High-Resolution National-Scale Water Modeling Is Enhanced by Multiscale Differentiable Physics-Informed Machine Learning

Yalan Song, Tadd Bindas, Chaopeng Shen, Haoyu Ji, Wouter J.M. Knoben, Leo Lonzarich, Martyn P. Clark, Jiangtao Liu, Katie van Werkhoven, Sam Lamont, Matthew Denno, Ming Pan, Yuan Yang, Jeremy Rapp, Mukesh Kumar, Farshid Rahmani, Cyril Thébault, Richard Adkins, James Halgren, Trupesh Patel, Arpita Patel, Kamlesh Arun Sawadekar, Kathryn Lawson Acknowledgment of support from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science…

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Postdoctoral Fellow in Geography, Mortality Impacts of Heat Waves at Dartmouth College

Location Hanover, NH Hours Full-time Start date 1st January 2026 Description The Climate Modeling and Impacts Group and the Keller Research Group at Dartmouth College invite applications for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in quantitative methods and research interests related to climate science.The successful candidate will be co-advised by Professors Justin Mankin (Geography) and Klaus Keller (Engineering) and…

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Researcher Highlight: Kendall Mongird

Originally published in our July 2025 newsletter (Issue 27) Kendall Mongird is a Data Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory where she’s worked since 2017. She has a BSc. in Quantitative Economics from California Polytechnic State University and a MSc. in Economics from the University of Edinburgh. Kendall’s research focuses…

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Researcher Highlight: Casey Burleyson

Originally published in our March 2025 newsletter (Issue 26) Dr. Casey Burleyson is an Earth Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory where he’s worked since 2014. He has a B.S. in Meteorology and a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from North Carolina State University and a M.S. in Applied Physics from…

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Delta ISB & California Sea Grant Postdoctoral Scholar

Location University of California, San Diego Deadline August 27th 2025 About the Delta ISB The Delta Independent Science Board (Delta ISB) and California Sea Grant are seeking a postdoctoral scholar to support the Delta ISB’s ongoing activities. The Delta ISB, consisting of 10 prominent scientists from across the United States,…

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ESA scholarships

Location IHE Delft Program MSc Programme in Water and Sustainable Development Deadline 15th June 2025 Description European and Canadian students who want to study at IHE Delft to prepare for pursuing careers at the crossroads of space and earth observation technology and water management are invited to apply for new…

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Improving differentiable hydrologic modeling with interpretable forcing fusion

Kamlesh Sawadekar, Yalan Song, Ming Pan, Hylke Beck, Rachel McCrary, Paul Ullrich, Kathryn Lawson, & Chaopeng Shen Acknowledgment of support from the U.S. Department of Energy, a Framework for Improving Analysis and Modeling of Earth System and Intersectoral Dynamics at Regional Scales (HyperFACETS). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133320 Abstract Atmospheric forcings for hydrologic models often contain significant errors, but traditional modifications only employ bias correction or distributional transformations…

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Machine Learning Analysis of Impact of Western US Fires on Central US Hailstorms

Xinming Lin, Jiwen Fan, Yuwei Zhang & Z. Jason Hou  Acknowledgment of support from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research Program, under the Earth System Model Development (ESMD) and MultiSector Dynamics, Earth and Environmental System Modeling (MSD) program area. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-024-3198-7 Abstract Fires, including wildfires, harm air quality…

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United States multi-sector land use and land cover base maps to support human and Earth system models

Jay Oliver & Ryan A. McManamay Acknowledgment of support from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, MultiSector Dynamics, Earth and Environmental System Modeling (MSD), and Regional & Global Model Analysis (RGMA) program areas. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04713-6 Abstract Earth System Models (ESMs) require current and future projections of land use and landcover…

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Characterizing How Meteorological Forcing Selection and Parameter Uncertainty Influence Community Land Model Version 5 Hydrological Applications in the United States

Hisham Eldardiry, Ning Sun, Hongxiang Yan, Patrick Reed, Travis Thurber, and Jennie Rice Acknowledgment of support from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, MultiSector Dynamics, Earth and Environmental System Modeling (MSD) program area. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024MS004222 Abstract Despite the increasing use of large-scale Land Surface Models (LSMs) in predicting hydrological responses in extreme conditions,…

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