Climate Variability and Water Management: competing demands and the role of forecasting

04/07/2000


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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

Navigation

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

Author: Roy W. Koch

Email: roy@eas.pdx.edu

Home Page: http://www.ce.pdx/edu/~roy