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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827609103321

Titolo

Water and climate in the western United States / / William M. Lewis Jr., editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colo, : University Press of Colorado, c2003

ISBN

1-280-50123-5

9786610501236

0-87081-753-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LewisWilliam M. <1945->

Disciplina

363.6/1/0978

Soggetti

Water-supply - West (U.S.)

Hydrometeorology - West (U.S.)

West (U.S.) Climate

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Part One: Prospects for Understanding and Predicting Variability of Climate; 1: Predicting Climate Variations in the American West: What Are Our Prospects?; 2: Climate Variability in the West: Complex Spatial Structure Associated With Topography, and Observational Issues; 3: Dendrochronological Evidence for Long-Term Hydroclimatic Variability; 4: Acquisition, Management, and Dissemination of Climate Data; 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

6: Assessing the Effects of Climate Change on the Water Resources of the Western United States7: Improving Water-Resource System Performance Through Long-Range Climate Forecasts: The Pacific Northwest Experience; 8: Has Modeling of Water Resources on the Basis of Climate and Hydrology Reached Its Full Potential?; Part Three: Responses of Water Managers to Climate Variability and Climate Change; 9: What Can Water Managers Do About Climate Variability and Change?; 10: Management of Colorado River Resources; 11: Water Development and Management Along the South Platte River of Colorado

12: Can Climate Predictions Be of Practical Use in Western Water



Management?Color Plates; Part Four: Perspectives on Society, Institutions, and Water; 13: A Changing Geography: Growth, Land Use, and Water in the Interior West; 14: Constraints of Law and Policy on the Management of Western Water; 15: Economic and Institutional Strategies for Adapting to Water-Resource Effects of Climate Change; 16: Climate Variability: Social, Policy, and Institutional Issues; Part Five: Analyzing the Analysts; 17: Western Water Resources and "Climate of Opinion" Variables; About the Contributors; Index