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Incorporating Climate Science into Engineering Practice

by
J. Rolf Olsen, Senior Lead for Climate, Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315, j.rolf.olsen@usace.army.mil,



2015



Part of: Adapting Infrastructure and Civil Engineering Practice to a Changing Climate

Abstract:

This section provides a review of engineering practices and discusses how engineers canconsider climate change in their practice, given the uncertainty of the future.

Subject Headings: Engineering profession | Uncertainty principles | Climates | Climate change

 

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