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- October 8, 2012
- 11:00 PM
- 194 views
Monday Infographics: Indian Rivers Inter-Link
by Matthew Garcia in Hydro-Logic
To ease water supply and food troubles, India is working on one of the largest inter-basin water transfer efforts in the world...... Read more »
Kumar, R., R.D. Singh, & K.D. Sharma. (2005) Water resources of India. Current Science, 794-811. info:/
Krishna Kumar, K.,, M. Hoerling, & B. Rajagopalan. (2005) Advancing dynamical prediction of Indian monsoon rainfall. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(L08704). DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021979
Turner, A.G., & H. Annamalai. (2012) Climate change and the South Asian summer monsoon. Nature Climate Change, 587-595. DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1495
Wang, B., Q. Ding, X. Fu, I.-S. Kang, K. Jin, J. Shukla, & F. Doblas-Reyes. (2005) Fundamental challenge in simulation and prediction of summer monsoon rainfall. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(L15711). DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022734
- March 21, 2012
- 12:00 AM
- 643 views
Chinese Dam Building Tests Southeast Asian Resilience
by Matthew Garcia in Hydro-Logic
China’s hydropower development activities on the Mekong and Salween Rivers are a clear illustration of the country’s potentially destabilizing strategy, with both diplomatic and environmental impacts, in Southeast Asia...... Read more »
Lu, X., & Siew, R. (2006) Water discharge and sediment flux changes over the past decades in the Lower Mekong River: possible impacts of the Chinese dams. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 10(2), 181-195. DOI: 10.5194/hess-10-181-2006
Grumbine, R., & Xu, J. (2011) Mekong Hydropower Development. Science, 332(6026), 178-179. DOI: 10.1126/science.1200990
Grumbine, R., Dore, J., & Xu, J. (2012) Mekong hydropower: drivers of change and governance challenges. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 10(2), 91-98. DOI: 10.1890/110146
Ziv, G., Baran, E., Nam, S., Rodriguez-Iturbe, I., & Levin, S. (2012) Trading-off fish biodiversity, food security, and hydropower in the Mekong River Basin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201423109
- October 16, 2011
- 05:00 PM
- 693 views
World Food Day / Blog Action Day
by Matthew Garcia in Hydro-Logic
Today is World Food Day, as designated by the United Nations on the anniversary of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945, and as such is this year's Blog Action Day on the topic of food...... Read more »
Ozdogan, M. (2011) Exploring the potential contribution of irrigation to global agricultural primary productivity. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 25(3). DOI: 10.1029/2009GB003720
- July 28, 2011
- 07:00 AM
- 1,278 views
Book Review: "Elixir" by Brian Fagan
by Matthew Garcia in Hydro-Logic
"Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind" by Brian Fagan, published in 2011 by Bloomsbury Press, New York NY, ISBN 978-1-60819-003-4
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Evans, D., Pottier, C., Fletcher, R., Hensley, S., Tapley, I., Milne, A., & Barbetti, M. (2007) A comprehensive archaeological map of the world's largest preindustrial settlement complex at Angkor, Cambodia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(36), 14277-14282. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0702525104
- July 7, 2011
- 12:01 AM
- 1,387 views
Forests and Water, part 2: Razing Arizona...
by Matthew Garcia in Hydro-Logic
As I post this, the 2011 Wallow Fire in the the Apache National Forest in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico (pictured in part 1) has become the largest wildfire in Arizona's history (~540,000 acres) and is finally under a significant level of containment. The Wallow Fire was started, it seems, by people; it was fueled, however, by an ongoing southwestern drought and nearly a century of forest and wildlands mismanagement that have left massive quantities of vulnerable tinder in place. ........ Read more »
SISK, T., PRATHER, J., HAMPTON, H., AUMACK, E., XU, Y., & DICKSON, B. (2006) Participatory landscape analysis to guide restoration of ponderosa pine ecosystems in the American Southwest. Landscape and Urban Planning, 78(4), 300-310. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2005.10.003
Noss, R., Beier, P., Wallace Covington, W., Edward Grumbine, R., Lindenmayer, D., Prather, J., Schmiegelow, F., Sisk, T., & Vosick, D. (2006) Recommendations for Integrating Restoration Ecology and Conservation Biology in Ponderosa Pine Forests of the Southwestern United States. Restoration Ecology, 14(1), 4-10. DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00099.x
- June 23, 2011
- 08:00 PM
- 982 views
Forests and Water, part 1: Where there's smoke...
by Matthew Garcia in Hydro-Logic
Global climate change and regional drought, coupled with population growth and traditional forest resource management policies, have led to land cover changes and resource challenges across the southwestern U.S. Scientists, researchers, and natural resource managers seek to understand the hydro-ecological impacts of climate variability while the needs of the community, the spread of invasive species, and the threat of catastrophic forest fires persist...... Read more »
Swetnam, T.W., & J.L. Betancourt. (1998) Mesoscale disturbance and ecological response to decadal climatic variability in the American southwest. Journal of Climate, 3128-3147. info:/
Radeloff, V., Hammer, R., Stewart, S., Fried, J., Holcomb, S., & McKeefry, J. (2005) THE WILDLAND–URBAN INTERFACE IN THE UNITED STATES. Ecological Applications, 15(3), 799-805. DOI: 10.1890/04-1413
Breshears, D. (2005) Regional vegetation die-off in response to global-change-type drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(42), 15144-15148. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0505734102
Cook, E. (2004) Long-Term Aridity Changes in the Western United States. Science, 306(5698), 1015-1018. DOI: 10.1126/science.1102586
Seager, R., Ting, M., Held, I., Kushnir, Y., Lu, J., Vecchi, G., Huang, H., Harnik, N., Leetmaa, A., Lau, N.... (2007) Model Projections of an Imminent Transition to a More Arid Climate in Southwestern North America. Science, 316(5828), 1181-1184. DOI: 10.1126/science.1139601
Garrick, D., Jacobs, K., & Garfin, G. (2008) Models, Assumptions, and Stakeholders: Planning for Water Supply Variability in the Colorado River Basin. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 44(2), 381-398. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00154.x
Brown, T., Hall, B., & Westerling, A. (2004) The Impact of Twenty-First Century Climate Change on Wildland Fire Danger in the Western United States: An Applications Perspective. Climatic Change, 62(1-3), 365-388. DOI: 10.1023/b:clim.0000013680.07783.de
Adams, H., Guardiola-Claramonte, M., Barron-Gafford, G., Villegas, J., Breshears, D., Zou, C., Troch, P., & Huxman, T. (2009) Temperature sensitivity of drought-induced tree mortality portends increased regional die-off under global-change-type drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(17), 7063-7066. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901438106
van Mantgem, P., Stephenson, N., Byrne, J., Daniels, L., Franklin, J., Fule, P., Harmon, M., Larson, A., Smith, J., Taylor, A.... (2009) Widespread Increase of Tree Mortality Rates in the Western United States. Science, 323(5913), 521-524. DOI: 10.1126/science.1165000
Westerling, A. (2006) Warming and Earlier Spring Increase Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity. Science, 313(5789), 940-943. DOI: 10.1126/science.1128834
Barnett, T., Adam, J., & Lettenmaier, D. (2005) Potential impacts of a warming climate on water availability in snow-dominated regions. Nature, 438(7066), 303-309. DOI: 10.1038/nature04141
Stewart, I., Cayan, D., & Dettinger, M. (2005) Changes toward Earlier Streamflow Timing across Western North America. Journal of Climate, 18(8), 1136-1155. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3321.1
Barnett, T., Pierce, D., Hidalgo, H., Bonfils, C., Santer, B., Das, T., Bala, G., Wood, A., Nozawa, T., Mirin, A.... (2008) Human-Induced Changes in the Hydrology of the Western United States. Science, 319(5866), 1080-1083. DOI: 10.1126/science.1152538
Pierce, D., Barnett, T., Hidalgo, H., Das, T., Bonfils, C., Santer, B., Bala, G., Dettinger, M., Cayan, D., Mirin, A.... (2008) Attribution of Declining Western U.S. Snowpack to Human Effects. Journal of Climate, 21(23), 6425-6444. DOI: 10.1175/2008jcli2405.1
Marlon, J., Bartlein, P., Walsh, M., Harrison, S., Brown, K., Edwards, M., Higuera, P., Power, M., Anderson, R., Briles, C.... (2009) Wildfire responses to abrupt climate change in North America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(8), 2519-2524. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808212106
Williams, J., Jackson, S., & Kutzbach, J. (2007) Projected distributions of novel and disappearing climates by 2100 AD. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(14), 5738-5742. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0606292104
Adams, D., & Comrie, A. (1997) The North American Monsoon. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 78(10), 2197-2213. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)0782.0.CO;2
- March 18, 2011
- 04:01 PM
- 8,957 views
Canada Water Week: Climate Change in British Columbia
by Matthew Garcia in Hydro-Logic
In support of Canada Water Week (14 - 22 March) I pledged to Water Canada that I would post an article on the status of hydro-electric projects in the western province of British Columbia (BC), including the potential impacts of climate change on the operation of current facilities and the feasibility of planned projects. I may range a bit beyond that planned topic, however, with some more ... Read more »
Hamlet, A., & D. Lettenmaier. (1999) Columbia River Streamflow Forecasting Based on ENSO and PDO Climate Signals. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 125(6), 333-341. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(1999)125:6(333)
Vorosmarty, C.J., P. Green, J. Salisbury, & R.B. Lammers. (2000) Global Water Resources: Vulnerability from Climate Change and Population Growth. Science, 289(5477), 284-288. DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5477.284
Milly, P., J. Betancourt, M. Falkenmark, R. Hirsch, Z. Kundzewicz, D. Lettenmaier, & R. Stouffer. (2008) Stationarity Is Dead: Whither Water Management?. Science, 319(5863), 573-574. DOI: 10.1126/science.1151915
Woodhouse, C., S. Gray, & D. Meko. (2006) Updated streamflow reconstructions for the Upper Colorado River Basin. Water Resources Research, 42(5). DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004455
Held, I., & B. Soden. (2006) Robust Responses of the Hydrological Cycle to Global Warming. Journal of Climate, 19(21), 5686-5699. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3990.1
Barnett, T., J. Adam, & D. Lettenmaier. (2005) Potential impacts of a warming climate on water availability in snow-dominated regions. Nature, 438(7066), 303-309. DOI: 10.1038/nature04141
- March 14, 2011
- 10:41 PM
- 1,145 views
National Groundwater Awareness Week
by Matthew Garcia in Hydro-Logic
Last week (6 - 12 March) was National Groundwater Awareness Week in the United States. Did you notice? Were there lots of events and celebrations in your area, public agencies and private water companies getting out to spread the word, giveaways and picnics (weather-permitting) and frivolity and whatnot in honor of groundwater? Did you tell your neighbors and friends about... Read more »
Rodell, M., Velicogna, I., & Famiglietti, J. (2009) Satellite-based estimates of groundwater depletion in India. Nature, 460(7258), 999-1002. DOI: 10.1038/nature08238
Galloway, D., K. Hudnut,, S. Ingebritsen,, S. Phillips,, G. Peltzer,, F. Rogez,, & P. Rosen,. (1998) Detection of aquifer system compaction and land subsidence using interferometric synthetic aperture radar, Antelope Valley, Mojave Desert, California. Water Resources Research, 34(10), 2573-2585. DOI: 10.1029/98WR01285
Amelung, F., D.L. Galloway, J.W. Bell, H.A. Zebker, & R.J. Laczniak. (1999) Sensing the ups and downs of Las Vegas - InSAR reveals structural control of land subsidence and aquifer-system deformation. Geology, 483-486. info:/
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