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An integrated assessment of water-energy and climate change in sacramento, california: how strong is the nexus?
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Dale, LL and Karali, N and Millstein, D and Carnall, M and Vicuna, S and Borchers, N and Bustos, E and O'Hagan, J and Purkey, D and Heaps, C and Sieber, J and Collins, WD and Sohn, MD, An integrated assessment of water-energy and climate change in sacramento, california: how strong is the nexus?, Climatic Change pp. 1-13. ISSN 0165-0009 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2015 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
DOI: doi:10.1007/s10584-015-1370-x
Abstract
This paper is among the first to report on the full integration of basin-scale models
that include projections of the demand and supply of water and energy for residential,
commercial, industrial, and agricultural sector users. We link two widely used regional
planning models that allow one to study the impact of rising climate variability on water
and electricity use in Sacramento, California. Historic data combined with the current
energy and water system configuration was used to assess the implications of changes
in temperature and precipitation. Climate simulations suggest that electricity imports to
the region would increase during hot dry spells, when regional power production is
most constrained. In particular, regional imports of electricity would increase over
35 % in hot dry years, assuming a 4 °C increase in average temperature and a 25 %
decrease in average precipitation.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | climate change, energy, california, climate variability |
Research Division: | Earth Sciences |
Research Group: | Climate change science |
Research Field: | Climate change processes |
Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
Objective Group: | Adaptation to climate change |
Objective Field: | Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem) |
UTAS Author: | Borchers, N (Mr Nicolas Borchers Arriagada) |
ID Code: | 140091 |
Year Published: | 2015 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 29 |
Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
Deposited On: | 2020-07-24 |
Last Modified: | 2020-08-26 |
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