California's Drought of the Future: A Midcentury Recreation of the Exceptional Conditions of 2012-2017.

ABSTRACT: The California drought of 2012-2016 was a record-breaking event with extensive social, political, and economic repercussions. The impacts were widespread and exposed the difficulty in preparing for the effects of prolonged dry conditions. Although the lessons from this drought drove important changes to state law and policy, there is little doubt that climate change will only exacerbate future droughts. To understand the character of future drought, this paper examines this recent drought period retrospectively and prospectively, that is, as it occurred historically and if similar dynamical conditions to the historical period were to arise 30 years later (2042-2046) subject to the effects of climate change. Simulations were conducted using the Weather Research and Forecasting model using t

SUBMITTER: Ullrich PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6334531 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature