03568nam 22006254a 450 991082760910332120240515221350.01-280-50123-597866105012360-87081-753-1(CKB)111087028088948(EBL)3039684(OCoLC)53061911(SSID)ssj0000269256(PQKBManifestationID)11240971(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000269256(PQKBWorkID)10241995(PQKB)11787661(MiAaPQ)EBC3039684(MdBmJHUP)muse4046(Au-PeEL)EBL3039684(CaPaEBR)ebr10069594(CaONFJC)MIL50123(EXLCZ)9911108702808894820030108d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWater and climate in the western United States /William M. Lewis Jr., editor1st ed.Boulder, Colo University Press of Coloradoc20031 online resource (318 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87081-854-6 0-87081-727-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 States6: 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 Colorado12: 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; IndexWater-supplyWest (U.S.)HydrometeorologyWest (U.S.)West (U.S.)ClimateWater-supplyHydrometeorology363.6/1/0978Lewis William M.1945-1675177MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827609103321Water and climate in the western United States4073004UNINA