Climate and hydrology datasets for use in the RMJOC agencies’ longer-term planning studies: Part I - Future climate and hydrology datasets

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The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) collaborated to adopt climate change and hydrology datasets for their longer-term planning activities in the Columbia-Snake River Basin (CSRB). This was coordinated through the River Management Joint Operating Committee (RMJOC), a sub-committee of the Joint Operating Committee which was established through direct funding Memorandum of Agreements between BPA, Reclamation, and the USACE. The RMJOC is specifically dedicated to reviewing the practices, procedures, and processes of each agency to identify changes that could improve the overall efficiency of the operation and management of the Federal Columbia River Power System projects. In addition to creating these datasets, the RMJOC agencies worked together to adopt a set of methods for incorporating these data into those longer-term planning activities. Several goals framed this effort: 1) Arrive at consensus agreement on which available climate projection information should provide a range of future climate and hydrologic scenarios for use in RMJOC agencies' long-term planning, where the approach is flexible and can accommodate updates in climate projection information. 2) Demonstrate capability in using selected future climate and hydrology scenarios in the context of reservoir systems analyses typically conducted by RMJOC agencies. 3) Promote efficient use of each agency’s limited resources in satisfying the first two objectives, avoiding redundancy where possible. 4) Collaborate with other stakeholders in the region to gain their support for this analysis and data. This report is the first of four documents to be produced in this effort. Briefly stated, this report provides a detailed description of future climate and hydrology datasets that are meant to serve upcoming longer-term planning assessments conducted by RMJOC agencies.

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SWAP (2/19/2016) citation:
Brekke L, Kuepper B, Vaddey S. 2010. Climate and hydrology datasets for use in the RMJOC agencies’ longer-term planning studies: part I - future climate and hydrology datasets. Draft Report. Boise (ID): US Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific Northwest Region. 183 p. [revised 2011 Apr 27; accessed 2015 Jun 1]. http://www.usbr.gov/pn/climate/planning/reports/part1.pdf.

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Brekke, L., B. Kuepper, and S. Vaddey. 2010. Climate and Hydrology Datasets for use in the RMJOC Agencies’ Longer-Term Planning Studies: Part I - Future Climate and Hydrology Datasets. Corrected edition 2011. 183 p. Available from: http://www.usbr.gov/pn/climate/planning/reports/. Sponsored by the Bureau of Reclamation, Bonneville Power Administration, and U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.

[Also note that nowhere on the report are the words Draft Report. The Title starts with the word Climate. But the report is still being cited elsewhere with the words Draft Report. The USBR website where the report can be found continues to use the Dec. 2010 date.]