ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE AND SNOW IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

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TitleANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE AND SNOW IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Publication TypeConference Proceedings
Year of Conference2001
AuthorsMote, P. W., and Hamlet A. F.
Conference Name69th Annual Western Snow Conference
Series TitleProceedings of the 69th Annual Western Snow Conference
Date PublishedApril 2001
PublisherWestern Snow Conference
Conference LocationSun Valley, Idaho
Keywordsclimate change
Abstract

The Pacific Northwest is unusually vulnerable to a warning climate owing to its heavy reliance on snowpack to store water for summer use. This paper outlines the state of global climate science and describes efforts by the Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington to understand how a warming, of plausible magnitude could affect the Pacific Northwest, specifically with regard to streamflow and snowpack.
URLsites/westernsnowconference.org/PDFs/2001Mote.pdf