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    Preliminary assessment of the impact of climate change on design rainfall IFD curves

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    Authors
    Bates, B.
    Argueso, D.
    Evans, J.
    Green, J.
    Griesser, A.
    Jakob, D.
    Seed, A.
    Lau, R.
    Lehmann, E.
    Phatak, Aloke
    Abbs, D.
    Lavender, S.
    Nguyen, K.
    Rafter, T.
    Thatcher, M.
    Zheng, F.
    Westra, S.
    Leonard, M.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Bates, B. and Argueso, D. and Evans, J. and Green, J. and Griesser, A. and Jakob, D. and Seed, A. et al. 2015. Preliminary assessment of the impact of climate change on design rainfall IFD curves, in Proceedings of the 36th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium: The art and science of water, Dec 7-10 2015, pp. 9-16. Hobart, TAS: Engineers Australia.
    Source Title
    The Art and Science of Water - 36th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, HWRS 2015
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    http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=814600367416057;res=IELENG
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    Department of Mathematics and Statistics
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25869
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    Abstract

    The new edition of Australian Rainfall and Runoff (hereafter designated ARR 2015) contains completely revised design rainfall Intensity-Frequency-Duration (IFD) curves prepared by the Bureau of Meteorology. These curves are estimated from current climate observations. The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that "extreme precipitation events over most of the mid-latitude land masses and over wet tropical regions will very likely become more intense and more frequent by the end of this century, as global mean surface temperature increases." This suggests that the current-climate IFD curves may become unsuitable for infrastructure design in future decades. While ARR 2015 includes an interim guideline on incorporating climate change into design flood estimation, the guidance is based on a 'broad brush' approach due to the paucity of published regionally specific results. As a first step towards bridging this gap, a pilot project titled 'Rainfall Intensity-Frequency-Duration (IFD) Relationships under Climate Change' was commissioned in June 2013 and administered by Engineers Australia. Its principal aim was to provide insight into how the new design rainfall IFD curves might be affected by anthropogenic climate change. This paper describes the background for and components of the investigation, the challenges involved, the major research findings and recommendations for further action.

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