The evolution of climate change impact studies on hydrology and water resources in California |
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Authors: | S Vicuna J A Dracup |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, 612 Davis Hall, Mail Code 1710, Berkeley, CA 94720-1710, USA;(2) Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, 625 Davis Hall, Mail Code 1710, Berkeley, CA 94720-1710, USA |
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Abstract: | Potential global climate change impacts on hydrology pose a threat to water resources systems throughout the world. The California
water system is especially vulnerable to global warming due to its dependence on mountain snow accumulation and the snowmelt
process. Since 1983, more than 60 studies have investigated climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources in California.
These studies can be categorized in three major fields: (1) Studies of historical trends of streamflow and snowpack in order
to determine if there is any evidence of climate change in the geophysical record; (2) Studies of potential future predicted
effects of climate change on streamflow and; (3) Studies that use those predicted changes in natural runoff to determine their
economic, ecologic, or institutional impacts. In this paper we review these studies with an emphasis on methodological procedures.
We provide for each category of studies a summary of significant conclusions and potential areas for future work. |
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