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Sponsored by ASCE Continuing Education and the Transportation and Development Institute (TDI).
INSTRUCTOR: Anne Stoner, Ph.D.
Course Length: 1 hour
Purpose and Background
The climate is changing. How do we know this? How do we know it's us? Why do we care? How can we prepare our assets to become resilient?
Transportation infrastructure is traditionally designed and built on the assumption that future climate conditions at any given location will be similar to, and fall within the range of, conditions experienced in the past. However, the climate is changing at an alarming pace, hence this assumption of stationarity is becoming increasingly untenable. Identifying how, when, and where accounting for a changing climate should be included in planning for a safe and enduring infrastructure requires an unprecedented integration of climate science and infrastructure engineering.
This seminar describes how we know the climate is changing, how we know it’s us, and to what degree we can use quantitative climate projections to prepare our infrastructure for a changing climate.
Learning Outcomes
Attendees will learn about how we know the climate is changing, what climate models and projections are, what kind of climate data is available to engineers, and how to incorporate the information into design and planning.
Webinar Benefits
- Determine how we know climate is changing
- Describe how we know humans are causing this change
- Discuss what climate models, future scenarios, and projections are
- Learn about uncertainty in climate projections
- Explain what downscaling is
- Demonstrate why it is important to take climate projections into account when designing for the future
- Determine to what degree climate projections can be used in infrastructure design
Assessment of Learning Outcomes
Students' achievement of the learning outcomes will be assessed via a short post-assessment (true-false, multiple choice and fill in the blank questions).
Intended Audience
- Anyone with interest in building infrastructure that is resilient to climate change
Webinar Outline
- Is the climate changing
- Can we rule out natural variability
- Solar cycles, orbital cycles, natural variability
- How do we know it's us
- Introduction to climate models
- Why do we care
- Examples of places where climate change already is causing problems to infrastructure
- What does the future climate look like for the US
- To what degree can we include quantitative climate projections in infrastructure design
How to Earn your CEUs/PDHs and Receive Your Certificate of Completion
To receive your certificate of completion, you will need to complete a short on-line post-test and receive a passing score of 70% or higher within 1 year of purchasing the course.
How do I convert CEUs to PDHs?
1.0 CEU = 10 PDHs [Example: 0.1 CEU = 1 PDH]