ABSTRACT
Introduction ............................................................................................................ 191 Climate and Ecology Research in the LTER Program ...................................... 192
Data ........................................................................................................................ 194 Gridded Precipitation Data ................................................................................ 194 LTER Precipitation Data ................................................................................... 194 Atmospheric Circulation Mode Data ................................................................ 194
Methods .................................................................................................................. 197 Results .................................................................................................................... 198
Correlation with Gridded Precipitation Data .................................................... 198 Correlation with LTER Site Data ...................................................................... 201 Analysis of MBPA ............................................................................................202
Summary ................................................................................................................203 References ..............................................................................................................205
