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Climate change and California surface hydrology.

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タイトル / 著者:	Climate change and California surface hydrology.
著者:	Schwartz, Marla Ann.
出版された:	Ann Arbor : : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, , 2016
記述:	156 p.
注記:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 77-10(E), Section: B.
含まれています:	Dissertation Abstracts International77-10B(E).
主題:	Atmospheric sciences.
主題:	Hydrologic sciences.
主題:	Climate change.
国際標準図書番号 (ISBN) :	9781339808178
[NT 15000229] null:	Understanding 21st century changes in California surface hydrology is critical to ensuring enough freshwater resources for the state's municipal, ecological and agricultural purposes and assessing future ecosystem health and wildfire risk. To project 21st century surface hydrology over California -- a region with highly complex topography that is not well captured by global climate models (GCMs) -- downscaling is necessary. This work projects future changes in surface hydrology over the Los Angeles and Sierra Nevada regions through dynamical and statistical downscaling techniques.

Climate change and California surface hydrology.
Schwartz, Marla Ann.

Climate change and California surface hydrology. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 - 156 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 77-10(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2016.

This item is not available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

Understanding 21st century changes in California surface hydrology is critical to ensuring enough freshwater resources for the state's municipal, ecological and agricultural purposes and assessing future ecosystem health and wildfire risk. To project 21st century surface hydrology over California -- a region with highly complex topography that is not well captured by global climate models (GCMs) -- downscaling is necessary. This work projects future changes in surface hydrology over the Los Angeles and Sierra Nevada regions through dynamical and statistical downscaling techniques.

ISBN: 9781339808178Subjects--Topical Terms:

686745
Atmospheric sciences.

Climate change and California surface hydrology.
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520 $a Dynamical downscaling is employed over Los Angeles to produce 2-km resolution regional projections for the mid-21st-century under an aggressive warming scenario. These projections reveal annual mean runoff and actual evapotranspiration are nearly insensitive to warming. This insensitivity is an artifact of the region's Mediterranean-type climate: Because the warm season receives almost no precipitation, the strongest warming-induced potential evapotranspiration enhancement coincides with dry soils, severely constraining actual evapotranspiration increases. This surprising result highlights that this important semi-arid region is less susceptible to long-term changes in runoff and soil moisture due to its Mediterranean climate.
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