California Climate Scenarios Assessment [Paperback]

In response to?Executive Order S-3-05, an evaluation of the implications to California of possible climate changes was undertaken using a scenario-based approach. The Scenarios Project investigated projected impacts of climate change on six sectors in the California region. The investigation considered the early, middle and later portions of the twenty-first century, guided by a set of IPCC Fourth Assessment global climate model runs forced by higher and lower greenhouse gas emission scenarios. Each of these climate simulations produce substantial impacts in California that would require adaptations from present practices or status. The most severe impacts could be avoided, however, if emissions can be held near the lower end of global greenhouse gas emissions scenarios.

Reprinted from Climatic Change, Vol.?109: Supplement 1 (2011)

A fascinating glimpse into the possible ecological futures of Americas richest state, this study was commissioned by former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and examines the projected impact of climate change on a range of variables including air quality.

Second California Assessment: Integrated Climate Change Impacts Assessment of Natural and Managed Systems. ?Guest Editorial

Projecting long-run socioeconomic and demographic? trends in California under the SRES A2 and B1 scenarios

Current and Future Impacts of Extreme Events in California

Potential increase in floods in Californias Sierra Nevada under future climate projections

Simulating the Cold Season Snowpack: The Impact of Snow Albedo and? Multi-layer Snow Physics

Human-induced changes in Wind, Temperature and Relative Humidity during Santa Ana events

Adapting Californias water system to warm vs. dry climates

Climate change impacts on two high-elevation hydropower systems in California