LEADER 03568nam 22006254a 450 001 9910827609103321 005 20240515221350.0 010 $a1-280-50123-5 010 $a9786610501236 010 $a0-87081-753-1 035 $a(CKB)111087028088948 035 $a(EBL)3039684 035 $a(OCoLC)53061911 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000269256 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11240971 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000269256 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10241995 035 $a(PQKB)11787661 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039684 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4046 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3039684 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10069594 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL50123 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087028088948 100 $a20030108d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWater and climate in the western United States /$fWilliam M. Lewis Jr., editor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBoulder, Colo $cUniversity Press of Colorado$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (318 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87081-854-6 311 $a0-87081-727-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a6: 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 327 $a12: 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 606 $aWater-supply$zWest (U.S.) 606 $aHydrometeorology$zWest (U.S.) 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xClimate 615 0$aWater-supply 615 0$aHydrometeorology 676 $a363.6/1/0978 701 $aLewis$b William M.$f1945-$01675177 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827609103321 996 $aWater and climate in the western United States$94073004 997 $aUNINA