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Climate Variability and Water Management: competing demands and the role of forecasting
Context
Overview of the Water Management system
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Outline
Water uses and requirements
Human water requirements and uses
Typical northwest irrigation
Flood control
Hydroelectric power generation
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Ecosystem requirements (cont.)
Anadromous fish movement
Water control
Libby Dam, Montana
Competing needs/demands
Challenge and Major Issues
Mitigation of conflicting water requirements
Water availability
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Understanding climate variability
Recent El Niņo and La Niņa events
Atmospheric circulation during normal and El Niņo events ( Note the Southern Oscillation)
Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)
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Regional response to global-scale features (teleconnections)
Important climate and streamflow characteristics in the Western US
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Variation of ENSO relationships with PDO
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Variation of monthly flow due to ENSO and PDO
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Current forecasting practice
Proposed forecasting procedures
Improvements due to new procedures
So what?
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Acknowledgements
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Author: Roy W. Koch
Email: roy@eas.pdx.edu
Home Page: http://www.ce.pdx/edu/~roy
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