For more information, contact:

Shoshana Mayden
smayden@email.arizona.edu

February 2006 Workshop
Nine journalists attended the workshop held on February 15, 2006. We had a full-day of activities including talks on the climate of the Southwest, the science of climate change, and mapping fire hazards from space. There were hands-on demonstrations of Arizona climate data and remotely-sensed images of southwestern vegetation, as well as a visit to the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research to learn about paleoclimate records. We also had a lively discussion of water, drought and climate issues at a roundtable panel with UA scientists.

Attendees came from Tucson, Phoenix, and outlying areas as far away as Window Rock. They included the following media outlets/organizations:

Arizona Daily Star
East Valley Tribune (2 participants)
Institute for the Study of Planet Earth
Navajo Times
Sierra Vista Herald
Tucson Citizen (2 participants)

Two more workshops are planned for fall 2006 and spring 2007. Stay tuned for details.

Workshop Presentations
Most of the presentations are in PDF format.

Climate Overview of the Southwest [PDF 2.3 MB]
Mike Crimmins, Soil, Water, and Environmental Science

The Case of Winter Minimum Temperatures [online exercise]
Shoshana Mayden, Geography and Regional Development

Visit to the UA Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
Rex Adams, LTRR

Climate Change and Arizona [PDF 4 MB]
Gregg Garfin, Climate Assessment for the Southwest

Mapping Fire Hazards from Space [PDF 6 MB]
Steve Yool, Geography and Regional Development

Arizona RangeView [online demonstration]
Barron Orr, Office of Arid Lands

Handouts

Agenda [PDF 100 KB]

Speaker List and Contact Info [PDF 60 KB]

Past and Future Climates [PDF 856 KB]

Climate Glossary [PDF 348 KB]

Resources on the Web [PDF 72 KB]

NASA Changing Global Land Surface [PDF 332 KB]

NASA Earth's Energy Balance [PDF 136 KB]

Funding and Support
This workshop is an outreach project for the University of Arizona’s NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship program. It is hosted by the Climate Assessment for the Southwest project and Arizona Cooperative Extension, with additional funding from NOAA.