Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-133-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-133-2017
Research article
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09 Jan 2017
Research article |  | 09 Jan 2017

Planning for climate change impacts on hydropower in the Far North

Jessica E. Cherry, Corrie Knapp, Sarah Trainor, Andrea J. Ray, Molly Tedesche, and Susan Walker

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We know that climate is changing quickly in the Far North (the Arctic and sub-Arctic). Hydropower continues to grow in this region because water resources are perceived to be plentiful. However, with changes in glacier extent and permafrost, and more extreme events, will those resources prove reliable into the future? This study amasses the evidence that quantitative hydrology modeling and uncertainty assessment have matured to the point where they should be used in water resource planning.