PPT-California Drought Impacts: Case Studies on Water Use

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Dr Peter Gleick Pacific Institute Oakland California August 2015 Conclusions The severe drought in California is having widespread impacts We are just beginning

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Dr Peter Gleick Pacific Institute Oakland California August 2015 Conclusions The severe drought in California is having widespread impacts We are just beginning to understand the full nature of these impacts. Benjamin Lloyd-Hughes. Apologies!. “Very sorry to be unable to join you, please accept my apologies for some rather wordy slides...”. Key message. “We’d like to emulate the best regional practices globally.”. Kevin E Trenberth. NCAR. Warmer air holds more moisture. 4% per °F. Global warming=. More heat .  . More drying. . More . evaporation. . More moisture. More rain. More drought. Drought. 1 2.4 Drought 2.4.1 G eneral Drought is a normal, recurrent feature of climate and characterized in terms of its spatial extension, intensity and duration. Conditions of drought appear when rainfall Chapter 17. Key words to understand:. Term. Meaning. Desertification. Drought. Sahara. Sahel. Population growth. Overgrazed. Over-cultivated. Famines. Migrate. Irrigation. Drought-resistant. Key words to . TWCA Mid Year Conference. June 16, 2011. Bob Rose, Meteorologist LCRA. Rainfall Since October 1st. Rainfall Since October 1st. Rainfall Since Oct. 1. Midland 0.16. Marfa 0.25. Fort Stockton 0.08. El Paso 0.45. A drought is an extended period of dry weather leading to extremely dry conditions. . The definition of drought depends on the culture defining it. . In the UK. Absolute drought. : A period of at least 15 consecutive days with less than 0.2 mm of rainfall.. Revision of disaster hotspot case studies. Revision of climate change case studies. World at risk . Core case studies. You will need to know these four core case studies. You will be expected to know other examples and case studies to support your answers. Tlamacazapa. , Guerrero, Mexico. Robin Lynch. Hydrology. April 29,2010. Tlamacazapa. , Guerrero. Remote mountain village. Extreme poverty. Water scarcity. Reliant on wells contaminated with arsenic. Source: Google Maps. Towards proactive drought management approaches. February 2016, . Climate Services for improved Water Resources Management in vulnerable regions to climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean. DR. NATALIA LIMONES. . NCEP. North . American Land Data Assimilation (NLDAS. ):. Implications and Challenges . of. Extending . the Length of the . Climatology. by. Youlong Xia. 1. and Bala Narapusetty. 2. . PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON WATER AND SANITATION. 01 MARCH 2017. 1. 1. PRESENTATION LAYOUT. Purpose. Background. The approach to address drought conditions. Key intervention measures by national government. Authors: Anne F. Van Loon et al (Nature, Feb 2016). Kimberly Duong. March 1, . 2016. Background. This paper describes:. human influences on drought. potential feedbacks between drought and society. Land use changes by humans alter hydrologic processes (evapotranspiration, infiltration, surface runoff, . and . Social Vulnerability. Dr. Peter Gleick. Pacific Institute, Oakland, California. California Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies (1895-2014) . (36-month periods). Source: Mann and Gleick, 2015, PNAS. NOAA/NCDC . NDRPPriority ActionsSupportingLong-Term Drought Resilience2019DisclaimerThis document is not a regulation itself nor does it change or substitute for any provision within regulationsThus it does not i

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