{"id":16258,"date":"2019-11-14T10:16:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T10:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=16258"},"modified":"2023-06-08T18:27:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T18:27:21","slug":"climate-change-sponge-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2019\/11\/14\/climate-change-sponge-city","title":{"rendered":"Sponge city: Planning climate change in China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sponge-city-graphic.jpg\" alt=\"Graphic of street drainage.\" class=\"wp-image-26243\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Douglas Esser <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometime, about 50 years from now, a threatening storm probably will push out of the South China Sea into southeast China\u2019s Pearl River Delta, a densely populated region that includes Hong Kong, Macao and Zhuhai. Historically, the storms known as mei-yu (\u201cplum rains\u201d) cause dangerous flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 2070, the rains are expected to be even more intense because, in a warmer climate, the atmosphere will hold more moisture. A flash flood could be deadly.&nbsp;But, a downburst on the delta could be absorbed without serious flooding \u2014 thanks to \u201csponge city\u201d planning based on simulations to be completed in 2020 by Eric Salath\u00e9, a climate scientist at the University of Washington Bothell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simulating every drop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/eric-salathe-office.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Salathe\" class=\"wp-image-26244\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric Salath\u00e9&nbsp;UW Bothell&nbsp;Salath\u00e9, an associate professor in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/stem\">School of Science, Technology, Engineering &amp; Mathematics<\/a>, received a $130,000 grant through Tsinghua University for a modeling project called \u201cRegional Climate Simulations for Eastern China: Support for Sponge City Designs.\u201d&nbsp;Salath\u00e9 is developing the computer model in collaboration with Nian She. He is director at the Smart Utility Research Institute of Tsinghua University\u2019s Innovation Center in Zhuhai. Salath\u00e9 has been there twice. A modern-looking subtropical city with palm trees, it reminds him of Miami.&nbsp;Salath\u00e9 previously worked with She when he was a senior civil engineering specialist with the city of Seattle. When She returned to China to do urban design, he connected with Salath\u00e9 again to ensure the designs would be sustainable during climate change.&nbsp;足彩app哪个是正规的 climate simulation will next go into engineering models for more permeable stormwater systems.&nbsp;\u201c足彩app哪个是正规的n they can say, instead of a parking lot, let\u2019s put in a rain garden. Instead of paving curb-to-curb, put a green strip down the middle. Or they can say, let\u2019s make this storm drain bigger or put a tank here,\u201d Salath\u00e9 said. \u201cSo, every drop is intentionally managed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expertise for the future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/eric-in-china-crop.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Salathe in China.\" class=\"wp-image-26245\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric Salath\u00e9 in China.&nbsp;courtesy photo&nbsp;Salath\u00e9 is especially qualified for the work because of his expertise in climate change and extreme weather events. Before joining UW Bothell in 2010, Salath\u00e9 worked with the Climate Impacts Group at the UW in Seattle. A weather modeling group led by UW Atmospheric Sciences Professor Cliff Mass is also collaborating on the Zhuhai project.&nbsp;\u201cMy work is basically similar to what they do for weather forecasting except that I\u2019m 50 to 100 years into the future, rather than next week,\u201d Salath\u00e9 said. \u201cWe don\u2019t know exactly when the storms are going to occur, but we can talk about the probability of different kinds of events in the future.\u201d&nbsp;Salath\u00e9 teaches physics and climate science in UW Bothell\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/physical-sciences\">Physical Sciences Division<\/a>. He eventually hopes to engage undergraduate students in converting climate model data into more easily visualized charts and graphs with interactive web tools.&nbsp;足彩app哪个是正规的 simulations of the Pearl River basin climate are based on data compiled since 1980 and trend projections out to 2070. One year into the two-year project, the model is running on a supercomputer in China. Findings so far are preliminary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking far away at the very small<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Salath\u00e9 has reason to believe the effects of climate change will be most obvious in the intense, shortest duration rainfall events. His model makes distinctions in periods of less than an hour and over a distance as small as 20 kilometers (12 miles). That\u2019s in contrast to global models that use regional averages.&nbsp;\u201cWe really have to simulate these short duration, high intensity events in detail to understand the effects of climate change,\u201d Salath\u00e9 said. \u201cWe\u2019re looking way in the future at things that are very short and very small.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor Eric Salath\u00e9 is creating a climate model for an area of southeast China that forecasts decades into the future. 足彩app哪个是正规的 simulation will help urban planners anticipate sudden, heavy rain storms and design a &ldquo;sponge city&rdquo; to prevent flooding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_is_archived":false,"_archived_contact_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[202,229,214],"tags":[],"school":[421],"class_list":["post-16258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-news","category-faculty","category-research","school-school-of-stem"],"acf":{"related_links":{"toggle_visibility":false,"link_1":null,"link_2":null,"link_3":null,"link_4":null,"link_5":null},"highlight_box":{"toggle_visibility":false,"title":"","content":"","button":null,"button_style":"angled-purple-button","button_screen_reader_text":""},"contact_type_1":{"toggle_visibility":true,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"contact_type_2":{"toggle_visibility":false,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"social_media":{"toggle_visibility":false,"facebook_url":"","instagram_url":"","linkedin_url":"","twitter_url":"","youtube_url":""},"blog_archive_sidebar_visibility":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sponge city: Planning climate change in China - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2019\/11\/14\/climate-change-sponge-city\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sponge city: Planning climate change in China - News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Associate Professor Eric Salath\u00e9 is creating a climate model for an area of southeast China that forecasts decades into the future. 足彩app哪个是正规的 simulation will help urban planners anticipate sudden, heavy rain storms and design a &ldquo;sponge city&rdquo; 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