Professional Documents
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Jos D. Salas
Departamento de Ingenieria Civil y Ambiental
Colorado State University
Introduccion
Atmospheric & Hydrologic
Systems
Land surface-atmospheric interactions
Severity, recurrence, and risk of events
Drought
Human Systems
Ecologic/Environmental
Systems
Introduccion
Meteorological Aspects of Droughts
Precipitation deficiency
(duration, amount, intensity, extent)
- Less runoff
- Less infiltration
- Less deep percolation
- Less groundwater
recharge
- Less baseflow
- More reservoir
evaporation
- More evaporation
and transpiration
demands
Introduccion
Meteorological Aspects of Droughts
Economic impacts
- Less agricultural production
(plant water stress, reduced
biomass and yield)
- Reduced livestock
- Unexpected sales of
farmlands and livestock
- Increase prices of food
- Increased price of water for
municipal consumption and
industry
- Decreased revenues of
recreational industries
such as ski, fishing, etc.
- Loss of jobs
(Others)
Social impacts
- Urban water shortages
and deficits
- Reduced comfort
- Less recreational
opportunities
- Changes in lifestyles
- Deterioration of
aesthetic landscape
- Population dislocation
- Deterioration of health
- Increase of certain
insects, viruses, etc.
- Others
Environmental impacts
- Increase of wildfires,
forest fires.
- Increased soil erosion
- Increased dust
- Deterioration of air quality
- Reduced wetlands
- Reduced wildlife habitat
- Deterioration of natural
vegetation
- Deterioration of water
quality
- Others
Introduccion
9
10
13
12
UC CRSS stream gauges
14
1
15
2
16
17
7
8
21
24
19
20
25
18
23
22
26
28
27
29
The effects of the drought are dramatically seen at Lake Mead, Nevada,
where the shoreline has shrunk so considerably that it has forced a marina
to relocate from newly dry land.
Source: The following four pictures are taken from the on-line magazine Las
Vegas Information, Hotels, Apartments, Photos published by SunSetCities.Com
under the section of Hoover Dam.
Source: The following four pictures are taken from the on-line magazine
Las Vegas Information, Hotels, Apartments, Photos published by
SunSetCities.Com under the section of Hoover Dam.
The drought has left docks hanging from newly formed cliffs.
Deficit
Annual precip
21
Precip (in)
19
17
15
13
11
Time (years)
2005
2000
1995
1990
1985
1980
1975
1970
1965
1960
1955
1950
1945
1940
1935
1930
1925
1920
1915
1910
1905
1900
1895
23
21
Precip (in)
19
17
15
13
11
2000
1995
1990
1985
1980
1975
1970
1965
1960
1955
1950
1945
1940
1935
1930
1925
1920
1915
1910
1905
1900
1895
Time (years)
Deficit
Annual flow
25
20
15
10
0
1905
1915
1925
1935
1945
1955
1965
1975
1985
1995
2005
Time (years)
Deficit
5-yr moving average
25
20
15
10
5
0
1905
1915
1925
1935
1945
1955
1965
1975
1985
1995
2005
Deficit
Annual flow
Flow (CMS)
2000
1500
1000
500
2000
1995
1990
1985
1980
1975
1970
1965
1960
1955
1950
1945
1940
1935
1930
1925
1920
1915
1910
1905
Time (years)
L =4
600
500
400
I
300
x
200
100
0
1950
1952
1954
1956
1958
1960
1962
1964
1966
T im e t
Variable of Interest
20
L=2
L=2
L=2
L=2
15
10
D
5
0
1
10
13
16
Years
19
20
L=2
Variable of Interest
L=2
L=2
15
L=2
10
d3
d1 d2
d4
L=2
L=2
d5
d7
d6
d8 d9 d10
5
The most extreme 2 years Drought
0
1
10 Years
13
16
19
Probability
0.8
f L (l ) = p01 (1 p01 )l 1
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
1
10
11
12
where yt < yo
0
xt =
1
xt = ut yt + (1 ut ) zt 1
otherwise
E[ Li ] = l P[ Li = l ]
l =1
7
6
-6
pdf (10 )
5
4
3
2
1
0
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Comparison of the probability density function (pdf) of the single year deficit
obtained from the generated flow record versus the pdf obtained from the
historical record (L=1).
Relative frequency
0.7
0.6
Historical data
0.5
Generated data
Eq. (10)
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
0
15
30
45
60
75
90
105
120
d
1
f D| l (d ) =
l ( l ) l
Beta-4:
f D| l (d ) =
l 1
d
exp
l
(d a )l 1 (lb d )l 1
1
B( l , l )
(lb a )l + l 1
D| l = l d
D2 | l = d2 l + 2 1
l (1 ) 1 + l
(1 )2
3500
3000
Variance of D
Mean of D
2500
2000
1500
Observed
1000
Simulation
Eq(31)
Eq(20)
500
0
1
10
2000
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
x 10
Observed
Simulation
Eq(32)
Eq(21)
1
L=3
L=4
Flows, x
400
300
200
X0
100
I0
D0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Time (years)
10
E[ L0 ] + E[ L1 ]
P[ D > Do Al ]
E[ Li ] = l P[ Li = l ]
l =1
P [ D > Do L = l ] = P [ D > Do | L = l ] P [ L = l ]
P[ D > Do | L = l ] =
lb
Do
(s a )l 1 (lb s )l 1 ds
1
B( l , l )
(lb a )l + l 1
Returnperiod(years)
period (years)
Return
10000
=1.0
0
1000
=0.5
0
100
Observed
Simulation
Eq(20)
Eq(27)
=0
10
1
0
10
11
Droughtlength(years)
length(years)
Drought
Deficit
Annual flow
2000
Flow(CMS)
10000
1500
1000
=0.5
0
Time (years)
100
Observed
Simulation
Eq(20)
Eq(27)
=0
10
1
0
10
11
Droughtlength(years)
length(years)
Drought
Symbol
Drought risk
0.8
0.00
0.25
0.50
0.75
simulated
1.00
1.35
1.50
0.75 (historical)
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
0
10
11
2000
1995
1990
1985
1980
1975
1970
1965
1960
1955
1950
1945
1940
1935
1930
1925
1920
1915
1910
1000
1905
Returnperiod(years)
period (years)
Return
500
=1.0
0
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
1884
1893
1902
1911
1920
1929
1938
Symbol
1947
1956
1965
1974
1983
1992
Time (years)
Drought risk
0.8
0.00
0.25
0.50
0.75
simulated
1.00
1.35
1.50
0.75 (historical)
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
0
10
11
2001
a(1)*
a(4)*
ft(2)*
zt(2)*
zt(3)*
zt(1)*
ft(3)*
ft(1)*
ft(4)*
zt(4)*
a t = a (k ) I t (k )
k =1
I t (k ) = 1 for z t (k ) < f t (k )
I t (k ) = 0 for z t (k ) f t (k )
where: k = estation
M = numero de estaciones
a(k) = area (fraccion) de la estacion k (0 a(k) 1)
zt(k) = precipitacion normalizada y estandarizada
ft(k) = representa la demanda (e.g. quantil de z)
D t = a (k ) [f t (k ) z t (k )] I t (k )
k =1
at
ac
Duracion sequia
regional L
t
1 2 ....
Dt
ti
tf
Magnitude sequia
regional
L=5
D =
t
t = ti
Dt
Propiedades de Sequas
en el Espacio: Sequia Regional
Ejemplo: Estado de Colorado, USA
Propiedades de Sequas
en el Espacio: Sequia Regional
Propiedades de Sequas
en el Espacio: Sequia Regional
Propiedades de Sequas
en el Espacio: Sequia Regional
Propiedades de Sequas
en el Espacio: Sequia Regional
Propiedades de Sequas
en el Espacio: Sequia Regional
Propiedades de Sequas
en el Espacio: Sequia Regional
Propiedades de Sequas
en el Espacio: Sequia Regional
Propiedades de Sequas
en el Espacio: Sequia Regional
Propiedades de Sequas
en el Espacio: Sequia Regional
Propiedades de Sequas
en el Espacio: Sequia Regional
Comentarios Finales
Se ha avanzado bastante en la literatura para caracterizar la
dinamica de sequias mediante metodos estocasticos.
e.g. el periodo de retorno (T) de sequias es un concepto reciente.
e.g. las formulaciones analiticas para estimar T y el riesgo R
Areas donde se necesita mayor atencion y estudio incluyen:
- definiciones alternativas de sequias tanto para una o mas
variables asi como para un sitio o sitios multiples.
- metodos para cuantificar la severidad de sequias para
escalas multiples de tiempo (e.g. estaciones, meses, etc.)
- metodos para cuantificar la severidad de sequias regionales y
continentales.
Comentarios Finales
Areas donde se necesita mayor atencion y estudio incluyen:
- desarrollar metodos para cuantificar la incertidumbre de la
severidad de sequias.
- desarrollar metodos para definir y estimar la severidad de sequias
teniendo en cuenta las variaciones hidroclimaticas de baja
frecuencia (persistencia, cambios bruscos, procesos
no estacionarios, etc.)