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Search through a collection of articles pertaining to all aspects of climate change in the Southwestern United States collected by the USDA Southwest Climate Hub and California Subsidiary Hub and partners. |
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Water and DroughtDrought Preparedness for Tribes in the Four Corners Workshop and Report Climate Change and Water in Southwestern North America Special Feature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the US Groundwater Depletion in the US (1900-2008) by Leonard F. Knoikow, May 2013, USGS Scientific Investigations Report Estimated Use of Water in the US in 2005 USGS Circular 1344 Mission 2012 Clean Water Massachusetts Institute of Technology Water Requirement for Cattle Future Beef Satellites Show Shrinking Aquifers in Drought-Stricken Areas Scientific American, 2013 Climate Change Indicators in the United States US EPA Probable causes of the abnormal ridge accompanying the 2013–2014 California drought: ENSO precursor and anthropogenic warming footprint by S.-Y. Wang et al., 2014, Geophysical Research Letters Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality - A. Park Williams, et al., 2013, Nature Climate Change Climate and Droughts Alan L. McNab, Thomas R. Karl, NOAA (reproduced in its entirety from Hanson, R.L., 1991, Evapotranspiration and Droughts, in Paulson, R.W., Chase, E.B., Roberts, R.S., and Moody, D.W., Compilers, National Water Summary 1988-89--Hydrologic Events and Floods and Droughts: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2375, p. 99-104) State of the Climate - monthly drought in the US reports, discussion, and more (NOAA, National Centers for Environmental Information) Climate Monitoring, State of the Climate - a collection of monthly summaries recapping climate-related occurrences (NOAA) US Drought Portal - where is the drought? PRISM Climate Group - climate observations gathered from a wide range of monitoring networks, spatial climate datasets are developed to reveal short- and long-term climate patterns National Climate Change Viewer (NCCV) - The NCCV allows the user to visualize projected changes in climate (maximum and minimum air temperature and precipitation) and the water balance (snow water equivalent, runoff, soil water storage and evaporative deficit) for any state, county and USGS Hydrologic Unit (USGS) Online Data Access - from the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed in southeastern Arizona operated by the USDA ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ ForestryAssessing the Vulnerabilities of Park Resources USDI National Park Service Climate Impacts on Forests US EPA US Forest Service Climate Change Research Southwestern Region Climate Change Trends and Forest Planning A risk assessment of climate change and the impact of forest diseases on forest ecosystems in the Western United States and Canada US Forest Service General Technical Report Climate Change to Cripple Southwestern Forests USGS Southwest Tribal Climate Change Project Northern Arizona University |
AgricultureAdaptation Can Help US Crop Producers Confront Climate Change Scott Malcolm, et al. 2013 USDA Agricultural Projection to 2023 USDA OCE World Agricultural Outlook Board Effects of global climate change on agriculture: an interpretive review R.M. Adams, et al. 1998 Climate Impacts on Agriculture: Implications for Crop Production J.L. Hatfield, et al. 2011 Climate Change Impact on Agriculture and Costs of Adaptation G.C. Nelson, et al. 2009 Agricultural Adaptation to a Changing Climate: Economic and Environmental Implications Vary by US Region S. Malcolm, et al. 2012 Climate Change and Agriculture in the US: Effects and Adaptation USDA OCE Climate Impacts in the Southwest US EPA Major World Crop Areas and Climate Profiles (MWCACP) for North America - USDA Crop Explorer - explore by crop and explore by region (USDA Foreign Agricultural Service) Cropscape – Cropland Data Layer - spatial data layers (USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service) Crop Weather - data links to crop weather conditions, drought central, current weather conditions and forecasts, and more (USDA Risk Management Agency) Food resilience data - results from a search on http://data.gov FireClimate Change and Wildfire Impacts in Southwest Forests and Woodlands Arizona Cooperative Extension MLRANRCS Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) link to database and interactive map (USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soils) National Resources Inventory data and reports - A statistical survey of land use and natural resource conditions and trends on U.S. non-Federal lands (USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service) OtherCoastal Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerabilities, A Technical Input to the 2013 National Climate Assessment A framework for Climate Change Adaptation in Hawai’i State of Hawaii Office of Planning Responding to the effects of coastal climate change results of a national sea grant survey, Oregon State University Cultural dimensions of climate change impacts and adaptation, W. Neil Adger, et al. 2012, Nature Climate Change California Coastal Commission Global Warming and Climate Change Economic Research Service Program of Work Addressing Global Climate Change USDA Economic Research Service The Effects of Climate Change on U.S. Ecosystems Synthesis of SAP 4.2, US Climate Change Science Program: The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity in the US; Full Report: http://www.sap43.ucar.edu/documents/SAP_4.3_6.18.pdf |
