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Is an epic pluvial masking NYC’s water security?. Andrew Bell. Ed Cook. Kevin Vranes. Tiwanaku Empire. Akkadian Empire. NYC. Data: NYC Dept. Env. Protection. NYC. Data: NYC Dept. Env. Protection. NYC. Ave May-Aug. Data: NCDC. 12 species eastern hemlock chestnut oak pitch pine
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Is an epic pluvial masking NYC’s water security? Andrew Bell Ed Cook Kevin Vranes
Tiwanaku Empire Akkadian Empire
NYC Data: NYC Dept. Env. Protection
NYC Data: NYC Dept. Env. Protection
NYC Ave May-Aug. Data: NCDC
12 species eastern hemlock chestnut oak pitch pine white oak eastern redcedar post oak pignut hickory sweet birch yellow-poplar shagbark hickory northern red oak black oak 32 chronologies
David Meko Time-varying Reconstructions
r2 = 66.2% May-Aug - Better at estimating wet years
inst. data tacked onto end
Northeast US = extreme drought Northeast Climate Center
Summary: • increased chronology replication helps, especially spatially • species replication helps as well - as much as chronology replication?
Summary: • increased chronology replication helps, especially spatially • species replication helps as well - as much as chronology replication? • 500 yrs of NYC watershed drought history? • - NYC will be in a heap of trouble when a real/paleo drought hits!