Climate Service Projects

Project Title	Duration	Status	CLIMAS Investigators
Tree-ring Reconstructions of Past Climate in the Southwest	2000–2002	Completed	Gregg Garfin Malcolm Hughes
Forecast Evaluation	2001–2005	Completed	Holly Hartmann
Understanding and Communicating Climate Change in the Southwest	2001–	Ongoing	Jonathan Overpeck Daniel Ferguson
Southwest Climate Outlook	2002–	Ongoing	Zack Guido
Snow Cover Mapping	2002–2004	Completed	Roger Bales
Arizona Drought Planning and Mitigation	2003–2006	Completed	Gregg Garfin
National Seasonal Assessment Workshops for Fire Potential	2003–	Ongoing	Gregg Garfin
Climate Variability--Winter Precipitation Anomalies	2005–2007	Completed	Andrew Comrie
Seasonal Climate Briefings	2006–	Ongoing	Gregg Garfin
Hydroclimatology & Paleohydrology for Decision Support	2007–	Ongoing	Katherine Hirschboeck Connie Woodhouse Holly Hartmann Gregg Garfin
Climate Change Projections and Scenarios for the Southwest	2007–	Ongoing	Holly Hartmann Gregg Garfin Jonathan Overpeck Katherine Hirschboeck Connie Woodhouse Kiyomi Morino Jeannette Estes
Reconciling Projections of Future Colorado River Streamflow	2007–	Ongoing	Holly Hartmann Jonathan Overpeck
Forecast Evaluation and Application Research	2007–	Ongoing	Holly Hartmann Bonnie Colby Matthew Mealy
Decision Support Tools: CLIDDSS, FET, DDIT, Paleo Toolkit, and Others	2007–	Ongoing	Holly Hartmann Gregg Garfin Connie Woodhouse Kiyomi Morino
Evaluating Climate Assessment and Translational Science Efforts in the US Southwest	2007–2009	Completed	Daniel Ferguson Gregg Garfin
Strengths and Limitations of Long-term Streamflow Scenarios in the Southwestern United States	2007–2010	Ongoing	Holly Hartmann Katherine Hirschboeck
Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change, Drought, and Water Demand in the Urbanizing Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico	2008–	Ongoing	Margaret Wilder
TreeFlow: A Drought Planning Resource for Water Management in the Western U.S.	2008–	Ongoing	Connie Woodhouse
Paleo-Southwest Monsoon Dynamics	2008–	Ongoing	Jonathan Overpeck
Knowledge to Action: An Assessment of the Transfer of Climate Science to Decision Making	2009–2011	Completed	Jennifer Rice Daniel Ferguson Connie Woodhouse
Patterns and Causes of Southwest Drought Variability	2009–	Ongoing	Jonathan Overpeck
Developing Useful Science: Methods for Engaging Stakeholders and Evaluating Integrated Climate Tools	2009–2011	Completed	Gigi Owen
Evaluation of Arizona Drought Watch: The State's Drought Impacts Reporting System	2009–2011	Completed	Michael Crimmins Alison Meadow Daniel Ferguson
State Drought Planning in the Western U.S.: A Multi-RISA-Agency-NIDIS Collaboration	2009–	Ongoing	Gregg Garfin
Innovative Water Transfer Tools for Regional Adaptation to Climate Change	2009–	Ongoing	Bonnie Colby

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