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271 publications found in query

State Strategies for Measuring Resilience: A Comparative Study of South Carolina and Washington’s Approaches

2025 / Climate: PNW Climate

Habets, M., C.Stowe, K. Huber, and C.L. Raymond, 2025. “State Strategies for Measuring Resilience: A Comparative Study of South Carolina and Washington’s Approaches”. https://doi.org/10.6069/METG-EH02.

2023 Pacific Northwest Water Year Assessment

2024 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Bumbaco, K.A., C.L. Raymond, L.W. O’Neill, D.J. Hoekema. 2024. 2023 Pacific Northwest Water Year Impacts Assessment. A collaboration among the Office of the Washington State Climatologist, Climate Impacts Group, Oregon Climate Service, Idaho Department of Water Resources, and NOAA National Integrated Drought Information System.

Evaluation and Bias-Correction of Dynamically Downscaled Climate Projections

2024 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Climate: PNW Climate

Mauger, G.S. and J.S. Won 2024. Evaluation and Bias-Correction of Dynamically Downscaled Climate Projections. Report prepared for the Puget Sound Partnership. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington.

2022 Pacific Northwest Water Year Impacts Assessment

2023 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Bumbaco, K.A., C.L. Raymond, L.W. O’Neill, A. Mehta, D.J. Hoekema. 2023. 2022 Pacific Northwest Water Year Impacts Assessment. A collaboration between the Office of the Washington State Climatologist, Climate Impacts Group, Oregon State Climatologist, Idaho Department of Water Resources, and NOAA National Integrated Drought Information System. https://doi.org/10.6069/T5Q5-TT59

A Climate Resilience Guide for Small Forest Landowners in Eastern Washington

2023 / Adaptation, Climate: PNW Climate, Decision Support, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Wildfire

Raymond, C., Peterson, D., Morgan, H., Halofsky, J. 2023. A Climate Resilience Guide for Small Forest Landowners in Eastern Washington. A Collaboration of the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Northwest Climate Hub.

2021 Pacific Northwest Water Year Assessment

2022 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Bumbaco, K.A., M.H. Rogers, L.W. O’Neill, D.J. Hoekema, C.L. Raymond. 2022. 2021 Pacific Northwest Water Year Impacts Assessment. A collaboration between the Office of the Washington State Climatologist, Climate Impacts Group, Oregon State Climatologist, Idaho Department of Water Resources, and NOAA National Integrated Drought Information System.

Biophysical Climate Risks and Economic Impacts for Washington State

2022 / Climate: PNW Climate, Vulnerability/Risk Assessment

Raymond, C.L, T.P. Nadreau, M. Rogers, Z. Kearl. 2022. Biophysical Climate Risks and Economic Impacts for Washington State. Report prepared for the Washington State legislature. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle. https://doi.org/10.6069/D7JK-D188

An Assessment of Vertical Land Movement to Support Coastal Hazards Planning in Washington State

2021 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Climate: PNW Climate, Sea Level Rise

Newton, T.J., R. Weldon, I.M. Miller, D. Schmidt, G. Mauger, H. Morgan, and E. Grossman. 2021. An Assessment of Vertical Land Movement to Support Coastal Hazards Planning in Washington State. Water 13(3):281. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030281

Puget Sound Partnership Climate Guidance: Principles of Adaptation and Practical Guidance for Climate-Smart Recovery

2020 / Adaptation, Climate: PNW Climate, Decision Support

Vogel, J.M. and G. Mauger. 2020. Puget Sound Partnership Climate Guidance: Principles of Adaptation and Practical Guidance for Climate-Smart Recovery. Report prepared for the Puget Sound Partnership. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington.

Puget Sound Partnership Climate Literature Review: A tailored review of climate change science to inform recovery

2020 / Climate: PNW Climate, Coastal & Marine Ecosystems

Mauger, G.S. and J.M. Vogel. 2020. PSP Climate Literature Review: A tailored review of climate change science to inform recovery. Report prepared for the Puget Sound Partnership. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington.

Shifting Snowlines and Shorelines: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere and Implications for Washington State (2020)

2020 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources, Sea Level Rise, Special Reports

Roop, H.A., G.S. Mauger, H. Morgan, A.K. Snover, and M. Krosby, 2020. “Shifting Snowlines and Shorelines: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere and Implications for Washington State.” Briefing paper prepared by the Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle. Updated 01/2020. https://doi.org/10.6069/KTVN-WY66

Washington State Wildfire Smoke Risk Communication Stakeholder Synthesis Symposium: A synthesis of the World Cafe Discussions

2019 / Climate: PNW Climate, Equity, Human Health, Wildfire

Pendergrast, C., Errett, N.A., Roop, H.A., Doubleday, A., Kramer, B., Anh Tran, K., and Busch Isaksen, T., University of Washington Wildfire Smoke Risk Communication Stakeholder Synthesis Symposium World Café Discussion Summary Report. 2019. A report prepared by the University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group, Seattle, WA.

An Unfair Share: Exploring the Disproportionate Risks from Climate Change Facing Washington State Communities

2018 / Climate: PNW Climate, Equity, Human Health, Hydrology & Water Resources, Special Reports

UW Climate Impacts Group, UW Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Front and Centered and Urban@UW. (2018). An Unfair Share: Exploring the disproportionate risks from climate change facing Washington state communities. A report prepared for Seattle Foundation. University of Washington, Seattle.

Climate Change Implications for Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos) in the North Cascades Ecosystem

2018 / Climate: PNW Climate, Decision Support, Terrestrial Ecosystems

Ransom, J. I., M. Krosby, and A. L. Lyons. 2018. Climate change implications for grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in the North Cascades Ecosystem. Natural Resource Report NPS/NOCA/NRR—2018/1814. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Global Climate Projections, Sea Level Rise, and Extreme Precipitation: Final report to the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe

2018 / Built Environment, Climate: PNW Climate, Sea Level Rise

Mauger, G.S., K. Hegewisch, I.M. Miller, J.S. Won, C. Lynch, 2018. Global Climate Projections, Sea Level Rise, and Extreme Precipitation: Final report to the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle.

Maps of Climate and Hydrologic Change for the Nooksack River Watershed

2017 / Climate: PNW Climate

Morgan, H., R. Norheim, and M. Krosby. 2017. Maps of Climate and Hydrologic Change for the Nooksack River Watershed. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington.

Adapting to Change: Climate Impacts and Innovation in Puget Sound

2016 / Climate: PNW Climate, Coastal & Marine Ecosystems, Human Health, Hydrology & Water Resources, Special Reports, Terrestrial Ecosystems

The Nature Conservancy and the Climate Impacts Group. 2016. Adapting to Change: Climate Impacts and Innovation in Puget Sound. Edited by J. Morse, J. Israel, L. Whitely Binder, G. Mauger, and A.K. Snover. The Nature Conservancy, Seattle, WA. 24 pp.

Combined Effects of Projected Sea Level Rise, Storm Surge, and Peak River Flows on Water Levels in the Skagit River Floodplain

2016 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources, Sea Level Rise

Hamman, J., Hamlet, A.F., Lee, S.Y., Fuller, R., and Grossman, E.F. 2016. Combined Effects of Projected Sea Level Rise, Storm Surge, and Peak River Flows on Water Levels in the Skagit River Floodplain. Northwest Science 90(1):57-78. http://doi.org/10.3955/046.090.0106

Historical Climate Trends for Seattle City Light

2016 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Mauger, G.S., Bumbaco, K.A., Norheim, R.A., Won, J.S., Bond, N.A. Observed Climate and Hydrologic Trends for Seattle City Light. Report prepared for Seattle City Light. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle. https://doi.org/10.7915/CIG3ST7FF

A 350-year reconstruction of the response of south Cascade Glacier to interannual and interdecadal climatic variability

2015 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Marcinkowski, K.W. and D.L. Peterson. 2015. A 350-year reconstruction of the response of south Cascade Glacier to interannual and interdecadal climatic variability. Northwest Science 89(1): 14-33.

Changes in winter Atmospheric Rivers along the North American West Coast in CMIP5 climate models

2015 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Climate: PNW Climate

Warner, M.D., C.F. Mass, and E.P. Salathé Jr.. 2015. Changes in winter Atmospheric Rivers along the North American West Coast in CMIP5 climate models. J. Hydrometeor, 16, 118–128, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-14-0080.1

Comparing Large-Scale Hydrological Model Predictions with Observed Streamflow in the Pacific Northwest: Effects of Climate and Groundwater

2015 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Safeeq, M., G.S. Mauger, G.E. Grant, I. Arismendi, A.F. Hamlet, S-Y Lee. 2015. Comparing Large-Scale Hydrological Model Predictions with Observed Streamflow in the Pacific Northwest: Effects of Climate and Groundwater. J. Hydrometeor, 15, 2501–2521.

Final Project Report: Regional Modeling for Windstorms and Lightning

2015 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Climate: PNW Climate

Salathé, E.P. Jr., Mauger, G. S., Mass, C. F., Steed R., and B. Dotson. 2015. Final Project Report: Regional Modeling for Windstorms and Lightning. Report prepared for Seattle City Light by the Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle.

Increased hospital admissions associated with extreme-heat exposure in King County, Washington, 1990-2010

2015 / Climate: PNW Climate, Human Health

Isaksen, T.B., M.G. Yost, E.K. Hom, Y. Ren , H. Lyons, R.A. Fenske. 2015. Increased hospital admissions associated with extreme-heat exposure in King County, Washington, 1990-2010. Rev Environ Health, 30, 51-64.

Present-day and future climate pathways affecting Alexandrium blooms in Puget Sound, WA, USA

2015 / Climate: PNW Climate, Coastal & Marine Ecosystems

Moore, S.K., J.A. Johnstone, N.S. Banas, and E.P. Salathé Jr. 2015. Present-day and future climate pathways affecting Alexandrium blooms in Puget Sound, WA, USA. Harmful Algae 48: 1–11, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2015.06.008

Projecting the hydrologic impacts of climate change on montane wetlands

2015 / Climate: PNW Climate, Freshwater Ecosystems

Lee, S-Y, M.E. Ryan, A.F. Hamlet, W.J. Palen, J.J. Lawler, and M. Halabisky. 2015. Projecting the hydrologic impacts of climate change on montane wetlands. PLoS ONE 10(11):e0142960, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142960

Climate and very large wildland fires in the contiguous western USA

2014 / Climate: PNW Climate, Terrestrial Ecosystems

Stavros, E.N., Abatzoglou, J., Larkin, N., McKenzie, D., Steel, E.A. 2014. Climate and very large wildland fires in the contiguous western USA. International Journal of Wildland Fire 23(7): 899-914, https://doi.org/10.1071/WF13169

Climate, fire size, and biophysical setting control fire severity and spatial pattern in the northern Cascade Range, USA

2014 / Climate: PNW Climate, Terrestrial Ecosystems

Cansler, C.A., and D. McKenzie. 2014. Climate, fire size, and biophysical setting control fire severity and spatial pattern in the northern Cascade Range, USA. Ecological Applications 24:1037–1056, https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1077.1

Impacts of 21st century climate change on hydrologic extremes in the Pacific Northwest region of North America

2014 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Tohver, I., Hamlet, A.F., Lee, S-Y. 2014. Impacts of 21st century climate change on hydrologic extremes in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Journal of the American Water Works Association. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/jawr.12199

Regional projections of the likelihood of very large wildland fires under a changing climate in the contiguous Western United States

2014 / Climate: PNW Climate, Terrestrial Ecosystems

Stavros, E.N., Abatzoglou, J., McKenzie, D., Larkin, N. 2014. Regional projections of the likelihood of very large wildland fires under a changing climate in the contiguous Western United States. Climatic Change 126(3-4): 455-468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-014-1229-6

Third National Climate Assessment Chapter 21: Northwest

2014 / Climate: PNW Climate, Special Reports

Mote, P.W., Snover, A.K., Capalbo, S.M., Eigenbrode, S., Glick, P., Littell, J.S., Raymondi, R., Reeder, S. 2014. Northwest. Chapter 21 in Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third U.S. National Climate Assessment, J. Melillo, Terese (T.C.) Richmond, and G.W. Yohe, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 16-1-nn.

An overview of the Columbia Basin Climate Change Scenarios Project: Approach, methods, and summary of key results

2013 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Hamlet, A.F., Elsner, M.M., Mauger, G.S., Lee, S-Y., Tohver, I., Norheim, R.A. 2013. An overview of the Columbia Basin Climate Change Scenarios Project: Approach, methods, and summary of key results. Atmosphere-Ocean 51(4):392-415. https://doi.org/10.1080/07055900.2013.819555

Changes in 20th century extreme temperature and precipitation over the western United States from regional climate model simulations and observations

2013 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Climate: PNW Climate

Dulière, V., Zhang, Y., Salathé, E.P. 2013. Changes in 20th century extreme temperature and precipitation over the western United States from regional climate model simulations and observations. Journal of Climate 26(21):8556-8575. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00818.1

Climate Change in the Northwest: Implications for our Landscapes, Waters, and Communities

2013 / Climate: PNW Climate, Special Reports

Dalton, M., Mote, P.W., Snover, A.K. 2013. Climate Change in the Northwest: Implications for our Landscapes, Waters, and Communities. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. 271 pp.

Introduction

2013 / Climate: PNW Climate, Coastal & Marine Ecosystems

Antrim, L., Miller, I., Whitely Binder, L.C., Tohver, I. 2013. Introduction. Chapter 1, pp.1-10. In Miller, I.M., Shishido, C., Antrim, L, and Bowlby, C.E. (eds.), Climate Change and the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary: Interpreting Potential Futures. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-13-01. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, MD. 238 pp.

Introduction: The changing Northwest

2013 / Adaptation, Climate: PNW Climate, Vulnerability/Risk Assessment

Snover, A.K., Glick, P., Capalbo, S.M. 2013. Introduction: The changing Northwest. Chapter 1, pp 1-24. In M.M. Dalton, P.W. Mote, and A.K. Snover (eds.) Climate Change in the Northwest: Implications for Our Landscapes, Waters, and Communities, Washington D.C.: Island Press.

Optimal design of a climatological network: Beyond practical considerations

2013 / Climate: PNW Climate

Mauger, G.S., Bumbaco, K.A., Hakim, G.J., Mote, P.W. 2013. Optimal design of a climatological network: Beyond practical considerations. Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems 2(2):199-212. https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-2-199-2013

Physical effects of climate change in OCNMS: Altered hydrologic patterns

2013 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Tohver, I. 2013. Chapter 2.8, pp.60-66. In Miller, I.M., Shishido, C., Antrim, L, and Bowlby, C.E. (eds.), Climate Change and the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary: Interpreting Potential Futures. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-13-01. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, MD. 238 pp.

Tree growth and climate in the Pacific Northwest, North America: A broad-scale analysis of changing growth environments

2013 / Climate: PNW Climate, Terrestrial Ecosystems

Albright, W.L., Peterson, D.L. Tree growth and climate in the Pacific Northwest, North America: A broad-scale analysis of changing growth environments. 2013. Journal of Biogeography 40:2119-2133. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12157

Carbon dynamics of forests in Washington, USA: 21st century projections based on climate-driven changes in fire regimes

2012 / Climate: PNW Climate, Terrestrial Ecosystems

Raymond, C.L., McKenzie, D. 2012. Carbon dynamics of forests in Washington, USA: 21st century projections based on climate-driven changes in fire regimes. Ecological Applications 22(5):1589-1611. https://doi.org/10.1890/11-1851.1

ENSO anomalies over the western United States: Present and future patterns in regional climate simulations

2012 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Climate: PNW Climate

Zhang, Y. X., Y. Qian, V. Dulière, E. P. Salathé, and L. R. Leung, 2012. ENSO anomalies over the Western United States: Present and future patterns in regional climate simulations. Climatic Change 110:315-346

Northern Rockies Climate Change Primer

2012 / Climate: PNW Climate, Terrestrial Ecosystems

Littell, J.S. 2012. Northern Rockies Climate Change Primer. Prepared for the U.S. Forest Service, Region 1, by the Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle.

Paleoreconstruction of cool season precipitation and warm season streamflow in the Pacific Northwest with estimates of uncertainties and applications to climate change assessments

2012 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Lutz, E.R., Hamlet, A.F., Littell, J.S. 2012. Water Resources Research 48, W01525. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011WR010687

Simulating the effects of climate change on population connectivity of American marten (Martes americana) in the northern Rocky Mountains, USA

2012 / Climate: PNW Climate, Terrestrial Ecosystems

Wasserman, T.N., Cushman, S.A., Shirk, A.S., Landguth, E.L., Littell, J.S. 2012. Simulating the effects of climate change on population connectivity of American marten (Martes americana) in the northern Rocky Mountains, USA. Landscape Ecology 27(2):211-225. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-011-9653-8

Vose, J., D.L. Peterson, and T. Patel-Weynand. 2012. Effects of climatic variability and change on forest ecosystems: a comprehensive science synthesis for the U.S. forest sector.

2012 / Climate: PNW Climate, Terrestrial Ecosystems

Vose, J., Peterson, D.L., Patel-Weynand, T. 2012. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-GTR-870. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 265 p.

Wintertime extreme precipitation events along the Pacific Northwest coast: Climatology and synoptic evolution

2012 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Warner, M.D., Mass, C., Salathé, E.P. 2012. Wintertime extreme precipitation events along the Pacific Northwest coast: Climatology and synoptic evolution. Monthly Weather Review 140: 2021-2043. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00197.1

Adapting to climate change at Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park

2011 / Adaptation, Climate: PNW Climate, Terrestrial Ecosystems

Halofsky, J.E., Peterson, D.L., O’Halloran, K., Hawkins Hoffman, C. 2011. Adapting to climate change at Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-GTR-844. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, Oregon. 130 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-844

Climate change and wilderness fire regimes

2011 / Climate: PNW Climate, Terrestrial Ecosystems

McKenzie, D., Littell, J.S. 2011. Climate change and wilderness fire regimes. International Journal of Wilderness 17(1): 22-31.

Climate change predicted to shift wolverine distributions, connectivity, and dispersal corridors

2011 / Climate: PNW Climate, Terrestrial Ecosystems

McKelvey, K.S., Copeland, J.P., Schwartz, M.K., Littell, J.S., Aubry, K.B., Squires, J.R., Parks, S.A., Elsner, M.M., Mauger, G.S. 2011. Climate change predicted to shift wolverine distributions, connectivity, and dispersal corridors. Ecological Applications 21:2882-2897.

Coherent region-, species-, and frequency-dependent local climate signals in Northern Hemisphere tree-ring widths

2011 / Climate: PNW Climate, Terrestrial Ecosystems

Wettstein, J.J., Littell, J.S., Gedalof, Z.M., Wallace, J.M. 2011. Coherent region-, species-, and frequency-dependent local climate signals in Northern Hemisphere tree-ring widths. Journal of Climate 24, 5998-6012. https://doi.org/10.1175/2011JCLI3822.1

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