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What is the importance of climate model bias when projecting the impacts of climate change on land surface processes?

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

Liu, M., Rajagopalan, K., Chung, S.H., Jiang, X., Harris, R., Nergui, T., Guenther, A., Miller, C., Reyes, J., Tague, C., Choate, J., Salathé, E.P., Stöckle, C., Adam, J.C. 2014. What is the importance of climate model bias when projecting the impacts of climate change on land surface processes?. Biogeosciences 11: 2601-2622. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2601-2014

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

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.

Restoring salmon habitat for a changing climate

2013 / Freshwater Ecosystems, Hydrology & Water Resources

Beechie, T.J., Imaki, H., Greene, J., Wade, A., Wu, H., Press, G., Roni, P., Kimball, J., Stanford, J., Kiffney, P., Mantua, N.J. 2013. Restoring salmon habitat for a changing climate. River Research and Applications, 29: 939-960. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.2590

Steelhead vulnerability to climate change in the Pacific Northwest

2013 / Freshwater Ecosystems, Hydrology & Water Resources

Wade, A.A., Beechie, T.J., Fleishman, E., Mantua, N.J., Wu, H., Kimball, J.S., Stroms, D.M., Stanford, J.A. 2013. Steelhead vulnerability to climate change in the Pacific Northwest. Journal of Applied Ecology 50(5): 1093-1104. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12137

Effects of Projected Twenty-First Century Sea Level Rise, Storm Surge, and River Flooding on Water Levels in Puget Sound Floodplains and Estuaries

2012 / Coastal & Marine Ecosystems, Hydrology & Water Resources, Theses & Dissertations

Hamman, J.J. 2012. Effects of Projected Twenty-First Century Sea Level Rise, Storm Surge, and River Flooding on Water Levels in Puget Sound Floodplains and Estuaries. M.S. thesis, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle.

Estimating seasonal uncertainties in paleo-reconstructed hydrologic variables, with applications to climate change assessments

2012 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Lutz, E., A. Hamlet, and J. Littell. 2012. Paleoreconstruction of Cool Season Precipitation and Warm Season Streamflow in the Pacific Northwest with Applications to Climate Change Assessments. Water Resources Research. 48. 1525-. 10.1029/2011WR010687.

Estimating the water budget of major U.S. river basins via remote sensing

2012 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Gao, H., Tang, Q., Ferguson, C.R., Wood, E.F., Lettenmaier, D.P. 2012. To appear in International Journal of Remote Sensing.

Moisture flux convergence in regional and global climate models: Implications for droughts in the southwestern United States under climate change

2012 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Hydrology & Water Resources

Gao, Y., Leung, L.R., Salathé, E.P., Dominguez, F., Nijssen, B., Lettenmaier, D.P. 2012. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L09711. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GL051560

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

Resource allocation under stress: The Snake River in Idaho

2012 / Adaptation, Hydrology & Water Resources

Slaughter, R. 2012. Resource allocation under stress: The Snake River in Idaho. Climate Impacts Group (CIG), University of Washington, and Idaho Water Resources Research Institute (IWRRI), University of Idaho. A case study of the impact of institutional design on resource allocation and adaptation. IWRRI Report 201203.

Seasonal hydrologic forecasting: Do multimodel ensemble averages always yield improvements in forecast skill?

2012 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Hydrology & Water Resources

Bohn, T.J., Sonessa, M.Y., Lettenmaier, D.P. 2012. To appear in Journal of Hydrometeorology.

Using Physically Based Hydrology Models to Improve Fine Scale Estimates of Q100 in Complex Mountain Terrain

2012 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Tohver, I., Lee, S-Y., Hamlet, A.F. 2012. Final project report prepared for Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest by the Climate Impacts Group and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Washington, Seattle.

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

Climatic water balance and regional fire years in the Pacific Northwest, USA: Linking regional climate and fire at landscape scales

2011 / Hydrology & Water Resources, Terrestrial Ecosystems

Littell, J.S., Gwozdz, R. 2011. Climatic water balance and regional fire years in the Pacific Northwest, USA: Linking regional climate and fire at landscape scales. Chapter 5, pp. 117-139. In McKenzie, D., C.M. Miller, and D.A. Falk (eds.), The Landscape Ecology of Fire, Ecological Studies 213, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0301-8_5

Daily time step refinement of optimized flood control rule curves for a global warming scenario

2011 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Hydrology & Water Resources

Lee, S-Y., Hamlet, A.F., Fitzgerald, C.J., Burges, S.J. 2011. Daily time step refinement of optimized flood control rule curves for a global warming scenario. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management137(4):309-317. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000125

Flow regime, temperature and biotic interactions determine winners and losers among trout species under climate change

2011 / Freshwater Ecosystems, Hydrology & Water Resources

Wenger, S.J., Isaak, D.J., Luce, C.H., Neville, H.M., Fausch, K.D., Dunham, J.B., Dauwalter, D.C., Young, M.K., Elsner, M.M., Rieman, B.E., Hamlet, A.F., Williams, J.E. 2011. Flow regime, temperature and biotic interactions determine winners and losers among trout species under climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (34): 14175-14180. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1103097108

Methodology for developing flood rule curves conditioned on El Niño-Southern Oscillation classification

2011 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Lee, S-Y., Hamlet, A.F., Fitzgerald, C.J., Burges, S.J. 2011. Methodology for developing flood rule curves conditioned on El Niño-Southern Oscillation classification. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 47(1): 81-92. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00490.x

Regional Climate and Hydrologic Change in the Northern U.S. Rockies and Pacific Northwest: Internally Consistent Projections of Future Climate for Resource Management

2011 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Littell, J.S., Elsner, M.M., Mauger, G.S., Lutz, E.R., Hamlet, A.F., Salathé, E.P. 2011. Regional Climate and Hydrologic Change in the Northern U.S. Rockies and Pacific Northwest: Internally Consistent Projections of Future Climate for Resource Management. Project report for USFS JVA 09-JV-11015600-039. Prepared by the Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle. April, 2011. https://doi.org/10.6069/h6o7fijr

Skagit River Basin Climate Science Report

2011 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Lee, S-Y., Hamlet, A.F. 2011. Skagit River Basin Climate Science Report. A summary report prepared for Skagit County and the Envision Skagit Project by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle. September, 2011.

The unusual nature of recent snowpack declines in the North American Cordillera

2011 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Pederson, G.T., Gray, S.T., Woodhouse, C.A., Betancourt, J., Fagre, D., Littell, J.S., Watson, E., Luckman, B.H., Graumlich, L.J. 2011. The unusual nature of recent snowpack declines in the North American Cordillera. Science 333(6040):332-335. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1201570

Application of partial least squares regression to the diagnosis of year-to-year variations in Pacific Northwest snowpack and Atlantic hurricanes

2010 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Smoliak, B.V., Wallace, J.M., Stoelinga, M.T., Mitchell, T.P. 2010. Application of partial least squares regression to the diagnosis of year-to-year variations in Pacific Northwest snowpack and Atlantic hurricanes. Geophysical Research Letters 37, L03801. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GL041478

Assessing Pacific Northwest water resources stakeholder data needs

2010 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Hydrology & Water Resources

Lee, C., Whitely Binder, L.C. 2010. Assessing Pacific Northwest water resources stakeholder data needs. Chapter 2 in Final Report for the Columbia Basin Climate Change Scenarios Project, Climate Impacts Group, Center for Science in the Earth System, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington, Seattle. https://doi.org/10.6069/v06cn18j

Assessing regional impacts and adaptation strategies for climate change: The Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment

2010 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Miles, E.L., Elsner, M.M., Littell, J.S., Whitely Binder, L.C., Lettenmaier, D.P. 2010. Assessing regional impacts and adaptation strategies for climate change: The Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment. Climatic Change 102(1-2): 9-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-010-9853-2

Assessing water resources adaptive capacity to climate change impacts in the Pacific Northwest region of North America

2010 / Adaptation, Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Hamlet, A.F. 2010. Assessing water resources adaptive capacity to climate change impacts in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 7(4): 4437-4471. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-15-1427-2011

Climate change impacts on streamflow extremes and summertime stream temperature and their possible consequences for freshwater salmon habitat in Washington State.

2010 / Freshwater Ecosystems, Hydrology & Water Resources

Mantua, N.J., Tohver, I., Hamlet, A.F. 2010. Climate change impacts on streamflow extremes and summertime stream temperature and their possible consequences for freshwater salmon habitat in Washington State. Climatic Change 102(1-2): 187-223. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-010-9845-2

Climate change impacts on water management and irrigated agriculture in the Yakima River basin, Washington, USA

2010 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Vano, J.A., Scott, M., Voisin, N., Stöckle, C., Hamlet, A.F., Mickelson, K.E.B., Elsner, M.M., Lettenmaier, D.P. 2010. Climate change impacts on water management and irrigated agriculture in the Yakima River basin, Washington, USA. Climatic Change 102(1-2): 287-317. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-010-9856-z

Climate change impacts on water management in the Puget Sound region, Washington, USA

2010 / Agriculture, Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Vano, J.A., Voisin, N., Cuo, L., Hamlet, A.F., Elsner, M.M., Palmer, R.N., Polebitski, A., Lettenmaier, D.P. 2010. Climate change impacts on water management in the Puget Sound region, Washington, USA. Climatic Change 102(1-2): 261-286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-010-9846-1

Fine scale hydrologic model implementation and fine-scale/macro-scale model inter-comparison study

2010 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Carrasco, P., Hamlet, A.F. 2010. Fine scale hydrologic model implementation and fine-scale/macro-scale model inter-comparison study. Chapter 6 in Final Report for the Columbia Basin Climate Change Scenarios Project, Climate Impacts Group, Center for Science in the Earth System, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington, Seattle. https://doi.org/10.6069/6g7bn1ec

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

2010 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Tohver, I., Hamlet, A.F. 2010. Chapter 7 in Final Report for the Columbia Basin Climate Change Scenarios Project, Climate Impacts Group, Center for Science in the Earth System, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington, Seattle. https://doi.org/10.1111/jawr.12199

Implications of 21st century climate change for the hydrology of Washington State

2010 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Elsner, M.M., Cuo, L., Voisin, N., Deems, J., Hamlet, A.F., Vano, J.A., Mickelson, K.E.B., Lee, S-Y., Lettenmaier, D.P. 2010. Implications of 21st century climate change for the hydrology of Washington State. Climatic Change 102(1-2): 225-260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-010-9855-0

Macro-scale hydrologic model implementation

2010 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Elsner, M.M., Hamlet, A.F. 2010. Macro-scale hydrologic model implementation. Chapter 5 in Final Report for the Columbia Basin Climate Change Scenarios Project, Climate Impacts Group, Center for Science in the Earth System, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington, Seattle. https://doi.org/10.6069/0iedys59

Macroscale hydrologic modeling of ecologically relevant flow metrics

2010 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Wenger, S.J., Luce, C.H., Hamlet, A.F., Isaak, D.J., Neville, H.M. 2010. Macroscale hydrologic modeling of ecologically relevant flow metrics. Water Resources Research, 46, W09513. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009WR008839

Mandates vs. markets: Addressing over-allocation of Pacific Northwest river basins

2010 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Slaughter, R., Hamlet, A.F., Huppert, D.D., Hamilton, J., Mote, P.W. 2010. Mandates vs. markets: Addressing over-allocation of Pacific Northwest river basins. Water Policy 12 (2010) 305-317. https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2009.152

Precipitation extremes and the impacts of climate change on stormwater infrastructure in Washington State

2010 / Built Environment, Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Rosenberg, E.A., Keys, P.W., Booth, D.B., Hartley, D., Burkey, J., Steinemann, A.C., Lettenmaier, D.P. 2010. Precipitation extremes and the impacts of climate change on stormwater infrastructure in Washington State. Precipitation extremes and the impacts of climate change on stormwater infrastructure in Washington State. Climatic Change 102(1-2): 319-349. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-010-9847-0

Re-allocating water in the Pacific Northwest

2010 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Slaughter, R. 2010. Re-allocating water in the Pacific Northwest. In The Water Report 77:16-25.

Response of Colorado River runoff to dust radiative forcing in snow

2010 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Painter, T.H., Deems, J., Belnap, J., Hamlet, A.F., Landry, C.C., Udall, B. 2010. Response of Colorado River runoff to dust radiative forcing in snow. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(40): 17125-17130. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0913139107

Statistical downscaling techniques for global climate model simulations of temperature and precipitation with application to water resources planning studies

2010 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Hamlet, A.F., Salathé, E.P., Carrasco, P. 2010. Statistical downscaling techniques for global climate model simulations of temperature and precipitation with application to water resources planning studies. Chapter 4 in Final Report for the Columbia Basin Climate Change Scenarios Project, Climate Impacts Group, Center for Science in the Earth System, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington, Seattle. https://doi.org/10.6069/bjoayxkb

Streamflow locations, sources of natural streamflow data, and key hydrologic products

2010 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Hamlet, A.F., Mauger, G.S., Lee, S-Y. 2010. Chapter 8 in Final Report for the Columbia Basin Climate Change Scenarios Project, Climate Impacts Group, Center for Science in the Earth System, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington, Seattle. https://doi.org/10.6069/7omfpzgd

A transactions cost approach to the theoretical foundations of water markets

2009 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Slaughter, R. 2009. A transactions cost approach to the theoretical foundations of water markets. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 45(2): 331-342.

Assessing the impacts of global warming on snowpack in the Washington Cascades

2009 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Casola, J.H., Cuo, L., Livneh, B., Lettenmaier, D.P., Stoelinga, M.T., Mote, P.W., Wallace, J.M. 2009. Assessing the impacts of global warming on snowpack in the Washington Cascades. Journal of Climate 22:2758-2772. https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JCLI2612.1

Assessing vulnerability to natural hazards: An impact-based method and application to drought in Washington State

2009 / Agriculture, Hydrology & Water Resources, Vulnerability/Risk Assessment

Fontaine, M., Steinemann, A.C. 2009. Assessing vulnerability to natural hazards: An impact-based method and application to drought in Washington State. Natural Hazards Review 10(1):11-18. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2009)10:1(11)

Climate change impacts on water management and irrigated agriculture in the Yakima River Basin, Washington, USA

2009 / Agriculture, Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Vano, J.A., Scott, M., Voisin, N., Stöckle, C., Hamlet, A.F., Mickelson, K.E.B., Elsner, M.M., Lettenmaier, D.P. 2009. Climate change impacts on water management and irrigated agriculture in the Yakima River Basin, Washington, USA. Chapter 3.3 in The Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment: Evaluating Washington’s Future in a Changing Climate, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. https://doi.org/10.7915/CIG08W383

Climate change impacts on water management in the Puget Sound region, Washington, USA

2009 / Climate: PNW Climate, Hydrology & Water Resources

Vano, J.A., Voisin, N., Cuo, L., Hamlet, A.F., Elsner, M.M., Palmer, R.N., Polebitski, A., Lettenmaier, D.P. 2009. Climate change impacts on water management in the Puget Sound region, Washington, USA. Chapter 3.2 in The Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment: Evaluating Washington’s Future in a Changing Climate, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. https://doi.org/10.7915/CIG90864Q

Climate model based consensus on the hydrologic impacts of climate change to the Rio Lempa basin of Central America

2009 / Climate: Dynamics & Modeling, Hydrology & Water Resources

Maurer, E.P., Adam, J.C., Wood, A.W. 2009. Climate model based consensus on the hydrologic impacts of climate change to the Rio Lempa basin of Central America. Hydrol. Earth System Sciences 13(2):183-194.

Detection and attribution of streamflow timing change in the Western United States

2009 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Hidalgo, H., Das, T., Dettinger, M., Cayan, D.R., Pierce, D., Barnett, T., Bala, G., Mirin, A,, Wood, A.W., Bonfils, C., Santer, B.D., Nozawa, T. Detection and attribution of streamflow timing change in the Western United States. 2009. Journal of Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JCLI2470.1

Effects of a century of land cover and climate change on the hydrology of Puget Sound basin

2009 / Climate: PNW Climate, Coastal & Marine Ecosystems, Hydrology & Water Resources

Cuo, L., Lettenmaier, D.P., Alberti, M., Richey, J.E. 2009. Effects of a century of land cover and climate change on the hydrology of Puget Sound basin. Hydrological Processes 23: 907-933.

Effects of fire-precipitation timing and regime on post-fire sediment delivery in Pacific Northwest forests

2009 / Hydrology & Water Resources, Terrestrial Ecosystems

Lanini, J.L., Clark, E.A., Lettenmaier, D.P. 2009. Effects of fire-precipitation timing and regime on post-fire sediment delivery in Pacific Northwest forests. Geophysical Research Letters 36, L01402. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL034588

Global and continental drought in the second half of the twentieth century: Severity–area–duration analysis and temporal variability of large-scale events.

2009 / Hydrology & Water Resources

Sheffield, J., K.M. Andreadis, E.F. Wood, and D.P. Lettenmaier, D.P. 2009. Global and continental drought in the second half of the twentieth century: Severity–area–duration analysis and temporal variability of large-scale events. Journal of Climate 22(8): 1962-1981. https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JCLI2722.1

Impacts of climate change on key aspects of freshwater salmon habitat in Washington State

2009 / Freshwater Ecosystems, Hydrology & Water Resources

Mantua, N.J., Tohver, I., Hamlet, A.F. 2009. Chapter 6 in The Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment: Evaluating Washington’s Future in a Changing Climate, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. https://doi.org/10.7915/CIG6QZ23J

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