Member Since 1971
Don J. Wuebbles
Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Editor, AGU Advances
Professional Experience
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor
2014 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1983
Honors & Awards
Bert Bolin Global Environmental Change Award and Lecture
Received 2018
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Stephen Schneider Lecture
Received 2015
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Outstanding Reviewer Award - Eos
Received 2014
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Publications
STAR‐ESDM: A Generalizable Approach to Generating High‐Resolution Climate Projections Through Signal...

High‐resolution climate projections are critical to assessing climate risk and developing climate resilience strategies. However, they remain...

July 23, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Simulated impact of nature-based solution in the form of land-surface vegetation changes on rainstorm propagation and flooding in the urban Upper Illinois River Basin
ADVANCING HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES TO IMPROVE FLOOD PREDICTION II ORAL
hydrology | 09 december 2024
Hamed D. Ibrahim, Peiyuan Li, Ashish Sharma, Donal...
The Upper Illinois River Basin (UIRB) is a highly urbanized region where more than 70 percent of the people in the State of Illinois reside. This basi...
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Drought Intensity Score: A novel index estimating Drought severity under changing climate
CLIMATE-INFORMED RISK ASSESSMENT FOR EXTREME EVENTS II ORAL
natural hazards | 14 december 2023
Sudhansu Sekhar Rath, Swarnali Sanyal, Donald J. W...
The unprecedented change in intensity and frequency of droughts induced by the changing climate have considerable socio-economic impacts, especially a...
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Carbon Emissions Information for Decision Making: A Look at the Pathway Going Forward
CARBON MONITORING SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS I
innovations | 14 december 2023
Donald J. Wuebbles, Rachel F. Silvern, Kevin R. Gu...
Given the near linearity of the relationship between total carbon emissions and global temperature, we will likely pass the Paris Agreement 1.5 ºC goa...
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Volunteer Experience
2019 - 2025
Editor
AGU Advances
2016 - 2018
Member
Global Environmental Change Executive Committee
2016 - 2018
Member
Global Environmental Change Nominations Canvassing Committee
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