Water & Climate/Western U.S. (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: W Lewis.
• Authors: Lewis, W
• Contents: Acronyms and Abbreviations Preface Introduction Part One: Prospects for Understanding and Predicting Variability of Climate 1 Predicting Climate Variations in the American West: What Are Our Prospects? RANDALL M. DOLE 2 Climate Variability in the West: Complex Spatial Structure Associated with Topography, and Observational Issues KELLY T. REDMOND 3 Dendrochronological Evidence for Long-Term Hydroclimatic Variability CONNIE A. WOODHOUSE 4 Acquisition, Management, and Dissemination of Climate Data RENE REITSMA AND PHIL PASTERIS Part Two: Linkages Between Prediction of Climate and Hydrology 5 Use of Weather and Climate Information in Forecasting Water Supply in the Western United States MARTYN P. CLARK, LAUREN E. HAY, GREGORY J. MCCABE, GEORGE H. LEAVESLEY, MARK C. SERREZE, AND ROBERT L. WILBY 6 Assessing the Effects of Climate Change on the Water Resources of the Western United States KENNETH M. STRZEPEK AND DAVID N. YATES 7 Improving Water-Resource System Performance Through Long- Range Climate Forecasts: The Pacific Northwest Experience DENNIS P. LETTENMAIER AND ALAN F. HAMLET 8 Has Modeling of Water Resources on the Basis of Climate and Hydrology Reached Its Full Potential? JOHN LABADIE AND LUIS GARCIA Part Three: Responses of Water Managers to Climate Variability and Climate Change 9 What Can Water Managers Do About Climate Variability and Change? EUGENE STAKHIV 10 Management of Colorado River Resources TERRANCE J. FULP 11 Water Development and Management Along the South Platte River of Colorado TOM CECH 12 Can Climate Predictions Be of Practical Use in Western Water Management? C. BOOTH WALLENTINE AND DAVE MATTHEWS Part Four: Perspectives on Society, Institutions, and Water 13 A Changing Geography: Growth, Land Use, and Water in the Interior West WILLIAM R. TRAVIS 14 Constraints of Law and Policy on the Management of Western Water DAVID H. GETCHES 15 Economic and Institutional Strategies for Adapting to Water Resource Effects of Climate Change JOHN LOOMIS, JESSICA KOTEEN, AND BRIAN HURD 16 Climate Variability: Social, Policy, and Institutional Issues KATHLEEN MILLER AND STEVEN GLOSS Part Five: Analyzing the Analysts 17 Western Water Resources and "Climate of Opinion" Variables PATRICIA NELSON LIMERICK About the Contributors Index.
• Publisher Details: Louisville : University Press of Colorado
• Publication Date: 2003
• Copyright Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource (336 pages)
• Subjects: Science -- General; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Hydrology; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780870817533
• Related ISBNs: 9780870817274; 9780870818547
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