The Colorado Plateau Rapid Ecoregional Assessment (REA) website
contains links to the final report.
Data from the report are shared through the
Colorado Plateau REA Data Portal
. Data portal maps are downloadable and many can be viewed through map services and ArcGIS.com.
Climate Change is one of the change agents addressed in the assessment. Many of the climate projection maps cover the western U.S., not only the area of the Colorado Plateau.
Here is a small sample of the maps available:
Average Annual Temperature (1968-1999) from PRISM (Western US)
Average Annual Temperature (2015-2030) Simulated by RegCM3 with ECHAM5 Projections as Boundary Conditions (Western US)
Average Annual Total Precipitation (1968-1999) from PRISM (Western US)
Average Annual Total Precipitation (2015-2030) Simulated by RegCM3 with ECHAM5 Projections as Boundary Conditions (Western US)
Average Summer (Jul-Sep) Precipitation (2045-2060) Simulated by RegCM3 with GENMOM Projections as Boundary Conditions (Western US)
Average Winter (Jan-Mar) Temperature (2045-2060) Simulated by RegCM3 with GENMOM Projections as Boundary Conditions (Western US)
Difference of Average Annual Temperature (2015-2030 vs 1968-1999) Simulated by RegCM3 with ECHAM5 Projections as Boundary Conditions (Western US)
Normalized Difference of Annual Total Precipitation (2045-2060 vs 1968-1999) Simulated by RegCM3 with ECHAM5 Projections as Boundary Conditions (Western US)
Citation: Bryce, S.A., J.R. Strittholt, B.C. Ward, and D.M. Bachelet. 2012. Colorado Plateau Rapid Ecoregional Assessment Report. Prepared for the U.S. Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Denver, Colorado.
REA climate maps are also available in a
Data Basin gallery.
