DGESL : Research : Regional Climate Science and Assessment

Department of Geosciences Environmental Studies Laboratory : Research

Regional Climate Science and Assessment

Overview

The University of Arizona is home to the Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) project, one of several NOAA-funded Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment (RISA) programs. The goal of the RISA program is to improve the quality of regional interdisciplinary environmental knowledge, and the way such knowledge is used by society. CLIMAS places a premium on building lasting partnerships with stakeholders, and on promoting user-driven environmental science and decision support. Jonathan Overpeck serves as the principal investigator for the CLIMAS project, and former graduate student Allison Drake worked on climate-fire-society projects as part of CLIMAS.

Related Research Focus Links

Climate-induced Vegetation Change: Past and Future
Climate-Vegetation-Wildfire (Disturbance) Interactions

Related Outside Links

Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS)
Exploring Wildfire Alternatives (WALTER)

Present and Recent Collaborators

R. Bales, B. Colby, A. Comrie, A. Drake, T. Finan, G. Garfin, M. Hughes, M. Lemos, D. Liverman, B. Morehouse, B. Orr, D. Osgood, T. Swetnam, S. Yool.

Funding Agencies

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Environmental Protection Agency

References

Morehouse, B., G. Christopherson, M. Crimmins, B. Orr, J. Overpeck, T. Swetnam, and S. Yool. 2006. Modeling interactions among wildland fire, climate and society in the context of climatic variability and change in the southwest US. In: Regional Climate Change and Variability, M. Ruth, K. Donaghy, and P. Kirshen, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 58-78.

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Orr, B.J., W. Grunberg, A.B. Cockerham, A.Y. Thwaits, S.H. Severson, N.M.D. Lerman, R.M. Miller, M. Haseltine, B.J. Morehouse, J.T. Overpeck, S.R. Yool, T.W. Swetnam, and G.L. Christopherson. 2005. An on-line interface for integrated modeling of wildfire, climate and society for strategic planning for the sky islands. In: Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Research and Resource Management in Southwestern Deserts – Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago II: Connecting Mountain Islands and Desert Seas, May 11-15, 2004, Tucson, AZ, G.J. Gottfried, B.S. Gebow, L.G. Eskew, and C. Edminster, eds., USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO, pp. 469-473.

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Lenart, M., G. Garfin, and J. Overpeck. 2004. The heat is on. sonorensis 24: 20-29.

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Gould-Simpson Room 208
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Telephone Number
1.520.621.8025

Facsimile Number
1.520.621.2672

Support for stakeholders

Glen Canyon Dam
Drought and the Colorado River

CLIMAS Diagram
Goals of CLIMAS

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Last updated June 15, 2006
Document located at http://www.geo.arizona.edu/dgesl/research/regional/regional_climate_science_and_assessment/regional_climate_science_and_assessment.htm