Publications

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

  • Briefings, Short Assessments, and Fact Sheets
    Rangwala, I. (2022). Grim 2022 drought outlook for Western US offers warnings for the future as climate change brings a hotter, thirstier atmosphere. The Conversation. May 19, 2022.   https://theconversation.com/grim-2022-drought-outlook-for-western-us-offers-warnings-for-the-future-as-climate-change-brings-a-hotter-thirstier-atmosphere-182640
  • Reports, Syntheses, and Assessments
    Riley, R., D. Bertrand, and S. Arens, 2022: Connecting Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Planning in Climate Discourse-Sensitive Regions: A Cross-RISA Collaborative Project. Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program and Western Water Assessment, 22 pp. CAHMPCrossRISA.pdf  
  • Reports, Syntheses, and Assessments
    Western Water Assessment, 2022. Utah Hazard Planning Tool, S. J. T. Arens, ed., Western Water Assessment, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. Utah Hazard Planning Tool (May 2022)  Utah Hazard Planning Tool
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Williams, 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
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Wobus, Cameron, Eric Small, Jared C. Carbone, Parthkumar Modi, Hannah Kamen, William Szafranski, and Ben Livneh. 2022. “Water Allocation, Return Flows, and Economic Value in Water-Scarce Environments: Results from a Coupled Natural-Human System Model.” Water 14 (20): 3280.   https://doi.org/10.3390/w14203280
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Yang, Kehan, Keith N. Musselman, Karl Rittger, Steven A. Margulis, Thomas H. Painter, and Noah P. Molotch. 2022. “Combining Ground-Based and Remotely Sensed Snow Data in a Linear Regression Model for Real-Time Estimation of Snow Water Equivalent.” Advances in Water Resources 160 (February): 104075.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2021.104075

2021

  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Abolafia-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
  • Reports, Syntheses, and Assessments
    Arens, 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  
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Badger, *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
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Barnhart, Theodore B., Jelena Vukomanovic, Patrick Bourgeron, and Noah P. Molotch. 2021. “Future Land Cover and Climate May Drive Decreases in Snow Wind‐scour and Transpiration, Increasing Streamflow at a Colorado, USA Headwater Catchment.” Hydrological Processes 35 (11).   https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14416
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Bjarke, 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
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Brooks, 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
  • Reports, Syntheses, and Assessments
    Buono, P., Rondeau, R., Bidwell, M., Monroe, S., Rank, G., Roberts, S., Cross, M., and Rangwala, I. (2021). Prioritized Drought Resilience Strategies for the Mancos Watershed. Prepared for Mancos Watershed Group.   
  • Briefings, Short Assessments, and Fact Sheets
    Burns, Ethan (2021). Ecological Drought in the Intermountain West. Western Water Assessment. Ecological Drought in the Intermountain West  
  • Briefings, Short Assessments, and Fact Sheets
    Burns, Ethan (2021). The Impacts of Wildland Fire on Municipal Water Supply. Western Water Assessment. The Impacts of Wildland Fire on Municipal Water Supply  
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Culler, 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
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Culler, 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
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Dilling, Lisa, Maria Carmen Lemos, and Nuvodita Singh. 2021. “Commentary: First, Do No Harm: Scaling Usable Knowledge for Just and Equitable Outcomes.” Global Environmental Change 71 (November): 102404.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102404
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Esit, 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
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Heldmyer, 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
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Henderson, 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
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Hoerling, 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
  • Reports, Syntheses, and Assessments
    Keyes, 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  
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Kroepsch, 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
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Musselman, 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
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Pan, 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
  • Briefings, Short Assessments, and Fact Sheets
    Payton, 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
  • Reports, Syntheses, and Assessments
    Payton, 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
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Pierce, 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
  • Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
    Rangwala, Imtiaz, Wynne Moss, Jane Wolken, Renee Rondeau, Karen Newlon, John Guinotte, and William Riebsame Travis. 2021. “Uncertainty, Complexity and Constraints: How Do We Robustly Assess Biological Responses under a Rapidly Changing Climate?” Climate 9 (12): 177.   https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9120177

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