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© Kritscher Water-Relevant Climate Change Projections for Urban California Michael Dettinger US Geological Survey, Scripps Inst Oceanography, La Jolla, CA Dan Cayan, SIO/USGS Suraj Goladi, SIO Tapash Das, SIO/CH2M Hill & others Water-Relevant Climate Change Projections for Urban California Michael Dettinger US Geological Survey, Scripps Inst Oceanography, La Jolla, CA Dan Cayan, SIO/USGS Suraj Goladi, SIO Tapash Das, SIO/CH2M Hill & others

Climate Change Projections: Sources Global Climate Model (GCM) Today : Some “sneak peaks” of the latest climate-change projections for the next IPCC Climate-Change Assessment Report (AR5) Some somewhat older projections of likely water- resource impacts Special attention to Delta and Colorado River supplies

IPCC Fifth Assessment (still underway, but climate projections becoming available) Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) of greenhouse- gas emissions and concentrations Climate Change Projections: Forcings RCP8.5 RCP4.5

Projected Temperature Changes Projected warming in Mediterranean regions is moderated (a little) by their coastal & middle- latitude locations RCP4.5 RCP8.5 Median temperature trends from 14 GCMs under two emissions scenarios Warming over California is moderated (somewhat) by its position in midlatitudes & on the coast. Range of projections: +2.5 to 6C

Among 36 projections with RCP emissions, how many models yield increasing (decreasing) precipitation? Projected Precipitation Changes

Among 16 projections with RCP8.5 emissions, how many models yield increasing (decreasing) precipitation? Projected Precipitation Changes Median declines typically -20% or more in Mediterranean regions Northern California still on the edge between more-or- less precipitation. Much of Colorado basin predominantly drier.

Projected Snowfall Changes What fraction of precipitation historically fell on days with average temperatures just below freezing? “Rain vs Snow” More change Dettinger & Culbertson, SFEWS, 2008 Less change

Projected Changes in Snow Season Northern Sierra Nevada, California (9 CMIP5 RCP4.5 GCMs BCCA downscaled, VIC snow simulated) Length of snow season declines from ~6 months to ~3 months Courtesy of David Pierce, SIO Projected Snow-Season Changes: California

Precip Soil AR4-era A2 hydrologic simulations over Southwestern US CNRM GFDL Droughts = lowest decile of historical precipitation Standard Deviations By end of century, same drought precip results in much less soil moisture/runoff Projected Drought Changes: Southwest US Cayan et al., PNAS, 2010

Projected Supply Changes: California Cayan et al., Our Changing Climate, 2012

Changes in Temperature Less Precip More Precip Less avail More avail Less avail More avail Changes in Exports to Southern California ( versus ) Changes in (Shasta) Reservoir Carryover Changes in Precipitation C Even under scenarios with increasing precipitation, upon routing through the State’s (CALSIM II) water-mgmt model, warming results in reduced water availability. Brekke et al., WRR, 2009 Projected Supply Changes: California

Projections of Extreme Precipitation Results from the US Parallel- Climate Model, which yields small change in AVERAGE precipitation Precipitation changes at the extremes Dettinger et al., Clim Chg, 2004

Distributions of 50-yr flood changes, from ensemble of 16 GCMs Northern Sierra NevadaSouthern Sierra Nevada Median of A2 emissions Median of B1 emissions 25 %-ile 75 %-ile Center of sliding 50-yr window Projected 50-yr Flood Conditions: California From recent extensions to the analyses in: Das, T. et al.., 2011, Potential increase in floods in California’s Sierra Nevada under future climate projections: Climatic Change, 24 p.

Conclusions © Kritscher Southern California & much of Colorado basin are focus of predominantly declining precipitation projections; Northern California more uncertain. Projected warming trends moderated somewhat by coastal & midlatitude locations Precipitation extremes expected to increase; flood risks may increase, drought risks WILL increase