Recent Papers
Snyder, M.A., B. Sansó, and L.C. Sloan, “Validation of Climate Model Output using Bayesian Statistical Methods”, Climatic Change, 2007, In press
Kueppers, L. M., M. A. Snyder, and L. C. Sloan (2007), Irrigation cooling effect: Regional climate forcing by land-use change, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L03703, doi:10.1029/2006GL028679.
Kueppers, L.M., M.A. Snyder, L.C. Sloan, D.Cayan, J. Jin, H. Kanamaru, M. Kanamitsu, N.L. Miller, M. Tyree, H. Du, B.C. Weare, “Seasonal temperature responses to land-use change in the western United States”, Global and Planetary Change, 2007, In press
Howat, I., S. Tulaczyk, P. Rhodes, K. Israel, M.A. Snyder, "A precipitation-dominated, mid-latitude glacier system: Mount Shasta, California", Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-006-0178-9, 2006
Kueppers L.M., M.A. Snyder, L.C. Sloan, E.S. Zaveleta, and B. Fulfrost, Modeled regional climate change and California endemic oak ranges, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Published online before print October 31, 2005 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 10.1073/pnas.0501427102 [Link to Paper]
Snyder, M.A. and L.C. Sloan, Transient Future Climate over the Western U.S. using a Regional Climate Model, Earth Interactions, Vol. 9, Paper 11, 2005
Snyder, M.A., Sloan, L.C., and Bell, J.L., Modeled Regional Climate Change in the Hydrologic Regions of California: A CO2 Sensitivity Study, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, in 40 (3): 591-601 JUN 2004.
Press Releases
10/31/05: California's oak woodlands face a new threat: climate change [UCSC Press Release] [UCSC Currents Story]
12/17/03: Studies show global warming is likely to drive big changes in California's coastal waters through effects on upwelling [UCSC website]
7/24/2003: Coastal upwelling in the California Current was weaker 6,000 years ago than today, according to new studies [UCSC website]
6/3/2002: New climate study shows California's vulnerability to global warming [UCSC Website]
Media Coverage
UCSC Review, Summer 2001: Cover story, "California in a warming world" [UCSC Review website]