Climate Service Projects

Project Title	Duration	Status	CLIMAS Investigators
Understanding and Communicating Climate Change in the Southwest	2001–	Ongoing	Jonathan Overpeck 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
Strengths and Limitations of Long-term Streamflow Scenarios in the Southwestern United States	2007–2010	Ongoing	Holly Hartmann Katherine Hirschboeck
State Drought Planning in the Western U.S.: A Multi-RISA-Agency-NIDIS Collaboration	2009–	Ongoing	Gregg Garfin
Southwest Climate Outlook	2002–	Ongoing	Zack Guido
Snow Cover Mapping	2002–2004	Completed	Roger Bales
Sky Island Climate Adaptation	2010–	Ongoing	Gregg Garfin
Seasonal Climate Briefings	2006–	Ongoing	Gregg Garfin
Reconciling Projections of Future Colorado River Streamflow	2007–	Ongoing	Holly Hartmann Jonathan Overpeck
Planning for Local Government Climate Challenges: Connecting Research and Practice	2010–	Ongoing	Daniel Ferguson Zack Guido
Patterns and Causes of Southwest Drought Variability	2009–	Ongoing	Jonathan Overpeck
Paleo-Southwest Monsoon Dynamics	2008–	Ongoing	Jonathan Overpeck
National Seasonal Assessment Workshops for Fire Potential	2003–	Ongoing	Gregg Garfin
National Climate Services Design, Support, and Evaluation	2010–	Ongoing	Holly Hartmann
National Climate Assessment: Poverty and Climate Change in the Southwestern U.S.	2010–	Ongoing	Margaret Wilder Diana Liverman Tracey Osborne Miriam Gay-Antaki Laurel Bellante
National Climate Assessment: Knowledge Exchange and Needs Assessment on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Colorado River	2010–	Ongoing	Gregg Garfin
National Climate Assessment: Assessing Regional Climate Service Through Cooperative Extension	2010–	Ongoing	Michael Crimmins
Knowledge to Action: An Assessment of the Transfer of Climate Science to Decision Making	2009–2011	Completed	Jennifer Rice Daniel Ferguson Connie Woodhouse
Innovative Water Transfer Tools for Regional Adaptation to Climate Change	2009–	Ongoing	Bonnie Colby
Hydroclimatology & Paleohydrology for Decision Support	2007–	Ongoing	Katherine Hirschboeck Connie Woodhouse Holly Hartmann Gregg Garfin
Forecast Evaluation and Application Research	2007–	Ongoing	Holly Hartmann Bonnie Colby Matthew Mealy
Forecast Evaluation	2001–2005	Completed	Holly Hartmann
Evaluation of Arizona Drought Watch: The State's Drought Impacts Reporting System	2009–2011	Completed	Michael Crimmins Alison Meadow Daniel Ferguson
Evaluating Climate Assessment and Translational Science Efforts in the US Southwest	2007–2009	Completed	Daniel Ferguson Gregg Garfin

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