Members of the CARC Water Team, Ripendra Awal, Haimanote Bayabil and Ali Fares, published a new peer-reviewed article titled “Analysis of Potential Future Climate and Climate Extremes in the Brazos Headwaters Basin, Texas” in the journal Water.
The scientists’ study aimed to determine potential future climates and climate extremes and assess spatial and temporal changes in precipitation and temperature in the Brazos Headwaters Basin under different greenhouse gas emissions scenarios for periods: 2020s, 2055s, and 2090s. Results of their study indicate that the basin’s future average temperature will increase; however, annual precipitation will decrease for all periods and in some locations in the basin, this decrease will be as high as 14%.
The team members are continuing their research to evaluate potential future climatic changes on the Brazos’ drought and flood frequencies, surface and groundwater resources, and crop water uses and irrigation demands.
Photo: Map of the state of Texas with (a) location of the Brazos Headwaters Basin; and (b) NCEP-CFSR grids covering the Brazos Basin Headwaters
Ali Fares, Ph.D.
Interim Associate Director, Cooperative Agricultural Research Center
alfares@pvamu.edu
(936) 261-5019