| Description |
1 online resource (x, 294 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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Predicting climate variations in the American West : what are our prospects? / Randall M. Dole -- Climate variability in the West : complex spatial structure associated with topography, and observational issues / Kelly T. Redmond -- Dendrochronological evidence for long-term hydroclimatic variability / Connie A. Woodhouse -- Acquisition, management, and dissemination of climate data / Rene Reitsma and Phil Pasteris -- Use of weather and climate information in forecasting water supply in the western United States / Martyn P. Clark [and others] -- Assessing the effects of climate change on the water resources of the western United States / Kenneth M. Strzepek and David N. Yates -- Improving water-resource system performance through long-range climate forecasts : the Pacific northwest experience / Dennis P. Lettenmaier and Alan F. Hamlet -- Has modeling of water resources on the basis of climate and hydrology reached its full potential? / John Labadie and Luis Garcia -- What can water managers do about climate variability and change? / Eugene Stakhiv -- Management of Colorado River resources / Terrance J. Fulp -- Water development and management along the South Platte River of Colorado / Tom Cech -- Can climate predictions be of practical use in western water management? / C. Booth Wallentine and Dave Matthews -- A changing geography : growth, land use, and water in the interior West / William R. Travis -- Constraints of law and policy on the management of Western water / David H. Getches -- Economic and institutional strategies for adapting to water resource effects of climate change / John Loomis, Jessica Koteen, and Brian Hurd -- Climate variability : social, policy, and institutional issues / Kathleen Miller and Steven Gloss -- Western water resources and "climate of opinion" variables / Patricia Nelson Limerick |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Water-supply -- West (U.S.)
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Hydrometeorology -- West (U.S.)
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Water Supply.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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Climatology
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Hydrometeorology
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Water-supply
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| SUBJECT |
West (U.S.) -- Climate
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| Subject |
West United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lewis, William M., Jr., 1945-
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| ISBN |
0870817531 |
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9780870817533 |
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