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 which report on one project, or synthesize a broader set research findings. Our research has also been conveyed 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.
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.pdf
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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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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, 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 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. Final_Report_Keyes_2021.pdf
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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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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticlePayton, 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.
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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. TNC_Snowtography_Handbook.pdf https://doi.org/10.25810/r9s7-4t28
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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
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleSchulz T., H. Wilmer, H.M. Yocum, E. Winford, D. Peck, AA.C. Monlezun, H. Schmalz, T. Klemm, K. Epstein, V. Jansen, W. Kelley, R. Bruegger, S. Fick, J. Gazing Wolf, J. Grace, R. Mann, and J. Derner (2021). Campfire Conversations at the 2020 Annual Meeting: Insights & lessons learned from “cuss-and-discuss” rather than “chalk-and-talk.” Rangelands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.04.003
2020
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Briefings, Short Assessments, and Fact SheetsArens, Seth, Jeff Lukas, and Lineke Woelders (2020). Climate, snow, streamflow, and drought information resources for the Mountain West. Western Water Assessment. Climate information two-pager 2020.pdf
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleBarsugli, J.J., A.J. Ray, B. Livneh, C.F. Dewes, A. Heldmyer, I. Rangwala, J.M. Guinotte, and S. Torbit (2020). Projections of Mountain Snowpack Loss for Wolverine Denning Elevations in the Rocky Mountains. Earth's Future. doi: 10.1029/2020EF001537
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleClifford K.R., and W.R. Travis (2020). The New (Ab)Normal: Outliers, Everyday Exceptionality, and the Politics of Data Management in the Anthropocene. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. doi: 10.1080/24694452.2020.1785836.
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleClifford, K.R. (2020). Problematic Exclusions: Analysis of the Clean Air Act’s Exceptional Event Rule Revisions. Society & Natural Resources. doi: 10.1080/08941920.2020.1780358
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleClifford, K.R., L. Yung, W.R. Travis, R. Rondeau, B. Neely, I. Rangwala, N. Burkardt, and C. Wyborn (2020). Navigating Climate Adaptation on Public Lands: How Views on Ecosystem Change and Scale Interact with Management Approaches. Environmental Management. doi: 10.1007/s00267-020-01336-y
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleClifford, K.R., W.R. Travis, and L.T. Nordgren (2020). A climate knowledges approach to climate services. Climate Services, Vol. 18, April. doi: 10.1016/j.cliser.2020.100155
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleHobbins, M. and J. Barsugli (2020). Threatening the Vigor of the Colorado River. Science, 367 (6483): 1192–93. doi: 10.1126/science.abb3624
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleLivneh, Ben, and A.M. Badger (2020). Drought less predictable under declining future snowpack. Nature Climate Change, 10, 452–458. doi: 10.1038/s41558-020-0754-8
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Reports, Syntheses, and AssessmentsLukas, J., and E. Payton, eds. (2020). Colorado River Basin Climate and Hydrology: State of the Science. Western Water Assessment, University of Colorado Boulder. ColoRiver_StateOfScience_WWA_2020_FullReport_hi-res.pdf doi: 10.25810/3hcv-w477
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticlePage, R. and L. Dilling (2020). How experiences of climate extremes motivate adaptation among water managers. Climatic Change. doi: 10.1007/s10584-020-02712-7
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Reports, Syntheses, and AssessmentsQuebbeman, J., G. Van Houtven, H. Yocum, Travis Williams, and Nick Flores (2020). NASA Impacts and Benefits Assessment from Improved Streamflow Forecasts. RTI International, Western Water Assessment, University of Colorado Boulder, June 16. NASA Impacts and Benefits Assessment from Improved Streamflow Forecasts.pdf
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleSteinberg, D., B.K. Mignone, J. Macknick, Y. Sun, K. Eurek, Badger, A.M., B. Livneh, and K.B. Averyt, (2020). Decomposing supply-side and demand-side impacts of climate change on the U.S. electricity system through 2050. Climatic Change. doi: 10.1007/s10584-019-02506-6
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleSwitanek, M.B., J. Barsugli, M. Scheuerer, T. Hamill (2020). Present and past sea surface temperatures: A recipe for better seasonal climate forecasts. Weather Forecast, 35 (4): 1221–1234. doi: 10.1175/WAF-D-19-0241.1
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleWilliams, A.P., E.R. Cook, J.E. Smerdon, B.I. Cook, R. Seager, J.T. Abatzoglou, K. Bolles, S.H. Baek, A. Badger, and B. Livneh (2020). Large contribution from anthropogenic warming to an emerging North American megadrought. Science, 368(6488), 314-318. doi: 10.1126/science.aaz9600