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Title: California 4th climate change assessment: Bay area regional report

Author
item ACKERLY, DAVID - University Of California
item JONES, ANDREW - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
item STACEY, MARK - University Of California
item CHANG, JACK - University Of California
item RIORDAN, BRUCE - University Of California
item RHOADES, ALAN - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
item WEHNER, MICHAEL - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
item BARNARD, PATRICK - Us Geological Survey (USGS)
item TORREGROSA, ALICIA - Us Geological Survey (USGS)
item PIETTE, MARY ANN - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
item MOURA, SCOTT - University Of California
item RADKE, JOHN - University Of California
item BIGING, GREGORY - University Of California
item WADDELL, PAUL - University Of California
item NELSON, KARA - University Of California
item STOKES-DRAUT, JENNIFER - University Of California
item BROOKS, ALLISON - Bay Area Regional Collaborative
item BEISSINGER, STEVEN - University Of California
item MANN, MICHAEL - George Washington University
item MORITZ, MAX - University Of California
item HERBOLD, BRUCE - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
item GRENIER, LETITIA - San Francisco Estuary Institute
item Steenwerth, Kerri
item Elias, Emile
item SILVER, WHENDEE - University Of California
item MICHELI, LISA - Pepperwood Foundation

Submitted to: Government Publication/Report
Publication Type: Government Publication
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/16/2019
Publication Date: 1/16/2019
Citation: Ackerly, D., Jones, A., Stacey, M., Chang, J., Riordan, B., Rhoades, A., Wehner, M., Barnard, P., Torregrosa, A., Piette, M., Moura, S., Radke, J., Biging, G., Waddell, P., Nelson, K., Stokes-Draut, J., Brooks, A., Beissinger, S., Mann, M., Moritz, M., Herbold, B., Grenier, L., Steenwerth, K.L., Elias, E.H., Silver, W., Micheli, L. 2019. California 4th climate change assessment: Bay area regional report. Government Publication/Report. none.

Interpretive Summary: This report assesses the vulnerabilities and means for enacting adaptation measures under a future climate in the Bay Area. The report first provides information on the future climate to set the framework for conditions that the Bay Area Region in California will face in the 21st century. It presents modeled climate projections that examine future temperature, precipitation, drought and snowpack, fog occurrence, fire and sea level rise. Multiple sectors are examined, including energy infrastructure, transportation, land use and community planning, urban water, public health, emergency management and economic resilience. Natural and working lands are also assessed for their vulnerabilities and the potential for adaptation, including wildlife, forest management, freshwater systems, the delta baylands and coast, rangelands and agriculture.

Technical Abstract: This report assesses the vulnerabilities and means for enacting adaptation measures under a future climate in the Bay Area. The report first provides information on the future climate to set the framework for conditions that the Bay Area Region in California will face in the 21st century. It presents modeled climate projections that examine future temperature, precipitation, drought and snowpack, fog occurrence, fire and sea level rise. Multiple sectors are examined, including energy infrastructure, transportation, land use and community planning, urban water, public health, emergency management and economic resilience. Natural and working lands are also assessed for their vulnerabilities and the potential for adaptation, including wildlife, forest management, freshwater systems, the delta baylands and coast, rangelands and agriculture.