โ Scribed by Woodrow C. Jacobs
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Early in 1974, the Geophysics Research Board completed a plan, subsequently approved by the Committee on Science and Public Policy of the U.S, National Academy of Sciences, for a series of studies to be carried out on subjects related to geophysics. This publication presents the results of one of these studies. The essays in this volume were presented in preliminary form at an American Geophysical Union meeting in Washington, D.C., in April 1976. The subject of the eight essays (chapters) is wide-ranging, dealing not only with climate, weather and water, but also with water resources planning, water law, and the economic and societal impact of water shortages.
An overview of the study is provided in an introductory chapter prepared by the Panel on Water and Climate of the Geophysics Study Committee and this summarizes the deliberations, conclusions and formulates recommendations for future action.
The reviewer will not attempt to review each of the separate chapters covering such a wide range of material and each prepared by authors with widely different backgrounds and divergent points of view; such an endeavor would be well beyond the scope of this review. So he will pay his attention to several specifics in the chapters and to the conclusions and recommendations made by the Panel. In much abbreviated form the Panel's conclusions and recommendations are:
(1) The United States can expect to experience periodic (sic), local severe water shortages.
(2) Research on the "resilency" (sp.?) of water-resource systems is needed.
(3) The transfer functions from climatic (long-range weather?) forecasts to water-supply values need to be improved.
(4) The transfer functions to get from forecast to crop yield are not yet known for many crops and localities; interactive research between climatological forecasters and crop specialists is needed.
(5) Water laws should be adjusted along the lines suggested by the 1973 National Water Commission Report "Water Policies of the Future". In particular, federal reserved rights should be eliminated and Indian water rights should be identified.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
As stated in the title, this book is concerned with the climatic and biological impacts of a large fleet of supersonic and subsonic aircraft flying in the stratosphere on a regular basis. This book is the final report of a group of recognized scholars from many different disciplines.