PA33D:
Toward More Effective Decision Maker-Scientist Engagement I

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Session ID#: 14774

Session Description:
Climate extremes, variability, and change and how these impact hydrological and ecological systems pose serious risks to society, risks that require critical decisions be made now to avoid future system failures. Scientists often see their responsibility as understanding what future changes will be, and then decision makers are responsible for using this information to take action. Unfortunately, rarely is it that simple. Too often there is a disconnect between the information generated by scientists and decisions being made. This session will explore how these gaps can be overcome. What do bridges between climate science and applications look like? How are these bridges built? We seek experiences that reveal the nature of actionable science and demonstrate ways knowledge can be co-produced to address climate change. We especially welcome concrete examples of processes or products that demonstrate better practices, or practices to avoid, when including climate science in decision making.
Primary Convener:  Julie A Vano, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Mr. David H Behar, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Practitioner Exchange for Effective Response to Sea Level Rise (PEERS), San Francisco, United States, Philip Mote, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Corvallis, OR, United States and Daniel B Ferguson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
Chairs:  Julie A Vano, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Mr. David H Behar, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Practitioner Exchange for Effective Response to Sea Level Rise (PEERS), San Francisco, United States, Carolyn Enquist, USGS Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, Tucson, AZ, United States and Michael A Langston, USGS South Central Climate Science Center, Norman, OK, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Carolyn Enquist, USGS Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, Tucson, AZ, United States
Index Terms:

1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1807 Climate impacts [HYDROLOGY]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]
6344 System operation and management [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Collaboration as a means toward a better dataset for both stakeholders and scientist (132377)
Oriana Chegwidden1, David E Rupp2, Bart Nijssen3, Erik Pytlak4 and Rafael Ferreira da Silva3, (1)CarbonPlan, San Francisco, United States, (2)Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, CEOAS/OSU, Corvallis, OR, United States, (3)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States, (4)Bonneville Power Administration, Weather and Streamflow Forecasting, Portland, OR, United States
Effective Decision Maker-Scientist Engagement:Climate Change Vulnerability Analysis of California’s Water System to Using Decision Scaling. (189002)
Andrew Mark Schwarz1, Patrick Ray2, Casey Brown3, Sungwook Wi4 and Sungwook Wi4, (1)California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts Amherst, CEE, Amherst, MA, United States, (3)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, United States, (4)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, MA, United States
A regional approach to the Co-Production of climate information for water utilities- Managing Messages, Approaches, Benefits, and Lessons learned (153582)
David N Yates, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, United States and Laurna Kaatz, Denver Water, Denver, CO, United States
Hydropower Licensing as a Bridge between Climate Science and Applications: Creating Actionable Science for Regulatory Decisionmaking (189401)
Andrea J Ray, NOAA/Earth System Research Lab/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO, United States, Joseph J Barsugli, CIRES, Boulder, United States and Susan H Walker, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region, Juneau, AK, United States
Are We Telling Decision-makers the Wrong Things - and with Too Much Confidence? (132288)
Dr. Jeffrey Richard Arnold1, Kenneth C Nowak2, Julie A Vano3, Andrew James Newman4, Naoki Mizukami5, Pablo A. Mendoza3, Bart Nijssen6, Andrew W Wood3, Ethan D Gutmann5, Martyn P Clark7 and Roy Rasmussen4, (1)U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Climate Preparedness and Resilience Programs, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)Bureau of Reclamation Research Office, Lakewood, CO, United States, (3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (6)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States, (7)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States
Designing the Bridge: Perceptions and Use of Downscaled Climate Data by Climate Modelers and Resource Managers in Hawaii (192878)
Victoria W Keener, Arizona State University, Pacific Research on Island Solutions for Adaptation (RISA), Tempe, AZ, United States, Laura Brewington, Arizona State University, Pacific Research on Island Solutions for Adaptation (RISA), Honolulu, United States and Krista Jaspers, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, United States
From “can’t be done” to actionable: Chugach Vulnerability Assessment Snow and Ice (138955)
Jeremy S Littell, USGS, DOI Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, Anchorage, AK, United States, Shad O'Neel, USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK, United States, Stephanie A McAfee, USGS Southwest climate adaptation science center, Reno, United States, Louis Sass, USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, United States and Greg Hayward, United States Forest Service, Adaptive Management Group, Anchorage, AK, United States
Evaluation and Mitigation of the Risk Due to Climate Change at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site (130719)
David W Werth, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, Aiken, SC, United States

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