Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acronyms and abbreviations vii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One Prospects for Understanding and Predicting Variability of Climate
7. One Predicting Climate Variations in the American West: What Are Our Prospects? 9
8. Two Climate Variability in the west: Complex Spatial Structure Associated With Topography, and Observational Issues 28
9. Three Dendrochronological Evidence for Long-Term Hydroclimatic Variability 49
10. Four Acquisition, Management, and Dissemination of Climate Date 59
11. Part Two Linkages Between Prediction of Climate and Hygrology
12. Five Use of Weather and Climate Information in Forecastion Water Supply in the Western United States 69
13. Six Assessing the Effects of Climate Change on the Water Resources of the Western United States 93
14. Seven Improving Water-Resource System Performance Through Long-Range Climate Forecastes: The Pacific Northwest Experience 107
15. Eight Has Modeling of Water Resources on the Basis of Climate and Hygrology Reached Its Full Potential? 123
16. Part Three Responses of Water Managers to Climate Variability and Climate Change
17. Nine What Can Water Managers Do About Climate Variability and Change? 131
18. Ten Managemant of Colorado River Resources 143
19. Eleven Water Development and Management Along the South Platte River of Colorado 153
20. Twelve Can Climate Predictions Be of Practical Use in Western Water Management? 161
21. Part Four Perspectives on Society, Institutions, and Water
22. Thirteen A Changing Geography: Growth, Land Use, and Water in the Interior West 171
23. Fourteen Constraints of Law and Policy on the Management of Western Water 183
24. Fifteen Economic and Institutional Strategies for Adaptiong to Water-Resource Effects of Climate Change 235
25. Sixteen Climate Variability: Social, Policy, and Institutional Issues 251
26. Part Five Analyzing the Analysts
27. Seventeen Western Water Resources and “Climete of Opinion” Variables 273
28. About the contributors 283
29. Index 285