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Examples of ENSO-Society InteractionsENSO-Based, Long-Range Streamflow Forecasts and Water Resources Applications for the Columbia River BasinAlan HamletCenter for Science in the Earth System (CSES) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Washington Seattle, Washington, USA ~~~ OverviewExperimental long-range streamflow forecasts for the Columbia River produced at the University of Washington by the Center for Science in the Earth System and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering have been demonstrated to have economic value to water resources management in the Pacific Northwest, particularly in the context of hydropower planning and marketing. Simulated benefits to spot-market energy revenues in the Columbia basin associated with the use of ENSO-based, long-range streamflow forecasts are on the order of $150 million per year (Hamlet and Lettenmaier, 2002). Climatological Basis for Long-Range Streamflow Forecasts for the Columbia River
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