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Investigating Downscaling Methods and Evaluating Climate Models for Use in Estimating Regional Water Resources in Mountainous Regions under Changing Climatic ConditionsThe purpose of this three-year study is to develop and evaluate techniques to estimate the range of potential hydrological impacts of climate change in mountainous areas. Three main objectives are set out in the proposal. (1) To develop and evaluate transfer functions to link tropospheric circulation to regional snowfall. (2) To evaluate a suite of General Circulation Models (GCMs) for use in estimating synoptic scale circulation and the resultant regional snowfall. And (3) to estimate the range of potential hydrological impacts of changing climate in the two case study areas: the Upper Colorado River basin, and the Catskill Mountains of southeastern New York State. Both regions provide water to large populations.
Document ID
20040020110
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other
Authors
Frei, Allan
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Nolin, Anne W.
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Serreze, Mark C.
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Armstrong, Richard L.
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
McGinnis, David L.
(Iowa Univ.)
Robinson, David A.
(Rutgers Univ.)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2004
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Report/Patent Number
Rept-97-MTPE-12
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-7543
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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