Talia Anderson, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States; UCAR, Los Angeles, United States, Karen A McKinnon, University of California Los Angeles, Institute of Environment and Sustainability; Department of Statistics and Data Science; Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science, Los Angeles, United States, Ana Isabel Gonzalez Mendez, University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development and Environment, Tucson, United States, Diego Pons, University of Denver, Department of Geography and the Environment, Denver, United States and Dr. Kevin J. Anchukaitis, University of Arizona, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, Tucson, United States