H116
Valuing tree-ring-based streamflow reconstructions in water resources management
Session ID#: 160604
Session Description:
Streamflow reconstructions are indispensable for extending instrumental records and providing a more exhaustive characterization of the envelope of variability. Thanks to streamflow reconstructions we can study past megadroughts, interpret the demise of ancient civilizations, and put future climate changes into a broader context. Despite the wide consensus on the importance of streamflow reconstructions, their use in water resources management has been piecemeal. The reasons behind this fact must be sought in the technical limitations of reconstructions as well as some knowledge gaps between dendrohydrology and water resources communities. In this session, we aim at addressing these gaps, gathering together palaeoclimatologists, dendrohydrologists, and water resources modelers to discuss about the limits and opportunities that lie in the development and application of streamflow reconstructions. We welcome contributions on new approaches for enhancing the accuracy and spatio-temporal resolution of reconstructions, methods for leveraging the information contained in multiple proxies, and the integration of data characterizing past, present, and future variability. We are particularly interested in applications of reconstructions to design and analyze water resources systems and infrastructure. We also welcome real-world examples on the successful application of dendrohydrology into decision-making practice.
Co-Organized:
Index Terms:
1833 Hydroclimatology [HYDROLOGY]
1860 Streamflow [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]
4920 Dendrochronology [PALEOCEANOGRAPHY]
Primary Convener: Hung Tan Thai Nguyen, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States
Conveners: Stefano Galelli, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Pillar of Engineering Systems and Design, Singapore, Singapore and Brendan Buckley, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Hung Tan Thai Nguyen, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Pillar of Engineering Systems and Design, Singapore, Singapore
Combining satellite precipitation products and tree ring data for streamflow reconstructions: long-term surface water assessment in poorly gauged basin (1090219)
Hung Tan Thai Nguyen1, Binh Quang Nguyen2, Tu Hoang Le3, Manh-Hung Le4, Hung Thanh Pham5, Hong Xuan Do6 and Brendan Buckley1, (1)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, (2)The University of Danang-University of Science and Technology, Water Resources Engineering, Danang, Vietnam, (3)Nong Lam University - Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, (4)NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, Washington, United States, (5)The University of Danang – University of Science and Technology, Danang, Vietnam, (6)Nong Lam University – Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Pacific decadal variability over the last 2000 years: implications for palaeoclimate reconstructions and water resources management (1105267)
Anthony Kiem, Centre for Water, Climate and Land (CWCL), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia and Tessa Vance, University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, TAS, Australia
How does recent streamflow in the South and East Tibetan Plateau compare with that during the past eight centuries? (1135207)
Yenan Wu1, Di Long1, Upmanu Lall2, Bridget R Scanlon3, Fuqiang Tian1, Xudong Fu4, Jianyun Zhang5 and Chunhong Hu6, (1)Tsinghua University, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Beijing, China, (2)Columbia University, Earth and Environmental Engineering, New York, United States, (3)University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States, (4)State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, (5)Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanjing, China, (6)China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, China
A Simple Method for Combining Paleoclimate Data and Climate Projections for Better Estimates of Drought Risk (1140173)
Philippa Higgins1, Jonathan Gray Palmer1, Martin S Andersen2, Fiona Johnson3 and Chris SM Turney4, (1)University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, (2)University of New South Wales, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sydney, Australia, (3)University of New South Wales, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (4)University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia
Reconstruction of Streamflow in the Yampa River, CO Using Tree Rings of Riparian Cottonwoods and High-Elevation Conifers (1185592)
Jonathan M Friedman1, Sabrina Butzke2, John Trusal Kemper3, Richard Douglas Thaxton4, Michael Scott5, Connie A Woodhouse6 and Sara L Rathburn3, (1)US Geological Survey, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)contractor to U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, United States, (3)Colorado State University, Geosciences, Fort Collins, United States, (4)University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources, Tucson, United States, (5)Utah State University, Watershed Sciences, Logan, United States, (6)University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development, and Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States
Multi-centennial Trends in North American Meteorological Drought and Pluvials by Merging Paleoclimate, Observations, and Future Projections (1190577)
Kyungmin Sung, Ohio State University Main Campus, Civil, Environmental and Geodetics Engineering, Columbus, OH, United States, Max Carl Arne Torbenson, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany and James Howard Stagge, Ohio State University Main Campus, Civil, Environmenal and Geodetic Engineering, Columbus, United States
