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工程师用来帮助他们设计大型水坝和核电站等关键基础设施的降雨模型需要更新,以考虑到气候变化。 这是发表在《水资源研究》(Water Resources Research)上的一篇论文的结论,该论文计算出,由于大气湿度增加,澳大利亚546座大型水坝的“可能最大降水量”(PMP)估计值预计将平均增加14%至38%。 研究表明,在气候变化下,现有大坝将面临比目前假设更大的风险。 研究人员表示,现有的PMP模型至少已有20年没有更新,最近的气象事件已经表明气候正在变暖,使风暴更加强烈和频繁。 “考虑到大坝的水量,它们涉及很多风险。世界上一些最严重的洪水是由于极端风暴压倒了大坝,导致它失败并在下游释放出一堵水墙,“新南威尔士大学悉尼水研究中心的Johan Visser说,他是该论文的主要作者与墨尔本大学的学者合作。 “工程师设计大坝以适应可以合理预期在特定位置发生的最大洪水事件,称为可能的最大洪水 – PMF。要解决这个问题,您首先需要计算该地区在一定时间内气象上可能的最大降雨深度,我们称之为可能的最大降水量 – PMP。 “问题在于PMP的计算完全基于历史数据,而不考虑未来的气候条件。这意味着几十年前建造的许多大型水坝都是根据代表凉爽气候的信息设计的。 “这项研究的目的是分析PMP估计值在过去六十年中是否发生了变化,以及如果我们考虑到已知气候变化导致大气湿度的潜在增加,这些估计在未来可能会如何变化,”Visser先生说。…
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