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" Musings on a Model: CalSim II in California's Water Community "
Ferreira, Ines C.; Tanaka, Stacy K.; Hollinshead, Sarah P.; Lund, Jay R.
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AL
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926511
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LA2mx392x6
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English
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Ferreira, Ines C.; Tanaka, Stacy K.; Hollinshead, Sarah P.; Lund, Jay R.
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Musings on a Model: CalSim II in California's Water Community [Article]\ Ferreira, Ines C.; Tanaka, Stacy K.; Hollinshead, Sarah P.; Lund, Jay R.
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
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3/1
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2005
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Computer model results are becoming more prominent in water policy deliberations in California. CalSim II is the most prominent water management model in California, and has become central to a variety of water management and policy issues and controversies. This paper reports on the results of an extensive set of loosely-structured interviews with members of California’s technical and policy-oriented water management community regarding the use and development of CalSim II in California. The interviewers reflect on the thoughts of interviewees and how such interview activities can further policy-effective modeling and technical activities for water management. CalSim II is a complex model of a complex part of California’s changing multi-purpose water system. As such, analytical controversies and misunderstandings are inevitable. Ideally, a model and its associated data would perform an additional service as a forum to resolve technical controversies and continually improve quantitative understanding of the system. While CalSim II is generally seen as a significant improvement over previous models, a wide variety of ideas are suggested for improvements.
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