Climate scenarios offer one way to identify and examine the land management challenges posed by climate change. Selecting climate projections for any given application, question, or region, however, requires careful consideration of the natural resources under study, and where and how they are sensitive to climate. The selection approach also depends on the robustness of different projections for the resources and geographic area of interest, and possibly on what downscaled climate projections are available for a region. This webinar provides an introduction to downscaled climate projections in a conceptual manner for non-specialists with the goal of conveying their strengths and limitations. It also illustrates applications of climate projections to inform climate change resilient land management strategies within the U.S. Forest Service. Amy Daniels is the National Program Leader for Landscape Science with U.S. Forest Service, Research & Development. Amy provides national coordination of the landscape research portfolio across six regional research stations. She serves in a science-advisory capacity to integrate research findings about landscape dynamics into national strategies and policies for priorities like broad-scale restoration, open space conservation, and climate change adaptation. Amy is the Forest Service lead on coordinating the use of downscaled climate projections.
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Fire & Climate
NRFSN number: 14383
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