Value of adaptive water resources management in northern California under climatic variability and change: Dynamic hydroclimatology

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 412-413, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-65

  Georgakakos, K P ^a,b   Graham, N E ^a,b   Cheng, F Y ^a,c   Spencer, C ^a   Shamir, E ^a   Georgakakos, A P ^d   Yao, H ^d   Kistenmacher, M ^d  

^a HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive water resources management; California water resources; Climate change impact assessment; Dynamic downscaling; Ensemble flow forecasting

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; DYNAMIC DOWNSCALING; FLOW FORECASTING; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MANAGEMENT; RATING; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SNOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

WATER RESOURCES;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORECASTING METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESOLUTION; SNOWPACK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84155181163     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.04.032     Document Type: Article

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