Abstract: Since about 1950 there has been a trend in the California Sierra Nevada toward a decreasing portion of the total annual streamflow occurring during April through July, while the streamflow during autumn and winter has ...

Abstract: A 21-yr gridded monthly fire-starts and acres-burned dataset from U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs fire reports recreates the seasonality and interannual ...

Abstract: be the expansion of a publicly available archive of downscaled climate and hydrology projections for the United States. Those studying or planning to adapt to future climate impacts demand downscaled climate model output ...

Abstract: This study examines the geographic structure of observed trends in key hydrologically relevant variables across the western United States at ?° spatial resolution during the period 1950?99. Geographical regions, latitude ...

Abstract: This article applies formal detection and attribution techniques to investigate the nature of observed shifts in the timing of streamflow in the western United States. Previous studies have shown that the snow hydrology ...

Abstract: he variability of precipitation and water supply along the U.S. West Coast creates major challenges to the region?s economy and environment, as evidenced by the recent California drought. This variability is strongly ...

Abstract: ncient blue oak trees are still widespread across the foothills of the Coast Ranges, Cascades, and Sierra Nevada in California. The most extensive tracts of intact old-growth blue oak woodland appear to survive on rugged ...

Abstract: uring Northern Hemisphere winters, the West Coast of North America is battered by extratropical storms. The impact of these storms is of paramount concern to California, where aging water supply and flood protection ...