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Mike D. Dettinger
Visiting Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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Influence of Past and Present Spring Precipitation on Western US Drought: A Story of the 1991 California “Miracle March”
AGU 2024
atmospheric sciences | 13 december 2024
Cody Poulsen, Rachel E. Clemesha, Alexander Gershu...
California is the 5th largest economy in the world with 3% of its GDP related to agriculture. Its agriculture is almost entirely dependent on a reliab...
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Extremes during West Coast Winter 2023 Showcased Hydrologic Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers
HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS OF ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS: UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING A VARIABLE HYDROCLIMATE POSTER
hydrology | 13 december 2023
Michael D. Dettinger, Jason M. Cordeira
In recent years, and especially in winter 2023, important hazards and benefits from atmospheric rivers (ARs) were starkly illustrated along the West C...
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Trends of Increasing Evaporative Demand Across the Continental US Over the Past 40 Years
ADVANCES IN EVAPORATION INTO THE ATMOSPHERE: FROM BRUTSAERT’S SEMINAL BOOK TO FUTURE PROJECTIONS II POSTER
hydrology | 13 december 2023
Christine Albano, John T. Abatzoglou, Daniel McEvo...
As a warming climate increases the amount of water the atmosphere can hold, this has important implications at the land surface, as increases in atmos...
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Evaluating and synthesizing experimental seasonal and subseasonal forecasts of landfalling atmospheric rivers and extreme precipitation over California during Winter 2022 - 2023
DECISION-RELEVANT UNDERSTANDING OF DRY AND WET PRECIPITATION EXTREMES AND THEIR IMPACTS POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 13 december 2023
Michael J. Deflorio, Agniv Sengupta, Christopher C...
California experienced a historic run of nine consecutive landfalling atmospheric rivers (ARs) in three weeks time during winter 2022-2023. Following ...
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An Instrumental and Paleoclimate Perspective on Spring Precipitation and Miracle March in California
HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS OF ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS: UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING A VARIABLE HYDROCLIMATE POSTER
hydrology | 13 december 2023
Cody Poulsen, Ian Howard, Michael D. Dettinger, Al...
This study presents a historical and paleoclimate perspective on California spring precipitation, with a particular focus on extreme events and the co...
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Linking Drought Indicators to Multi-Sectoral Impacts in Complex Water Systems
HYDROMETEOROLOGIC EXTREMES: PREDICTION, SIMULATION, AND CHANGE VI POSTER
hydrology | 15 december 2022
Alvar Escriva-Bou, Michael D. Dettinger, Kurt Schw...
Californias water storage and conveyance infrastructurecalled the water gridserves as a hedge against droughts. However, water operationsand more broa...
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Climate Change and Water Resources—A History of Scientific Methods and Findings
TYNDALL HISTORY OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE LECTURE I
global environmental change | 16 december 2021
Michael D. Dettinger
Almost 150 years ago, 14 years after his seminal 1859 reports on greenhouse gases and their likely efforts on the Earths climate, John Tyndallnamesake...
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Controls on Large Rain-On-Snow Events across the Sierra Nevada Mountains
FORECAST-INFORMED RESERVOIR OPERATIONS: SCIENCE AND DECISION-SUPPORT NEEDS II ELIGHTNING
hydrology | 16 december 2021
Gabriel Lewis, Adrian A. Harpold, Lisa J. Katz, Ro...
Rain-on-snow (ROS) events have caused some of the largest floods from snow-covered mountain ranges globally. Before and during these ROS events, it is...
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