Application of data on climate extremes for the southwestern United States

Erica Fleishman, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, Daniel R Cayan, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, Britta Daudert, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, United States, Alexander Gershunov, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), La Jolla, United States and Kelly T Redmond, Desert Research Institute Reno, Western Regional Climate Center, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Reno, NV, United States