Greg Pederson's Research Projects

Current Research Projects

The central research goal of each new study is to develop a greater understanding of current and historic changes in biological and water resources as driven by climate. Current projects include:

• Leveraging modern climatology to increase adaptive capacity across protected areas.
• Climate Analysis Tools
• The unusual nature of recent snowpack declines in the North American Cordillera.
• Climatic controls on the snowmelt hydrology of the northern Rocky Mountains, USA.
• An 1800-year record of decadal-scale hydroclimatic variability in the upper Arkansas River basin from bristlecone pine.
• Northern Hemisphere Modes of Variability and the Timing of Spring
• Millennial length reconstructions of Colorado River flow.
• Climate driven species shifts in alpine lakes of the Beartooth Mountains and Glacier National Park.

This work is interdisciplinary and would not be possible without the collaboration of colleagues and their respective institutions. Research funding has largely been provided by 1) the U.S. Geological Survey's Western Mountain Initiative (WMI) and the Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK), 2) the National Science Foundation (NSF) Geospatial Sciences and Ecology programs, and 3) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).