Global climate change response program: Initial climate change scenario for the western United States. Final report
The report compares previously published results in the light of basic physical and meteorological considerations to derive an initial first-guess climate scenario for the western United States under doubled-CO2 conditions. The scenario features a northward displacement of existing storm tracks across western North America and changes in lengths of seasons and airmass characteristics. This scenario is then applied to two sets of watersheds chosen for study in a joint Bureau of Reclamation and Geological Survey study, namely, the Gunnison in Colorado, and the American, Carson, and Truckee basins in California and Nevada, to yield estimates of changes in temperature, cloudiness and precipitation that an altered climate might bring. Attachment A is a summary of selected publications on global climate change.
- Research Organization:
- Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 6763600
- Report Number(s):
- PB-95-102497/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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