Using hydrologic landscape classification and climatic time series to assess hydrologic vulnerability of the western U.S. to climate.

ABSTRACT: We apply the hydrologic landscape (HL) concept to assess the hydrologic vulnerability of the western United States (U.S.) to projected climate conditions. Our goal is to understand the potential impacts of hydrologic vulnerability for stakeholder-defined interests across large geographic areas. The basic assumption of the HL approach is that catchments that share similar physical and climatic characteristics are expected to have similar hydrologic characteristics. We use the hydrologic landscape vulnerability approach (HLVA) to map the HLVA index (an assessment of climate vulnerability) by integrating hydrologic landscapes into a retrospective analysis of historical data to assess variability in future climate projections and hydrology, which includes temperature, precipitation, potential

SUBMITTER: Jones CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8353951 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature