S415 Soil Science Building & Zoom
Hydroclimate extremes and tree rings in California
In California, oak trees suffer and thrive in response to the dramatic moisture variability inherent to the state’s climate regimes. In this presentation, I will summarize my research group’s efforts to harness the investigative power of California oak tree rings. With a process-oriented framework and statistical rigor, our tree ring data will be shown to provide critical and potent perspective on long-term hydroclimate variability, extreme events widely reported during the 21st century, and the rapidly unfolding trajectories of climate-coupled productivity in terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
Dr. Daniel Griffin
Department of Geography, Environment & Society
University of Minnesota