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<strong>Water</strong> <strong>Utility</strong> <strong>Climate</strong> Alliance White Paper<br />

<strong>Options</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Improving</strong> <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Modeling</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Assist</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Utility</strong> Planning <strong>for</strong> <strong>Climate</strong> Change<br />

PACSM<br />

PCMDI<br />

PDO<br />

PWB<br />

Platte and Colorado Supply Model<br />

Program <strong>for</strong> <strong>Climate</strong> Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison<br />

Pacific Decadal Oscillation<br />

Portland <strong>Water</strong> Bureau<br />

RAMS Regional Atmospheric <strong>Modeling</strong> System<br />

RCM regional climate model<br />

RCP representative concentration pathway<br />

RegCM3 Regional <strong>Climate</strong> Model version 3<br />

RSM Regional Spectral Model<br />

SD<br />

SEAFM<br />

SFPUC<br />

SiB<br />

SPU<br />

SRES<br />

STARDEX<br />

STM<br />

Statistical Downscaling<br />

Seattle Forecast Model<br />

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission<br />

Simple Biosphere Model<br />

Seattle Public Utilities<br />

IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios<br />

STAtistical and Regional dynamical Downscaling of EXtremes<br />

Supply and Transmission Model<br />

2-D two-dimensional<br />

UKMO<br />

UW<br />

VSLF<br />

WCRP<br />

WEAP<br />

WGCM<br />

W/m 2<br />

WRF<br />

WUCA<br />

United Kingdom Meteorological Office<br />

University of Washing<strong>to</strong>n<br />

Variable Source Loading Function model<br />

World <strong>Climate</strong> Research Programme<br />

<strong>Water</strong> Evaluation and Planning model<br />

Working Group on Coupled Models<br />

watts per square meter<br />

Weather Research and Forecasting Model<br />

<strong>Water</strong> <strong>Utility</strong> <strong>Climate</strong> Alliance<br />

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