Impacts of Projected Climate Change on Sediment Yield and Dredging Costs

Publication Date:
2018-03-06
Publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell
Print ISSN:
0885-6087
Electronic ISSN:
1099-1085
Topics:
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying
Geography
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autor Travis A. Dahl, Anthony D. Kendall, David W. Hyndman
beschreibung Changes in climate may significantly affect how sediment moves through watersheds into harbors and channels that are dredged for navigation or flood control. Here we applied a hydrologic model driven by a large suite of climate change scenarios to simulate both historical and future sediment yield and transport in two large, adjacent watersheds in the Great Lakes region. Using historical dredging expenditure data from the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) we then developed a pair of statistical models that link sediment discharge from each river to dredging costs at the watershed outlet. While both watersheds show similar slight decreases in streamflow and sediment yield in the near-term, by mid-century they diverge substantially. Dredging costs are projected to change in opposite directions for the two watersheds; we estimate that future dredging costs will decline in the St. Joseph River by 8-16% by mid-century but increase by 1-6% in the Maumee River. Our results show that the impacts of climate change on sediment yield and dredging may vary significantly by watershed even within a region, and that agricultural practices will play a large role in determining future streamflow and sediment loads. We also show that there are large variations in responses across climate projections that cause significant uncertainty in sediment and dredging projections.
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shingle_author_1 Travis A. Dahl, Anthony D. Kendall, David W. Hyndman
shingle_author_2 Travis A. Dahl, Anthony D. Kendall, David W. Hyndman
shingle_author_3 Travis A. Dahl, Anthony D. Kendall, David W. Hyndman
shingle_author_4 Travis A. Dahl, Anthony D. Kendall, David W. Hyndman
shingle_catch_all_1 Impacts of Projected Climate Change on Sediment Yield and Dredging Costs
Changes in climate may significantly affect how sediment moves through watersheds into harbors and channels that are dredged for navigation or flood control. Here we applied a hydrologic model driven by a large suite of climate change scenarios to simulate both historical and future sediment yield and transport in two large, adjacent watersheds in the Great Lakes region. Using historical dredging expenditure data from the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) we then developed a pair of statistical models that link sediment discharge from each river to dredging costs at the watershed outlet. While both watersheds show similar slight decreases in streamflow and sediment yield in the near-term, by mid-century they diverge substantially. Dredging costs are projected to change in opposite directions for the two watersheds; we estimate that future dredging costs will decline in the St. Joseph River by 8-16% by mid-century but increase by 1-6% in the Maumee River. Our results show that the impacts of climate change on sediment yield and dredging may vary significantly by watershed even within a region, and that agricultural practices will play a large role in determining future streamflow and sediment loads. We also show that there are large variations in responses across climate projections that cause significant uncertainty in sediment and dredging projections.
Travis A. Dahl, Anthony D. Kendall, David W. Hyndman
Wiley-Blackwell
0885-6087
08856087
1099-1085
10991085
shingle_catch_all_2 Impacts of Projected Climate Change on Sediment Yield and Dredging Costs
Changes in climate may significantly affect how sediment moves through watersheds into harbors and channels that are dredged for navigation or flood control. Here we applied a hydrologic model driven by a large suite of climate change scenarios to simulate both historical and future sediment yield and transport in two large, adjacent watersheds in the Great Lakes region. Using historical dredging expenditure data from the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) we then developed a pair of statistical models that link sediment discharge from each river to dredging costs at the watershed outlet. While both watersheds show similar slight decreases in streamflow and sediment yield in the near-term, by mid-century they diverge substantially. Dredging costs are projected to change in opposite directions for the two watersheds; we estimate that future dredging costs will decline in the St. Joseph River by 8-16% by mid-century but increase by 1-6% in the Maumee River. Our results show that the impacts of climate change on sediment yield and dredging may vary significantly by watershed even within a region, and that agricultural practices will play a large role in determining future streamflow and sediment loads. We also show that there are large variations in responses across climate projections that cause significant uncertainty in sediment and dredging projections.
Travis A. Dahl, Anthony D. Kendall, David W. Hyndman
Wiley-Blackwell
0885-6087
08856087
1099-1085
10991085
shingle_catch_all_3 Impacts of Projected Climate Change on Sediment Yield and Dredging Costs
Changes in climate may significantly affect how sediment moves through watersheds into harbors and channels that are dredged for navigation or flood control. Here we applied a hydrologic model driven by a large suite of climate change scenarios to simulate both historical and future sediment yield and transport in two large, adjacent watersheds in the Great Lakes region. Using historical dredging expenditure data from the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) we then developed a pair of statistical models that link sediment discharge from each river to dredging costs at the watershed outlet. While both watersheds show similar slight decreases in streamflow and sediment yield in the near-term, by mid-century they diverge substantially. Dredging costs are projected to change in opposite directions for the two watersheds; we estimate that future dredging costs will decline in the St. Joseph River by 8-16% by mid-century but increase by 1-6% in the Maumee River. Our results show that the impacts of climate change on sediment yield and dredging may vary significantly by watershed even within a region, and that agricultural practices will play a large role in determining future streamflow and sediment loads. We also show that there are large variations in responses across climate projections that cause significant uncertainty in sediment and dredging projections.
Travis A. Dahl, Anthony D. Kendall, David W. Hyndman
Wiley-Blackwell
0885-6087
08856087
1099-1085
10991085
shingle_catch_all_4 Impacts of Projected Climate Change on Sediment Yield and Dredging Costs
Changes in climate may significantly affect how sediment moves through watersheds into harbors and channels that are dredged for navigation or flood control. Here we applied a hydrologic model driven by a large suite of climate change scenarios to simulate both historical and future sediment yield and transport in two large, adjacent watersheds in the Great Lakes region. Using historical dredging expenditure data from the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) we then developed a pair of statistical models that link sediment discharge from each river to dredging costs at the watershed outlet. While both watersheds show similar slight decreases in streamflow and sediment yield in the near-term, by mid-century they diverge substantially. Dredging costs are projected to change in opposite directions for the two watersheds; we estimate that future dredging costs will decline in the St. Joseph River by 8-16% by mid-century but increase by 1-6% in the Maumee River. Our results show that the impacts of climate change on sediment yield and dredging may vary significantly by watershed even within a region, and that agricultural practices will play a large role in determining future streamflow and sediment loads. We also show that there are large variations in responses across climate projections that cause significant uncertainty in sediment and dredging projections.
Travis A. Dahl, Anthony D. Kendall, David W. Hyndman
Wiley-Blackwell
0885-6087
08856087
1099-1085
10991085
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