Recent Publications

• Favors, J.E.*, and J.T. Abatzoglou, 2012, Regional surges of monsoonal moisture into the
  southwestern United States, Monthly Weather Review, in press * graduate student
• McEvoy, D.J, J.L. Huntington, J.T. Abatzoglou and L.E. Edwards, 2012, An Evaluation of
  Multi-scalar Drought Indices in Nevada and Eastern California, Earth Interactions, in press
• Kolden, C.A., and J.T. Abatzoglou, 2012, Climate and Vegetation Influences on Fire Impacts
  in Alaskan Boreal Forest: Implications for Carbon and Fire Management, Fire Ecology, doi:
  10.4996/fireecology.0801098
• Abatzoglou, J.T., 2011, Development of gridded surface meteorological data for ecological
  applications and modeling, International Journal of Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.3413
• Abatzoglou, J.T. and C.A. Kolden. 2011, Climate change in western US deserts: potential for increased wildfire and invasive annual grasses, Rangeland Ecology and Management (special issue), doi:10.2111/REM-D-09-00151.1
• Stahle, D.W., R.D. Griffin, M.K. Cleaveland, J.R. Edmondson, F.K. Fye, D.J. Burnette, J.T. Abatzoglou, K.T. Redmond, D.M. Meko, M.D. Dettinger, D.R. Cayan and M.D. Therrell, 2011. A Tree-Ring Reconstruction of the Salinity Gradient in the Northern Estuary of San Francisco Bay. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, 9(1).
• Abatzoglou, J.T. and C.A. Kolden. 2011, Relative Importance of Weather and Climate on Wildfire Growth in Interior Alaska, International Journal of Wildland Fire, 20(4) 479-486 doi:10.1071/WF10046
• Abatzoglou, J.T., and T.J. Brown. 2011, A Comparison of Statistical Downscaling Methods Suited for Wildfire Applications, International Journal of Climatology, doi:10.1002/joc.2312
• Cordero, E.C., W. Kessomkiat, J.T. Abatzoglou and S.A. Mauget. 2011, Identification of Distinct Patterns in California Temperature Trends, Climatic Change, doi:10.1007/s10584- 011-0023-y
• Holden, Z.A, J.T. Abatzoglou, L.S. Baggett and C. Luce. 2011, Empirical downscaling of daily minimum air temperature at very fine resolutions in complex terrain, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.03.011
• Miller, C., J.T Abatzoglou, T.J. Brown, T., and A. Syphard. 2011, Wilderness Fire Management in a Changing Environment, In: Landscape Ecology of Fire, McKenzie, D., C. Miller and D. Falk [eds.], doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0301-8 
• Abatzoglou, J.T, 2011, Influence of the PNA on Declining Mountain Snowpack in the Western United States, International Journal of Climatology, doi:10.1002/joc.2137
• Crimmins, S.M, S.Z. Dobrowski, J.A. Greenberg, J.T. Abatzoglou, and A.R. Mynsberge, 2011. Changes in climatic water balance drive downhill shifts in plant species optimum elevations. Science 331: 324-327