Managing Water Resources in the West Under Conditions of Climate Uncertainty

Committee on Climate Uncertainty and Water Resources Management, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 1. Overview; 3 2. Sharing Water Resources with Future Generations; 4 3. The Science Climate Change and Climate; 5 4. Primer on Climate Change; 6 5. Climate Change and Climate Variability: The Climate Record; 7 6. Climate Change and Climate Variability: The Paleo Record; 8 7. Effects of Increasing Carbon Dioxide Levels and Climate Change ..; 9 8. Hydrologic Implications of Climate Uncertainty in the Western United States; 10 9. The Implications of Climate Change for Streamflow and Water Supply ..; 11 10. Climate Uncertainty: Implications for Operations of Water Control Systems; 12 11. Economic Consequences of Climate Variability on Water in the West; 13 12. Western Water Law, Global Climate Change, and Risk Allocation; 14 13. Water Resources Forecasting; 15 14. Some Aspects of Hydrologic Variability; 16 15. Management Responses to Climate Variability; 17 16. Improvements in Agricultural Water Management; 18 17. Creative Water Management; 19 18. Weather Modification as a Response to Variations in Weather and Climate; 20 19. Managing Water Supply Variability: The Salt River Project; 21 20. Public Involvement in Water Resources Decisionmaking in a Climate ..; 22 21. The First Rough Draft of History: How the Press Reports on Global Warming; 23 22. Water Use Efficiency as a Response to Climate Uncertainty; 24 23. Climate Change, The Media, and Public Responses; 25 A Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members; 26 B Biographical Sketches of Principal Contributors