Research sponsored by the USGS/NIWR Water Resources Act Program 104b Grant (Fiscal Year 2023-2024)
Report Title
Climate Assessment for the Southeastern U.S.
Principal Investigator(s)/Authors and Affiliation
Husayn El Sharif
Shivani Chougule
Aris Georgakakos
Georgia Water Resources Institute – Georgia Institute of Technology
Abstract
In this study, bias-corrected climate projections are analyzed to assess how the future climate in the southeastern U.S. may change in the coming decades. These climatic projections are based on the Joint Variable Bias Correction with Historical Analog (JVBC-HA) approach (Georgakakos & El Sharif, 2024). Two Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) scenarios are considered, the SSP245 scenario featuring mild future greenhouse gas emissions, and the SSP585 aggressive emissions scenario.