Climate Change Over Western North America 

About The Presenter

Steve Hostetler , USGS

About This Presentation

Running time: 28 minutes and 25 seconds

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

Topics covered:

• What the records tell us
• What the records are telling us
• Where we might be headed
• IPCC scenarios for climate models
• AOGCM sensitivity to CO2
• Models versus observations (annual)
• IPCC AR4 AOGCM simulations
• Simulations
• The Pacific North American Pattern
• Present versus future PNA
• The nature of the PNA
• Present versus future PNA
• Pacific Northwest Quadrant
• Climate Variables relevant to aquatic systems
• Changes in energy and water inputs
• Bowen ratio
• Climate analysis and guidance for management

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

Video by: Freshwaters Illustrated.