Recent tree ring analyses of the Colorado river flows over the past 500 years enable one to characterize the fluctuations on various timescales using Fourier analysis. We model these flows and calculate the clustering properties of droughts. These results are highly pertinent to the issue of water storage in the Mead and Powell reservoirs and the necessity to rethink how we use water in the southwestern US.
How long does a 15 year drought last? On the correlation of rare events
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 12:00 to 13:00
Access:
public
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Speaker:
George Rhee
Affiliation:
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Contact:
Peter Brewer