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.
2021
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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 ArticleRangwala, 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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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
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleSu, Juhn-Yuan, Ramesh Goel, Steven Burian, Sarah J. Hinners, Adam Kochanski, Courtenay Strong, and Michael E. Barber. 2021. “Water Quality Trading Framework with Uncertainty for River Systems Due to Climate and Population Characteristics.” Water 13 (13): 1738. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13131738
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, 34(2), 135-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2020.1780358
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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
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Reports, Syntheses, and AssessmentsWoelders, L., J. Lukas, E. Payton, and B. Duncan (2020). Snowpack Monitoring in the Rocky Mountain West: A User Guide. Western Water Assessment. Snowpack_Monitoring_in_the_Rocky_Mountain_West_A_User_Guide.pdf
2019
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleDilling, L., A. Prakash, Z. Zommers, F. Ahmad, N. Singh, S. de Wit, J. Nalau, M. Daly, and K. Bowman (2019). Is Adaptation Success a Flawed Concept? Nature Climate Change, 9 (8): 572–74. doi: 10.1038/s41558-019-0539-0
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Reports, Syntheses, and AssessmentsGrecni, Z., L. Shore, and B. Duncan (2019). Learning from Success in Climate-Informed Decision-Making: Case Studies across Three U.S. Regions. Honolulu, Hawaii: East-West Center. Learning from Success in Climate-Informed Decision-Making Case Studies Across Three U.S. Regions.pdf
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleHoerling, M., J. Barsugli, B. Livneh, J. Eischeid, X. Quan, and A. Badger (2019). Causes for the Century-Long Decline in Colorado River Flow. Journal of Climate, 32 (23): 8181–8203. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0207.1
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleKirchhoff, C.J., J.J. Barsugli, G.L. Galford, A.V. Karmalkar, K. Lombardo, S.R. Stephenson, M. Barlow, A. Seth, G. Wang, and A. Frank (2019). Climate Assessments for Local Action. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100 (11): 2147–52. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0138.1
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Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticleKumar, S., M.N. Newman, Y. Wang Y., and B. Livneh (2019). Potential Reemergence of Seasonal Soil Moisture Anomalies in North America, Journal of Climate, 32(8). doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0540.1