--- - attrs: Author: 'Stacy, Patrick K. R.; Comrie, Andrew C.; Yool, Stephen R.' DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.49.2.299 Date: 2012/03/01 ISSN: 1548-1603 Issue: 2 Journal: GIScience & Remote Sensing Pages: 299-316 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Title: Modeling valley fever incidence in Arizona using a satellite-derived soil moisture proxy Volume: 49 Year: 2012 _record_number: 25985 _uuid: 5ed4b50a-08c2-4d27-a60e-eb2475631d53 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.2747/1548-1603.49.2.299 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/5ed4b50a-08c2-4d27-a60e-eb2475631d53.yaml identifier: 5ed4b50a-08c2-4d27-a60e-eb2475631d53 uri: /reference/5ed4b50a-08c2-4d27-a60e-eb2475631d53 - attrs: .reference_type: 0 Author: 'Yip, Fuyuen Y.; Flanders, W. Dana; Wolkin, Amy; Engelthaler, David; Humble, William; Neri, Antonio; Lewis, Lauren; Backer, Lorraine; Rubin, Carol' DOI: 10.1007/s00484-008-0169-0 ISSN: 1432-1254 Issue: 8 Journal: International Journal of Biometeorology Pages: 765-772 Title: 'The impact of excess heat events in Maricopa County, Arizona: 2000–2005' Volume: 52 Year: 2008 _chapter: Ch9 _record_number: 17891 _uuid: 5f4db33c-1c7e-4129-9438-e5d8c9d589e4 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1007/s00484-008-0169-0 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/5f4db33c-1c7e-4129-9438-e5d8c9d589e4.yaml identifier: 5f4db33c-1c7e-4129-9438-e5d8c9d589e4 uri: /reference/5f4db33c-1c7e-4129-9438-e5d8c9d589e4 - attrs: .reference_type: 0 Author: "Harlan, S.L.\rBrazel, A.J.\rPrashad, L.\rStefanov, W.L.\rLarsen, L." DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.07.030 ISSN: 0277-9536 Issue: 11 Journal: Social Science & Medicine Pages: 2847-2863 Title: Neighborhood microclimates and vulnerability to heat stress Volume: 63 Year: 2006 _chapter: '["Ch. 20: Southwest FINAL","Ch. 9: Human Health FINAL"]' _record_number: 1165 _uuid: 5f587662-8664-420f-8045-196e2bb7ec0d reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.07.030 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/5f587662-8664-420f-8045-196e2bb7ec0d.yaml identifier: 5f587662-8664-420f-8045-196e2bb7ec0d uri: /reference/5f587662-8664-420f-8045-196e2bb7ec0d - attrs: Author: 'Liang, Shuang; Hurteau, Matthew D.; Westerling, Anthony LeRoy' DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13544 ISSN: 1365-2486 Issue: 5 Journal: Global Change Biology Keywords: carbon; climate change; forest community change; LANDIS-II; Sierra Nevada; wildfire Pages: 2016-2030 Title: Response of Sierra Nevada forests to projected climate–wildfire interactions Volume: 23 Year: 2017 _record_number: 23810 _uuid: 5f6e8f59-7b2c-434e-b211-fa2c0ebc20a7 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1111/gcb.13544 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/5f6e8f59-7b2c-434e-b211-fa2c0ebc20a7.yaml identifier: 5f6e8f59-7b2c-434e-b211-fa2c0ebc20a7 uri: /reference/5f6e8f59-7b2c-434e-b211-fa2c0ebc20a7 - attrs: .reference_type: 10 Author: 'Gleick, Peter H.' Institution: Pacific Institute Notes: 'ISBN: 978-1-893790-71-1' Pages: 9 Place Published: 'Oakland, CA' Title: 'Impacts of California’s Ongoing Drought: Hydroelectricity Generation 2015 Update' URL: http://pacinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Impacts-Californias-Ongoing-Drought-Hydroelectricity-Generation-2015-Update.pdf Year: 2016 _record_number: 21437 _uuid: 5fa958c9-e244-47f2-8f84-7ebf4687f94b reftype: Report child_publication: /report/impacts-californias-ongoing-drought-hydroelectricity-generation-2015-update href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/5fa958c9-e244-47f2-8f84-7ebf4687f94b.yaml identifier: 5fa958c9-e244-47f2-8f84-7ebf4687f94b uri: /reference/5fa958c9-e244-47f2-8f84-7ebf4687f94b - attrs: .reference_type: 10 Author: 'Bureau of Reclamation,' Institution: 'U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, ' Pages: various Place Published: 'Boulder City, NV' Title: Colorado River Basin Stakeholders Moving Forward to Address Challenges Identified in the Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study. Phase 1 Report URL: https://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/programs/crbstudy/MovingForward/Phase1Report.html Year: 2015 _record_number: 23913 _uuid: 5ff910ad-40de-4de2-95e6-0be859b59bb4 reftype: Report child_publication: /report/colorado-river-basin-stakeholders-moving-forward-address-challenges-identified-colorado-river-basin-water-supply-demand-study-phase-1-report href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/5ff910ad-40de-4de2-95e6-0be859b59bb4.yaml identifier: 5ff910ad-40de-4de2-95e6-0be859b59bb4 uri: /reference/5ff910ad-40de-4de2-95e6-0be859b59bb4 - attrs: Abstract: 'This study investigates the variability of clouds, primarily marine stratus clouds, and how they are associated with surface temperature anomalies over California, especially along the coastal margin. We focus on the summer months of June to September when marine stratus are the dominant cloud type. Data used include satellite cloud reflectivity (cloud albedo) measurements, hourly surface observations of cloud cover and air temperature at coastal airports, and observed values of daily surface temperature at stations throughout California and Nevada. Much of the anomalous variability of summer clouds is organized over regional patterns that affect considerable portions of the coast, often extend hundreds of kilometers to the west and southwest over the North Pacific, and are bounded to the east by coastal mountains. The occurrence of marine stratus is positively correlated with both the strength and height of the thermal inversion that caps the marine boundary layer, with inversion base height being a key factor in determining their inland penetration. Cloud cover is strongly associated with surface temperature variations. In general, increased presence of cloud (higher cloud albedo) produces cooler daytime temperatures and warmer nighttime temperatures. Summer daytime temperature fluctuations associated with cloud cover variations typically exceed 1°C. The inversion-cloud albedo-temperature associations that occur at daily timescales are also found at seasonal timescales.' Author: 'Iacobellis, Sam F.; Cayan, Daniel R.' DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50652 Issue: 16 Journal: 'Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres' Pages: 9105-9122 Title: 'The variability of California summertime marine stratus: Impacts on surface air temperatures' Volume: 118 Year: 2013 _record_number: 26366 _uuid: 60730cd1-dc90-4add-957b-2a32981cf398 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1002/jgrd.50652 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/60730cd1-dc90-4add-957b-2a32981cf398.yaml identifier: 60730cd1-dc90-4add-957b-2a32981cf398 uri: /reference/60730cd1-dc90-4add-957b-2a32981cf398 - attrs: .reference_type: 10 Author: 'U.S. Bureau of Land Management,; U.S. Department of Energy,' Institution: U.S. Department of Energy Pages: various Place Published: 'Washington, DC' Report Number: DOE/EIS-0403 Title: 'Solar energy development in six southwestern states (AZ, CA, CO, NV, NM, and UT): Final programmatic environmental impact statement' URL: https://www.energy.gov/nepa/downloads/eis-0403-final-programmatic-environmental-impact-statement Year: 2012 _record_number: 26390 _uuid: 607ad598-58b0-46e3-8371-bede11c93089 reftype: Report child_publication: /report/solar-energy-development-six-southwestern-states-az-ca-co-nv-nm-ut-final-programmatic-environmental-impact-statement href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/607ad598-58b0-46e3-8371-bede11c93089.yaml identifier: 607ad598-58b0-46e3-8371-bede11c93089 uri: /reference/607ad598-58b0-46e3-8371-bede11c93089 - attrs: .reference_type: 0 Author: 'Hoshiko, Sumi; English, Paul; Smith, Daniel; Trent, Roger' DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-0060-8 ISSN: 1661-8564 Issue: 2 Journal: International Journal of Public Health Pages: 133-137 Title: 'A simple method for estimating excess mortality due to heat waves, as applied to the 2006 California heat wave' Volume: 55 Year: 2010 _chapter: Ch2 _record_number: 17600 _uuid: 60c98535-ad37-43fa-b0fd-e7c850782d13 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1007/s00038-009-0060-8 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/60c98535-ad37-43fa-b0fd-e7c850782d13.yaml identifier: 60c98535-ad37-43fa-b0fd-e7c850782d13 uri: /reference/60c98535-ad37-43fa-b0fd-e7c850782d13 - attrs: .reference_type: 0 Author: 'Gao, Yang; Lu, Jian; Leung, L. Ruby; Yang, Qing; Hagos, Samson; Qian, Yun' DOI: 10.1002/2015GL065435 ISSN: 1944-8007 Issue: 17 Journal: Geophysical Research Letters Keywords: atmospheric rivers; climate change; thermodynamic effects; dynamical effects; increased moisture; 1655 Water cycles; 1610 Atmosphere; 1817 Extreme events; 3305 Climate change and variability; 3337 Global climate models Pages: 7179-7186 Title: Dynamical and thermodynamical modulations on future changes of landfalling atmospheric rivers over western North America Volume: 42 Year: 2015 _record_number: 19735 _uuid: 60ce531d-0064-4170-8b4d-e63bbb9f0c67 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1002/2015GL065435 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/60ce531d-0064-4170-8b4d-e63bbb9f0c67.yaml identifier: 60ce531d-0064-4170-8b4d-e63bbb9f0c67 uri: /reference/60ce531d-0064-4170-8b4d-e63bbb9f0c67 - attrs: Author: 'Reed, Sasha C.; Coe, Kirsten K.; Sparks, Jed P.; Housman, David C.; Zelikova, Tamara J.; Belnap, Jayne' DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1596 Date: 07/01/online Journal: Nature Climate Change Pages: 752-755 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group Title: Changes to dryland rainfall result in rapid moss mortality and altered soil fertility Volume: 2 Year: 2012 _record_number: 23846 _uuid: 61b9d14a-70a1-41d7-8781-abe709ac5ff5 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1038/nclimate1596 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/61b9d14a-70a1-41d7-8781-abe709ac5ff5.yaml identifier: 61b9d14a-70a1-41d7-8781-abe709ac5ff5 uri: /reference/61b9d14a-70a1-41d7-8781-abe709ac5ff5 - attrs: Abstract: 'Global warming is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of droughts in the twenty-first century, but the relative contributions from changes in moisture supply (precipitation) versus evaporative demand (potential evapotranspiration; PET) have not been comprehensively assessed. Using output from a suite of general circulation model (GCM) simulations from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, projected twenty-first century drying and wetting trends are investigated using two offline indices of surface moisture balance: the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) and the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI). PDSI and SPEI projections using precipitation and Penman-Monteith based PET changes from the GCMs generally agree, showing robust cross-model drying in western North America, Central America, the Mediterranean, southern Africa, and the Amazon and robust wetting occurring in the Northern Hemisphere high latitudes and east Africa (PDSI only). The SPEI is more sensitive to PET changes than the PDSI, especially in arid regions such as the Sahara and Middle East. Regional drying and wetting patterns largely mirror the spatially heterogeneous response of precipitation in the models, although drying in the PDSI and SPEI calculations extends beyond the regions of reduced precipitation. This expansion of drying areas is attributed to globally widespread increases in PET, caused by increases in surface net radiation and the vapor pressure deficit. Increased PET not only intensifies drying in areas where precipitation is already reduced, it also drives areas into drought that would otherwise experience little drying or even wetting from precipitation trends alone. This PET amplification effect is largest in the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, and is especially pronounced in western North America, Europe, and southeast China. Compared to PDSI projections using precipitation changes only, the projections incorporating both precipitation and PET changes increase the percentage of global land area projected to experience at least moderate drying (PDSI standard deviation of ≤−1) by the end of the twenty-first century from 12 to 30 %. PET induced moderate drying is even more severe in the SPEI projections (SPEI standard deviation of ≤−1; 11 to 44 %), although this is likely less meaningful because much of the PET induced drying in the SPEI occurs in the aforementioned arid regions. Integrated accounting of both the supply and demand sides of the surface moisture balance is therefore critical for characterizing the full range of projected drought risks tied to increasing greenhouse gases and associated warming of the climate system.' Author: 'Cook, Benjamin I.; Smerdon, Jason E.; Seager, Richard; Coats, Sloan' DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2075-y Date: November 01 ISSN: 1432-0894 Issue: 9 Journal: Climate Dynamics Pages: 2607-2627 Title: Global warming and 21st century drying Type of Article: journal article Volume: 43 Year: 2014 _record_number: 24270 _uuid: 61c46ee1-2699-4d2e-b1c6-4c72b78b67a5 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1007/s00382-014-2075-y href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/61c46ee1-2699-4d2e-b1c6-4c72b78b67a5.yaml identifier: 61c46ee1-2699-4d2e-b1c6-4c72b78b67a5 uri: /reference/61c46ee1-2699-4d2e-b1c6-4c72b78b67a5 - attrs: Author: 'Crouch, Jake; Smith, Adam B.; Heim, Richard R.; Fenimore, Chris' DOI: 10.1175/2017BAMSStateoftheClimate.1 Issue: 8 Journal: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Pages: 'S175, S178-S179' Title: 'Regional climates: United States [in "State of the Climate in 2016"]' Volume: 98 Year: 2017 _record_number: 26357 _uuid: 6295ddc2-380e-4556-9df2-05c26f96e5ca reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1175/2017BAMSStateoftheClimate.1 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/6295ddc2-380e-4556-9df2-05c26f96e5ca.yaml identifier: 6295ddc2-380e-4556-9df2-05c26f96e5ca uri: /reference/6295ddc2-380e-4556-9df2-05c26f96e5ca - attrs: Abstract: 'The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 2015-2030 is the first of three United Nations (UN) landmark agreements this year (the other two being the Sustainable Development Goals due in September 2015 and the climate change agreements due in December 2015). It represents a step in the direction of global policy coherence with explicit reference to health, economic development, and climate change. The multiple efforts of the health community in the policy development process, including campaigning for safe schools and hospitals, helped to put people’s mental and physical health, resilience, and well-being higher up the DRR agenda compared with its predecessor, the 2005 Hyogo Framework for Action. This report reflects on these policy developments and their implications and reviews the range of health impacts from disasters; summarizes the widened remit of DRR in the post-2015 world; and finally, presents the science and health calls of the Sendai Framework to be implemented over the next 15 years to reduce disaster losses in lives and livelihoods. Aitsi-Selmi A , Murray V . Protecting the Health and Well-being of Populations from Disasters: Health and Health Care in The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(1):74–78.' Author: 'Aitsi-Selmi, Amina; Murray, Virginia' DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X15005531 Database Provider: Cambridge University Press EPub Date: 12/17 ISSN: 1049-023X Issue: 1 Journal: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Keywords: disaster; disaster risk reduction; emergency response; global health policy; public health Name of Database: Cambridge Core Pages: 74-78 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Title: 'Protecting the health and well-being of populations from disasters: Health and health care in the Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction 2015-2030' Volume: 31 Year: 2015 _record_number: 23705 _uuid: 631d79d7-b87c-40ef-be1b-19bad3bf6166 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1017/S1049023X15005531 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/631d79d7-b87c-40ef-be1b-19bad3bf6166.yaml identifier: 631d79d7-b87c-40ef-be1b-19bad3bf6166 uri: /reference/631d79d7-b87c-40ef-be1b-19bad3bf6166 - attrs: Abstract: 'The Colorado River is the primary water source for more than 30 million people in the United States and Mexico. Recent studies that project streamf low changes in the Colorado River all project annual declines, but the magnitude of the projected decreases range from less than 10% to 45% by the mid-twenty-first century. To understand these differences, we address the questions the management community has raised: Why is there such a wide range of projections of impacts of future climate change on Colorado River streamflow, and how should this uncertainty be interpreted? We identify four major sources of disparities among studies that arise from both methodological and model differences. In order of importance, these are differences in 1) the global climate models (GCMs) and emission scenarios used; 2) the ability of land surface and atmospheric models to simulate properly the high-elevation runoff source areas; 3) the sensitivities of land surface hydrology models to precipitation and temperature changes; and 4) the methods used to statistically downscale GCM scenarios. In accounting for these differences, there is substantial evidence across studies that future Colorado River streamflow will be reduced under the current trajectories of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions because of a combination of strong temperature-induced runoff curtailment and reduced annual precipitation. Reconstructions of preinstrumental streamflows provide additional insights; the greatest risk to Colorado River streamf lows is a multidecadal drought, like that observed in paleoreconstructions, exacerbated by a steady reduction in flows due to climate change. This could result in decades of sustained streamflows much lower than have been observed in the ~100 years of instrumental record.' Author: 'Vano, Julie A.; Bradley Udall; Daniel R. Cayan; Jonathan T. Overpeck; Levi D. Brekke; Tapash Das; Holly C. Hartmann; Hugo G. Hidalgo; Martin Hoerling; Gregory J. McCabe; Kiyomi Morino; Robert S. Webb; Kevin Werner; Dennis P. Lettenmaier' DOI: 10.1175/bams-d-12-00228.1 Issue: 1 Journal: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Pages: 59-78 Title: Understanding uncertainties in future Colorado River streamflow Volume: 95 Year: 2014 _record_number: 21543 _uuid: 64014404-d26e-45c7-9b33-8e2253a9ca04 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1175/bams-d-12-00228.1 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/64014404-d26e-45c7-9b33-8e2253a9ca04.yaml identifier: 64014404-d26e-45c7-9b33-8e2253a9ca04 uri: /reference/64014404-d26e-45c7-9b33-8e2253a9ca04 - attrs: .reference_type: 9 Author: 'Bauer, William J., Jr.' ISBN: 9780295998350 Place Published: 'Seattle, WA' Publisher: University of Washington Press Title: 'California through Native Eyes: Reclaiming History' Year: 2016 _record_number: 23722 _uuid: 6408aad9-0e73-4bfe-aaf7-95d8e1c105d8 reftype: Book child_publication: /book/california-through-native-eyes-reclaiming-history href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/6408aad9-0e73-4bfe-aaf7-95d8e1c105d8.yaml identifier: 6408aad9-0e73-4bfe-aaf7-95d8e1c105d8 uri: /reference/6408aad9-0e73-4bfe-aaf7-95d8e1c105d8 - attrs: Author: 'Garcia, Rita; Freire, Fausto' DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.05.145 Date: 2017/11/01/ ISSN: 1364-0321 Journal: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Keywords: Electric vehicles; Energy consumption; Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG); Life-cycle assessment (LCA); Vehicle fleets Pages: 935-945 Title: A review of fleet-based life-cycle approaches focusing on energy and environmental impacts of vehicles Volume: 79 Year: 2017 _record_number: 23766 _uuid: 64602d61-c0bd-4ca0-8224-dd046328cb6e reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1016/j.rser.2017.05.145 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/64602d61-c0bd-4ca0-8224-dd046328cb6e.yaml identifier: 64602d61-c0bd-4ca0-8224-dd046328cb6e uri: /reference/64602d61-c0bd-4ca0-8224-dd046328cb6e - attrs: Author: 'Woodhouse, C. A.; Meko, D. M.; Griffin, D.; Castro, C. L.' DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20098 ISSN: 1944-7973 Issue: 2 Journal: Water Resources Research Keywords: Rio Grande basin; drought impacts; dendrochronology; North American monsoon; 1812 Drought; 1833 Hydroclimatology; 3335 North American Monsoon; 3344 Paleoclimatology Pages: 844-850 Title: 'Tree rings and multiseason drought variability in the lower Rio Grande Basin, USA' Volume: 49 Year: 2013 _record_number: 23886 _uuid: 65135859-7587-4f65-b2b3-8ca4d5b8ce49 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1002/wrcr.20098 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/65135859-7587-4f65-b2b3-8ca4d5b8ce49.yaml identifier: 65135859-7587-4f65-b2b3-8ca4d5b8ce49 uri: /reference/65135859-7587-4f65-b2b3-8ca4d5b8ce49 - attrs: .reference_type: 16 Author: 'NOAA,' Place Published: 'Asheville, NC' Publisher: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Title: 'National Climate Report: June 2017' URL: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/201706 Year: 2017 _record_number: 26375 _uuid: 6631c5e2-c71d-4959-b8a1-fcd53c8552e9 reftype: Web Page child_publication: /webpage/9ef508f0-2af0-416d-81f2-2ea843959c97 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/6631c5e2-c71d-4959-b8a1-fcd53c8552e9.yaml identifier: 6631c5e2-c71d-4959-b8a1-fcd53c8552e9 uri: /reference/6631c5e2-c71d-4959-b8a1-fcd53c8552e9 - attrs: Abstract: 'This study examines the health impacts of recent heat waves statewide and for six subregions of California: the north and south coasts, the Central Valley, the Mojave Desert, southern deserts, and northern forests. By using canonical correlation analysis applied to daily maximum temperatures and morbidity data in the form of unscheduled hospitalizations from 1999 to 2009, 19 heat waves spanning 3?15 days in duration that had a significant impact on health were identified. On average, hospital admissions were found to increase by 7% on the peak heat-wave day, with a significant impact seen for several disease categories, including cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, dehydration, acute renal failure, heat illness, and mental health. Statewide, there were 11 000 excess hospitalizations that were due to extreme heat over the period, yet the majority of impactful events were not accompanied by a heat advisory or warning from the National Weather Service. On a regional basis, the strongest health impacts are seen in the Central Valley and the north and south coasts. The north coast contributes disproportionately to the statewide health impact during heat waves, with a 10.5% increase in daily morbidity at heat-wave peak as compared with 8.1% for the Central Valley and 5.6% for the south coast. The temperature threshold at which an impact is seen varies by subregion and timing within the season. These results suggest that heat-warning criteria should consider local percentile thresholds to account for acclimation to local climatological conditions as well as the seasonal timing of a forecast heat wave.' Author: 'Guirguis, Kristen; Gershunov, Alexander; Tardy, Alexander; Basu, Rupa' DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0130.1 Date: 2014/01/01 ISSN: 1558-8424 Issue: 1 Journal: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Pages: 3-19 Publisher: American Meteorological Society Title: The impact of recent heat waves on human health in California Volume: 53 Year: 2014 _record_number: 18489 _uuid: 66939f1c-29c8-4722-a656-f93105b57aa9 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0130.1 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/66939f1c-29c8-4722-a656-f93105b57aa9.yaml identifier: 66939f1c-29c8-4722-a656-f93105b57aa9 uri: /reference/66939f1c-29c8-4722-a656-f93105b57aa9 - attrs: Abstract: "California's primary hydrologic system, the San Francisco Estuary and its upstream watershed, is vulnerable to the regional hydrologic consequences of projected global climate change. Previous work has shown that a projected warming would result in a reduction of snowpack storage leading to higher winter and lower spring-summer streamflows and increased spring-summer salinities in the estuary. The present work shows that these hydrologic changes exhibit a strong dependence on elevation, with the greatest loss of snowpack volume in the 1300–2700 m elevation range. Exploiting hydrologic and estuarine modeling capabilities to trace water as it moves through the system reveals that the shift of water in mid-elevations of the Sacramento river basin from snowmelt to rainfall runoff is the dominant cause of projected changes in estuarine inflows and salinity. Additionally, although spring-summer losses of estuarine inflows are balanced by winter gains, the losses have a stronger influence on salinity since longer spring-summer residence times allow the inflow changes to accumulate in the estuary. The changes in inflows sourced in the Sacramento River basin in approximately the 1300–2200 m elevation range thereby lead to a net increase in estuarine salinity under the projected warming. Such changes would impact ecosystems throughout the watershed and threaten to contaminate much of California's freshwater supply." Author: 'Knowles, Noah; Cayan, Daniel R.' DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000013696.14308.b9 Date: January 01 ISSN: 1573-1480 Issue: 1 Journal: Climatic Change Pages: 319-336 Title: Elevational dependence of projected hydrologic changes in the San Francisco estuary and watershed Type of Article: journal article Volume: 62 Year: 2004 _record_number: 26372 _uuid: 66a19a5c-5a53-47ae-ac7b-4324760da7b6 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1023/B:CLIM.0000013696.14308.b9 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/66a19a5c-5a53-47ae-ac7b-4324760da7b6.yaml identifier: 66a19a5c-5a53-47ae-ac7b-4324760da7b6 uri: /reference/66a19a5c-5a53-47ae-ac7b-4324760da7b6 - attrs: Abstract: 'Climate change may constrain future electricity supply adequacy by reducing electric transmission capacity and increasing electricity demand. The carrying capacity of electric power cables decreases as ambient air temperatures rise; similarly, during the summer peak period, electricity loads typically increase with hotter air temperatures due to increased air conditioning usage. As atmospheric carbon concentrations increase, higher ambient air temperatures may strain power infrastructure by simultaneously reducing transmission capacity and increasing peak electricity load. We estimate the impacts of rising ambient air temperatures on electric transmission ampacity and peak per-capita electricity load for 121 planning areas in the United States using downscaled global climate model projections. Together, these planning areas account for roughly 80% of current peak summertime load. We estimate climate-attributable capacity reductions to transmission lines by constructing thermal models of representative conductors, then forcing these models with future temperature projections to determine the percent change in rated ampacity. Next, we assess the impact of climate change on electricity load by using historical relationships between ambient temperature and utility-scale summertime peak load to estimate the extent to which climate change will incur additional peak load increases. We find that by mid-century (2040–2060), increases in ambient air temperature may reduce average summertime transmission capacity by 1.9%–5.8% relative to the 1990–2010 reference period. At the same time, peak per-capita summertime loads may rise by 4.2%–15% on average due to increases in ambient air temperature. In the absence of energy efficiency gains, demand-side management programs and transmission infrastructure upgrades, these load increases have the potential to upset current assumptions about future electricity supply adequacy.' Author: 'Bartos, Matthew; Mikhail Chester; Nathan Johnson; Brandon Gorman; Daniel Eisenberg; Igor Linkov; Matthew Bates' DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/11/114008 ISSN: 1748-9326 Issue: 11 Journal: Environmental Research Letters Pages: 114008 Title: Impacts of rising air temperatures on electric transmission ampacity and peak electricity load in the United States Volume: 11 Year: 2016 _record_number: 23662 _uuid: 673a11a4-4d3c-4303-af82-29de1ca24bd6 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/11/114008 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/673a11a4-4d3c-4303-af82-29de1ca24bd6.yaml identifier: 673a11a4-4d3c-4303-af82-29de1ca24bd6 uri: /reference/673a11a4-4d3c-4303-af82-29de1ca24bd6 - attrs: Abstract: 'Biodiversity elements with narrow niches and restricted distributions (i.e., ‘short range endemics,’ SREs) are particularly vulnerable to climate change. The New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi obscurus, CWO), an SRE listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act within three sky islands of southwestern North America, is constrained at low elevation by drought and at high elevation by wildfire. We combined long-term recapture and molecular data with demographic and niche modeling to gauge its climate-driven status, distribution, and projected longevity. The largest population (Animas) is numerically constricted (N = 151), with few breeding adults (Nb = 24) and an elevated inbreeding coefficient (ΔF = 0.77; 100 years). Mean home range (0.07km2) is significantly smaller compared to other North American rattlesnakes, and movements are within, not among sky islands. Demographic values, when gauged against those displayed by other endangered/Red-Listed reptiles [e.g., Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)], are either comparable or markedly lower. Survival rate differs significantly between genders (female