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R I C K Y D I X O N M I S S I S S I P P I V A L L E Y S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y
M A T H E M A T I C S E D U C A T I O N C L I M A T E M I T I G A T I O N A N D A D A P T A T I O N
N O A A C L I M A T E P R O G R A M O F F I C E
M E N T O R : D R . N A N C Y B E L L E R - S I M M S
The Impacts of Seasonal Flooding on the Mississippi Delta and
Future Adaptation Management Planning
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Outline
� Objectives � Background � Key Questions
¡ How is flooding affecting the Delta? ¡ Why does it flood? ¡ What is being done? ¡ What other adaptation measures could help?
� Conclusions � Acknowledgements � References
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Objectives
� To better understand the weather and climate in the Mississippi Delta and its impacts on flooding
� To give insights on adaptation
measures for future flooding
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Background
� Flood history � Flood season
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My Grandfather: Roosevelt Parker
� Lived in Greenville, MS since early 1960s � Home built on a floodplain
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2011
“I could sit on my porch and catch fish.”
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Impacts to the Delta
� Residents � Economics
¡ Casinos
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Impacts to the Delta
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Why does it flood so much?
� Snow melt
� Tropical systems
� Heavy rainfall
� Runoff
2008’s Hurricane Gustav Photo Courtesy NASA Earth Observatory.
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Why does it flood so much?
Mississippi
Alabama Louisiana
Arkansas
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Why does it flood so much?
Mississippi Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
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Why does it flood so much?
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Tennessee
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What is being done?
� Levees � Flood reservoirs
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What other adaptation measures could help?
� Building standards � Zoning � Flood plain conservation � Culverts
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Conclusion
� Key Points ¡ Upstream rainfall ¡ Funding ¡ Adaptation Measures
� Next Steps
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Special Thanks
� NOAA � EPP � Nancy Beller-Simms � Frank Niepold � Amrith Sagar � CPO Staff � Latham Stack � Margaret Walls � Marty Pope � United States Army Corps of Engineers