Pacific Region RCSD Projects & Activities (PAWS) Worksheet
Form used for a entering PAWS into Piko (Worsheet Version April 27 2012)
Acronym
Name/Title
Water Resources on Guam: Potential Impacts and Adaptive Response to Climate Change for Department of Defense Installations
Capability Area: Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services
Operational Products and Services
Research/Development
Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies)
Projections (modeling and downscaling)
Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach
Best Practices/Guidance
Decision Support Tools
Essential Climate Variable/Parameter
Atmospheric:
Surface (e.g., temp, precip, wind)
Upper-Air
Composition
Oceanic:
Surface (e.g., SST, SSH, salinity, ocean color)
Sub-surface (e.g., temp, salinity, nutrients, carbon, phytoplankton)
Terrestrial:
(e.g., surface water, glaciers and ice caps, land cover, biomass)
Time Frame
Seasonal (outlook)
Intra-annual to Decadal
Multi-decadal (scenarios)
Capability Area: Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Climate Impacts
Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services
Research/Development
Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies)
Projections (modeling and downscaling)
Climate Adaptation
Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach
Best Practices/Guidance
Decision Support Tools
Policies and Legislation
Assessment and Evaluation
Sector
Public Health and Safety
Fresh Water Resources
Energy
Transportation/Communication and Commerce
Community Planning and Development
Social and Cultural Resources
Agriculture and Fisheries
Recreation and Tourism
Ecosystems
Other
Status
Completed
Ongoing
Planned
Proposed
Focus Area
Fresh Water Resources and Drought
Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience
Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Region/Locale
Central North Pacific
State of Hawaii
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Remote Islands
Western North Pacific
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
Guam
Republic of Palau
Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI)
Other Western North Pacific
South Pacific
American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Kiribati
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Other South Pacific
Pacific Basin
Global
Description
A grant from the Department of Defense (DoD) will support a four-year evaluation of potential adverse climate change impacts on DoD installations that rely on Guam’s surface water and groundwater resources. A diverse team of investigators from the U.S. Geological Survey, the East-West Center Pacific RISA program, the University of Hawaii International Pacific Research Center, the University of Texas, and the University of Guam will be concerned with the following questions: 1) How will streamflow, sediment loads, and turbidity be modified and how will this affect surface water availability?; 2) How will groundwater recharge and salinity be modified?; 3) What are climate change impacts to DoD infrastructure supplying surface water and groundwater, and what are the adaptive strategies to maximize the water resources?; and 4) How will information about potential climate change impacts be communicated to water managers evaluating and implementing adaptive strategies?
Objectives/Outcomes
Following quantitative assessments of groundwater recharge and the evaluation of climate change-induced modifications, climate change information generated by this study will be linked to water resource managers in Guam, and support the development and evaluation of hydro-climatology information tailored to stakeholders. The range of possible future scenarios will also be considered so that an appropriate adaptive management strategy can be implemented as information on climate change is refined in the future. Information generated by this research will yield practical benefits to the DoD by characterizing the efficacy of different management strategies and adaptations to projected climate change on Guam. Furthermore, the approach used for this study can be transferred to other islands where water resources are critical for military operations.
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
USGS - Pacific Islands Water Science Center, East-West Center - Pacific RISA program, University of Hawaii - International Pacific Research Center, University of Texas, University of Guam
Contacts(names, emails)
Stephen Gingerich, sbginger@usgs.gov Stephen Anthony, santhony@usgs.gov Melissa Finucane, finucanem@eastwestcenter.org Victoria Keener, keenerv@eastwestcenter.org
Partnering Agencies, Institutions, and Organizations
Required Resources
Projected Timelines
2014-2018
Feedback Mechanisms and Evaluation Measures
Url
Worksheet
Keywords
Western North Pacific Guam Fresh Water Resources and Drought Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems Planned Public Health and Safety Fresh Water Resources Transportation/Communication and Commerce Agriculture and Fisheries Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation Climate Impacts Research/Development Projections (modeling and downscaling) Climate Adaptation Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach Decision Support Tools Assessment and Evaluation Intra-annual to Decadal Multi-decadal (scenarios) Surface (e.g., temp, precip, wind) Upper-Air Surface (e.g., SST, SSH, salinity, ocean color) (e.g., surface water, glaciers and ice caps, land cover, biomass) Understanding Climate Variability and Change Projections (modeling and downscaling)