84th AMS Annual Meeting

Monday, 12 January 2004: 4:30 PM
The Drought of 2002 in Colorado (Formerly Poster JP3.6)
Room 6C
Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. A. Pielke, Sr.
Poster PDF (1.2 MB)
Colorado experienced very severe drought in 2002 resulting in massive wildfires, severe crop losses, livestock losses, record low streamflows and widespread municipal water restrictions. This poster will document precipitation and temperature conditions in Colorado leading up to the drought and show how this drought compares to past documented drought periods since 1890. Examples of streamflows and mountain snowpack will be presented.

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