Climate and Hydrology Datasets for Use in the RMJOC Agencies' Longer-Term Planning Studies: Part II-Reservoir Operations Assessment for Reclamation Tributary Basins.

摘要

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) through their River Management Joint Operating Committee (RMJOC) collaborated to adopt a range of climate change and hydrology datasets and demonstrate how these data may be applied to support their longer-term planning activities in the Columbia-Snake River Basin (CSRB). This collaboration also included engagement with stakeholder agencies, including U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), NOAA Fisheries Service, Northwest Power and Conservation Council (Council), BC-Hydro, and Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC), to incorporate their perspectives during the scoping and application of methods featured in this effort. In this latter demonstration, the agencies also collaborated to develop a shared understanding on an appropriate set of methods for incorporating these data into such longer-term planning activities. The purpose of adopting such data and methods is to promote consistent incorporation of regional climate projection information in the agencies planning efforts, and to promote efficient development of these data and methods by pooling agency resources.