AWRA 2009 SPRING SPECIALTY CONFERENCE
Managing Water Resources Development in a Changing Climate
May 4 – 6, 2009
Anchorage, Alaska
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
(Note: The Presenter of each paper is in BOLD type immediately following the paper title.
Co-authors are then listed in parentheses. Also: All abstracts in a session can be accessed using the Session Title link.)
| Go to Oral Program For |
| |
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM |
10:30 AM – 12:00 Noon |
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM |
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM |
| Monday, May 4 |
Plenary Session |
1, 2, 3 |
4, 5, 6 |
7, 8, 9 |
| Tuesday, May 5 |
10, 11, 12, 13 |
14, 15, 16, 17 |
18, 19, 20, 21 |
22, 23, 24, 25 |
| Wednesday, May 6 |
26, 27, 28 |
29, 30, 31 |
32, 33, 34 |
35, 36, 37 |
 |
Monday / May 4 / 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
Concurrent Sessions 1, 2, 3
Integrated Watershed Scale Response to Climate Change in Selected Basins Across the United States - Steve Markstrom, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO (co-author: Lauren E. Hay)
Watershed-Scale Response to Climate Change: Feather River Basin, California - Kathryn Koczot, U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, CA
Watershed-Scale Response to Climate Change - Mark Mastin, U.S. Geological Survey, Tacoma, WA
Simulated Watershed Scale Snowmelt and Ground-water Recharge Trends from 1960- to 2099 for Basins Draining to Long Island Sound: Hydrologic Response to Climate Change - David Bjerklie, U.S. Geological Survey, East Hartford, CT (co-authors: Thomas J. Trombley, Lauren E. Hay, Steven L. Markstrom)
Integrated Management of Water and Energy Resources - Kristine Shaw, HDR, Austin, TX (co-authors: Peter Newell, Brooke Garcia, Adam Kessler, Seth Turner)
Assessing Hydrologic Vulnerability of Sierra Nevada Watersheds Under Climate Warming Conditions and Hydropower Operations - David Rheinheimer, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA (co-authors: Joshua H. Viers, Jay R. Lund, Jeffrey F. Mount)
Potential Water Constraints on Energy Production in the Colorado River Basin Under Climate Change Scenarios - Timothy McPherson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (co-authors: Michael Rivera, David Judi, Darrin Visarraga)
Oil Shale Development in the Western United States: Water Resources Challenges, Impacts and Solutions - Steven Burian, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (co-authors: Ramesh Goel, Andy Hong, Liang Li, Eric Jones, Zhixiong Cha, Beth Dudley-Murphy, Greg Nash )
Geospatial Mapping and Analysis of Water Availability-Demand-Use within The Mara River Basin - Christina Hoffman, The Baldwin Group at NOAA Coastal Services Center, Oakland, CA (co-authors: Assefa Melesse, Michael McClain)
Water Resources in Sudan - Maria E. Milanes-Murcia, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, CA
Addressing Climate Change in Outflow Management Studies of the Great Lakes - Anthony Eberhardt, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers., Alexandria, VA
Sustainable Planning and Management of Water Resources in an Irrigation District in the Yaqui River, Mexico - Jose Luis Minjares Lugo, Comision Nacional del Agua, Ciudad Obregon, Son, Mexico (co-authors: Juan B. Valdes, Roberto F. Salmon Castelo, Lucas Antonio Oroz Ramos)
Monday / May 4 / 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions 4, 5, 6
Watershed Scale Response to Climate Change: Flint River Basin, Georgia - Lauren Hay, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO (co-author: Steven L. Markstrom)
Watershed Scale Response to Climate Change—South Fork Flathead River, Montana - Katherine Chase, U.S. Geological Survey, Helena, MT
Climate Change: A Tale of Two Colorado Ski Areas - William Battaglin, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO (co-authors: Lauren Hay, Steven Markstrom)
Watershed Scale Response to Climate Change: Sagehen Creek, California - Steve Regan, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO (co-authors: R. Steven Regan, Steven L. Markstrom, Lauren E. Hay, Richard Niswonger)
Climate change, water resources management, and planning: A federal, interagency collaboration - Julie Kiang, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA (co-authors: J. Rolf Olsen, Kathleen White, Levi Brekke, Roger Pulwarty, David Raff, D. Phil Turnipseed, Robert Webb)
Engaging Water Resource Managers in the Policy Dialogue on Aquatic Invasive Species - Jennifer Conner, The Nature Conservancy, Hobe Sound, FL
Saving All the Pieces, Staying Grounded (Climate, Water, Soil, Cities) - John Wiener, University of Colorado, and National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Reducing our carbon footprint one step at a time - a municipal prospective - Wendy Kemp, Regional Municipality of York, Newmarket , ON, Canada
Water Quality Effects of Fire Retardant Application in a Small Tundra Lake near Hughes Alaska - Ben Kennedy, Bureau of Land Management, Fairbanks, AK
Mercury Distribution In Water and Biota in Diverse Southeast Alaskan Watersheds - Sonia Nagorski, University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK (co-authors: Daniel Engstrom, John Hudson, Eran Hood, David Krabbenhoft, John DeWild, George Aiken)
Watershed Yields of Organic Mattera and Nutrients in Southeast Alaska as a Function of Glacial Coverage - Durelle Scott, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (co-authors: Eran Hood, Jason Fellman, Rob Spencer, Rick Edwards, Dave D'Amore)
Modeling Water Quality Impacts of Corn Production for Ethanol in the Upper Mississippi River Basin - Paul Hummel, AQUA TERRA Consultants, Decatur, GA (co-authors: Anthony Donigian, Jr., David Wells, Roberta Parry)
Monday / May 4 / 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions 7, 8, 9
Analysis of the Combined Effects of Climate Change, Land Use, and Management Practices in a Chesapeake Bay Watershed - Paul Hummel, AQUA TERRA Consultants, Decatur, GA (co-authors: John L. Kittle, Jr., Tom Johnson)
Watershed Scale Response to Climate Change: Sprague River Basin, Oregon - John Risley, U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, OR (co-authors: Lauren Hay, Steve Markstrom)
Assessing Climate-Change Impacts on the 2-Year Flood in Selected Basins Across the United States: A Probabilistic Approach Using Ensembles of Climate Model Predictions - John Walker, U.S. Geological Survey, Middleton, WI (co-authors: Michael D. Dettinger, Lauren E. Hay, Stephen L. Markstrom)
Monitoring
Headwater Streams for Landscape Response to Climate Change - Matt O'Connor, O'Connor Environmental, Inc., Healdsburg, CA
Climate Change Decision Support Tools for Water Managers - George Smith, Riverside Technology, inc., Fort Collins, CO
Management of Agricultural Water Resources under Uncertainty for the Dual Purposes of Conservation and Enhancement - Venkatesh Uddameri, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, Kingsville, TX (co-author: E. Annette Hernandez)
The Implications of Climate Change on the Ohio River and the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission - Gerald Schulte, Staff, Cincinnati, OH
Integrating Ground Water Remediation and Sustainable Ground Water Management Practices - William Schneider, Weston Solutions Inc., Pecos, NM (co-author: Kevin Mayer)
Stream Temperature Monitoring Network for Alaska's Salmon Streams - Sue Mauger, Cook Inletkeeper, Homer, AK (co-authors: Jeff Davis, Gay Davis)
Climate Warming in California’s Sierra Nevada: Potential Water Temperature Impacts and Resiliency - Sarah Null, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, Davis, CA (co-authors: Joshua H. Viers, Jeffrey Mount, Michael L. Deas, Stacy K. Tanaka)
Projecting the Impact of Climate Change and Urbanization on the Temperature of Surface Runoff Into Cold-Water Streams - Ben Janke, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (co-authors: William R. Herb, Omid Mohseni, Heinz G. Stefan)
Variability, Seasonality, and Persistence of Fecal Coliform Bacteria in Alaska Urban and Semi-Urban Streams - William Schnabel, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
Tuesday / May 5 / 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Concurrent Sessions 10, 11, 12, 13
Incorporating the Uncertainty of Climate Change Predictions into a Watershed Modeling - Suresh Hettiarachchi, HDR Engineering, Minneapolis, MN (co-authors: Ted Shannon, Jeff Christopherson, Scott Zilka, Matt Redington)
The Value of Uncertain Irrigation Water Deliveries - Mohamed Said Gheblawi, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
Digital Elevation Data for Hydrologic Applications: Computational Efficiency in Two-Dimensional Modeling - David Judi, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (co-authors: Timothy McPherson, Steven Burian)
Global Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of Hydrologic, Spatially Distributed Watershed Models – Application to the Regional Simulation Model - Zuzanna Zajac, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (co-author: Rafael Munoz-Carpena)
Streamflow Estimation in Arctic Watersheds with Sparse Data Sets - Douglas Kane, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (co-authors: Youcha, E.K., Trochim, E.D., Lilly, M.R., Toniolo, H.A.)
Hydrologic Responses of Catchments with Warm Permafrost - Larry Hinzman, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
Trends in Streamflow in the Yukon River Basin from 1944 to 2005 and the Influence of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation - Tim Brabets, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, AK
Kuparuk River Snow Distributions for Hydrologic Analysis on Alaska's Arctic Slope - Sveta Berezovskaya, University of Alaska Fairbanks , Fairbanks, AK (co-authors: Robert Busey, Douglas Kane)
Fire Recovery Watershed Runoff Modeling in Warm Springs Creek, Idaho: Developing a Better Model and Implications for a Changing Climate - Jonathan Ambrose, GeoEngineers, Inc., Seattle, WA (co-author: Rob Richardson )
Modeling Sediment Impacts of Training Activities on Military Installations: Approach and Baseline Model Results - Anthony S Donigian Jr, AQUA TERRA Consultants, Mountain View, CA (co-authors: John C Imhoff, Anurag Mishra, Parick N Deliman, Eileen Regan)
Alaska Erosion: Assessing Vulnerability of Alaska's Coastal and Riverine Communities - Christy Miller, Tetra Tech , Anchorage, AK (co-author: David Broadfoot)
Glacier Dammed Lakes Impacting Different Basins After 30 Years of Changing Climate - Dave Wolfe, Alaska
Pacific University, Anchorage, AK
Integrating Spatially Explicit Watershed Models with In-Stream Habitat Models: A Discussion on Constraints with Regard to the Resolution of the Data - Barnali Dixon, USF St. Petersbug, St. Petersburg, FL (co-authors: J. Earls, A.F. Casper, and J.A. Gore)
Where Will All the Salmon Go? Simulating Future Habitat Conditions and Population Dynamics in a Changing Environment - Jody B. Lando, Stillwater Sciences, Portland, OR (co-authors: Frank Ligon, William E. Dietrich, Stephen C. Ralph)
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Ability to Maintain Sreamflows to Sustain the Trout Fishery in the Upper Carson River - John Tracy, IWRRI, University of Idaho, Boise, ID
Implications of Climate Change for Okanagan Basin Water Availability and Salmonid Restoration Planning - Clint Alexander, ESSA Technologies Ltd, Kelowna, BC, Canada (co-authors: -Kim Hyatt, Stacy Langsdale, Margot Stockwell)
Tuesday / May 5 / 10:30 AM – 12:00 Noon
Concurrent Sessions 14, 15, 16, 17
Linking RISA Scientists and Water Resource Managers: Climate Science & Water Management - Christine Kirchhoff, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Modeling Water Movement between Glacial, Agricultural Oasis and Desert for Water Resources Management in Northwest China - Chansheng He, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI (co-authors: Carlo Demachi, Thomas E. Croley II, Tim Hunter, and Qi Feng )
HydroGeoSphere Application to Evaluate Basin-Scale Integrated Surface-Subsurface Water Flow and Transport Systems in the Central Valley of California - George Matanga, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Sacramento, CA (co-authors: C. Mary Kang, Lorri Peltz-Lewis, Lisa Rainger, Rob McLaren, Don DeMarco)
Can We Use Hydrologic Models Calibrated With Past Data For Climate Change Impact Studies? - Annie Poulin, Ecole de technologie supérieure, Montreal, QC (co-authors: François P.Brissette Robert Leconte)
Application of Reservoirs in the Arctic to Reduce Future Water Use Uncertainty – Horacio Toniolo, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (co-author: Michael Lilly)
Current and Future Evaporative Losses from North Slope Lakes - Bill Schnabel, Univ. Alaska Fairbanks Water and Environmental Research Center, Fairbanks, AK (co-authors: Michael Lily, Amy Tidwell, Horacio Toniolo)
Two distinct mechanisms of lake hydrological and chemical change along the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska - Christopher Arp, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, AK (co-authors: Benjamin M. Jones, Frank E. Urban, Joel A. Schmutz)
How Climate Change Impacts Urban Runoff and Water Quality Design - John Hayes, Clemson University, Clemson, SC (co-authors: C. V. Privette, III, S. J. Klaine)
Managing Water Supplies and Quality in a Highly Urbanized Basin - Bruce Lytle, Lytle Water Solutions, LLC, Highlands Ranch, CO (co-authors: Frank P. Jaeger)
The impacts of climate change on the water resources of Madeira island ( Portugal ) - Luis Ribeiro, Assistant Professor, Lisbon, Portugal (co-authors: Rodrigo Oliveira, Joao Nascimento, Paula Mendes)
Linking North Slope Climate, Hydrology, and Fish and Wildlife Management - Erica Betts, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (co-authors: Amy Tidwell, Philip Martin)
Vulnerability and Adaptation in British Columbia’s Freshwater Ecosystems - Katherine Wieckowski, ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada (co-authors: Marc Neltiz, Marc Porter, Katrina Bennett, Todd Hatfield, Katy Bryan, Dave Marmorek)
Temporal Patterns and Spatial Consistency in North Carolina Piedmont Stream Temperature - Johnny Boggs, USDA Forest Service, Raleigh, NC (co-authors: G. Sun, S.G. McNulty, W. Swartley, E. Treasure, W. Summer)
Tuesday / May 5 / 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions 18, 19, 20, 21
Climate Change Adaptation of Stormwater Management Systems Charging Water Supplies - Latham Stack, Syntectic International, Portland, OR (co-authors: Michael Simpson, Thomas Crosslin, Derek Sowers, Colin Lawson)
Weather Modification and Climate Variability Impacts on Streamflow - Haroon Stephen, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV (co-authors: Cody Moser, Oubeid Aziz, Glenn Tootle)
Monthly Precipitation Prediction Using Cyclostationary EOF and an AR model - Gwangseob Kim, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea (co-authors: Ming Dong Sun, Kun Yeun Han)
Adapting water management programs to climate change at the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority - Ryan Ness, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Downsview, ON, Canada (co-author: Don Haley)
Closing the Loop of Climate Feedback in the Design of Large-Scale Water Resources Project - Faisal Hossain, Tennessee Tech University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cookeville, TN (co-authors: Indu Jeyachandran, Abebe Sine Gebregiorgis)
Anaylsis of Impact Climate Change on Extreme Rainfall in Korea Using A2 Climate Scenario and Extreme Indices - Byung-Sik Kim, Senior Researcher, Gyeonggi-Do, GG, South Korea (co-authors: BoKyung Kim, Hyun-Han Kwon, Seok-Yong Yoon)
The Impact of Stochastic Weather Generator Characteristic on Daily Precipitation Downscaling - Pao-Shan Yu, member of AWRA, Tainan, TN (co-authors: Shien-Tsung Chen andChin-Yuan Lin)
Climate Change and Potential Impacts on Groundwater Levels Along the Rio Grande - Kelly Isaacson, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (co-author: Julie Coonrod)
Building Coupled Ground-Water/Surface-Water Models to Simulate Climate Change – Randall J. Hunt, U.S. Geological Survey, Middleton, WI (co-authors: John Doherty, John F. Walker, Steven M. Westenbroek, Lauren E. Hay,)
The Potential Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater Recharge: with particular emphasis on the impact on Florida - Frederick Bloetscher, Florida Atlantic Univeristy, Boca Raton, FL
Climate Change Considerations for Everglades Restoration - Stuart Appelbaum, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL
Climate Change Concerns for Everglades Restoration Planning - Glenn Landers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL
Everglades Water-Quality in an Uncertain Future - Stuart Muller, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Dynamic Factor Modeling of Floodplain Hydrology in a South Florida Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) Swamp - David Kaplan, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (co-authors: Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, Axel Ritter)
Tuesday / May 5 / 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions 22, 23, 24, 25
Survey of NOAA Downscaling Approaches and Applications – Lynn E. Johnson, University of Colorado Denver, Superior, CO (co-author: Timothy Schneider)
An Automated Statistical Downscaling Approach for Hydrologically-Based Climate-Change Studies Across the Nation - Christian Ward-Garrison, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO (co-authors: Lauren E. Hay, Steven L. Markstrom)
Coupled Surface-Water/Ground-Water Model Response to Climate and Land-Use Change: Black Earth Creek, Wisconsin - Stephen Westenbroek, U.S. Geological Survey, Middleton, WI (co-authors: Randall J. Hunt, Lauren E. Hay, Steve L. Markstrom)
Development of a Distributed Hydrological Model for Accurate Estimation of Watershed Response - Kun-Yeun Han, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, DG, South Korea (co-authors: Gwangseob Kim, Keuksoo Kim )
Price and Rate-Structure Modifications as Drought and Climate Variability Management Tools for an Urban Water Utility - David Rosenberg, USU Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Utah Water Research, Logan, UT
Drought Management Implications for Irrigated Agriculture in Georgia - Mark Masters, Flint River Water Policy Center - Albany State University, Albany, GA
Monitoring the Effects of Climate Change on Springs, Seeps and Other Water Resources in the Mojave National Preserve - Boris Poff, National Park Service, Nipton, CA (co-author: Debra Hughson)
Development of a Climate Forecast Decision Support Tool Using Stakeholder Involvement for Assessing and Examining Drought Risks and Water Management Strategies for the Upper Rio Hondo Basin, NM - Thomas Lowry, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Jesse D Roach, Vincent C Tidwell, Elizabeth H Richards)
Assessment of Learning Experiences of Undergraduate Researchers in an NSF/REU Site on Watershed Sciences and Engineering - Vinod Lohani, Vriginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (co-author: Tamim Younos)
NASA’s Applied Science Program - Ted Engman, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD (co-authors: Steven Ambrose, Jared Entin, David Toll)
Spatially-explicit Economic Impact Assessment of Climate Change on the Water Resources of the Willamette River - Heejun Chang, Portland State University, Portland, OR (co-authors: Ilwon Jung, Brian Block, Sarah Praskievicz )
Panel Moderator: Jackie Poston
Alaska Climate Change Strategy/State of Alaska, Anchorage, AK
Alaska has taken a leading role in determining how Climate Change will impact its citizens and the mitigation and adaptation approaches needed to take us into the future. The panel will provide on overview of the current sub-cabinet activities and issues related to water resources and supplies, coastal erosion and other issues facing Alaskans. Alaska deals with extreme weather conditions on a regular basis and can help lead the national dialogue on changing climate conditions.
Wednesday / May 6 / 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Concurrent Sessions 26, 27, 28
Conventional and Decentralized Water Supply Infrastructure: Energy
Consumption and Carbon Footprint - Tamim Younos, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA (co-authors: Caitlin Grady, Teresa Chen, Tammy Parece)
Managed Flow Regimes and Climate Change in the Colorado River - Michael Rivera, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (co-authors: Dave Judi, Tim McPherson)
Using Projected Climate Information to Plan for Future Water Supplies - Mariza Costa-Cabral, Hydrology Futures, LLC, Seattle, WA (co-author: Sujoy B. Roy)
Water Supply Utilities and Climatic Change: the Central Texas Experience - Laura Stroup, Department of Geography, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX (co-author: Kevin Romig)
Potential Impacts of Changes in Rainfall Intensity on Flood Control Infrastructure in the Lower Rio Grande of New Mexico - Susanna Glaze, New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute, Las Cruces, NM (co-authors: Bobby J. Creel, Chris Brown)
The 2008 Tanana River Flood: Where Did All the Water Come From? - Edward Plumb, National Weather Service, Fairbanks, AK
Managing Future Floods Today: A Framework for Sustainable Risk Management - Adam Hosking, Halcrow, Inc., Tampa, FL (co-authors: Jerry Sparks, Peter von Lany)
Protecting London from Tidal Flooding: Limits to Adaptation - Luke Lovell, Halcrow, Swindon , UK (co-authors: Tim Reeder, Jonathan Wicks, Owen Tarrant)
Climate Change, Water Impacts, and Indigenous Peoples: Engaging Native Knowledge in Cross-Regional Comparison between Alaska, the Pacific Islands, and the American Southwest - Sarah Trainor, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (co-authors: Jolene Tallsalt-Robertson, Cheryl Anderson, Dan Ferguson, Gregg Garfin)
Coastal Erosion in Alaska: Planning for the Future - Bruce Sexauer, Alaska District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Elmendorf AFB, AK
Forecasting Resilience in Arctic Societies: Agent-Based Modeling Tools for Assessing Human-Hydrological Systems - Lilian Alessa, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK (co-authors: Andy Kliskey, Mark Altaweel)
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation of the Péribonka River Water Resources System (Quebec, Canada). - Francois Brissette, Ecole de technologie supérieure, U.niversity of Quebec, Montreal, QC, Canada (co-authors: Marie Minville, Stephane Krau, Robert Leconte)
Wednesday / May 6 / 10:30 AM – 12:00 Noon
Concurrent Sessions 29, 30, 31
Onsite Graywater Reuse: Treatment and Climate - Joe Yelderman, Baylor University, Waco, TX (co-author: Nathan Griswell)
Water And Salinity Management With Blending, Desalination, Conveyance, Conservation, Waste-Water Treatment And Reuse To Counteract Climate Variability In Gaza - David Rosenberg, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Utah Water Research, Logan, UT (co-author: Ahmed Al-Jaidi)
Comparing Methods to Investigate the Impacts of Climate Change - Rene Roy, Hydro-Quebec / Ouranos, Montreal, QC Canada (co-authors: Georges Desrochers, Luc Roy, Guenther Pacher, Frédéric Guay, Dominique Tapsoba )
Projected River Ice Cover Changes By Mid-Century In Southern British Columbia - Paul Doyle, Doyle Engineering, Oliver, BC, Canada (co-author: Jeptha Ball)
Risk Informed Planning - Hubbard Glacier Dam Induced Flood Near Yakutat Alaska - David Williams, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Elmendorf AFB, AK (co-author: George A Kalli)
Estimates of mean annual freshwater discharge into the Gulf of Alaska (1960-1990) - Eran Hood, University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK (co-authors: K. M. Smikrud, E.G. Neal)
Statistical Implications of Global Warming for Water Yield – A Case Study - Qiang (Charles) Luo, University Of Guam, Mangilao, Guam
Effect of Downscaling Methods on the Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change in Watershed Scale Management Models - Shimelis G. Setegn, The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden (co-authors: Assefa M. Melesse, Karim Abbaspour, Bijan Dargahi, Ragahavan Srinivasan)
Natural Disasters and Extreme Climate Events: Impacts and Implications for Water Resources Management - Chennat Gopalakrishnan, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (co-author: Jason K. Levy)
Inter-state Water Agreements in Federal Countries. A Comparative Analysis. - Maria E. Milanes-Murcia, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, CA
Managing Florida's Water Resources in an Uncertain Future - Mikel Renner, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, FL
Wednesday / May 6 / 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions 32, 33, 34
Potential Impacts of Climate Change and Population Growth on U.S. Water Supply and Demand in the Next 50 Years - Ge Sun, USDA Forest Service, Raleigh, NC (co-authors: Steven G. McNulty, Jennifer A. Moore Myers, Erika C. Cohen, Robert Herring )
Estimating Water Use in El Paso County Texas Based on GIS and Remote Sensing Imagery for the Past 30 Years - Jiao Wang, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX (co-author: Nate Currit)
Management of Water Resources under Uncertainty in a Changing Climate - E. Annette Hernandez, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (co-author: Venkatesh Uddameri)
Climate Change and Adaptive Drought Operations Planning in Water Supply - Steve Thurin, HDR Engineering, Bellevue, WA (co-author: Emily Larson Flanagan)
Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on the Energy and Water Balance of a North Temperate Lake - John Lenters, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE (co-authors: Kathleen D. Holman, Jun Wang)
The Importance of Air Mass Condition on Energy Fluxes at a Coastal Arctic Wetland - Anna Liljedahl, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (co-authors: Larry Hinzman, Yoshinobu Harazono, Donatella Zona, Walter C. Oechel)
Glacier Variability in the Wind River Range and Teton Range, Wyoming, USA - Derrick Thompson, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY (co-authors: Jake Edmunds, Glenn Tootle, Jeb Bell, Greg Kerr)
Implementation of a GRTS Survey Design for Monitoring the Impacts of Climate Change on Aquatic Resources in Alaskan National Parks - Trey Simmons, National Park Service, Fairbanks, AK
Developing a Framework to Assess Stream Flow from Global Climate Change Projections - William Samuels, SAIC, McLean, VA (co-authors: M. Elena Herrera, David E. Amstutz)
Addressing Climate Change in Long-Term Water Resource Plans - David Groves, RAND Corporation, Oakland, CA (co-author: Robert Lempert)
Economic Demand for Irrigation Water and Climate Change - Bryce Contor, Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, Idaho Falls, ID
Assessing Potential Impacts of and Prioritizing Response to Global Climate Change: A Methodology and Action Plan for Water, Wastewater, or Stormwater Utilities - Amy Carlson, CH2M HILL, Bellevue, WA
Wednesday / May 6 / 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions 35, 36, 37
AWRVI: An Integrated Water Resource Vulnerability Index for the Arctic - Andrew Kliskey, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK (co-author: Lilian Alessa)
Erosion of Water Supply Predictability under Climate Change? - Levi Brekke, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO (co-authors: Kevin Werner, Donald Laurine, David Garen)
Hydroclimatic Change on the Salt and Verde Watersheds, Arizona - Timothy Hawkins, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
HGS-M – A Tool to Conjunctively and Dynamically Simulate Hydrologic Processes and Multi-reservoir Systems for Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts - Mary Kang, HydroGeoLogic, Kitchener, ON, Canada (co-authors: Varut Guvanasen, Kirk Nelson, George Matanga)
Southeast Alaska Hydropower: Reconsidering Climate Variability and Change in the Development Process - Jessica Cherry, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (co-authors: Amy Tidwell, Nancy Fresco, Sue Walker)
Is the Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation in Colorado Due to Climate Change - Michael McHugh, Aurora Water, Aurora, CO (co-authors: Laurel Stadjuhar, Kristina Wynne)
Recent Woody Invasion of Wetlands on the Kenai Peninsula Lowlands, South-Central Alaska; A Major Regime Shift After 18,000 Years of Wet Sphagnum-Sedge Peat Recruitment - Edward Berg, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Soldotna, Alaska (co-authors: Kacy McDonnell, Roman Dial, Allana DeRuwe)
Forest Fuel Moisture Disturbances cross the United States in Response to Climate Change and Variability - Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
Predominate Selection of Low Water Using Trees in California Communities Would Preserve the State’s Water Resources - David Dudley, HDR, Folsom, CA
|