Forecasting by Analogy : Societal responses to regional climatic change : summary report.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Boulder, Colo : National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1989Description: 2, 77 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Other title:
  • Societal responses to regional climatic change
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.2/5/097 19
LOC classification:
  • QC981.8.C5 .S635 1988
Contents:
1. Introduction -- Climate modeling -- Problems with the use of computer models for scenario construction -- Case-scenario approach -- 2. Case studies -- Changing levels of the North American Great Lakes -- Changing levels of the Great Salt Lake -- Implications of sea-level rise for Charleston, South Carolina -- Sea-level rise and coastal subsidence in Louisiana -- Changes in the Mississippi River system -- Climate variability in the Sacramento River Basin -- Water shortages in metropolitan Northern Virginia -- The Ogallala Aquifer depletion -- Institutional and Private responses to Florida freezes.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab QC981.8 .C5 .S634 1989 1 Available 50583020015115
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab QC981.8 .C5 .S634 1989 2 Available 50583020015107
Total holds: 0

1. Introduction -- Climate modeling -- Problems with the use of computer models for scenario construction -- Case-scenario approach -- 2. Case studies -- Changing levels of the North American Great Lakes -- Changing levels of the Great Salt Lake -- Implications of sea-level rise for Charleston, South Carolina -- Sea-level rise and coastal subsidence in Louisiana -- Changes in the Mississippi River system -- Climate variability in the Sacramento River Basin -- Water shortages in metropolitan Northern Virginia -- The Ogallala Aquifer depletion -- Institutional and Private responses to Florida freezes.

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