TreeFlow User Survey 2010

Thank you for taking the TreeFlow user survey! The survey has 10 questions and should take 3-5 minutes to complete. Your responses will be kept completely anonymous.

The purpose of this survey is to help us better understand who is using the TreeFlow web resource and how it and the tree-ring data are being used, and to get direct feedback from users. We intend to use this information to improve TreeFlow to provide better service to you and other users of tree-ring reconstructions.

1. For what type of organization do you work? (select all that apply)

For what type of organization do you work? (select all that apply) Water District or Irrigation District

Private Consulting

City/County Government

State Government

Federal Government

Tribal Government

NGO

University

Other educational

Other (please specify)

2. What best characterizes your job responsibilities?

What best characterizes your job responsibilities? Planning

Operations

Research

Education

Other (please specify)

3. What river basin(s) do you have management responsibility or interest in?

What river basin(s) do you have management responsibility or interest in?

4. If you or your organization has used tree-ring reconstructions of streamflow and/or climate before, how have they been used? (select all that apply)

If you or your organization has used tree-ring reconstructions of streamflow and/or climate before, how have they been used? (select all that apply) To broaden understanding of hydrologic variability

To educate users/public

To educate board or other decision-makers

As input into a water system model or other model

For quantitative analysis, but not in a modeling environment

To inform planning and decision-making

For academic research purposes

For teaching or other educational purposes

I have not used tree-ring data in my organization

Other (please specify)

5. If you or your organization plan on using tree-ring data in the future, how do you anticipate using these data? (select all that apply)

If you or your organization plan on using tree-ring data in the future, how do you anticipate using these data? (select all that apply) To broaden understanding of hydrologic variability

To educate water users/public

To educate board or other decision-makers

As input into a water system model or other model

For quantitative analysis, but not in a modeling environment

To inform planning and decision-making

For academic research purposes

For teaching or other educational purposes

I don’t have plans for using tree-ring data at this time

Other (please specify)

6. For what purpose(s) have you visited the TreeFlow web resource? (check all that apply)

For what purpose(s) have you visited the TreeFlow web resource? (check all that apply) Download tree-ring reconstruction data

Learn about how tree-ring reconstructions are generated

Learn about applications of tree-ring reconstructions to water management

View information about tree-ring workshops

Other (please specify)

7. How would you rate the organization and ease of accessing information of the TreeFlow web resource?

How would you rate the organization and ease of accessing information of the TreeFlow web resource? Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor

Please tell us how we could improve the organization and access to information in TreeFlow:

8. How would you rate the usefulness of the information on the TreeFlow web resource?

How would you rate the usefulness of the information on the TreeFlow web resource? Very useful

Somewhat useful

Not useful

Please tell us how we could improve the usefulness of the information available on TreeFlow:

9. Were you able to find what you were looking for on TreeFlow?

Were you able to find what you were looking for on TreeFlow? Yes

Please briefly explain your answer:

10. How did you first find out about the TreeFlow web resource?

How did you first find out about the TreeFlow web resource? Attended tree-ring workshop or presentation where TreeFlow was mentioned

From a coworker or colleague

Found using Google or other search engine

Linked from another website

Other (please specify)

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1. For what type of organization do you work? (select all that apply)

2. What best characterizes your job responsibilities?

3. What river basin(s) do you have management responsibility or interest in?

4. If you or your organization has used tree-ring reconstructions of streamflow and/or climate before, how have they been used? (select all that apply)

5. If you or your organization plan on using tree-ring data in the future, how do you anticipate using these data? (select all that apply)

6. For what purpose(s) have you visited the TreeFlow web resource? (check all that apply)

7. How would you rate the organization and ease of accessing information of the TreeFlow web resource?

8. How would you rate the usefulness of the information on the TreeFlow web resource?

9. Were you able to find what you were looking for on TreeFlow?

10. How did you first find out about the TreeFlow web resource?

TreeFlow User Survey 2010
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