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Citation Boon, S, Winkler, R, Pomeroy, J and Spittlehouse, D. 2012. Effects of climate and forest cover change on snowmelt dominated water supplies in the Okanagan. Final Report, FFESC Project #16
Organization FLNRO
URL http://bcwildfire.ca/ftp/HFP/external/!publish/Web/FFESC/reports/Winklerfinalreportwebversion.pdf
Abstract/Description or Keywords Research Process: Objectives
(1) Establish a working group comprised of water purveyors, community leaders,
government agencies, and experts in the fields of climate change, forest hydrology, and
water management to identify uncertainties regarding forested upland water supplies, the
most probable climate and forest cover changes at high elevations, and the potential land
management responses to these changes in order to steer the modelling component of the
project;
(2) Collate and quality assure existing long-term datasets from the UPCr study area for use in
model calibration, validation, and scenario runs;'
(3) Collect additional snowpack and radiation transmittance data required as model input and
currently unavailable;
(4) Calibrate and validate the CRHModel at UPCr using baseline (historical) conditions;
(5) Use climate change scenarios for the region to model potential climate change impacts on
snow hydrology and water supply under existing forest cover;
(6) Use forest disturbance scenarios to model forest cover change impacts on snow
hydrology and water supply;
(7) Present model results to the working group and collaborate with them to assess possible
community and regional adaptations to research results; and,
(8) Provide tools (i.e., CRHM and model output) for incorporating the results into future
broader water supply assessments throughout the Okanagan Basin. watershed management, climate change, snowmelt, forest harvest
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