Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2009NC122B

Seasonal Streamflow Forecasts for the Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC-8) Basins in North Carolina utilizing Multimodel Climate Forecasts

Institute: North Carolina
Year Established: 2009 Start Date: 2009-03-01 End Date: 2011-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $25,778 Total Non-Federal Funds: $41,774

Principal Investigators: Sankarasubramanian Arumugam, Ryan Boyles

Project Summary: Despite the relative abundance of water in North Carolina (NC), increasing demand at major metropolitans make the local and regional water supply systems vulnerable to even moderate drought conditions. Thus, information about the precipitation/streamflow over the upcoming season would be beneficial in developing a proactive water management plans that includes restrictions and early draw-down of reservoirs. In this study, we propose to downscale the large-scale climate forecasts issued by various national agencies and centers to develop seasonal streamflow forecasts at the 8-Digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC-8) basins to support various ongoing drought management activities in NC.