Pacific Region RCSD Projects & Activities (PAWS) Worksheet
Form used for a entering PAWS into Piko (Worsheet Version April 27 2012)
Acronym
Name/Title
Integrated Management of Maui Water Resources under Future Climate Conditions
Capability Area: Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services
Operational Products and Services
Research/Development
Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies)
Projections (modeling and downscaling)
Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach
Best Practices/Guidance
Decision Support Tools
Essential Climate Variable/Parameter
Atmospheric:
Surface (e.g., temp, precip, wind)
Upper-Air
Composition
Oceanic:
Surface (e.g., SST, SSH, salinity, ocean color)
Sub-surface (e.g., temp, salinity, nutrients, carbon, phytoplankton)
Terrestrial:
(e.g., surface water, glaciers and ice caps, land cover, biomass)
Time Frame
Seasonal (outlook)
Intra-annual to Decadal
Multi-decadal (scenarios)
Capability Area: Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Climate Impacts
Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services
Research/Development
Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies)
Projections (modeling and downscaling)
Climate Adaptation
Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach
Best Practices/Guidance
Decision Support Tools
Policies and Legislation
Assessment and Evaluation
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
Status
Completed
Ongoing
Planned
Proposed
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
Description
This project has three components: 1) Examine climate-sensitive decisions related to fresh water management in the Iao Watershed on Maui Island, and to support implementation of the Maui Water Budget with the Maui County Department of Water Supply. Specific questions being addressed include: a) What climate-sensitive decisions are stakeholders making about fresh water management? b) What climate information do/could they use to support their decision making? and c) What capabilities do they have to use climate information?; 2) Produce downscaled climate projections for the island of Maui using statistical and numerical modeling; 3) Use downscaled projections of local climatic conditions together with stochastic hydrologic models to assess the sustainability of ground water resources in the Iao Watershed.
Objectives/Outcomes
1) Downscaled climate projections for Maui Island. 2) Hydrologic model assessing the sustainability of ground water resources in the Iao Watershed. 3) Implementation of the Maui Water Budget with the Maui County Department of Water Supply. 4) Summary report of findings from stakeholder assessment. 5) Workshops to ground truth the findings.
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
East-West Center (EWC), International Pacific Research Center (IPRC), Water Resources Research Center (WRRC)
Contacts(names, emails)
Melissa Finucane, EWC, finucanm@eastwestcenter.org Victoria Keener, EWC, keener@eastwestcenter.org Aly El-Kadi, UH WRRC, elkadi@hawaii.edu Kevin Hamilton, IPRC, kph@hawaii.edu
Partnering Agencies, Institutions, and Organizations
PICCC, USGS are providing input on methods, materials, and interpretation of results.
Required Resources
The project is funded by NOAA via the Pacific RISA program.
Projected Timelines
2012 – 2014
Feedback Mechanisms and Evaluation Measures
The project provides an opportunity for stakeholders to comment on and make recommendations about findings. The Pacific RISA program is also developing evaluation metrics that will examine the extent to which this project is addressing stakeholder priorities related to climate adaptation.
Url
Worksheet
PnA_IMMWR.doc
Keywords
Understanding Climate Variability and Change Projections (modeling and downscaling) Intra-annual to Decadal Multi-decadal (scenarios) Surface (e.g., temp, precip, wind) Upper-Air Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation Climate Adaptation Policies and Legislation Assessment and Evaluation Public Health and Safety Fresh Water Resources Energy Community Planning and Development Social and Cultural Resources Agriculture and Fisheries Ongoing Fresh Water Resources and Drought Central North Pacific State of Hawaii