List of works by Michael D. Dettinger

A Scale to Characterize the Strength and Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers

scholarly article by F. Martin Ralph et al published 5 February 2019 in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

A method for physically based model analysis of conjunctive use in response to potential climate changes

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Advanced spectral methods for climatic time series

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An Enhanced Archive Facilitating Climate Impacts and Adaptation Analysis

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Annual flood sensitivities to El Niño Southern Oscillation at the global scale

Annual flood sensitivities to El Niño–Southern Oscillation at the global scale

article published in 2014

Application of an extreme winter storm scenario to identify vulnerabilities, mitigation options, and science needs in the Sierra Nevada mountains, USA

scientific article published on 10 October 2015

Assessing reservoir operations risk under climate change

Atmospheric Rivers Emerge as a Global Science and Applications Focus

Atmospheric Rivers as Drought Busters on the U.S. West Coast

Atmospheric Rivers, Floods and the Water Resources of California

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Attribution of Declining Western U.S. Snowpack to Human Effects

CalWater Field Studies Designed to Quantify the Roles of Atmospheric Rivers and Aerosols in Modulating U.S. West Coast Precipitation in a Changing Climate

California's Drought of the Future: A Midcentury Recreation of the Exceptional Conditions of 2012-2017

scientific article published on 20 November 2018

Changes in streamflow timing in the western United States during recent decades

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Changes in the Onset of Spring in the Western United States

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Characterizing Climate-Change Impacts on the 1.5-yr Flood Flow in Selected Basins across the United States: A Probabilistic Approach

Climate Change, Atmospheric Rivers, and Floods in California - A Multimodel Analysis of Storm Frequency and Magnitude Changes

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Climate and floods still govern California levee breaks

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Climate change intensification of horizontal water vapor transport in CMIP5

scholarly article by David A. Lavers et al published 8 July 2015 in Geophysical Research Letters

Climate change scenarios for the California region

scholarly article by Daniel R. Cayan et al published 26 January 2008 in Climatic Change

Climate, snow, and soil moisture data set for the Tuolumne and Merced river watersheds, California, USA

scientific article published in 2019

Defining “Atmospheric River”: How the Glossary of Meteorology Helped Resolve a Debate

scholarly article by F. Martin Ralph published in April 2018

Design and quantification of an extreme winter storm scenario for emergency preparedness and planning exercises in California

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Detection and Attribution of Streamflow Timing Changes to Climate Change in the Western United States

scholarly article by H. G. Hidalgo et al published July 2009 in Journal of Climate

Diagnosis of an Intense Atmospheric River Impacting the Pacific Northwest: Storm Summary and Offshore Vertical Structure Observed with COSMIC Satellite Retrievals

article by Paul J. Neiman et al published November 2008 in Monthly Weather Review

Drivers and projections of ice phenology in mountain lakes in the western United States

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Extreme changes in stable hydrogen isotopes and precipitation characteristics in a landfalling Pacific storm

article by Tyler B. Coplen et al published 13 November 2008 in Geophysical Research Letters

Flood Runoff in Relation to Water Vapor Transport by Atmospheric Rivers Over the Western United States, 1949-2015

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Flooding on California's Russian River: Role of atmospheric rivers

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Forecasting the combined effects of urbanization and climate change on stream ecosystems: from impacts to management options

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Future Climate: Projected Extremes

Geochemistry and isotope hydrology of representative aquifers in the Great Basin region of Nevada, Utah, and adjacent states

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Geohydrology of areas being considered for exploratory drilling and development of the carbonate-rock aquifers in southern Nevada — Preliminary assessment

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Ground-water conditions in Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada: Part 2, hydrogeology and simulation of ground-water flow

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Ground-water conditions in Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada; Part II, Hydrogeology and simulation of ground-water flow

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Ground-water quality and geochemistry of Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada, 1981-83; implementation of a monitoring network

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Hourly Analyses of the Large Storms and Atmospheric Rivers that Provide Most of California’s Precipitation in Only 10 to 100 Hours per Year

article by Maryam Lamjiri et al published 19 December 2018 in San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science

Hourly storm characteristics along the U.S. West Coast: Role of atmospheric rivers in extreme precipitation

article by M. A. Lamjiri et al published 3 July 2017 in Geophysical Research Letters

How snowpack heterogeneity affects diurnal streamflow timing

Human-Induced Changes in the Hydrology of the Western United States

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Hydroclimatic Extremes as Challenges for the Water Management Community: Lessons from Oroville Dam and Hurricane Harvey

Hydrogeologic and geophysical data for selected wells and springs in the Sheep Range area, Clark and Lincoln Counties, Nevada

scholarly article

Impact of climate variation on mosquito abundance in California

scientific article published on June 2008

Increases in flood magnitudes in California under warming climates

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Influence of atmospheric rivers on vegetation productivity and fire patterns in the southwestern U.S

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Large-Scale Atmospheric Forcing of Recent Trends toward Early Snowmelt Runoff in California

scientific article published in March 1995

Meteorological Characteristics and Overland Precipitation Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers Affecting the West Coast of North America Based on Eight Years of SSM/I Satellite Observations

Mountain hydrology of the western United States

scholarly article by Roger C. Bales et al published August 2006 in Water Resources Research

Natural climate variability and teleconnections to precipitation over the Pacific-North American region in CMIP3 and CMIP5 models

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North–South Precipitation Patterns in Western North America on Interannual-to-Decadal Timescales

scholarly article

Observations of an Extreme Atmospheric River Storm With a Diverse Sensor Network

article by B. J. Hatchett et al published August 2020 in Earth and Space Science

On Critiques of “Stationarity is Dead: Whither Water Management?”

Potential impacts of climate change on groundwater resources – a global review

Potential increase in floods in California’s Sierra Nevada under future climate projections

Precipitation in a warming world: Assessing projected hydro-climate changes in California and other Mediterranean climate regions

scientific article published on 7 September 2017

Precipitation regime change in Western North America: The role of Atmospheric Rivers

scientific article published on 09 July 2019

Precipitation-runoff processes in the Feather River basin, northeastern California, and streamflow predictability, water years 1971-97

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Predictability of horizontal water vapor transport relative to precipitation: Enhancing situational awareness for forecasting western U.S. extreme precipitation and flooding

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Present Weather and Climate: Evolving Conditions

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Projected evolution of California's San Francisco Bay-Delta-river system in a century of climate change.

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Providing Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Information for Risk Management and Decision-making

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Reconnaissance estimates of natural recharge to desert basins in Nevada, U.S.A., by using chloride-balance calculations

scientific article published in March 1989

Regional downscaling for stable water isotopes: A case study of an atmospheric river event

scientific article published in 2010

Response of global upper ocean temperature to changing solar irradiance

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Seasonal Analysis of the 2011–2017 North American Monsoon near its Northwest Boundary

scientific article published on 21 July 2019

Seasonal/Yearly Salinity Variations in San Francisco Bay

scholarly article published 1995

Sensitivity of Intermittent Streams to Climate Variations in the USA

Snow-fed streamflow timing at different basin scales: Case study of the Tuolumne River above Hetch Hetchy, Yosemite, California

Sources of Variability of Evapotranspiration in California

Sources of global warming in upper ocean temperature during El Niño

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Streamflow Changes in the Sierra Nevada, California, Simulated Using a Statistically Downscaled General Circulation Model Scenario of Climate Change

scientific article published in 2000

Strong influence of El Niño Southern Oscillation on flood risk around the world

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Structure and Detectability of Trends in Hydrological Measures over the Western United States

Summary for Decision Makers

Techniques for constructing climate scenarios for stress test applications

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The Ancient Blue Oak Woodlands of California: Longevity and Hydroclimatic History

article published in 2013

The Landfall and Inland Penetration of a Flood-Producing Atmospheric River in Arizona. Part I: Observed Synoptic-Scale, Orographic, and Hydrometeorological Characteristics

The coming megafloods

scientific article published on January 2013

The key role of dry days in changing regional climate and precipitation regimes

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The role of snowpack, rainfall, and reservoirs in buffering California against drought effects

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The utility of daily large-scale climate data in the assessment of climate change impacts on daily streamflow in California

scholarly article by E. P. Maurer et al published 30 June 2010 in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

U.S. Geological Survey climate and land use change science strategy: a framework for understanding and responding to global change

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U.S. Geological Survey ground-water studies in Nevada

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USGS global change science strategy: A framework for understanding and responding to climate and land-use change

scientific article published in 2011

Warming of the Indian Ocean threatens eastern and southern African food security but could be mitigated by agricultural development

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Western water and climate change

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Yosemite Hydroclimate Network: Distributed stream and atmospheric data for the Tuolumne River watershed and surroundings