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Main Title BASINS and WEPP Climate Assessment Tools (CAT): Case Study Guide to Potential Applications.
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. National Center for Environmental Assessment.
Year Published 2012
Report Number EPA/600/R-11/123F
Stock Number PB2012-114689
Additional Subjects Climate change ; Global temperature ; Precipitation ; Water resources ; Flooding ; Drought ; Runoff ; Aquatic habitat ; Ecosystem ; Streamflow ; Water quality
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NTIS  PB2012-114689 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract Climate is changing. During the last century, the global average temperature increased 1.4F (IPCC, 2007). Changes in the form, amount, and intensity of precipitation have also been observed, although with significant regional variability (IPCC, 2007; Groisman 2005). Climate modeling experiments suggest these trends will likely continue or accelerate throughout the next century (IPCC, 2007; Karl et al., 2009). There is increasing concern about the potential effects of climate change on water resources. Potential effects of climate change include increased risk of flooding and drought, changes in the quality and seasonal timing of runoff, loss of aquatic habitat, and ecosystem impairment (Bates et al., 2008; Karl et al., 2009; U.S. EPA, 2008). Many communities, states, and the federal government are considering adaptation strategies for reducing the risk of harmful impacts resulting from climate change. Challenges remain, however, concerning how best to incorporate diverse, uncertain, and often conflicting information about future climate change into decision making. Despite continuing advances in our understanding of climate science and modeling, we currently have a limited ability to predict long-term (multidecadal) future climate at the local and regional scales needed by decision makers (Sarewitz et al., 2000). It is therefore not possible to know with certainty the future climatic conditions to which a particular region or water system will be exposed. Water resources in many areas are also vulnerable to increasing water demand, land-use change, and point-source discharges. Climate change will interact with these and other stressors in different settings in complex ways.
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PUB Date Free Form Aug 2012
Category Codes 55C; 55E; 48G
NTIS Prices PC A07
Document Type NT
Cataloging Source NTIS/MT
Control Number 129603860
Origin NTIS
Type CAT