New Report: Exploring the Strength and Limitations of PCIC’s CMIP5 Hydrologic Scenarios

PCIC has just released a report that analyses projected changes in three streamflow metrics that are of interest to decision makers, in three select watersheds in BC, using PCIC’s CMIP5 hydrologic model results. The new report, Exploring the Strength and Limitations of PCIC’s CMIP5 Hydrologic Scenarios, looks at low, mean and high daily streamflow in the 2020s, 2050s and 2080s in the Seymour River near Seymour Arm, Cayoosh Creek near Lillooet and the Chilliwack River at Vedder Crossing, all of which in the Fraser River Basin. This report was enabled with financial support from FLNRORD/ENV that is gratefully acknowledged, and draws on hydrologic modelling that PCIC has recently undertaken with support from BC Hydro, its own core resources, and Compute Canada. The report is a potential starting point for dialogue between PCIC and water managers that would allow both parties to learn more about each other’s needs and capabilities. The data used in this report is available from the Station Hydrologic Model Output page on our Data Portal.

Read the report, now.