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Web Links, Streamflow and Climate Reconstructions

Other climate reconstructions at NOAA Paleo

Colorado TreeFlow
Updated Streamflow Reconstructions for the Colorado River Basin
North American Drought Variability (Gridded PDSI reconstructions)

Tree-Ring Research - General Information

The Ultimate Tree-Ring Web Page
NOAA Paleo Tree-Ring Slide Set

Tree-Ring Research - Research Units working in California and the West

University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
University of Arkansas Tree-Ring Laboratory
University of Nevada-Reno Dendrolab
University of Colorado INSTAAR Dendrochronology Lab
University of California, Los Angeles Paleoecology Lab (Dr. Glen MacDonald)
Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research, Inc. (RMTRR)

Water Resources, Climate, and Drought Information

California Department of Water Resources
CALFED Bay-Delta Program
Bureau of Reclamation Upper Colorado Water Resources
Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado River Operations
NRCS California Snow Survey
NRCS California SNOTEL report
National Drought Mitigation Center
USGS Real Time Streamflow Conditions for California
USGS Historical Streamflow Conditions for California (monthly data)
Western Water Assessment - NOAA/CIRES
California Applications Program - NOAA/Scripps

Tree-Ring References

Cook, E. R., D. M. Meko, D. W. Stahle, and M. K. Cleaveland, 1999. Drought reconstructions for the continental United States, Journal of Climate, 12(4): 1145-1162.

Cook, E.R., C.A. Woodhouse, C.M. Eakin, D.M. Meko, and D.W. Stahle, 2004. Long-term aridity changes in the western United States. Science, 306, 1015-1018.

Earle, C.J., 1993. Asynchronous droughts in California streamflow as reconstructed from tree rings. Quaternary Research 39: 290-299.

Jain, S., C.A. Woodhouse, M.P.Hoerling. 2002. Multidecadal streamflow regimes in the interior western United States: implications for the vulnerability of water resources. Geophysical Research Letters, 29: 2036-2039.

Meko, D. and D.A. Graybill, 1995. Tree-ring reconstructions of upper Gila River discharge. Water Resources Bulletin 31: 605-615.

Meko, D.M., M.D.Therrell, C.H.Baisan, and M.K Hughes, 2001. Sacramento River flow reconstructed to A.D. 869 from tree rings: Journal of the American Water Resources Association 37(4): 1029-1040.

Meko, D., C.W. Stockton, and W.R. Boggess, 1995. The tree-ring record of severe sustained drought. Water Resources Bulletin 31: 789-801.

Smith, L.P. and C.W. Stockton, 1981. Reconstructed stream flow for the Salt and Verde Rivers from tree-ring data. Water Resources Bulletin 17: 939-947.

Stockton, C.W. and G.C. Jacoby, 1976. Long-term surface water supply and streamflow levels in the upper Colorado River basin. Lake Powell Research Project Bulletin No. 18, Inst. of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 70 pp.

Woodhouse, C.A. 2000. Extending hydrologic records with tree rings. Water Resources Impact 2:25-27.

Woodhouse, C.A. 2001. A tree-ring reconstruction of streamflow for the Colorado Front Range. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 37: 561-570.

Woodhouse, C.A. 2003. A 431-year reconstruction of western Colorado snowpack from tree rings. Journal of Climate 16: 1551-1561.

Woodhouse, C.A., 2004. A Paleo Perspective on Hydroclimatic Variability in the Western United States. Aquatic Sciences, 66, 346-356.

Woodhouse, C.A., S.T. Gray, and D.M. Meko. 2006. Updated streamflow reconstructions for the Upper Colorado River basin. Water Resources Research 42(5): W0541.5

Woodhouse, C.A. and J.J. Lukas. 2006. Multi-century tree-ring reconstructions of Colorado streamflow for water resource planning. Climatic Change 78: 293-315.

Recent news and features about tree-ring reconstructions

DWR News/People - Fall 2005 Cover Article

Articles about the Woodhouse et al. (2006) reconstruction of the Colorado River at Lees Ferry:

Geology News (UK)

Geotimes (American Geological Institute)


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