Modeling environmental change : a guide to understanding model results that explore the impacts of climate change on regional environmental systems

Abstract

This guide focuses on process-based environmental models, particularly those used to model climate change impacts. This type of environmental modeling plays an increasingly important role in understanding the potential implications of environmental changes in the Pacific Northwest as well as world-wide. This guide is designed to assist resource managers, planners, and others who are interested in using modeling results to better understand how environmental change and policy decisions may affect regional ecosystems, agriculture, and natural resource management as well as regional industries and populations.