Managing Water Resources in the West Under Conditions of Climate Uncertainty:

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Publication Year:1991

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The question of whether the earth's climate is changing in some significant human-induced way remains a matter of much debate. But the fact that climate is variable over time is well known. These two elements of climatic uncertainty affect water ...
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Front Matter	i-xiv
1. Overview	1-14	(skim)
2. Sharing Water Resources with Future Generations	15-27	(skim)
3. The Science Climate Change and Climate	28-30	(skim)
4. Primer on Climate Change	31-46	(skim)
5. Climate Change and Climate Variability: The Climate Record	47-70	(skim)
6. Climate Change and Climate Variability: The Paleo Record	71-100	(skim)
7. Effects of Increasing Carbon Dioxide Levels and Climate Change . . .	101-147	(skim)
8. Hydrologic Implications of Climate Uncertainty in the Western United States	148-157	(skim)
9. The Implications of Climate Change for Streamflow and Water Supply . . .	158-176	(skim)
10. Climate Uncertainty: Implications for Operations of Water Control Systems	177-216	(skim)
11. Economic Consequences of Climate Variability on Water in the West	217-238	(skim)
12. Western Water Law, Global Climate Change, and Risk Allocation	239-254	(skim)
13. Water Resources Forecasting	255-274	(skim)
14. Some Aspects of Hydrologic Variability	275-280	(skim)
15. Management Responses to Climate Variability	281-283	(skim)
16. Improvements in Agricultural Water Management	284-289	(skim)
17. Creative Water Management	290-295	(skim)
18. Weather Modification as a Response to Variations in Weather and Climate	296-302	(skim)
19. Managing Water Supply Variability: The Salt River Project	303-323	(skim)
20. Public Involvement in Water Resources Decisionmaking in a Climate . . .	324-325	(skim)
21. The First Rough Draft of History: How the Press Reports on Global Warming	326-329	(skim)
22. Water Use Efficiency as a Response to Climate Uncertainty	330-332	(skim)
23. Climate Change, The Media, and Public Responses	333-336	(skim)
A Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members	337-338	(skim)
B Biographical Sketches of Principal Contributors	339-344	(skim)

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The question of whether the earth's climate is changing in some significant human-induced way remains a matter of much debate. But the fact that climate is variable over time is well known. These two elements of climatic uncertainty affect water resources planning and management in the American West.
Managing Water Resources in the West Under Conditions of Climate Uncertainty examines the scientific basis for predictions of climate change, the implications of climate uncertainty for water resources management, and the management options available for responding to climate variability and potential climate change.

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