Projected mean annual rainfall anomaly
Detailed Description
Map of mean annual rainfall anomalies of three future-climate scenarios for Maui (A) Statistical Downscaling (SD) Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 8.5 2041–71 scenario from Elison Timm and others (2015), (B) SD RCP8.5 2071–99 scenario from Elison Timm and others (2015), (C) Hawai‘i Regional Climate Model A1B 2080–99 scenario from Zhang and others (2016). Projected changes are relative to mean annual rainfall during 1978–2007 from Giambelluca and others (2013). Aquifer system boundaries from State of Hawai‘i (2014).
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