The Effects of Climate Change on Water Resources in the West: Introduction and Overview
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Authors
Semtner, Bert
Barnett, Tim
Malone, Robert
Pennell, William
Stammer, Detlet
Washington, Warren
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Advisors
Date of Issue
2004
Date
2004
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Abstract
The results of an experimental ‘end to end’ assessment of the effects of climate change on
water resources in the western United States are described. The assessment focuses on the potential
effects of climate change over the first half of the 21st century on the Columbia, Sacramento/San
Joaquin, and Colorado river basins. The paper describes the methodology used for the assessment,
and it summarizes the principal findings of the study. The strengths and weaknesses of this study are
discussed, and suggestions are made for improving future climate change assessments.
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Article
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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NPS Report Number
Sponsors
U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science (BER)
Center for Computational Sciences (CCS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy
San Diego Supercomputer Center
ECCO state estimation activity at SIO
Los Alamos National Laboratories
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Department of Defense
National Center for Atmospheric Research
University of Washington
U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Center for Computational Sciences (CCS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy
San Diego Supercomputer Center
ECCO state estimation activity at SIO
Los Alamos National Laboratories
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Department of Defense
National Center for Atmospheric Research
University of Washington
U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Funder
U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science (BER)
Center for Computational Sciences (CCS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy
San Diego Supercomputer Center
ECCO state estimation activity at SIO
Los Alamos National Laboratories
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Department of Defense
National Center for Atmospheric Research
University of Washington
U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Center for Computational Sciences (CCS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy
San Diego Supercomputer Center
ECCO state estimation activity at SIO
Los Alamos National Laboratories
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Department of Defense
National Center for Atmospheric Research
University of Washington
U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Format
11 p.
Citation
Climatic Change 62: 1–11, 2004
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.