The topographic diversity and extensive area of protected public land within the Greater Yellowstone demonstrate the importance of this region as a natural resource reserve. Understanding the effects of anticipated changes in climate on aquatic resources and means for managing these resources will ultimately require accurate linkages between empirical data and regional climatic patterns. This project is focused on collecting year-round stream temperature data within the Greater Yellowstone to improve the coverage of existing data, refine stream temperature models, and ultimately aid managers in developing future management strategies.
Below are publications associated with this project.
The shifting climate portfolio of the Greater Yellowstone Area
- Overview
The topographic diversity and extensive area of protected public land within the Greater Yellowstone demonstrate the importance of this region as a natural resource reserve. Understanding the effects of anticipated changes in climate on aquatic resources and means for managing these resources will ultimately require accurate linkages between empirical data and regional climatic patterns. This project is focused on collecting year-round stream temperature data within the Greater Yellowstone to improve the coverage of existing data, refine stream temperature models, and ultimately aid managers in developing future management strategies.
- Publications
Below are publications associated with this project.
The shifting climate portfolio of the Greater Yellowstone Area
Knowledge of climatic variability at small spatial extents (< 50 km) is needed to assess vulnerabilities of biological reserves to climate change. We used empirical and modeled weather station data to test if climate change has increased the synchrony of surface air temperatures among 50 sites within the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) of the interior western United States. This important biologicaAuthorsAdam J. Sepulveda, Mike T Tercek, Robert K. Al-Chokhachy, Andrew Ray, David P. Thoma, Blake R. Hossack, Gregory T. Pederson, Ann Rodman, Tom Olliff