Future Projections of Precipitation for Alaska Infrastructure
Projected precipitation data are needed to design hydraulic structures, such as bridges and culverts, which must function effectively over timespans of decades or centuries. The effects of structural failure can be costly in terms of remediation and repair or catastrophic in terms of human health and safety. The project will acquire downscaled, model bias-corrected projected precipitation for all of Alaska so the data can be used by all DOT&PF projects. The data is expected to be transmitted in a report that documents and justifies the analysis procedure. The information will be used for a wide variety of calculations and hence it is needed for numerous return intervals and durations that will be provided later. DOT&PF hydraulic infrastructure has design lives that range from a few years to 75 years. Therefore, the projected precipitation data are needed for every decade to the year 2100.
Project
- Status: Active
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Highway Administration
Alaska Division
709 West 9th Street, Room 851
Juneau, AK United States 99802-1648 -
Managing Organizations:
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities RD&T2
3132 Channek Dr.
Juneau, AK United States 99801 -
Performing Organizations:
Scenarios Network for Alaska+Arctic Planning
POB 757340
Fairbanks, AK United States 99775 - Start Date: 20180101
- Expected Completion Date: 20211231
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- Subprogram: Research
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Precipitation (Meteorology)
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Hydraulics and Hydrology;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01682804
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
- Files: RiP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Oct 5 2018 6:13PM