July 2009
FA: Continuing
paths and new directions for the Western Water Assessment, by
Kristen Averyt (WWA)
FP: NEW
ENSO Alert System from NOAA Climate Prediction Center,
by Jessica Lowrey (WWA) and Michelle L'Heureux (NOAA Climate Prediction
Center)
May 2009
FA: Water
Resources Decision-Makers and Their Needs for Decadal Climate Prediction,
By Andrea J. Ray, (NOAA/ESRL & WWA)
FP: The
Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), by Julie Malmberg
(WWA)
March 2009
FA: Preliminary Findings from Western Water Assessment’s “Water Rights and Climate Change Project", by Doug Kenney (WWA), Roberta Klein (WWA), Christopher Goemans (Colorado State University)
FP: The Climate Prediction Center’s U.S. Temperature and Precipitation Trend Maps, by Julie Malmberg (WWA)
January 2009
FA: The National Center for Atmospheric Research’s Marshall Field: Winter Weather Precipitation Research, by Julie Malmberg (WWA)
FA: Colorado River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and the Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead & Efforts Addressing Climate Change and Variability, by Carly Jerla, Lower Colorado Region Bureau of Reclamation & Jim Prairie, Upper Colorado Region Bureau of Reclam
November 2008
FA: Climate Change in Colorado: A Synthesis to Support Water Resources Management and Adaptation, by Andrea Ray (NOAA ESRL), Joseph Barsugli (CU-Boulder), Kristen Averyt (CU-Boulder, WWA), Klaus Wolter (CU-Boulder), Martin Hoerling (NOAA ESRL), Nolan Doesken (CSU), Brad Udall (CU-Boulder, WWA), Robert S Webb (NOAA ESRL)
FP: Low Flow Related Impacts in the Upper Colorado River Basin, by Donna Woudenberg, National Drought Mitigation Center NWS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service, Supplementary Materials: November 2008 Focus Web Page.
September 2008
FA: Assessing and Adapting to Climate Change: A Look at Two of the Climate Change Science Program's Latest Products, by
Ava Dinges, University of Kansas student and WWA summer intern
FP: Monthly and Annual "State of the Climate" Reports from the National Climatic Data Center, by Kristen Averyt, WWA
July 2008
FA: Desert Dust Enhancement of Mountain Snowmelt, by Andrew P. Barrett, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado; Thomas H. Painter, University of Utah; and Christopher C. Landry Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies
FP: The Denver/Boulder National Weather Service Forecast Office, by Julie Malmberg, WWA
June 2008
FA: North American Monsoon Variability: Implications to Water Resources Management in the Southwestern US, by
Balaji Rajagopalan, WWA and Katrina Grantz, USBR Upper Colorado Region
FP: Forecast Consolidation for Seasonal Climate Outlooks, by David Unger, NOAA Climate Prediction Center and Ava Dinges, WWA
May 2008
FA: NIDIS Remote Sensing Workshop: Showcase of Products & Technologies, by Christina Alvord of WWA
FP: Meet the MJO, by Jon Gottschalck, NOAA Climate Prediction Center with Andrea Ray, WWA
April 2008
FA: Global Climate Patterns and Their Impacts on North American Weather, by Julie Malmberg and Jessica Lowrey, WWA
FP: Workshop Summary: Climate Change Modeling Workshop for Front Range Water Providers, February 1, 2008, Denver, Coloradom, by Jessica Lowrey, WWA
March 2008
FA: Diagnosis of Cause(s) for 2007 U.S. Precipitation Extremes, by NOAA/ESRL Climate Attribution Team including Taiyi Xu, Xiaowei Quan, Jon Eisheid, Martin Hoerling, and Tao Zhang.
FP. Climate Service Activities in the National Weaterh Service Central Region, By Doug Kluck, NWS Central Region-Climate Services Program Manager, Eileen McKim and Jessica Lowrey, WWA
January 2008
FA: Forecast Verification: Past, Present, and Future, by Julie Malmberg, WWA
FP: National Integrated Drought Information System Drought Portal, by Christina Alvord, WWA
November 2007
FA: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability: A Summary of the Report from IPCC Working Group 2 and Implications for the Western U.S., by Andrea Ray, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory and the Western Water Assessment
FP: Overview of the the Western Water Assessment's Water Rights and Climate Change Project. Researchers Douglas Kenney (CU Natural Resource Law Center), Bobbie Klein (CU Center for Science and Technology Policy Research), Chris Goemans (CU Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics), and Christina Alvord (WWA).
September 2007
FA: Drought, Wildfire, and Climate Connections: Research in Forests of the Western U.S., by Jessica Lowrey, WWA
FP: The U.S. Hazards Assessment Program, by Christina Alvord, WWA, and Edward O'Lenic, Climate Prediction Center
July 2007
FA: Drought Indices, by Michael Hayes, Associate Director, National Drought Mitigation Center, with Christina Alvord and Jessica Lowrey, WWA
FP: Climate Prediction Center Soil Moisture Products, Jessica Lowrey, WWA
June 2007
FA: New Climate Divisions for Monitoring and Predicting Climate in the U.S., by Klaus Wolter and Dave Allured, University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, and NOAA-ESRL Physical Sciences Division
FP: Climate and Tourism on the Colorado Plateau: A Workshop Summary, by Christina Alvord, Western Water Assessment, Patrick Long, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, Roger Pulwarty, NOAA, and Bradley Udall, Western Water Assessment
May 2007
FA: Recent Research on the Effects of Climate Change on the Colorado River, by Brad Udall, Western Water Assessment
FP: New National Weather Service Western Water Supply Forecast Services, by Christina Alvord, Western Water Assessment, and Kevin Werner, NWS Water Resources Hydrology Science Program
April 2007
FA: Technical Workshops for Water Managers on Tree-Ring Reconstructions of Streamflow, by Jeff Lukas, University of Colorado and Western Water Assessment, and Connie Woodhouse, University of Arizona and Western Water Assessment
FP: The Colorado Climate Center, by Nolan Doesken, Colorado State Climatologist
March 2007
FA: Drought, Climate Variability & Change, and Potential Impacts on Wyoming's Water Resources, by Stephen Gray, WY State Climatologist and Director of Wyoming's Water Resources Data Center, with Christina Alvord of Western Water Assessment
FP: Assessing Water Supply Conditions for Southeast Wyoming in 2007, by Melissa Goering, Science Operations Officer, NOAA National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming
January 2007
FA: Climatic and Hydrologic Trends in the Western U.S.: A Review of Recent Peer-Reviewed Research, by Brad Udall of Western Water Assessment and Gary Bates of NOAA Earth System Research Lab
FP: Assessing Water Supply Conditions for Utah, by Brian McInerney of NWS Salt Lake City Weather Forcast Office and Christina Alvord of Western Water Assessment
November 2006
FA: A Review of Monthly/Seasonal Climate Variability for 2005-2006: The ENSO Cycle, by Vern Kousky of NOAA Climate Prediction Center and Andrea Ray of NOAA Earth System Research Lab, and Western Water Assessment
FP: Climate Workshops in Wyoming and Colorado, by JJ Shinker of University of Wyoming, Ellen Stein of Mountain Studies Institute, Christina Alvord and Brad Udall of Western Water Assessment
September 2006
FA: New spatial information in the National Drought Monitor, by Kelly C. Smith of National Drought Mitigation Center and Christina Alvord of Western Water Assessment.
July 2006
FA: Municipal Water Demand and Conservation: Western Water Assessment Studies, by Bobbie Klein and Christina Alvord, Western Water Assessment
FP: Update on the 2006 North American Monsoon, by Eileen McKim, WWA and University of Colorado Dept. of Geography
June 2006
FA: New Streamflow Reconstructions for the Upper Colorado River Basin: Placing Recent Droughts into a Centuries-Long Context, by Connie A. Woodhouse (NOAA/National Climatic Data Center), Eileen McKim (CIRES), and Andrea Ray (NOAA/ESRL)
FP: Advances in Soil Moisture Science: New in situ soil moisture measurements from NRCS, by Christina Alvord (Western Water Assessment)
May 2006
FA: NOAA’s National Weather Service Introduces New Local Climate Products, by Andrea Bair (NOAA/NWS, Western Region Headquarters), Marina Timofeyeva (NWS/Climate Services Div. and UCAR), Jenna Meyers (NOAA/NWS, Western Region Headquarters), and Annette Hollingshead (NWS/Climate Services Div. and RS Information Systems, Inc.)
FP: National Weather Service Western Region and its Climate Service Activities, by Keah Schuenemann and Eileen McKim, Western Water Assessment
April 2006
FA: South Platte Regional Assessment Tool (SPRAT), by Chris Goemans of WWA.
FP: Arkansas Basin River Forecasting Center (ABRFC), by Keah Schuenemann and Eileen McKim of WWA.
March 2006
FA: New and improved NRCS snow and water supply forecast products, by Tom Pagano of the NRCS National Water and Climate Center.
FP: The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS), by Eileen McKim of the University of Colorado.
January 2006
FA: How to use the climate Forecast Evaluation Tool, by Melanie Lenart of CLIMAS
FP: Introduction to NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
December 2005
FA: Roundtable discussion about the drought in the southwest. Participants: Klaus Wolter (WWA), David Brandon and Jeff Smith (NOAA Colo. Basin River Forecast Ctr.), Holly Hartmann and Melanie Lenart (CLIMAS)
FP: Western Regional Climate Center, adapted by Keah Schuenemann of WWA
October 2005
FA: Introduction to the Drought Impact Reporter, by Keah Schuenemann of WWA
FP: High Plains Regional Climate Center, adapted by Keah Schuenemann and Jessica Lowrey of WWA
July 2005
FA: The State of Western Water: Summer 2005, written by Keah Schuenemann, Andrea Ray, and Jessica Lowrey of the WWA
FP: An Overview of the Missouri Basin River Forecasting Center, written by Keah Schuenemann of WWA
June 2005
FA: Workshop Report: "Developing Hydroclimatic Reconstructions for Decision Support in the Colorado River Basin", written by Connie Woodhouse, paleoclimatologist at the NOAA National Climatic Data Center in Boulder, CO
FP: Improving Climate Forecasts for the Southwest, written by Klaus Wolter, Climate scientist at the NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center
May 2005
FA: Seasonal Forecasting: Skill in the Intermountain West? written by Brad Udall, director of the Western Water Assessment, and Martin Hoerling, meteorologist at the NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center
FP: An Overview of NOAA's Colorado Basin River Forecast Center
April 2005
FA: Improve Your Climate Vocabulary! Courtesy of the NOAA Climate Diagnostic Center
FP: Conference Explores the Intersection of Law, Policy, and Climate on the Colorado River, written by Douglas Kenny of the University of Colorado Natural Resources Law Center and the Western Water Assessment
March 2005
FA: April 2005 Snowpack Outlook for Colorado, written by Shaleen Jain of the NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center and University of Colorado at Boulder
FP: NOAA Climate Prediction Center: A History, written by Jessica Lowrey of the NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostic Center and the University of Colorado at Boulder
January 2005
FA: A Meteorological Perspective on Drought, written by Klaus Wolter of the NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center and the University of Colorado at Boulder
FP: Colorado River Basin Water Year 2005 Outlook, a summary of a NOAA briefing November 9, 2004, written by Andrea Ray of the NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center
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