Western United States Projects

Project Title	Duration	Status	CLIMAS Investigators
Understanding and Communicating Climate Change in the Southwest	2001–	Ongoing	Jonathan Overpeck Daniel Ferguson
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Climate Change Workshop Report	2008–2009	Completed	Zack Guido
Tribal Drought Information for Monitoring, Assessment, and Planning (DRI MAP)	2010–	Ongoing	Michael Crimmins Daniel Ferguson
TreeFlow: A Drought Planning Resource for Water Management in the Western U.S.	2008–	Ongoing	Connie Woodhouse
Tree-ring Reconstructions of Past Climate in the Southwest	2000–2002	Completed	Gregg Garfin Malcolm Hughes
State Drought Planning in the Western U.S.: A Multi-RISA-Agency-NIDIS Collaboration	2009–	Ongoing	Gregg Garfin
Snow Cover Mapping	2002–2004	Completed	Roger Bales
Sectoral Impacts of Drought and Climate Change	2008–	Ongoing	George Frisvold
Reconciling Projections of Future Colorado River Streamflow	2007–	Ongoing	Holly Hartmann Jonathan Overpeck
Predicting Valley Fever Incidence	2000–2004	Completed	Andrew Comrie
Patterns and Causes of Southwest Drought Variability	2009–	Ongoing	Jonathan Overpeck
National Climate Assessment: Knowledge Exchange and Needs Assessment on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Colorado River	2010–	Ongoing	Gregg Garfin
Knowledge to Action: An Assessment of the Transfer of Climate Science to Decision Making	2009–2011	Completed	Jennifer Rice Daniel Ferguson Connie Woodhouse
Hydroclimatology & Paleohydrology for Decision Support	2007–	Ongoing	Katherine Hirschboeck Connie Woodhouse Holly Hartmann Gregg Garfin
Forecast Evaluation	2001–2005	Completed	Holly Hartmann
Fire History and Climate	2004–2007	Completed	Gregg Garfin Barbara Morehouse
Evaluation of Fire Forecast Products to Enhance U.S. Drought Preparedness and Response	2009–2012	Completed	Gigi Owen Jonathan McLeod Daniel Ferguson Tim Brown
Drought and Monsoon Trackers: Informing Climate Services	2010–	Ongoing	Zack Guido Michael Crimmins Gregg Garfin
Developing Useful Science: Methods for Engaging Stakeholders and Evaluating Integrated Climate Tools	2009–2011	Completed	Gigi Owen
Decision Calendars in Fire Management	2002–2005	Completed	Barbara Morehouse
Climate Science for Water Management in Tucson: An Occasional Lecture Series	2009–2011	Completed	Daniel Ferguson Gregg Garfin
Climate Mitigation and Agriculture: Public Policy Education	2010–	Ongoing	George Frisvold
Climate Change Projections and Scenarios for the Southwest	2007–	Ongoing	Holly Hartmann Gregg Garfin Jonathan Overpeck Katherine Hirschboeck Connie Woodhouse Kiyomi Morino Jeannette Estes
Climate Change Mitigation Strategies and Policies	2008–	Ongoing	George Frisvold
Climate and Weather Services for Disaster Management	2012–2014	Ongoing	Zack Guido Michael Crimmins

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