NYC DEP Hydrological Workshop Presentation

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An overview of the wicked pluvial of the 2000's and, more broadly, since the end of the 1960s drought in the NYC region as reconstructed by tree rings. Presented at a NYC Dept. of Env. Protection workshop on hydrology and climate change

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Regional Streamflow Extremes – southern NY State

Matonse (CUNY) & Frei (Hunter College), in prep

Seager et al., 2012 – Journal of Climate

Is an Epic Pluvial Masking the Water Insecurity of the Greater New York City Region?

Kevin VranesEd CookAndrew Bell Manu Lall Naresh DevineniRichard SeagerKeith Eggleston

500 Years of Drought history in Eastern New York State

Context for the 2000’sHudson Estuary, Sept 2011

12 species

eastern hemlock

chestnut oak

pitch pine

white oak

eastern redcedar

post oak

pignut hickory

sweet birch

yellow-poplar

shagbark hickory

northern red oak

black oak

32 chronologies

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May-Aug

inst.datatackedontoend

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NE/NYC Hydroclimatic History:1531-2011

Eastern US Hydroclimatic History: 1500-2006

1568-1573 Drought: NADA v2

Seager et al., 2012 – Journal of Climate

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500 Years of Drought history in Eastern New York State

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