Historical and projected climate [Chapter 3]

Linda A. Joyce; Marian Talbert

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Historical and projected climate [Chapter 3]

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Linda A. Joyce, Marian Talbert

Year:

2018

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Halofsky, Jessica E.; Peterson, David L.; Ho, Joanne J.; Little, Natalie, J.; Joyce, Linda A., eds. Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Intermountain Region [Part 1]. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-375. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 32-59.

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Abstract

The Intermountain Adaptation Partnership (IAP) region is characterized by extreme temperatures and precipitation; it is home to some of the driest, hottest, and coldest locations in the conterminous United States. The region has numerous mountain ranges, high-elevation basins and valleys, and low-elevation mesas and canyons. Climate is influenced by this diverse and complex terrain. The IAP region is bounded on the eastern side by the Rocky Mountains and on the western side by the Sierra Nevada. For this region, moisture comes predominantly from the Pacific Ocean, and consequently much of the moisture occurs as orographic precipitation in the mountains.

Parent Publication

Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Intermountain Region [Part 1]

Keywords

adaptation, climate change, ecological disturbance, Intermountain Adaptation Partnership, resilience, science-management partnership, vulnerability assessment

Citation

Joyce, Linda A.; Talbert, Marian. 2018. Historical and projected climate [Chapter 3]. In: Halofsky, Jessica E.; Peterson, David L.; Ho, Joanne J.; Little, Natalie, J.; Joyce, Linda A., eds. Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Intermountain Region [Part 1]. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-375. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 32-59.