Roberta A Klein
Author
Series
Western Water Assessment report volume WWA01-06
Publisher
Western Water Assessment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Western Water Assessment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Climate variability and change, including drought, affects multiple sectors, from agriculture to transportation, but the Colorado Climate Preparedness Project (CCPP) study especially found a gap in, and demand for, more information about climate impacts in the outdoor recreation sector.
Author
Publisher
Western Water Assessment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service (NOAA/NWS) operates a network of thirteen River Forecast Centers (RFCs) across the country with the intended purpose of providing water management entities, emergency managers, and others with forecasts of streamflow and volumetric water supply at timescales ranging from hourly to seasonal. Despite these continued technical advances, recent research demonstrates that potential...
Author
Publisher
Western Water Assessment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Drought, and its various manifestations, is one of the largest - if not the largest - concern about weather and climate impacts in the Interior West. Quantification of the economic impacts of drought is important because it allows decision makers to document and justify requests for disaster assistance, and to demonstrate and evaluate the benefits of drought mitigation programs.
Author
Publisher
Western Water Assessment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Of the most costly natural hazards for which federal, state and local planners must prepare (like earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods), the impacts of drought have been the least well measured. Yet drought vulnerability and impacts drive drought response policy and there are weaknesses in our ability to judge vulnerability and impacts.
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