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Southwest Environmental Change

ARIA Arizona Regional Image Archive
Digital image and map data for the Sonoran desert region, including the US Southwest and northern Mexico, as well as links between research and instructional programs in the earth science disciplines, particularly as they relate to climate variability and change.

Arizona Department of Water Resources
The primary water management agency in Arizona. Administers and enforces Arizona’s groundwater code and surface water rights, manages the Colorado River’s water supply, and represents Arizona’s water rights to the federal government. Includes databases of water use and supply records, Indian water rights, xeriscaping, and water conservation pages.

AZ-NV Academy of Science
Journal, newsletter and conference proceedings from the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science; includes a call for papers for their annual meeting

Climate Change Impacts in the Colorado River Basin


Climate Diagnostics Center (NOAA-CIRES)
Data related to predicting important climate variations on time scales ranging from one month to centuries by identifying major patterns of climate variability on decadal and longer time scales, and investigating the role of air-sea interactions in modulating decadal-to-centennial variability; includes the Western Water Assessment, El Niño/La Niña information, U.S. predictions, forecasts and anomalies, maps and other information.

Coarse-Scale Spatial Data for Wildland Fire and Fuel Management
Offers maps and mapping data integrating biophysical and remotely sensed data for fire management and research

Cooperative Extension: Climate Change and Forests
Cooperative Extension publications on how climate change is affecting regional forests (enter "climate" under "title contains" category)

CPC's Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) page
An atmospheric and oceanic phenomenon that affects the northern Pacific Ocean and western North America. Describes detection, prediction, relation to El Niño and La Niña, and impacts, including effects on precipitation in the western U.S.

Earth Data Analysis Center ESIP Project (UNM)
A regional assessment of the Upper Rio Grande Basin that is developing data products and information focusing on land economics, regional hydrology, and air quality; based at the University of New Mexico.

Land Use History of North America
Broad-ranging USGS program dedicated to providing a historical context for understanding ongoing changes in land cover and land use; includes several regional and paleo studies.

Land Use History of North America (LUHNA)
Examines historical vegetation and land use patterns and anthropogenic changes to them through reports on topics such as agricultural change and population growth, urban sprawl and soil resources, species shifts, and other regional land use studies.

Mesoscale Ecological Responses to Climatic Variability in the American Southwest
Report using tree ring data to reconstruct climate variability over centuries in the U.S. southwest; part of a U.S. Global Change Research Program interactive workshop on the Impact of Climate Change and Land Use in the Southwestern United States.

New Mexico Climate Center (Office of the New Mexico State Climatologist)
Climate information from the state climatologist of New Mexico (New Mexico State University), including data collected from the NWS cooperative observer program and an automated weather data network. Climate data is available for specific geographical areas and time frames.

New Mexico Climate Change Advisory Group
The New Mexico Climate Change Advisory Group reviews and provides recommendations to the Governor's office regarding climate change policy

New Mexico Drought Task Force
The website for the New Mexico Governor's Drought Task Force provides information on climate change, drought plans, conditions, and forecasts, and the functions of the task force.

New Mexico Governor's Drought Task Force
Drought plan for New Mexico that assesses where the state is vulnerable to drought impacts, what can be done to minimize the impact of a drought before it occurs, and planned responses for dealing with drought.

NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
Project descriptions, data, journal articles, and links to other sites related to the study of climate of the distant past (prior to human-measured records). Major subject areas include fire, tree rings, ice cores, pollen, boreholes, modeling, coral, and lake sediments.

NOAA-CIRES Western Water Assessment
An interdisciplinary research project linking climate, water resources, and society with stakeholders; focused on the Interior West region, which encompasses the upper or upper-middle portions of the South Platte, Arkansas, Colorado, and Rio Grande drainages.

NRCS Arizona Office
Arizona page of the Natural Resources Conservation Service; includes Arizona plants lists, conservation assistance and incentive programs available in Arizona, Arizona conservation partners and other information.

Project on Modeling and Projecting Colorado Plateau Vegetation Changes
Abstract and citation information for "Regional Dynamic Vegetation Model for the Colorado Plateau: A Species- Specific Approach"

SAHRA News Updates
Research by the UA's center fo Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas

SAHRA Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas
NSF Science and Technology Center housed at the University of Arizona is dedicated to scientific research, education, and public outreach aimed at helping communities in semi-arid regions manage their water resources in a sustainable manner.

Salt River Project Daily Water Reports
Access to water supply and streamflow data for watersheds administered by Salt River Project.

Santa Rita Experimental Range Repeat Photography
An archive of photographs taken repeatedly over the years from 117 sites throughout the Santa Rita Experimental Range in southeastern Arizona.

Semi-Arid Land-Surface-Atmosphere (SALSA) Program
A multi-agency, multi-national global-change research effort focused on the upper San Pedro River basin in southeastern Arizona, USA, and northeastern Sonora, Mexico; focused on evaluating the consequences of natural and human-induced changes in semi-arid environments.

Southwest Hydrology: Climate Change Implications
Southwest Hydrology, published by the University of Arizona's SAHRA center, has released a special issue on the expected effects of climate change on water resources

Southwest Strategy
Collaboration of federal, state, tribal, and local governments designed to aid community development and natural resources conservation and management in Arizona and New Mexico.

Sustainable Albuquerque: Stop Global Warming
Describes Mayor Martin Chavez’s plans to maintain greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels and mitigate global warming in the city of Albuquerque.

U.S.- Mexican Border Environmental Information Web (Border EcoWeb)
Inventory of and links to environmental information for the U.S.-Mexican border region and directory of organizations dealing with border environmental issues.

U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change
National assessment of the likely impacts of climate change on different regions of the U.S., based on each area's unique mix of climate, economic structure, demography and resources.

University of New Mexico Sevilleta LTER ENSO Research
Offers a time series plot of the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), table of SOI values, the most recent NOAA ENSO diagnostic discussion, and reports on ENSO effects in New Mexico.

USDA Forest Service Data and Information Systems
Links to a variety of forest-related data sources dealing with fire and fire management, plant genetics and genomes, climate change effects on forests, etc.

USGS - Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use on the Southwestern U.S.
Studies covering dust emissions in the Mojave Desert; flooding, erosion and sediment discharge; dust storm predictions; sand dune stability; and other issues in the southwestern U.S.

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