Workshops

Tahoe Climate Symposium 2014

Symposium Presentations

McCarthy, Maureen. TSC Climate Science Symposium: Summary of Findings

Panel 1: Climate Models and Impacts

Dettinger, Mike. What we think we know now: Climate change projections and downscaling for Tahoe, Sierra-Nevada, and the Southwest
Schladow, Geoff. What keeps me up at night: Climate impacts to Lake Tahoe
Wilhelm, Susan. Overview of scenarios for California’s 4th Climate Change Assessment: Is there a role for Tahoe science?
Thomas, Jim. Warmer water impacts on nearshore ecology at Lake Tahoe

Panel 2: Storms and Floods

Albano, Christine. ARkStorm@Tahoe: Addressing social and ecological resiliency to extreme winter storm events in the Sierra Nevada
Niswonger, Rich. Watershed simulations in Tahoe basin climate change & ARkStorm
Anderson, Mike. Estimating 250-year floods in a changing world
Payne, Jeff. Truckee River Study: Planning for water supply reliability with climate change

Panel 3: Droughts and Heatwaves

Smallcomb, Chris. Weather and Climate: What do we know, what do we need to know, how should we be communicating science & uncertainties (Presentation not available for posting)
Schwartz, Mark. Forest health (or not): What does climate change especially droughts do to forests and when? (Presentation not available for posting)
Huntington, Justin. Accuracy of evaporation and ET models for Tahoe now and in the future
Albright, Thomas. Conservation and climate change: Finding the hot moments and hot spots

Panel 4: Wildfires and Air Quality

White, Angela. Recent Wildfire Lessons Learned: What do wildfires/drought mean for lake and streams? Monitoring needs?
Brown, Tim. Climate and fire
Westerling, Tony. Seasonal forecasts, paleofire reconstructions, and climate change impact assessments (Presentation not available for posting)
Kent, Graham. Fire history of Tahoe and new approaches to monitoring (Presentation not available for posting)