Using Financial Contracts to Facilitate Informal Leases Within a Western United States Water Market Based on Prior Appropriation

Harrison Zeff, Antonia Hadjimichael, Patrick M. Reed, Gregory W. Characklis Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: yes DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EF003739 Abstract The ability to reallocate water to higher-value uses during drought is an increasingly important “soft-path” tool for managing water resources in an uncertain future. In…

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Persistent urban heat

Dan Li, Linying Wang, Weilin Liao, Ting Sun, Gabriel Katul, Elie Bou-Zeid and Björn Maronga  Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: yes DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj7398 Abstract Urban surface and near-surface air temperatures are known to be often higher than their rural counterparts, a phenomenon now labeled as the urban heat island effect. However, whether the elevated…

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Researcher Highlight: Adam Pollack

Originally published in our July 2024 newsletter (Issue 24) Adam is a postdoctoral research associate working with Professor Klaus Keller in the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. He earned a dual B.S./M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from Stony Brook University and completed his Ph.D. in the…

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Researcher Highlight: Matt Sparks

Originally published in our March 2024 newsletter (Issue 23) Matt is studying the health and equity implications of adaptation to air pollution. He is a Ph.D. Candidate working with Associate Professor Rebecca Saari in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Matt previously completed his…

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Researcher Highlight: TC (Tirthankar Chakraborty)

Originally published in our November 2023 newsletter (Issue 22) TC’s research at PNNL centers on improving urban representation in land models and examining extreme events over coastal cities in the COMPASS-GLM and ICoM projects. Overall, TC aims to improve discourse around uncertainties when detecting urban climate signals using models and…

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Researcher Highlight: Julia Szinai

Originally published in our July 2023 newsletter (Issue 21) Julia’s research in HyperFACETS evaluates how climate mitigation strategies, climate impacts, and adaptation measures affect outcomes across the electricity system and its connected sectors, Julia aims to demonstrate the value of, and necessity for, planning for complex system interactions to increase…

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Researcher Highlight: David Lafferty

Originally published in our May 2023 newsletter (Issue 20) David’s research is focused on understanding the influence of climate uncertainty in models of coupled human-environment systems. Specifically, the research aims to identify the uncertainties and potential biases associated with using downscaled climate model projections to provide high-resolution and accurate information…

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Researcher Highlight: Cypress Frankenfeld

Originally published in our February 2023 newsletter (Issue 19) Cypress is a senior software engineer in the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. He helps build communication tools to communicate risks of climate change to stakeholders and policymakers. I am a software engineer working with…

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Researcher Highlight: Dr. David McCollum

Originally published in our December 2022 newsletter (Issue 18) David McCollum co-chairs the newly launched ‘Connecting MSD Research to Operations’ (MSD-R2O2R) Working Group within the MultiSector Dynamics Community of Practice. It is a fitting role, given the many years David has spent at the nexus between science and society. He…

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Amplified Extreme Floods and Shifting Flood Mechanisms in the Delaware River Basin in Future Climates

Ning Sun, Mark S. Wigmosta, Hongxiang Yan, Hisham Eldardiry, Zhaoqing Yang, Mithun Deb, Taiping Wang, and David Judi  Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: yes DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EF003868 Abstract Historical records in the Delaware River Basin reveal complex and spatially diverse flood generating mechanisms influenced by the region’s mountains-to-plains gradients….

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