Climate Change and Groundwater: Anthropogenic Effects and Regional Feedbacks on Hydrology and Water Resources

Wednesday, April 14, 2010: 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Horace Tabor/Molly Brown (Westin Tabor Center, Denver)
Global climate change will have significant regional impacts. Many of these impacts on hydrology and water resources, most notably groundwater, are not well understood. Additionally, land-atmosphere interactions have long been shown to significantly influence regional climate. Presentations will include: • A range of topics related to climate change, groundwater, and water resources, focusing on climate-hydrologic feedbacks and coupled modeling and observational studies that integrate across traditional boundaries in hydrology. • The impact of climate change on surface water resources, groundwater resources, and surface water–groundwater interactions • The role of lateral surface and subsurface flow and vertical surface-subsurface exchange in land surface energy and water balances • Interactions between water resources management on the land surface hydrology, surface energy and water balances, and land-atmosphere feedbacks • Local and non-local impacts of land-atmosphere coupling, including feedbacks between local hydrology and large-scale circulation
Moderators:
Reed M. Maxwell, Ph.D. and Ian M. Ferguson, Ph.D.
2:10 p.m.
Climate Change Effects On the Greater San Joaquin River Basin, California
Shadi Y. Moqbel, Colorado School of Mines; Reed M. Maxwell, Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines; Andrew Tompson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Jeffery Wagoner, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Kayyum Mansoor, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Steven Smith, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Carol Woodward, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Jeffrey Mirocha, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Julie Lundquist, University of Colorado, Boulder
2:30 p.m.
Impacts of Global Climate Change and Local Water Management On Regional Water Balance and Land-Atmosphere Feedbacks
Ian M. Ferguson, Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines; Reed M. Maxwell, Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines
2:50 p.m.
A Physically-Based Approach to Assess the Impact of Climate Change On Canadian Water Resources
Jianming Chen, University of Waterloo; Edward A. Sudicky, University of Waterloo; W. Richard Peltier, University of Toronto; Young-Jin Park, University of Waterloo
3:10 p.m.
Assessing the Impacts of Climate Variability and Climate Change On Groundwater Recharge in Data-Scarce Tropical Basins
Henrique M. L. Chaves, Universidade de Brasilia; Ana Carolina Albuquerque, Universidade de Brasilia; Isabella Mattos, Universidade de Brasilia
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