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Dealing With Drought Workshops Homepage

Selected Web Resources for Colorado Drought and Climate Information

 

Sponsor Sites w/ Multiple Resources and Links

Other Multi-Resource Portals

Summary Reports with Data, Graphics, and Interpretation

Paleoclimate/Paleohydrology Records

Historical Climate Records

Current Observations

Drought Monitoring

Forecasts

Climate Projections

Climate Change Impacts & Adaptation

 

Sponsor Sites w/ Multiple Resources and Links

US Drought Portal (National Integrated Drought Information System - NIDIS)

Colorado Climate Center (CCC) - Drought Resources

Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) – Water Availability & Drought Outlook

Western Water Assessment (WWA) – Dealing with Drought workshops page

Mountain Studies Institute (MSI) - Climate Data Resources

 

Other Multi-Resource Portals

Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC)

High Plains Regional Climate Center (HPRCC)

NRCS Colorado Snow Survey - Snow, Streamflow, Reservoirs

 

Summary Reports with Data, Graphics, and Interpretation

WWA Intermountain West Climate Summary (6x/yr)

NRCS Colorado Basin Outlooks (Jan-May) -

 

Paleoclimate/Paleohydrology Records

TreeFlow – Tree-ring reconstructions of annual streamflow

Tree-ring reconstructions of gridded summer PDSI for North America

 

Historical Climate Records

WRCC – Historical Climate Data - NWS Co-op Weather Stations for Colorado (alternate access to CO Co-op stations)

CCC - Colorado Climate Trends

 

Current Observations

Temp/Precip/other weather obs

National Weather Service (NWS) Offices: Denver/Boulder - Pueblo - Grand Junction

WRCC – Current Observations

CoAgMet

Precipitation (rain, snow, hail) only

CoCoRaHS Colorado

NRCS Colorado Precip (from Snotel sites)

Snowfall and snowpack

NRCS Colorado Snow

Streamflow

USGS Current Streamflow for CO

ENSO

NOAA CPC ENSO Diagnostic Discussion

 

Drought Monitoring

Multiple indicators

US Drought Portal (NIDIS) (plus Drought Impacts)

US Drought Monitor

WRCC – Monitoring - Western U.S. Climate Anomaly Maps - Standardized Precipitation Index Maps

Precipitation/SPI

CCC – Colo. Precip % of Normal Colorado SPI Maps

Snowpack – see Current Observations

Streamflow – see Current Observations

 

Forecasts

Temperature/Precipitation

NWS Weather Forecasts – see NWS Forecast Offices above

NOAA CPC Outlooks (6-10 days to seasonal)

Precipitation only

Colorado/Interior Southwest Forecast Guidance

Streamflow & Water Supply

NRCS Water Supply Forecast Products

Drought

NOAA CPC US Seasonal Drought Outlook

 

Climate Projections

CWCB/WWA Climate Change in Colorado Report (Chapter 5)

 

Climate Change Impacts & Adaptation

CWCB/WWA Climate Change in Colorado Report (Chapter 6)

US Global Change Research Program

Global Climate Change Impacts in the US Report

Synthesis and Assessment Products (SAP) Reports - particularly relevant for Colorado water & ecosystems: SAP reports 4.2, 4.3, 4.4)

 

 

 




 

 

 

   
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