BASINS and WEPP Climate Assessment Tools (CAT): Case Study Guide to Potential Applications (External Review Draft)
EPA is announcing the release of a draft report entitled, BASINS and WEPP Climate Assessment Tools: Case Study Guide to Potential Applications, for a 30-day public review and comment period. An external peer review will be conducted simultaneously by letter. Public comments received on the draft report within 30 days after the release of the FRN will be considered by EPA in their revisions. [Federal Register November 17, 2011]
Citation:
U.S. EPA. BASINS and WEPP Climate Assessment Tools (CAT): Case Study Guide to Potential Applications (External Review Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-11/123A, 2011.
Impact/Purpose:
This report presents a series of short, illustrative case studies using the BASINS and WEPP climate assessment tools.
Description:
This draft report supports application of two recently developed water modeling tools, the BASINS and WEPP climate assessment tools. The report presents a series of short case studies designed to illustrate the capabilities of these tools for conducting scenario based assessments of the potential future effects of climate change on water resources.
URLs/Downloads:
BASINS and WEPP Climate Assessment Tools (CAT): Case Study Guide to Potential Applications (PDF, 98 pp, 3029 KB, about PDF)FR Notice: Nov 17, 2011
EPA’s BASINS web site
WEPPCAT Web site
Peer Review Report (PDF, NA pp, 116 KB, about PDF)