Thibeault, Jeanne M.Seth, AnjiWang, G.2016-04-192016-04-192011International Journal of Climatology1097-0088http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70426Metadata only recordThe Bolivian Altiplano is particular vulnerable to harmful effects of climate change and corresponding disturbances in precipitation patterns. In this study, CMIP3 models were analyzed according to their ability to simulate past rainfall patterns. The most accurate models were then used to make predictions regarding summertime precipitation changes. Reductions in precipitation during the summer, runoff increases,text/plainen-USIn CopyrightWater managementEnvironmental impactsRainfed agricultureFood securityClimate controlModelingSubsistence productionAgricultural ecosystemsBolivian AltiplanoPrecipitation variabilityCoupled climate models soil moistureEnsoWcrp-cmip3 multi-model datasetSouth americaEcosystemMechanisms of summertime precipitation variability in the Bolivian Altiplano: Present and futureAbstractCopyright 2011 by the Royal Meteorological Society. All rights reserved.https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.2424