AGENDA FOR THE
TWENTY-FIFTH PACIFIC CLIMATE WORKSHOP
Asilomar State Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California
March 6-9, 2011
The Pacific Climate Workshop (PACLIM) is a multidisciplinary workshop that broadly
addresses the climatic phenomena occurring in the eastern Pacific Ocean and western North
America. The purpose of the workshop is to understand climate effects in this region by bringing
together specialists from diverse fields including physical, social, and biological sciences. Time
scales from to the millennial-scale Pleistocene variability to current temperature and precipitation
records are addressed in oral and poster presentations.
The theme of the 2011 PACLIM workshop addresses the new tools that have led to higher
resolution studies and more accurate predictions of climate change in the eastern Pacific Ocean
and western North America. The remainder of the meeting is devoted to a wide range of climaterelated topics.
The atmosphere of the workshop is intentionally informal, and room and board are provided for
many of the participants. This year, the workshop was organized by representatives of the U.S.
Geological Survey and U.S. Forest Service. The funding and other sources of support come from
several agencies:
Delta Science Program: Cliff Dahm
Desert Research Institute: Terry Surles
U.S. Geological Survey Climate and Land Use Change Research and Development: Deb
Willard
U.S. Naval Postgraduate School: Tom Murphree
All oral presentations will be in the FRED FARR FORUM and posters will be in the KILN
ROOM.
SUNDAY NIGHT, March 6th
Moderator: Scott Starratt
CURRENT EVENTS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON REGISTRATION
600-700
DINNER
700-715
OPENING REMARKS
Scott Starratt (USGS-Menlo Park)
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715-745
THE PACLIM YEAR: WESTERN CLIMATE 2010-2011 IN
PERSPECTIVE
Kelly Redmond (WRCC)
745-815
WATER YEAR 2011: THE RAINS HAVE COME BACK
Maurice Roos (CA DWR))
815-1000
POSTERS AND SOCIALIZING
830-1000
SIZZLE: A GLOBAL WARMING COMEDY
MONDAY MORNING, March 7th
Moderator:
SPECIAL SESSION: NEW TOOLS . . . HIGHER RESOLUTION . . . MORE
ACCURATE PREDICTIONS
730-830
BREAKFAST
845-900
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Scott Starratt (USGS – Menlo Park)
900-925
ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOTIC CHANGE AT NANODIAMOND
DATUM: THE YOUNGER DRYAS BOUNDARY IMPACT
HYPOTHESIS
James Kennett (University of California – Santa Barbara), Allen West
(Geosciences Consulting), Douglas Kennett (University of Oregon),
Charles Kinzie (De Paul University), and Wendy Wolbach (De Paul
University)
925-950
EL NIÑO IN THE HOLOCENE AND LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM
Athanasios Koutavas (College of Staten Island)
950-1015
EXAMINING GULF OF ALASKA MARINE PALEOCLIMATE AT
SEASONAL TO DECADAL TIMESCALES
Jason A. Addison (USGS – Menlo Park), Bruce P. Finney (Idaho State
University), and Joseph S. Stoner (Oregon State University)
1015-1035
BREAK
1035-1100
MULTIPLE MODES OF VARIABILITY IN THE NORTHEAST
PACIFIC: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
David B. Field (Hawaii Pacific University)
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1100-1125
PROJECTED SEA-LEVEL RISE IMPACTS ON THE SALT MARSH
LANDSCAPES OF SAN FRNACISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA AND ITS
RESIDENT SALT MARSH WILDLIFE SPECIES
John Takekawa (USGS – WERC), Karen Thorne (USGS – WERC), Kyle
Spragens (USGS – WERC), Michael Casazza (USGS – WERC), Cory
Overton (USGS – WERC), Judith Drexler (USGS – CA WSC), Dave
Schoellhammer (USGS – CA WSC), and Kathleen Swanson (USGS – CA
WSC)
1125-1150
PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM A NEW HIGH-RESOLUTION ICE
CORE FROM COMBATANT COL, MOUNT WADDINGTON,
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
Douglas H. Clark (Western Washington University), Nicole Boweran
(Western Washington University), Eric J., Steig (University of
Washington), Peter Neff( University of Washington), Erin Pettit
(University of Alaska), Joseph McConnell (Desert Research Institute),
Bella Bergeron (ICDS), and Brian Menounos (University of Northern
British Columbia)
1200-100
LUNCH
MONDAY AFTERNOON, March 7th
Moderator:
SPECIAL SESSION: NEW TOOLS . . . HIGHER RESOLUTION . . . MORE
ACCURATE PREDICTIONS (continued)
130-155
PLEISTOCENE PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY IN THE CENTRAL
SIERRA NEVADA: STALAGMITE RESULTS AND FUTURE
DIRECTIONS
Jessica Oster (Stanford University), Isabel Montañez (University of
California – Davis), and Jerry Potter (University of California – Davis)
155-220
A SEASON-SPECIFIC PALEOCLIMATE RECORD FROM A
NORTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS SPELEOTHEM AND
LINKAGES TO THE PACIFIC
Zachary Lundeen (University of Utah), Andrea Brunelle (University of
Utah), Stephen J. Burns University of Massachusetts), Yemane Asmerom
(University of New Mexico), and Victor Polyak (University of New
Mexico)
220-245
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF CO-EVOLUTION OF
DENDROCLIMATOLOGY AND PACLIM
Malcolm K. Hughes (University of Arizona)
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245-310
FOSSIL WETLANDS IN THE DESERTS OF THE AMERICAN
SOUTHWEST
Jeffrey S. Pigati (USGS – Denver)
310-330
BREAK
330-355
URANIUM ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS IN MODERN SOILS AND
DATED SOIL MINERALS: CALIBRATING A POTENTIAL PALEORAINFALL PROXY
Jessica Oster, Katharine Maher, and Daniel Ibarra (all Stanford University)
355-420
SIMULATING MOUNTAIN CLIMATES: CHALLENGES AND
APPROACHES
Philip B. Duffy (Climate Central, Inc.)
420-445
PROJECTED CLIMATE CHANGES AND FLOOD RISKS IN
CALIFORNIA
Michael D. Dettinger (USGS – SIO), Tapash Das (Scripps Institution of
Oceanography), Daniel R. Cayan (USGS – SIO), and Theresa Carpenter
(Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
445-510
AN EMPIRICAL METHOD TO FORECAST THE EFFECT OF STORM
INTENSITY ON SHALLOW LANDSLIDE ABUNDANCE
Jonathan D. Stock (USGS – Menlo Park) and Dino Bellugi (University of
California – Berkeley)
600-700
DINNER
MONDAY EVENING, March 7th
Moderator: Scott Starratt
700-800
TBA
Randy Olsen (University of Southern California)
800-1000
POSTERS AND SOCIALIZING
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TUESDAY MORNING, March 8th
Moderator:
SPECIAL SESSION: NEW TOOLS . . . HIGHER RESOLUTION . . . MORE
ACCURATE PREDICTIONS (continued)
730-830
BREAKFAST
900-925
NORTHEAST PACIFIC AND WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN
CLIMATE VARIATIONS DURING 2009-2011
Tom Murphree (Naval Postgraduate School)
925-950
HIGH RESOLUTION CLIMATE PROJECTIONS AND THEIR USE IN
IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION ASSESSMENTS IN CALIFORNIA
Guido Franco (California Energy Commission)
950-1015
FROM ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION TO GRAPE
TEMPERATURES: MACRO-, MESO-, TOPO-, AND MICROCLIMATE
IN VINEYARDS (AND YOUR GLASS)
Stuart B. Weiss (Viticision/Creekside Center for Earth Observation)
1015-1035
BREAK
SANTA BARBARA BASIN, GREAT BASIN, ETC.
1035-1100
EXTENDING THE RECORD OF ABRUPT AND MILLENNIALSCALE CLIMATE AND OCEAN CHANGE THROUGH THE MIDPLEISTOCENE TRANSITION IN SANTA BARBARA BASIN,
CALIFORNIA
Richard J. Behl (CSU – Long Beach), Sara Afshar (CSU – Long Beach),
James P. Kennett (University of California – Santa Barbara), Craig
Nicholson (University of California – Davis), Christopher C. Sorlien
(University of California – Santa Barbara), Courtney J. Marshall (CSU –
Long Beach), Tessa M. Hill (University of California – Davis), Sarah M.
White (University of California – Davis), Walter E. Dean (USGS –
Denver), and John A. Barron (USGS – Menlo Park)
1100-1125
THE TIMING OF MULTIDECADAL DROUGHT SIGNALS
RECORDED IN THE ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION OF SANTA
BARBARA BASIN SEDIMENTS
Ingrid L. Hendy (University of Michigan), Larianna Dunn (University of
Michigan), and Arndt Schimmelmann (Indiana University)
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1125-1150
GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR CHANGES IN SURFACE-WATER
PRODUCTIVITY AND BOTTOM-WATER REDOX CONDITIONS
DURING GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL TRANSITIONS IN THE SANTA
BARBARA BASIN
Walter Dean (USGS – Denver)
1200-100
LUNCH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, March 8th
Moderator:
SANTA BARBARA BASIN, GREAT BASIN, ETC.
130-155
EVIDENCE FOR LATE HOLOCENE HYDROLOGIC CHANGE AT
BIG SODA LAKE, A MAAR LAKE IN NORTHWEST NEVADA.
Liam Reidy (University of California – Berkeley), Roger Byrne
(University of California – Berkeley), Lynn Ingram (University of
California – Berkeley), Michael Rosen (USGS – NV WSC), and Marith
Reheis (USGS – Denver)
155-220
EVIDENCE OF HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES CAUSED BY HUMAN
DISTURBANCE RECORDED IN NITROGEN AND CARBON
ISOTOPES FROM BIG SODA AND PYRAMID LAKES, NEVADA
Michael R. Rosen (USGS – NV WSC), Liam Reidy (University of
California – Berkeley), Simon Poulson (University of Nevada – Reno),
Carol Kendall (USGS – Menlo Park), Roger Byrne (University of
California – Berkeley), and Marith Reheis (USGS – Denver)
220-245
HYDROLOGIC FLUCTUATIONS AT PYRAMID LAKE, WALKER
LAKE, AND THE CARSON SINK, NEVADA DURING THE
MEDIEVAL CLIMATE ANOMALY
Kenneth D. Adams (Desert Research Institute)
245-310
A NEW LOOK AT THE CHRONOLOGY FOR A CLASSIC
PLEISTOCENE LAKE: LAKE BONNEVILLE’S PROVO SHORELINE
David M. Miller (USGS – Menlo Park), Charles G. Oviatt (Kansas State
University), and John P. McGeehin (USGS – Reston)
310-330
BREAK
330-355
CHIRONOMID PALEOCLIMATOLOGY: THE VIEW FROM THE
GREAT BASIN
David F. Porinchu (Ohio State University)
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355-420
HOLOCENE VEGETATION AND DISTURBANCE
RECONSTRUCTIONS FROM THE TRANSITION REGION OF THE
GREAT BASIN AND COLORADO PLATEAU IN UTAH
Jesse L. Morris, Andrea R. Brunelle, and Mitchell J. Power (all University
of Utah)
420-445
SUBSTRATE AND CLIMATE INFLUENCES ON HOLOCENE
FOREST DEVELOPMENT
Christy E. Briles (Monash University), Cathy Whitlock (Montana State
University), Carl N. Skinner (U.S. Forest Service – PSRS), and Jerry Mohr
(Oregon State University)
445-510
EVALUATION OF VEGETATION DYNAMICS AND CLIMATIC
OSCILATIONS IN THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA OF
CALIFORNIA DURING THE HOLOCENE
Irina Delusina (University of California – Davis)
600-700
DINNER
TUESDAY EVENING, March 8th
Moderator: Scott Starratt
700-800
HAWAIIAN FOREST BIRDS: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
STATUS OF AN ENDANGERED AVIFAUNA
Dennis A. LaPointe (USGS – PIERC), Carter T. Atkinson (USGS –
PIERC), Paul C. Banko (USGS – PIERC), Richard J. Camp (University of
Hawai’I – Hilo), P. Marcos Gorresen (University of Hawai’I – Hilo),
James D. Jacobi (USGS – PIERC), Thane K. Pratt (USGS – PIERC), and
Michael D. Samuel (USGS – WCWRU)
800-1000
POSTERS AND SOCIALIZING
WEDNESDAY MORNING, March 9th
Moderator:
POTPOURRI – QUATERNARY AND MODELLING
730-830
BREAKFAST
900-925
POST-GLACIAL PLANT MIGRATIONS ARE SIMILAR TO HISTORIC
AND ONGOING DISPERSAL AND SUCCESSION
Kenneth L. Cole (USGS – SBSC), Kirsten Ironside (Northern Arizona
University), and Neil Cobb (Northern Arizona University)
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925-950
THE LAST 2,000 YEARS OF CALIFORNIA CLIMATE VARIABILITY:
COMPARISON OF SEDIMENT RECORDS OF LATE HOLOCENE
PALEOCLIMATE FROM THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
Steve Lund (University of Southern California), Larry Benson (University
of Colorado), Matthew Kirby (CSU – Fullerton), Will Berelson
(University of Southern California), Sarah Feakins (University of Southern
California), Frank Corsetti (University of Southern California)
950-1015
VARIATION IN FORAMINIFERAL DISTRIBUTIONS ACROSS THE
PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE TRANSITION OFF THE KAYAK
SLOPE, NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA
Sarah D. Zellers, Kathryn Mueller, and Dianna D. Hill (all University of
Central Missouri)
1015-1035
PROJECTED 21ST CENTURY TRENDS IN HYDROCLIMATOLOGY
OF THE TAHOE BASIN
Robert Coats (University of California – Davis), Mariza Costa-Cabral
(Hydrology Futures), Michael Dettinger (USGS – SIO), John Riverson
(Tetra Tech, Inc.), John Reuter (University of California – Davis), Goloka
Sahoo (University of California – Davis), Geoffrey Schladow (University
of California – Davis), and Brent Wolfe (Northwest Hydraulic
Consultants)
1035-1100
HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND HABITAT
RESILIENCY ILLUSTRATED USING FINE-SCALE WATERSHED
MODELING
Alan L. Flint (USGS – Sacramento), Lorraine E. Flint (USGS –
Sacramento), Elisabeth Micheli (Pepperwood Preserve), Stuart B. Weiss
(Creekside Center for Earth Observation), and Morgan Kennedy
(Pepperwood Preserve)
1100-1125
LONG-TERM SNOWPACK VARIABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE
NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA
Gregory T. Pederson (USGS – NRMSC), Stephen T. Gray (University of
Wyoming), Connie A. Woodhouse (University of Arizona), Julio L.
Betancourt (USGS – Tucson), Daniel B. Fagre (USGS – NRMSC), Jeremy
S. Littell (University of Washington), Emma Watson (Environment
Canada), Brian H. Luckman (University of Western Ontario), and Lisa J.
Graumlich (University of Washington)
-8-
1125-1150
CMIP3 PROJECTIONS FOR THE PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION
FOR 2000-2050 UNDER THE B1, A1B, AND A2 SRES EMISSION
SCENARIOS
Jeannine-Marie St. Jacques, Suzan Lapp, Elaine Barrow, and David
Sauchyn (all University of Regina)
1150-1200
FINAL WORDS
Scott W. Starratt (USGS-Menlo Park)
1200-100
LUNCH
POSTERS
MULTI-PROXY EVIDENCE FOR MIDDLE AND LATE HOLOCENE FLUCTUATIONS IN
CLIMATE REGIME IN THE
NORTH-CENTRAL GREAT BASIN
Lysanna Anderson, Dave Wahl, Scott Starratt, and Elmira Wan
THE IMPACT OF LITTLE ICE AGE COOLING ON MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK (Tsuga
mertensiana) DISTRIBUTION IN SOUTHCENTRAL, ALASKA
R. Scott Anderson (Northern Arizona University), Darrell S. Kaufman (Northern Arizona
University), Caleb Schiff (Northern Arizona University), Tom Daigle (GEI Consultants), and
Edward Berg (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
RESPONSE OF DIATOM AND SILICOFLAGELLATE ASSEMBLAGES TO CLIMATE
CHANGE IN THE SANTA BARBARA BASIN DURING THE PAST 177 YEARS AND THE
RISE OF THE TOXIC DIATOM PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA AUSTRALIS
John A. Barron (USGS – Menlo Park), David Bukry (USGS – Menlo Park), and David B. Field
(Hawaii Pacific University)
COMPARISON OF VARVE CHRONOLOGY AND 14C DATES AT HIGH RESOLUTION:
REEVALUATING THE AGE OF THE SANTA BARBARA BASIN LATE HOLOCENE
PALEOCLIMATE SEQUENCE
Larianna Dunn (University of Michigan), Ingrid L. Hendy (University of Michigan), and Arndt
Schimmelmann (Indiana University)
INITIAL RESULTS FROM A NEW LAKE ELSINORE SEDIMENT CORE REVEAL
EVIDENCE FOR HYDROLOGIC CHANGE DURING THE LATE-GLACIAL/HOLOCENE
TRANSITION
Joanna M. Fantozzi (CSU – Fullerton), Mathew E. Kirby (CSU – Fullerton), Steven P. Lund
(University of Southern California), and Christine A. Hiner (CSU – Fullerton)
A HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF AN ALEXANDRIUM CATENELLA CYST
RECORD FROM SEQUIM BAY, WA AND ITS RELATION TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY
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Kirsten Feifel and Rita A. Horner (both University of Washington)
ABOVE-TREELINE LINANTHUS PUNGENS SHRUB-CHRONOLOGIES ON THE
EASTERN SIERRA NEVADA CREST, MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA CONTAIN
RECORDS OF PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE
Rebecca S. Franklin (University of Arizona), Malcolm K. Hughes (University of Arizona), and
Constance I. Millar (USFS – PSRS)
THE PALEOCLIMATE POTENTIAL AND ENIGMA OF LAGUNA MINUCUA, OAXACA,
MEXICO
Michelle Goman (Cornell University), Charlotte Pearson (Cornell University), William Guerra
Cornell University), Arthur Joyce (University of Colorado), and Darren Dale (Cornell
University)
MONSOON PRECIPITATION RECONSTRUCTED FROM TREE RINGS IN THE
SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
Daniel Griffin, Connie A. Woodhouse, David M. Meko, Ramzi Touchan , Steven W. Leavitt,
Christopher L. Castro, Carlos M. Carillo, and Brittany Ciancarelli (all University of Arizona)
LINKS BETWEEN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CURRENT VARIABILITY AND
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE TEMPERATURES: THE PAST MILLENNIUM
Juan Carlos Herguera (CICESE), P. Graham Mortyn (ICTA), and Miquel Àngel Martínez-Botí
(ICTA)
OCCURRENCE OF SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN COASTAL SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA DURING THE MEDIEVAL CLIMATE ANOMALY INFERRED FROM
POLLEN DEPOSITED IN SANTA BARBARA BASIN SINCE ~800 A.D.
Linda Heusser (LDEO), John Barron (USGS – Menlo Park), and Ingrid Hendy (University of
Michigan)
EFFECTS OF BASELINE CONDITIONS ON THE SIMILATED HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE
TO PROJECTED CLIMATE CHANGE: A CASE STUDY OF THE ALMANOR
CATCHMENT, NORTH FORK OF THE FEATHER RIVER BASIN, CALIFORNIA
Kathryn M. Koczot (USGS – CA WSC), Steven L. Markstrom (USGS – Denver), and Lauren E.
Hay (USGS – Denver)
FIRE HISTORY IN THE EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS, UTAH, USA
Rebecca Koll and Mitchell J. Power (both University of Utah)
SEVERITY AND FORCING OF DROUGHT IN THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT PLAINS
SINCE 1365
Suzan L. Lapp, Jessica R. Vanstone, Jeannine-Marie St. Jacques, and David J. Sauchyn (all
University of Regina)
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DECICPHERING THE ROLE OF CLIMATE- VERSUS HUMAN-CAUSED DISTURBANCE
DURING THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY; A COMPARISON OF ISOTOPIC,
STOICHOIMETRIC, POLLEN, AND PLANT MACROFOSSILS FROM TWO LAKES IN
THE WESTERN U.S.
N.A. Macharia and Mitchell J. Power (both University of Utah)
PACIFIC SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE INFLUENCES OF SOUTHWESTERN UNITED
STATES CLIMATE DURING THE PAST MILLENNIUM: NEW ECIDENCE FROM A
WELL-CALIBRATED, HIGH-RESOLUTION STALAGMITE δ18O RECORD FROM THE
SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
Staryl E. McCabe-Glynn (University of California – Irvine), Kathleen R. Johnson (University of
California – Irvine), Max B. Berkelhammer (University of Colorado), Ashish Sinha CSU –
Dominguez Hills), H. Cheng (Xi’an Jiatong University), Larry Edwards University of Minnesota)
LATEST QUATERNARY PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC CHANGES ON THE FARALLON
ESCARPMENT OFF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Mary McGann (USGS -Menlo Park)
A 9,700-YR MULTI-PROXY RECONSTRUCTION OF HYDROLOGIC AND VEGETATION
HISTORY FROM A LOW-ELEVATION SPRING-FED MEADOW, EAST CENRAL
NEVADA
Scott Mensing (University of Nevada – Reno) and Saxon E. Sharpe (Desert Research Institute)
THERMAL AND HYDROLOGIC ATTRIBUTES OF ROCK GLACIERS AND RELATED
LANDFORMS IN THE SIERRA NEVADA, CA: FIVE YEARS OF iBUTTON RECORDS
Constance I. Millar, Robert D. Westfall, and Diane L. Delany (all USFS – PSRS)
VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF LOW-OXYGEN WATERS IN SANTA BARBARA BASIN
FOR THE PAST 15,000
Sarah Myhre (Bodega Marine Laboratory), Tessa M. Hill (Bodega Marine Laboratory), James P.
Kennett (University of California – Santa Barbara), Kenichi Ohkushi (Ibaraki University), and
Richard Behl (CSU – Long Beach)
FORAMINIFERAL SHELL THINNING OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS IN VARVED
SEDIMENT FROM THE SANTA BARBARA BASIN, CALIFORNIA
Dorothy Pak (University of California – Santa Barbara), Lily Clayman (University of California –
Santa Barbara), James, Weaver (Harvard University), Arndt Schimmelmann (Indiana
University), and Ingrid Hendy (University of Michigan)
BIOMASS BURNING IN THE AMERICAS AFTER A.D. 1500: EUROPEAN CONTACT OR
CLIMATE?
Mitchell J. Power (University of Utah), Francis Mayle (University of Edinburgh), and Patrick J
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Bartlein (University of Oregon)
PROJECTED NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN ANNUAL STREAMFLOW FOR 2000-2099
UNDER THE B1, A1B AND A2 SRES EMISSIONS SCENARIOS
Jeannine-Marie St. Jacques, Suzan Lapp, Yang Zhao, Elaine Barrow, and David Sauchyn (all
University of Regina)
EROSION OF TOPMOST VARVES BY TURBIDITE DEPOSITION LIMITS VARVE
COUNT ACCURACY IN SANTA BARBARA BASIN, CALIFORNIA
Arndt Schimmelmann (Indiana University), Ingrid Hendy (University of Michigan), Dorothy Pak
(University of California – Santa Barbara), and Aaron Zayin (Indiana University)
RAINFALL, RUNOFF, AND POST-WILDFIRE GEOMORPHIC TRANSPORT PROCESSES
Kevin M. Schmidt (USGS – Menlo Park), Maiana N. Hanshaw (USGS – Menlo Park), James F.
Howle (USGS – NV WSC), and Jonathan D. Stock (USGS – Menlo Park)
MODELED PLEISTOCENE DISTRIBUTIONS OF THREE CLIMATICALLY SENSITIVE
TREE TAXA IN CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MEXICO
Dyuti Sengupta and Roger Byrne (both University of California – Berkeley)
DIAGNOSING AND PROJECTING CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Oliver E. Timm (University of Hawai’i – Manoa), Thomas W. Giambelluca (University of
Hawai’i – Manoa), and Henry F. Diaz (NOAA-CIRES)
PALEOFIRE REGIMES IN MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE REGIONS
Shira Tracy (University of Utah), Mitchell J. Power (University of Utah), R. Scott Anderson
(Northern Arizona University), and the GPWG Community
GUIDING CLIMATE CHANGE PLANNING FOR SAN FRANCISCO BAY TIDAL
MARSHES
Sam Veloz, Nadav Nur, Leo Salas, Julian Wood, Diana Stralberg, Grant Ballard, Dennis
Jongsomjit (all PRBO Conservation Science)
ELKHORN SLOUGH TIDAL WETLANDS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Elizabeth B. Watson (University of California – Davis), Eric Van Dyke (Elkhorn Slough
National Estuarine Research Reserve), and Kerstin Wasson (University of California – Santa
Cruz)
A LATE HOLOCENE RECORD OF DISTURBANCE FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKY
MOUNTAINS, USA
Jennifer H. Watt (University of Utah), Andrea Brunelle (University of Utah), and Kurt
Kipfmueller (University of Minnesota)
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MILLENNIAL-SCALE CLIMATE OSCILLATIONS TO 735,000 YEARS AGO
AS RECORDED IN HIGH-RESOLUTION MARINE SEDIMENT RECORDS
FROM SANTA BARBARA BASIN, CALIFORNIA
Sarah M. White (University of California – Davis), Tessa M. Hill (University of California –
Davis), James P. Kennett (University of California – Santa Barbara), and Richard Behl (CSU –
Long Beach)
CLIMATE DRIVERS OF STREAMFLOW SYNCHRONICITY IN WESTERN U.S. RIVERS
OVER MULTIPLE CENTURIES
Erika K. Wise (University of North Carolina)
DEVELOPING ROBUST AGE MODELS FOR LAKE RECORDS: CASE STUDIES FROM
CALIFORNIA
Susan R.H. Zimmerman, Tom Guilderson, and Tom Brown (all Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory)
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