Pacific Region RCSD Data & Products (DAPS) Worksheet
This form is used to add or update a DAPS record into Piko (Worsheet Version June 2012)
Acronym
Name/Title
21st Century Rainfall Projections for Hawaii
Capability Area
Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Focus Area
Fresh Water Resources and Drought
Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience
Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Region/Locale
Central North Pacific
State of Hawaii
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Remote Islands
Western North Pacific
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
Guam
Republic of Palau
Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI)
Other Western North Pacific
South Pacific
American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Kiribati
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Other South Pacific
Pacific Basin
Global
Data - Physical
Data - Physical
In-situ Observations
Satellite-Remote Observations
Model Results
Reanalysis Products
Bathymetry and Topography
Imagery
Essential Climate Variable - Data
Atmospheric (e.g., Air Temperature, Rainfall, Wind Speed and Direction)
Oceanic (e.g., Water Temperature, Salinity, Acidity, Sea Level, Wave Height)
Terrestrial (e.g., Groundwater, Soil Moisture)
Products - Physical
Products - Physical
Hindcasts (climatologies)
Outloooks (monthly to annual)
Impacts
Drought
Flooding/Inundation
Erosion
Bleaching
Spatial Scale
Region/Nation
Location/Site
Time Scale
Past
Current
Future
Methodology
Obs/In-situ
Obs/Remote
Model/Statistical
Model/Dynamical
Projections (intrannual to multi-decadal)
Guidance, including “Best Practices” Manuals, Toolkits, and Guides
Applications, including Visualization and Decision Support Tools
Essential Climate Variable - Products
Atmospheric (e.g., Air Temperature, Rainfall, Wind Speed and Direction)
Oceanic (e.g., Water Temperature, Salinity, Acidity, Sea Level, Wave Height)
Terrestrial (e.g., Groundwater, Soil Moisture)
Data, Products, and Tools - Non-physical
Data, Products, and Tools - Non-physical
Biological
Socio-economic
Cultural
Other
Sector
Public Health and Safety
Fresh Water Resources
Energy
Transportation/Communication and Commerce
Community Planning and Development
Social and Cultural Resources
Agriculture and Fisheries
Recreation and Tourism
Ecosystems
Other
Description
This project uses climate diagnostics to analyze past and recent variability and trends in regional climate over the Hawaiian Islands. Priority is given to the analysis past and future changes in the rainfall pattern including seasonal mean changes, low and high rainfall anomalies and frequency changes in heavy/extreme rainfall events. Station observations are used to derive empirical statistical relationships between the large-scale Pacific climate modes and regional changes. Building upon these diagnostic studies, statistical downscaling methods are deployed to estimate future climate changes over the main Hawaiian Islands for the mid and late 21st century. Seasonal rainfall, daily variability, frequency of dry/wet spells, and the frequency of extreme storm events are estimated from recent CMIP5 climate change scenarios. This project compliments dynamical modeling research in Hawaii. The statistical methods are developed to address Hawaii's unique geographic and climatic features. It makes use of the updated Rainfall Atlas of Hawaii data products, the HaleNet high-resolution climate monitoring array, and next-generation climate data sets currently under development in other research projects. Products from the statistical downscaling contain high-resolution seasonal mean rainfall scenarios for the mid and late 21st century which can be implemented within GIS applications and standard statistical software tools.
Url
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
UH/SOEST, IPRC, PICCC
Contacts(names, emails)
Oliver Elison Timm, timm@hawaii.edu
Keywords
Understanding Climate Variability and Change Fresh Water Resources and Drought Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience Central North Pacific State of Hawaii Products - Physical Projections (intrannual to multi-decadal) Atmospheric (e.g., Air Temperature, Rainfall, Wind Speed and Direction) Fresh Water Resources Agriculture and Fisheries Ecosystems Community Planning and Development Outloooks (monthly to annual) Impacts Drought Spatial Scale Location/Site Time Scale Future Methodology Obs/In-situ Model/Dynamical
Worksheet
DAP_21CRPH.doc