Colorado river basin and climatic change. The sensitivity of streamflow and water supply to variations in temperature and precipitation

摘要: Growing international concern about the greenhouse effect has led to increased interest in regional implications of changes temperature and precipitation patterns for a wide range societal natural systems, including agriculture, sea level, biodiversity, water resources. The accumulation gases atmosphere due human activities are likely have significant, though still poorly understood, impacts on quality availability. One method developed over last several years determining how resources might be affected by climatic change is develop scenarios use hydrologic simulation models study these runoff supply. In paper authors present results multi-year sensitivity hydrology systems Colorado River Basin plausible changes.