wuebbles
- Jiali Wang
- Katharine Hayhoe
- Michael Stein
- Rao Kotamarthi
- Zach Zoebel
Organizations
- Argonne National Laboratory