Computerized Tool for the Development of Intensity-Duration-Frequency-Curves under Climate Change
Funding
Evolving Opportunities for Knowledge Application Grant, the Canadian Water Network Project
Announcement
Canadian Water Network: Knowledge Application Funding Announcement October 2013
Project Details
Canadian Water Network: Computerized Tool for the Development of IDF Curves Under Climate Change
Project time
2013 - 2015
Principal investigator
Slobodan P. Simonovic, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University
Project team
Slobodan P. Simonovic, Professor
Roshan Srivastav, Post-Doctoral Fellow, contact person, email
Andre Schardong, Post-Doctoral Fellow, contact person, email
Dan Sandink, Research Fellow, ICLR
Project description
Previous work was devoted to: (i) the development of an appropriate methodology for the
assessment of climate change impacts; (ii) the implementation of the developed methodology
to the process of development of intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves under changing
climate; and (iii) verification of the developed methodology using a number of municipalities
across Canada.
The development research and verification work have clearly identified an opportunity to be
explored through the proposed project. The consultations with Halifax, London, Hamilton and
Coquitlam, involved in the verification work have identified that:
- There is a need by almost every municipality in Canada for the update of IDF curves, which will address the changing climatic conditions.
- There is a lack of necessary expertise within the municipalities for the implementation of the current research to the practical needs of IDF update process.
- There is an opportunity to generalize (even standardize) the IDF update process and democratize the results of previous research.
- The potential existence of generalized tool for IDF update will be helpful in the selection of effective adaptation options that can save money and minimize damage (human and material) from the extreme consequences of climate change.
- There is an opportunity to obtain the feedback from practice that may lead to further research and innovation in the process of adaptation to changing climatic conditions.
The proposed project will respond to the needs identified above by achieving the following objectives:
- Improvement of the procedure for updating IDF curves (integration of climate information, sophisticated downscaling mechanism and observed precipitation);
- Development of completely computerized tool for the implementation of the IDF updating procedure;
- Documenting the tool; and
- Distributing the tool and providing the necessary training to maximize application and uptake of knowledge.
- There is an opportunity to obtain the feedback from practice that may lead to further research and innovation in the process of adaptation to changing climatic conditions.
Project Publications
None.
Project Papers
None.
Project Reports
Halifax Workshop Report Westin Nova Scotian, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Dec 5, 2014.
Toronto Workshop Report Holiday Inn, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, Oct 17, 2014.
Vancouver Workshop Report SFU Centre for Dialogue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Oct 9, 2014.
Roshan K. Srivastav, Andre Schardong and Slobodan P. Simonovic (2014). Computerized Tool for the Development of Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves under a Changing Climate: Technical Manual v.1 Water Resources Research Report no. 089, Facility for Intelligent Decision Support, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, London, Ontario, Canada, XX pages. ISBN: (print) 978-0-7714-3087-9; (online) 978-0-7714-3088-6.
Roshan K. Srivastav, Andre Schardong and Slobodan P. Simonovic (2014). Computerized Tool for the Development of Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves under a Changing Climate: Users Manual v.1 Water Resources Research Report no. 088, Facility for Intelligent Decision Support, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, London, Ontario, Canada, XX pages. ISBN: (print) 978-0-7714-3085-5; (online) 978-0-7714-3086-2.
Project Presentations
None.