A51E:
Emerging Applications of Atmospheric-Rivers Science II Posters

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Session ID#: 12641

Session Description:
The science of atmospheric rivers is rapidly expanding and is beginning to bear important dividends in terms of real-world applications. Improved understanding and forecasts of atmospheric rivers are being applied to better plan for, and manage, the risks and challenges of floods, droughts, landscape disturbances and fires, landslides, and disaster mitigations and responses. This session aims to draw together examples, perspectives and approaches to these real-world applications of atmospheric-rivers science. Studies describing actionable observations and indices, forecasting improvements and uses, emergency-response exercises and plans, resource management and planning efforts, and other applications to societal and environmental needs are encouraged.
Primary Convener:  Michael D Dettinger, U.S. Geological Survey, Carson City, NV, United States
Convener:  Michael Anderson, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States
Chairs:  Michael Anderson, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States and F Martin Ralph, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Michael Anderson, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States
Co-Organized with:
Public Affairs, Cryosphere, Hydrology, Natural Hazards, and Public Affairs

Cross-Listed:
  • H - Hydrology

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • C - Cryosphere
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

1817 Extreme events [HYDROLOGY]
1884 Water supply [HYDROLOGY]
3364 Synoptic-scale meteorology [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
4335 Disaster management [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

On the relationship between atmospheric rivers and high sea water levels along the U.S. West Coast (142079)
Abdou Khouakhi, IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering, Iowa City, IA, United States and Gabriele Villarini, Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering & High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton, NJ, United States
Investigation of Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Atmospheric Rivers over the Bay of Bengal (141010)
Yan Yang, Ting Sun and Guangheng Ni, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Modelling Atmospheric Rivers and the Potential for Southeast Texas Flooding: A Case Study of the Maya Express and the March 2016 Sabine River Flood (158307)
Julia McIntosh1,2 and Kristopher Lander1, (1)NOAA Fort Worth, NWS West Gulf River Forecast Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States, (2)Southern Methodist University, Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Dallas, TX, United States
Introducing Water Tracers in the Noah-MP Land Surface Model (145650)
Huancui Hu, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, Francina Dominguez, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, IL, United States and David Gochis, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Evaluating the Roles of Topography and Aerosols in Atmospheric River Rainout Using a Paired Stable Isotope and Ice Nucleating Particle Time Series Approach (184290)
Sean Reilly1, Ayesha Ahmed2, Matthew Fogarty2, Charlotte Beall3, Jessie Creamean4, Andrew Martin5 and Hari Mix6, (1)Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, United States, (2)Santa Clara University - SCU, Environmental Studies and Sciences, Santa Clara, CA, United States, (3)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, (4)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (5)Portland State University, Portland, CA, United States, (6)Santa Clara University, Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Santa Clara, CA, United States
Quantification of Atmospheric River Landfall Errors at Bodega Bay, California in the Global Forecast System and West-WRF (183664)
Brian Kawzenuk, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, United States, Andrew Martin, Portland State University, Portland, CA, United States and F Martin Ralph, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Investigating the Impact of Microphysical Processes on Storm-Total Precipitation During Atmospheric River Events in Northern California (182205)
Anna Maria Wilson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), La Jolla, United States and F Martin Ralph, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Accounting for Atmospheric Rivers in the Flood Frequency Estimation in the Western United States (141487)
Nancy A Barth, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, Gabriele Villarini, Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering & High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton, NJ, United States and Kathleen D White, US Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL, United States
HYSPLIT Model Backwards Trajectory Analysis of Southern California Atmospheric Rivers (170066)
Sarah May Harris, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States and Leila V Carvalho, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Geography, Santa Barbara, United States
Synoptic and mesoscale controls on Sierra Nevada rain shadow intensity (179830)
Benjamin Hatchett, Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, United States, Michael Kaplan, Desert Research Institute, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Reno, NV, Reno, United States, Jonathan J Rutz, NOAA Camp Springs, Camp Springs, MD, United States and Christopher Garner, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, United States
Storm orientation impacts on atmospheric river induced precipitation efficiency (137688)
Ali Mehran, University of North Georgia, Oakwood, GA, United States and Dennis P. Lettenmaier, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Utilizing precipitation chemistry records to investigate the role of dust concentrations in ‘Atmospheric River’ events from west US coastal states (198401)
Staryl E McCabe-Glynn, California State University, Los Angeles, Geoscience and Environment, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Jeffrey M Welker, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States, Scott L Sellars, University of California Irvine, Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States and Kathleen R Johnson, University of California Irvine, Department of Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States
Atmospheric Rivers and Historic California Floods: A Look in the Past and a Peek in the Future (Invited) (193913)
Alexander Gershunov1, Tamara Shulgina2, F Martin Ralph2, Suraj D Polade2 and Seethala Chellappan2, (1)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States, (2)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Atmospheric Rivers in VR-CESM: Historical Comparison and Future Projections (165241)
Elizabeth Elliott McClenny, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States and Paul Aaron Ullrich, University of California Davis, Davis, United States
Projections of Climate Change Effects on Global Atmospheric River Landfalls (182313)
Vicky Espinoza, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Duane Edward Waliser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Bin Guan, University of California, Los Angeles, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, Los Angeles, United States and David A Lavers, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Characteristic of runoff and response to climate changein the upper reaches of the Yellow River (177152)
Jianying Feng, Organization Not Listed, Institute of Arid Meteorology, CMA, Lanzhou, Washington, DC, United States
Summer precipitation prediction in the source region of the Yellow River using climate indices (155446)
Feifei Yuan, Hohai University, Nanjing, China; Lund University, Lund, Sweden

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