Publications

228 publications found in query

Mauger, G.S., J.S. Won, N.C. Cristea (2025). Projected Changes in Peak Flows for the Snohomish River Basin. Report prepared for the King County Flood Control District. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington.

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.

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

Beyond Climate Ready? A History of Seattle Public Utilities’ Ongoing Evolution from Environmental and Climate Risk Management to Integrated Sustainability

2023 / Adaptation, Decision Support, Hydrology & Water Resources

Grodnik-Nagle, A., A. Sukhdev, J. Vogel, and C. Herrick. 2023. Beyond Climate Ready? A History of Seattle Public Utilities’ Ongoing Evolution from Environmental and Climate Risk Management to Integrated Sustainability. Sustainability 15, 4977. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15064977

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.

Integrating Climate Resilience into Washington State Water System Planning

2022 / Adaptation, Built Environment, Hydrology & Water Resources

Asinas, E., C. Raymond and A. Mehta. 2022. Integrating Climate Resilience Into Washington State Water System Planning. A report prepared by the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group. Seattle, WA. https://doi.org/10.6069/PS0E-M345 [doi.org]

2020 Pacific Northwest Water Year Impacts Assessment

2021 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Bumbaco, K.A., C.L. Raymond, L.W. O’Neill, D.J. Hoekema. 2021. 2020 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.

Climate Change & Flooding in Snohomish County: New Dynamically Downscaled Hydrologic Model Projections

2021 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Decision Support, Hydrology & Water Resources

Mauger, G.S., J. Robinson, R.J. Mitchell, J. Won, and N. Cristea (2021). Climate Change & Flooding in Snohomish County: New Dynamically-Downscaled Hydrologic Model Projections. Report prepared for Snohomish County. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington. https://doi.org/10.6069/SQJ2-DF62

Climate Change and Stormwater in Portland, Gresham, and Clackamas County

2021 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Decision Support, Hydrology & Water Resources

Morgan, H., G.S. Mauger, and J.S. Won. 2021. Climate Change and Stormwater in Portland, Gresham, and Clackamas County. Report prepared for the City of Portland, City of Gresham, and Clackamas County. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington.

New Culvert Projections for Washington State: Improved Modeling, Probabilistic Projections, and an Updated Web Tool

2021 / Built Environment, Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Hydrology & Water Resources

Mauger, G.S., M. Liu, J.C. Adam, J. Won, G. Wilhere, D. Dulan, J. Atha, L. Helbrecht, and T. Quinn (2021). New Culvert Projections for Washington State: Improved Modeling, Probabilistic Projections, and an Updated Web Tool. Report prepared for the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington. https://doi.org/10.6069/31T3-RE28

Projected Changes in Streamflow and Water Temperature in Chico Creek, Kitsap County

2021 / Decision Support, Freshwater Ecosystems, Hydrology & Water Resources, Tribal

Mauger, G.S., J.S. Won, N. Cristea, 2021. Projected Changes in Streamflow and Water Temperature in Chico Creek, Kitsap County. Report prepared for the Suquamish Tribe. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle. https://doi.org/10.6069/A5T2-TP41

Projecting Future High Flows on King County Rivers: Phase 2

2020 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Mauger, G.S. and J.S. Won. 2020. Projecting Future High Flows on King County Rivers: Phase 2 Results. Report prepared for King County. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington.

Projecting Future High Flows on King County Rivers: Phase 2 Results

2020 / Built Environment, Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Hydrology & Water Resources

Mauger, G.S. and J.S. Won. 2020. Projecting Future High Flows on King County Rivers: Phase 2 Results. Report prepared for King County. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington. https://doi.org/10.6069/67G6-H984

Projecting spatiotemporally explicit effects of climate change on stream temperature: A model comparison and implications for coldwater fishes

2020 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Lee, S-Y., A. Fullerton, N. Sun, C. Torgersen (2020). Projecting spatiotemporally explicit effects of climate change on stream temperature: A model comparison and implications for coldwater fishes. Journal of Hydrology 588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125066

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

Expanding the ensemble of precipitation projections for King County

2019 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Mauger, G.S., J.S. Won, 2019. Expanding the ensemble of precipitation projections for King County. Report prepared for the King County Department of Natural Resources. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle.

New Projections of Changing Heavy Precipitation for Thurston County

2019 / Built Environment, Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Decision Support, Hydrology & Water Resources

Mauger, G.S., J.S. Won, 2019. New Projections of Changing Heavy Precipitation for Thurston County. Report prepared for the Thurston County Department of Public Works. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle.

Technical Memo: Changes in Extreme Precipitation

2019 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Hydrology & Water Resources

Mauger, G.S.; C. Macllroy; C. Raymond; J. Riedel. 2019. Technical Memo: Changes in Extreme Precipitation. Report prepared for the City of Anacortes. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington.

A high-resolution climate record spanning the past 17,000 years recovered from Lake Ohau, South Island, New Zealand

2018 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Hydrology & Water Resources

Levy, R. H., Dunbar, G. B., Vandergoes, M. J., Howarth, J. D., Kingan, T., Pyne, A. R., Brotherston, G., Clarke, M., Dagg, B., Hill, M., Kenton, E., Little, S., Mandeno, D., Moy, C., Muldoon, P., Doyle, P., Raines, C., Rutland, P., Strong, D., Terezow, M., Cochrane, L., Cossu, R., Fitzsimons, S., Florindo, F., Forrest, A. L., Gorman, A. R., Kaufman, D. S., Lee, M. K., Li, X., Lurcock, P., McKay, N., Nelson, F., Purdie, J., Roop, H. A., Schladow, S. G., Sood, A., Upton, P., Walker, S. L., and Wilson, G. S.: A high-resolution climate record spanning the past 17 000 years recovered from Lake Ohau, South Island, New Zealand, Sci. Dril., 24, 41–50, 2018. https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-24-41-2018

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 and Rocky Mountain Ecosystems

2018 / Adaptation, Hydrology & Water Resources, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Vulnerability/Risk Assessment, Wildfire

Halofsky, J.E. and D.L. Peterson (eds.). 2018. Climate Change and Rocky Mountain Ecosystems. Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56928-4

Developing a GIS-based geospatial decision support tool for assessing climate change impacts on flood risks in Northern Cascadia road networks.

2018 / Built Environment, Decision Support, Hydrology & Water Resources

Strauch, R. L., E. Istanbulluoglu, R. Rochefort, Z. Duran, and K. Purnell. 2018. Developing a GIS-based geospatial decision support tool for assessing climate change impacts on flood risks in Northern Cascadia road networks. Natural Resource Report NPS/NOCA/NRR—2018/1808. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Integrating chronological uncertainties for laminated lake sediments using independent chronology and layer counting in a Bayesian age modelling framework

2018 / Hydrology & Water Resources, Paleoclimate, Terrestrial Ecosystems

Vandergoes, M.J., Howarth, J, Dunbar, G, Turnbull, J., Roop, H.A., Levy, R., Li, X., Prior, C., Norris, M., Keller, E.D., Fitzsimons, S.J., Bronk Ramsey, C., 2018. Integrating chronological uncertainties for laminated lake sediments using independent chronology and layer counting in a Bayesian age modelling framework. Quaternary Science Reviews, 188, 104 -120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.03.015

Local Enhancement of Extreme Precipitation during Atmospheric Rivers as Simulated in a Regional Climate Model

2018 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Hydrology & Water Resources

Lorente-Plazas, R., Mitchell, T.P., Mauger, G., Salathé, E.P., 2018. Local Enhancement of Extreme Precipitation during Atmospheric Rivers as Simulated in a Regional Climate Model. American Meteorological Society, 19:1429-1446. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-17-0246.1

Longitudinal Thermal Heterogeneity in Rivers and Refugia for Coldwater Species: Effects of Scale and Climate Change

2018 / Freshwater Ecosystems, Hydrology & Water Resources

Fullerton, A.H., Torgersen, C.E., Lawler, J.J., Steel, E.A., Ebersole, J.L., and Lee, S.Y. (2018) “Longitudinal Thermal Heterogeneity in Rivers and Refugia for Coldwater Species: Effects of Scale and Climate Change”. Aquatic Sciences, 80.3.

Looking to the Past and to Future to Inform Meadow Restoration on the Yakama Reservation

2018 / Hydrology & Water Resources, Terrestrial Ecosystems

Halabisky, M., Lee, S.Y., Hall, S.A. (2018). Looking to the Past and to Future to Inform Meadow Restoration on the Yakama Reservation. Report prepared to the Wildlife, Range and Vegetation Resources Management Program of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington and Conservation Science Partners.

Mapping the future of flood risk for the Stillaguamish and Snohomish River

2018 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Mauger, G.S., S.-Y. Lee, J.S. Won, 2018. Mapping the Future of Flood Risk for the Stillaguamish and Snohomish Rivers. Report prepared for the Snohomish Conservation District. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle.

New Projections of Changing Heavy Precipitation in King County

2018 / Built Environment, Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Decision Support, Hydrology & Water Resources

Mauger, G.S., J.S. Won, K. Hegewisch, C. Lynch, R. Lorente Plazas, E. P. Salathé Jr., 2018. New Projections of Changing Heavy Precipitation in King County. Report prepared for the King County Department of Natural Resources. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle.

Thermal landscapes in a changing climate: biological implications of water temperature patterns in an extreme year

2018 / Freshwater Ecosystems, Hydrology & Water Resources

E. Ashley Steel, A.E., Marsha, A., Fullerton, A.H., Olden, J.D., Larkin, N.K., Lee, S., and Ferguson, A. 2018. Thermal landscapes in a changing climate: biological implications of water temperature patterns in an extreme year. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2018-0244.

Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in the Northern Rocky Mountains.

2018 / Adaptation, Hydrology & Water Resources, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Vulnerability/Risk Assessment, Wildfire

Halofsky, J.E., D.L. Peterson, S.K. Dante, J.J. Ho, L. Hoang, and L.A. Joyce (eds.). 2018. Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in the Northern Rocky Mountains. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-374. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO.

Changing Streamflow in Icicle, Peshastin, and Mission Creeks. Report prepared for Chelan County

2017 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Mauger, G.S., Lee, S.-Y., Won, J.S. (2017). Changing Streamflow in Icicle, Peshastin, and Mission Creeks. Report prepared for Chelan County. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle.

Climate change and the eco-hydrology of fire: will area burned increase in a warming western USA?

2017 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Hydrology & Water Resources, Wildfire

McKenzie, D., and J.S. Littell. 2017. Climate change and the eco-hydrology of fire: will area burned increase in a warming western USA? Ecological Applications 27:26-36. http://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1420

Incorporating climate change into culvert design in Washington State, USA

2017 / Built Environment, Decision Support, Hydrology & Water Resources

Wilhere, G., Atha, J., Quinn, T., Tohver, I., Helbrecht, L. 2017. Incorporating climate change into culvert design in Washington State, USA. Ecological Engineering (104) 67-79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.04.009

Incorporating Spatial Heterogeneity in Temperature into Climate Vulnerability Assessments for Coastal Pacific Streams.

2017 / Freshwater Ecosystems, Hydrology & Water Resources

Fullerton, A.H., Lawler, J.J., Lee, S.Y., and Torgersen, C.E. (2017). Incorporating Spatial Heterogeneity in Temperature into Climate Vulnerability Assessments for Coastal Pacific Streams. Final Report to the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative.

Integrating Climate Resilience in Flood Risk Management: A Work plan for the Washington Silver Jackets

2017 / Decision Support, Hydrology & Water Resources

Mauger, G.S., Kennard, H.M. (2017). Integrating Climate Resilience in Flood Risk Management: A Work plan for the Washington Silver Jackets. Report prepared for FEMA. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle. https://doi.org/10.7915/CIG7MP4WZ

New Projections of Changing Heavy Precipitation for the City of Everett

2017 / Built Environment, Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Decision Support, Hydrology & Water Resources

Mauger, G.S., J.S. Won, K. Hegewisch, C. Lynch, 2017. New Projections of Changing Heavy Preicpitation for the City of Everett. Report prepared for the City of Everett. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle.

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

Effects of drought on U.S. Forests and Rangelands: A Comprehensive Science Synthesis | Fire & Drought

2016 / Hydrology & Water Resources, Wildfire

Littell, J.S., D.L. Peterson, K.L. Riley, Y. Liu, and C.H. Luce. 2016. Fire and drought. Pages 135-154 in J.M. Vose, J.S. Clark, C.H. Luce, and T. Patel-Weynand (eds.), Effects of drought on U.S. Forests and Rangelands: A Comprehensive Science Synthesis. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report WO-GTR-93b.

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

Impacts of Climate Change on Regulated Streamflow, Flood Control, Hydropower Production, and Sediment Discharge in the Skagit River Basin

2016 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Lee, S.Y., Hamlet, A.F., and Grossman, E. 2016. Impacts of Climate Change on Regulated Streamflow, Flood Control, Hydropower Production, and Sediment Discharge in the Skagit River Basin. Northwest Science 90(1) 23-43. https://doi.org/10.3955/046.090.0104

Incorporating Climate Change into the Design of Water Crossing Structures

2016 / Built Environment, Decision Support, Hydrology & Water Resources

Wilhere, G., Atha, J., Quinn, T., Helbrecht, L., Tohver, I. 2016. Incorporating climate change into the design of water crossing structures. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Program – Science Division.

Refined Estimates of Climate Change Affected Hydrology in the Chehalis basin

2016 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Mauger, G.S., S.-Y. Lee, C. Bandaragoda, Y. Serra, J.S. Won, 2016. Refined Estimates of Climate Change Affected Hydrology in the Chehalis basin. Report prepared for Anchor QEA, LLC. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle. doi.org/10.7915/CIG53F4MH

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.

Climate Change Impacts on Tacoma Power Watersheds

2015 / Energy, Hydrology & Water Resources

Lee, S-Y., Mauger, G., and L. Whitely Binder. 2015. Climate Change Impacts on Tacoma Power Watersheds. Report prepared for Tacoma Power by the Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle.

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.

Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, and Flooding in the Lower Snohomish River Basin

2014 / Decision Support, Hydrology & Water Resources

Mauger, G. S., and S.-Y. Lee, 2014. Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, and Flooding in the Lower Snohomish River Basin. Report prepared for The Nature Conservancy by the Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle.

Estimates of Twenty-first Century flood risk in the Pacific Northwest based on regional scale climate model simulations

2014 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Hydrology & Water Resources

Salathé, E.P., Hamlet, A.F., Mass, C.F., Lee, S-Y., Stumbaugh, M., Steed, R. 2014. Estimates of Twenty-first Century flood risk in the Pacific Northwest based on regional scale climate model simulations. J. Hydrometeorology 15(5): 1881-1899, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-13-0137.1

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

Uncertainty and Extreme Events in Future Climate and Hydrologic Projections for the Pacific Northwest: Providing a Basis for Vulnerability and Core/Corridor Assessments

2014 / Freshwater Ecosystems, Hydrology & Water Resources

Littell, J.S., Mauger, G.S., Salathé, E.P., Hamlet, A.F., Lee, S-Y., Stumbaugh, M., Elsner, M.M., Norheim, R.A., Lutz, E.R., Mantua, N.J. 2014. Uncertainty and Extreme Events in Future Climate and Hydrologic Projections for the Pacific Northwest: Providing a Basis for Vulnerability and Core/Corridor Assessments. Final report for Department of the Interior Pacific Northwest Climate Science Center. Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

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