Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Idaho National Laboratory

doi:10.2172/1166046

GSTDTAP > 地球科学

DOI	10.2172/1166046
报告编号	INL/EXT-14-33529
来源ID	OSTI ID: 1166046
	Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Idaho National Laboratory
	Christopher P. Ischay; Ernest L. Fossum; Polly C. Buotte; Jeffrey A. Hicke; Alexander Peterson
	2014-10-01
出版年	2014
语种	英语
国家	美国
领域	地球科学
英文摘要	The University of Idaho (UI) was asked to participate in the development of a climate change vulnerability assessment for Idaho National Laboratory (INL). This report describes the outcome of that assessment. The climate change happening now, due in large part to human activities, is expected to continue in the future. UI and INL used a common framework for assessing vulnerability that considers exposure (future climate change), sensitivity (system or component responses to climate), impact (exposure combined with sensitivity), and adaptive capacity (capability of INL to modify operations to minimize climate change impacts) to assess vulnerability. Analyses of climate change (exposure) revealed that warming that is ongoing at INL will continue in the coming decades, with increased warming in later decades and under scenarios of greater greenhouse gas emissions. Projections of precipitation are more uncertain, with multi model means exhibiting somewhat wetter conditions and more wet days per year. Additional impacts relevant to INL include estimates of more burned area and increased evaporation and transpiration, leading to reduced soil moisture and plant growth.
英文关键词	Climate Change Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change Resilience Resilience Sustainability
URL	查看原文
来源平台	US Department of Energy (DOE)
引用统计
文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/6461
专题	地球科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Christopher P. Ischay,Ernest L. Fossum,Polly C. Buotte,et al. Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Idaho National Laboratory,2014.