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Climate Warming in California’s Sierra Nevada: Potential Water Temperature Impacts and Resiliency

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Title Climate Warming in California’s Sierra Nevada: Potential Water Temperature Impacts and Resiliency
Creator Null, Sarah E. Viers, J. H. Mount, J. F. Deas, M. L. Tanaka, S. K.
Description Global climate models predict that air temperature will rise in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains in coming decades. Implications include precipitation as rainfall instead of snowfall, changes to runoff timing and magnitude, and warming river water temperatures. This study assesses the extent to which unimpaired river and stream water temperatures may be affected by increasing levels of climate warming in west-slope Sierra Nevada watersheds. Climate warming alternatives examined for this...
Date 2010-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Identifier http://works.bepress.com/sarah_null/10 http://hydra.ucdavis.edu/node/43
Source Sarah E. Null
Publisher SelectedWorks
Subject climate warming Sierra Nevada water temperature Life Sciences

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