Global Change and Extreme Hydrology:
Testing Conventional Wisdom
Author:
NA
Date Published:
2011
Description:
The National Research Council Committee on Hydrologic Science (COHS) held a workshop on January 5-6, 2010 that examined how climate warming translates into hydrologic extremes like floods and drought. This report presents an overview of the current state of the science in terms of climate change and extreme hydrologic events. It examines the "conventional wisdom" that climate change will "accelerate" the hydrologic cycle, fuel more evaporation, and generate more precipitation, based on an increased capacity of a warmer atmosphere to hold more water vapor. The report also includes descriptions of the changes in frequency and severity of extremes, the ability (or inability) to model these changes, and the problem of communicating the best science to water resources practitioners in useful forums.
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