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AcknowledgementsThe authors thank the members of the Southwest Climate Alliance Executive Committee,who developed the original Expression of Interest for this technical report. Membersincluded: David Busch (USGS), Dan Cayan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD), Michael Dettinger (USGS), Erica Fleishman (University of California, Davis),Gregg Garfin (University of Arizona), Alexander Sasha Gershunov (Scripps Institutionof Oceanography/UCSD), Glen MacDonald (UCLA), Jonathan Overpeck (Universityof Arizona), Kelly Redmond (Desert Research Institute), Mark Schwartz (Universityof California, Davis), William Travis (University of Colorado), and Brad Udall (Universityof Colorado). We acknowledge the contributions of the three NOAA RegionalIntegrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) projects in the region, and their programmanagers, through the generous donation of staff time and assessment advice: California-Nevada Applications Program (CNAP; Dan Cayan), Climate Assessment for the Southwest(CLIMAS; Dan Ferguson), and Western Water Assessment (WWA; Brad Udall). Wealso acknowledge the contributions of the Southwest Climate Science Center (SWCSC).The NOAA Climate Program Office and the USGS provided funding and developmentsupport.For guidance and input in writing this report, we thank the National Climate Assessmentstaff: Emily Cloyd, Katharine Jacobs, Fred Lipschultz, Sheila O’Brien, and AnneWaple. We thank the National Climate Assessment Development and Advisory Committeefor guidance and input in writing this report. This includes the following people:Jim Buizer (University of Arizona), Guido Franco (California Energy Commission), NancyGrimm (Arizona State University), Diana Liverman (University of Arizona), SusanneMoser (Susanne Moser Research and Consulting, Stanford University), Richard Moss(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), and Gary Yohe (Wesleyan University).The authors are grateful to Jaimie Galayda (University of Arizona) for exceptionalassistance in organizing the August 2011 prospective authors’ workshop. Eric Gordon(University of Colorado), Sarah Guthrie (CIRES), William Travis (University of Colorado),and Suzanne van Drunick (CIRES) hosted the 2011 workshop, providing rooms,technical support, and hospitality. Mary Floyd (Zantech IT Services) assisted with travelarrangements for some of the workshop participants. Tamara Wall (Desert Research Institute)also provided assistance. Jennifer Paolini (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)provided exceptional logistical support and hospitality for our August workshop andour January 2012 Coordinating Lead Authors’ workshop. Lesa Langan DuBerry (Universityof Arizona) and Anh Le (University of Arizona) provided logistical support forboth workshops.The Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States was developed withthe benefit of a scientifically rigorous first draft expert review and we thank the revieweditors and expert reviewers. We also thank everyone who contributed in the publicreview, as well as the decision makers, resource managers, citizens, and experts whoprovided feedback on the content of the report, in addition to valuable insights aboutthe form of the report and ancillary materials.ix