(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003-04)
Georgakakos, Aristidis P.; Yao, Huaming
Climate variability and potential change
have important implications for the management of the
ACF and ACT river basins. This article discusses these
implications using a decision support system developed
by the Georgia Water Resources Institute at Georgia
Tech. These assessments are made for historical as
well as for potential climates generated by General
Circulation Models (GCMs). The most important
conclusion is that water resources planning and
management decisions, including the water compacts
being negotiated, should explicitly recognize and
address climate variability and uncertainty by being
flexible and adaptive.