Climate Change, Streamflow, and Connections to Ecology 

About The Presenter

Charlie Luce, USFS

About This Presentation

Running time: 19 minutes and 46 seconds

This is part of a collection. See more from Understanding & Adapting in Aquatic Ecosystems at Landscape and River Basin Scales.

Topics covered:

• Climate Change Vulnerability
• Cascading Vulnerability and Exposure
• Hydrologic Connections
• Western North America Temperature
• Water Supply: GCM Projection
• Future Precipitation
• Relative Sensitivity
• Annual Flow Graph
• Two Kinds of "Non-Stationary"
• Water Supply: Historical Trends
• ET or Precipitation?
• Precipitation!
• Historical April 1 Snowpack (SWE)
• Snowpack Sensitivity Diagram
• Map
• Streamflow Timing
• Seasonality Seesaw
• Center of Timing
• Past and 'Future' Hydrographs
• Boise River Modeled 1990-2080
• Observed Flow Changes 1950s-1990s
• Longer Fire Season Effect?
• Burned Area Sensitivity
• Summer Flows (July 15-Sep 15)
• Summer Flow to Annual Flow Correlation
• Floods
• Historical 2-yr Flood Trend
• Midwinter Flood Frequency
• Aquatic Species Sensitivity
• Sensitivity
• Key Items
• VIC Downstream Scaling
• PNW VIC Validation
• Early Snowmelt
• Snowmelt Bias Example
• Available Downscaled Streamflow Metrics

Production by: Michael Furniss and Jeffrey Guntle, Communications and Applications, PNW and PSW Research Stations

Video by: Freshwaters Illustrated.