Planning for an uncertain future: Climate change sensitivity assessment toward adaptation planning for public water supply

Earth Interactions

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 1-26

  Bardsley, Tim ^a   Wood, Andrew ^b   Hobbins, Mike ^c   Kirkham, Tracie ^d   Briefer, Laura ^d   Niermeyer, Jeff ^d   Burian, Steven ^e  

^a Western Water Assessment   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Salt Lake City Public Utilities   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Hydrologic modeling; Infrastructure; Water supply

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; PUBLIC UTILITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; INFRASTRUCTURE; MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIES; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; RIVER FORECAST CENTERS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; URBAN PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SALT LAKE CITY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84887155288     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2012EI000501.1     Document Type: Article

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