The goal of this project is to develop a state-of-the-art, statistically downscaled dataset over the entire U.S. And U.S. Territories to understand and quantify effect of climate change on future…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $250,001 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Alabama Office for Sponsored Programs Division under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405). The goal of this 15-month project is to develop a statistically downscaled, gridded dataset across the U.S. and its territories to quantify the impact of climate change on future extreme precipitation, including both daily and hourly data from the latest CMIP6 climate models. This dataset could become an important component of operational point precipitation frequency estimates. The University of Alabama has extensive experience delivering research and development services to federal agencies like NASA, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Energy through prime contract and grant awards, including radar systems, refractory alloy and hypersonic materials research, and various agriculture, health, and environmental initiatives through subaward partnerships.

The goal of this project is to develop a state-of-the-art, statistically downscaled dataset over the entire U.S. And U.S. Territories to understand and quantify effect of climate change on future extreme precipitation. Both daily and hourly gridded precipitation will be created for all available coupled model intercomparison projects (CMIP6) models. A probabilistic methodology that is well suited for reproducing precipitation extremes will be used. This dataset could be transitioned to become an important component of operational point precipitation frequency estimates.