The year-to-year variability of precipitation has significant consequences for water management and forest health. “Whiplash” describes an extreme mode this in which hydroclimate switches abruptly between wet dry conditions. In study, a pool total-ring-width indices from five conifer species (Abies magnifica, Juniperus grandis, Pinus ponderosa, jeffreyi, Tsuga mertensiana) the Sierra Nevada is ...
