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Mike D. Dettinger
Visiting Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Professional Experience
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Visiting Researcher
2020 - Present
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Research Associate
1997 - 2020
USGS Reston
Senior Scientist/Hydrologist
1981 - 2019
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Education
University of California Los Angeles
Doctorate
1997
Honors & Awards
John Tyndall History of Global Environmental Change Lecture
Received December 2021
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Union Fellow
Received December 2014
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For insightful, societally relevant research in understanding how climate and weather affect the variability of hydrologic systems.
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Publications
Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations Using Ensemble Streamflow Predictions for a Multipurpose Rese...
Ensemble Forecast Operations (EFO) is a risk‐based approach of reservoir flood control operations that incorporates ensemble streamflow predi...
September 04, 2020
Observations of an Extreme Atmospheric River Storm With a Di...
August 04, 2020
California's Drought of the Future: A Midcentury Recreation ...
November 20, 2018
Flood Runoff in Relation to Water Vapor Transport by Atmosph...
November 29, 2017
AGU Abstracts
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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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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Volunteer Experience
2022 - 2023
Member
Horton Medal Committee
2022 - 2022
Member
Global Environmental Change Nominations Canvassing Committee
2020 - 2021
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Horton Medal Committee
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