Societal Adaptation to Decadal Climate Variability in the United States

Authors

Norman J. Rosenberg, Center for Research on the Changing Earth System
Vikram M. Mehta, Center for Research on the Changing Earth SystemFollow
J Rolf Olsen, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources
Hans Von Storch, Institute for Coastal Research, GKSS Research Center
Robert G. Varady, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona
Michael J. Hayes, National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska, LincolnFollow
Donald A. Wilhite, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2007

Citation

Eos Transations American Geophyiscal Union, 2007

Comments

U.S. Government work

Abstract

The search for evidence of decadal climatic variability (DCV) has a very long history. In the past decade, a research community has coalesced around a series of roughly biennial workshops that have emphasized description of past DCV events; their causes and their "teleconnections" responsible for droughts, floods, and warm and cold spells around the world; and recently, the predictability of DCV events. Researchers studying climate change put great emphasis on prospective impacts, but the DCV community has yet to do so. To begin rectifying this deficiency, a short but ambitious workshop was convened in Waikoloa, near Kona, Hawaii, from 26-28 April 2007. This workshop, sponsored by the Center for Research on the Changing Earth System (CRCES), NOAA, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, brought together climatologists and sectoral specialists representing agriculture, water resources, economics, the insurance industry, and developing country interests.