At Western Water Assessment, we communicate the results of our research and provide other climate-related information through several types of publications. Peer-reviewed scientific journals are an important outlet for sharing our new work with our research colleagues and with stakeholders. We have also produced a number of WWA reports and white papers that describe individual projects or synthesize broader sets of research findings. In addition to these avenues, our research has been published in book chapters, special reports released by other organizations, and in conference proceedings. As part of our Intermountain West Climate Summary climate digest, since 2005 we have published several dozen short articles on WWA research, relevant research projects led by others, and climate information resources.
2022
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleBailey, Karen M., Katie R. Hooker, Anne A. Loggins, Alex D. Potash, Donald W. Hardeman, and Robert A. McCleery. 2022. “It Pays to Get Paid: Factors Influencing Wildlife‐related Employment Success.” Wildlife Society Bulletin 46 (1). https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1252
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleClifford, Katherine R, Amanda E Cravens, and Corrine N Knapp. 2022. “Responding to Ecological Transformation: Mental Models, External Constraints, and Manager Decision-Making.” BioScience 72 (1): 57–70. Clifford_etal_2022_RAD-resist-accept-direct-decision-making-constraints-models.pdf https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab086
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleCrausbay, Shelley D, Helen R Sofaer, Amanda E Cravens, Brian C Chaffin, Katherine R Clifford, John E Gross, Corrine N Knapp, et al. 2022. “A Science Agenda to Inform Natural Resource Management Decisions in an Era of Ecological Transformation.” BioScience 72 (1): 71–90. Crausbay_etal_2022_RAD-resist-accept-direct-science-agenda.pdf https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab102
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleGaughan, Andrea E., Nicholas E. Kolarik, Forrest R. Stevens, Narcisa G. Pricope, Lin Cassidy, Jonathan Salerno, Karen M. Bailey, Michael Drake, Kyle Woodward, and Joel Hartter. 2022. “Using Very-High-Resolution Multispectral Classification to Estimate Savanna Fractional Vegetation Components.” Remote Sensing 14 (3): 551. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14030551
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleHale, K.E., A.N. Wlostowski, S.P. Anderson, *A.M. Badger, K.N. Musselman, B. Livneh, and N.P. Molotch, 2022: Streamflow sensitivity to climate warming through the lens of surface water input, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 39, 100976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100976
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleMagness, Dawn R, Linh Hoang, R Travis Belote, Jean Brennan, Wylie Carr, F Stuart Chapin, Katherine Clifford, Wendy Morrison, John M Morton, and Helen R Sofaer. 2022. “Management Foundations for Navigating Ecological Transformation by Resisting, Accepting, or Directing Social-Ecological Change.” BioScience 72 (1): 30–44. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab083
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Reports, Syntheses, and AssessmentsThe Utah Hazard Planning Tool provides information about the historical, current risk and future projections of natural hazards in Utah. This document is designed to be used as an information resource and guide for hazard planners in Utah. Utah Hazard Planning Tool April 2022 Utah Hazard Planning Tool
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleWilliams, A.P., B. Livneh, K.A. McKinnon, W.D. Hansen, J.S. Mankin, B.I. Cook, J.E. Smerdon, A.M. Varuolo-Clarke, N.R. Bjarke, C.S. Juang, and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2022: Growing impact of wildfire on western United States water supply, Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, 119(10) e2114069119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2114069119
2021
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleAbolafia-Rosenzweig, R., M. Pan, J.L. Zeng, and B. Livneh (2021). A remotely sensed ensemble to observe the terrestrial water budget over major global river basins, Remote Sensing of Environment, 252, 112191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112191
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Reports, Syntheses, and AssessmentsArens, S., L. Jameson, P. Brooks, A. Weech, C. Strong, J. Everitt, and D.E. Rosenberg (2021). Weber River Basin Climate Vulnerability Assessment. Western Water Assessment. Weber River Basin Climate Vulnerability Assessment
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleBadger, *A.M., N.R. Bjarke, N. Molotch, and B. Livneh, 2021: The sensitivity of runoff generation to spatial snowpack uniformity in an alpine watershed: Green Lakes Valley, Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research Station, Hydrological Processes, e14331. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14331
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleBjarke, N.R., B. Livneh, S. Elmendorf, N. Molotch, E. Hinckley, J. Morse, N. Emery, P. Johnson, and K. Suding, 2021: Catchment scale observations at the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research site, Hydrological Processes. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14320
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleBrooks, Paul D., Andrew Gelderloos, Margaret A. Wolf, Logan R. Jamison, Courtenay Strong, D. Kip Solomon, Gabriel J. Bowen, et al. 2021. “Groundwater‐Mediated Memory of Past Climate Controls Water Yield in Snowmelt‐Dominated Catchments.” Water Resources Research 57 (10). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR030605
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Briefings, Short Assessments, and Fact SheetsBurns, Ethan (2021). Ecological Drought in the Intermountain West. Western Water Assessment. Ecological Drought in the Intermountain West
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Briefings, Short Assessments, and Fact SheetsBurns, Ethan (2021). The Impacts of Wildland Fire on Municipal Water Supply. Western Water Assessment. The Impacts of Wildland Fire on Municipal Water Supply
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleClifford, K. R. (2021). Problematic Exclusions: Analysis of the Clean Air Act’s Exceptional Event Rule Revisions. Society & Natural Resources, 34(2), 135-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2020.1780358
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleCuller, E.S., *A.M. Badger, J.T. Minear, K.F. Tiampo, S. Zeigler, and B. Livneh, 2021: A Multi-sensor Evaluation of Precipitation Uncertainty for Landslide-triggering Storm Events, Hydrological Processes, 35(7), e14260. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14260
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleCuller, Elsa S., Ben Livneh, Balaji Rajagopalan, and Kristy F. Tiampo (2021). A Data-Driven Evaluation of Post-Fire Landslide Susceptibility. Preprint. Landslides and Debris Flows Hazards. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2021-111
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleEsit, Musa, Sanjiv Kumar, Ashutosh Pandey, David M. Lawrence, Imtiaz Rangwala, and Stephen Yeager. 2021. “Seasonal to Multi-Year Soil Moisture Drought Forecasting.” Npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 4 (1): 16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00172-z
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleHeldmyer, A.J., B. Livneh, B. Rajagopalan, and N. Molotch, 2021: Investigating the Relationship Between Peak Snow-Water Equivalent and Snow Timing Indices in the Western U.S. and Alaska, Water Resources Research, 57, e2020WR029395. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR029395
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleHenderson, Jen, Lisa Dilling, Rebecca Morss, Olga Wilhelmi, and Ursula Rick. 2021. “‘We Got in the Pilot Program to Learn from It:’ Features of Social Learning in Drought Contexts Along the Arkansas River in Colorado.” Weather, Climate, and Society, June. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-20-0120.1
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleHoerling, Martin, Lesley Smith, Xiao-Wei Quan, Jon Eischeid, Joseph Barsugli, and Henry F. Diaz (2021). Explaining the Spatial Pattern of U.S. Extreme Daily Precipitation Change. J. Climate, 34(7), 2759–2775. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0666.1
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Reports, Syntheses, and AssessmentsKeyes, Aislyn (2021). Mobile homes and flood risk: An analysis of flood risk and historical flooding in the Intermountain West and Michigan. Western Water Assessment. Mobile homes and flood risk: An analysis of flood risk and historical flooding in the Intermountain West and Michigan
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleKroepsch, A. C., and K. R. Clifford (2021). On environments of not knowing: How some environmental spaces and circulations are made inscrutable. Geoforum. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.GEOFORUM.2021.05.009
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleMusselman, Keith N., Nans Addor, Julie A. Vano, and Noah P. Molotch (2021). Winter Melt Trends Portend Widespread Declines in Snow Water Resources. Nature Climate Change 11 (5): 418–24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01014-9
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticlePan, Jinmei, M. T. Durand, Z. Courville, B. J. Vander Jagt, N. P. Molotch, S. A. Margulis, E. J. Kim, M. Schneebeli, and C. Mätzler (2021). Evaluation of Stereology for Snow Microstructure Measurement and Microwave Emission Modeling: A Case Study.International Journal of Digital Earth, March, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2021.1902006
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Briefings, Short Assessments, and Fact SheetsPayton, E. and J. Lukas (2021). Colorado River basin climate and hydrology state of the science: A synthesis report to support water planning and management. Colorado Water, 38:1. Climate Change and Adaptation Issue of Colorado Water, June 2021
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Reports, Syntheses, and AssessmentsPayton, Elizabeth, Joel Biederman, and Marcos Robles. 2021. “Snowtography: Snowpack & Soil Moisture Monitoring Handbook.” Western Water Assessment, University of Colorado Boulder. Snowtography: Snowpack & Soil Moisture Monitoring Handbook https://doi.org/10.25810/r9s7-4t28
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticlePierce, D. W., L. Su, D. R. Cayan, M.D. Risser, B. Livneh, and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2021: An extreme-preserving long-term gridded daily precipitation data set for the conterminous United States, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 22(7), 1883-1895. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-20-0212.1
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleSchneider, Dominik, Noah P. Molotch, Jeffrey S. Deems, and Thomas H. Painter (2021). Analysis of Topographic Controls on Depletion Curves Derived from Airborne Lidar Snow Depth Data. Hydrology Research52 (1): 253–65. https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2020.267