Title: Advances in seasonal forecasting for water management in Arizona: a case study of the 1997-98 El Niño
Abstract: It is a pleasure to recognize the individuals who have contributed to this research.
This was very much a group effort and the assistance of others was invaluable.
We owe thanks to our scientific colleagues Roy Koch, Kelly Redmond, Ed Miles,
Bob Maddox, John Dracup, Tom Piechota, Chet Ropelewski, Jim Shuttleworth, Gary
Woodard, Michael Bradley and Andrew Comrie. Additional thanks are extended to the
Southwest Climate Assessment Project (especially Barbara Morehouse, Diana Liverman,
Hallie Eakin, and others) for their training, advice and supervision. We appreciate their
support and the time that individuals took to provide comments on this study's
questionnaire through its many revisions. The Tucson and Phoenix National Weather
Service meteorologists (especially Tony Haffer) were extremely helpful in many ways.
We are indebted to Ray Brice, Dan Braithwaite and James Broermann for their help in
computer support. Thomas Pagano personally thanks Erin Clark for her support.
Several individuals provided historical forecasts and observation datasets for this
study: Shirley Francisco, Dallas Reigle, Douglas Ufkes, Richard Clayton, David Unger,
and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
We gratefully acknowledge the cooperation and assistance of each study
participant, as well the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, Institute for the
Study of Planet Earth, and Climate Assessment Project for the Southwest, all at the
University of Arizona. Financial support was provided by NASA/EOS Grant #OSSAA/
88, NOAA Office of Global Programs Grant #NA86GP0061, the NSF Graduate
Research Traineeship, UA College of Engineering and Mines Dean's Fund, and SRP
Fellowship.
Publication Year: 1999
Publication Date: 1999-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
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