Speaker Index

Speaker	Title (Year)
Abraham, Carissa	Evolution of Planning for Extreme Flooding in American River Watershed 1947-2024 (2024)
Anchukaitis, Kevin	How Unusual Was the 2012-2014 California Drought? (2018)
Anderson, Jamie	Exploring Flooding and Water Supply Risks from Sea Level Rise in the Delta (2019)
Anderson, Michael L.	Perspectives on Updating Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) to Account for Climate Variability (2025) Adaptive Water Management for California's Changing Climate (2023) Characterizing Extremes in a Changing Climate (2023 Special Recognition Award presentation) Historic California Floods Contrasted with Potential Future Floods (2021) Reviewing Historical Context of Extreme Events through the Lens of Modern Understanding of Atmospheric Rivers (2017) Sensitivity of San Joaquin River Basin Floods to Temperature Increases (2015) Estimating Future Floods to Manage Flood Risk — Part 1 (2012) Future California Droughts in a Climate Change World (2009)
Andrews, Elizabeth (Betty)	Trading Ecological Problems for Climate-Resilient Solutions (2015)
Arnold, Wyatt	Reducing Stress on the Flood Management System through Forecase Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) and Flood-Managed Aquifer Recharge (Flood-MAR), Part 2 (2025)
Arrate, David	Reducing Stress on the Flood Management System through Forecase Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) and Flood-Managed Aquifer Recharge (Flood-MAR), Part 1 (2025)
Aubert, John	The Relationship Between Rainfall and Wildland Fires (1999)
Baggalas, Dezaraye	The Needs of Rural Communities in Times of Emergency: Allensworth, CA, Tulare County (2025)
Bahls, Victoria Sankovich	Putting the Record-Breaking Wet 2017 Water Year into Historical Context (2017)
Baker, Don	Using the TEREC Weather Pattern to Predict Heavy Rainfall in California (1994)
Bales, Roger C.	Wireless-Sensor Technology for Basin-Scale Hydrology (2013)
Bardini, Gary	History and Future of American River Flood Risk Management Projects (2022) Managing American River Flood Risks and Regional Groundwater Levels Together (2021)
Bartfeld, Ira	Evolution of Flood Forecast Technologies Between The 1986 and 1997 Floods in California (1998)
Bindra, Amy	Analyzing Options for Responding to Central Valley's Future Flood Risks (2015)
Blood, Wesley H.	Analyses of Flooding Caused by the February 18,1986 Cloudburst in Placer County, California (1994)
Bonnin, Geoffrey M.	Updating California Precipitation Frequency Estimates (2008) Recent Updates to NOAA/NWS Precipitation Frequency Estimates (2004)
Bowles, David S.	Translating Forecast Uncertainty into Information for Emergency Management under Folsom Reservoir Flood Operations (2004) Options for Forecast-based Operation of Folsom Reservoir (2002) Forecast Based Operation: Folsom Reservoir Release Forecast Model (RRFFM-U) (2001)
Braithwaite, Norman S.	Hydrology Manual Verification Using the March 23, 1993 Storm at Redding, California (1994)
Bryne, Roger	A Thousand Year Flood Record from Little Packer Lake, Glenn County, California (1996)
California Data Exchange Center, DWR	From "Talky" to the Web (2008 Special Recognition Award presentation)
Caprio, Anthony	Paleo Applications in Forest Fire Management (2018)
Carpenter, Theresa M.	Characterizing Precipitation Forecast Errors for the Folsom Lake Watershed (2003)
Casey, Melanie	The Relationship Between Rainfall and Wildland Fires (1999)
Cayan, Daniel R.	Precipitation Structure in the Sierra Nevada of California in Winter (2003)
Chen, Shyh-Chin	California Precipitation Simulation in the NMC Nested Spectral Model: 1993 January Event (1994)
Chen, Xiaodong	Footprint of Atmospheric Rivers on Land and Implications for Managing Water Resources (2020)
Clyde, Eric S.	Analyses of Flooding Caused by the February 18,1986 Cloudburst in Placer County, California (1994)
Collins, Brandon M.	Drivers of Large Wildfire Occurrence in Northern California (2019)
Collins, Robert F.	American River Floods: Historic to Theoretical (2009)
Conrad, Mark E.	A 2000 yr Record of Sacramento-San Joaquin River Inflow to San Francisco Bay Estuary, California (1996)
Coulthard, Bethany	Reconstructing Proxies of Sierra Nevada Snowpack (2018)
Countryman, Joseph D.	The Problem: Estimating Extreme Floods — Too Much Statistics … No Common Sense (2011) How to Extrapolate Frequency Curves — with No Regrets!! (2008) Pitfalls of Risk Analysis In Designing Flood Control Projects (2007) Effect of Mixed Populations on Extreme Flood Flow Estimates (2004)
Cowan, Mark	Lower San Joaquin Urban Flood Risk Reduction Opportunities and Constraints (2025)
Cox, Dale Alan	ARkStorm: A West Coast Storm Scenario (2010)
Cramer, Olivia	Past and Future Rain-on-Snow Floods at Don Pedro Dam on Tuolumne River (2020)
Crawford, Norman H.	Real-Time Modeling During Flood Control Operations (2017)
Crow, Brian R.	Putting the Record-Breaking Wet 2017 Water Year into Historical Context (2017)
Cui, Guotao	Detecting Rain-Snow Transition Elevations in Mountain Basins Using Wireless-Sensor Network (2020)
Curtis, David C.	Sierra Nevada Mountain Snowpack Trends (2021) Perspectives on California's Wet and Wild 2016-17 (2017) California Historical Rainfall Data and Modern Records (2012) Using Historical Radar-Rainfall Data to Evaluate the Sizes, Shapes, Orientations, and Tracks of Storm Cells (2002) Comparing Spatial Distribution of Rainfall Derived from Rain Gages and Radar (1999) Evolution of Flood Forecast Technologies Between The 1986 and 1997 Floods in California (1998) Use of Radar-Rainfall Extremes to Model the January 9-10, 1995 Floods in Sacramento (1995)
Dahlke, Helen	Managed Aquifer Recharge as a Tool to Enhance Sustainable Groundwater Management in California (2023)
Dailey, Charles	Historical Anecdotes of the 1861-62 Storms (1994)
Daly, Christopher	PRISM: A Knowledge-Based Approach to Mapping Precipitation in Complex Regions (2004)
Davis, Darryl W.	Extreme Flood Concepts, an Historical Perspective (2007)
Davis, Marie L.E.	Megafire + Rain = Sediment: Evolution of French Meadows Forest Restoration Project (2021)
de Guzman, Sean	DWR Program Update: Aerial Remote Sensing of Snow and Snowmelt Forecasting (2023)
Delaney, Chris	Ensemble Flow Forecasts for Risk Based Reservoir Operations of Lake Mendocino in Mendocino County, CA (2017)
Delle Monache, Luca	Improved Weather and Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Predictions with Machine Learning (2021)
Dettinger, Michael D.	Rain-on-Snow, Atmospheric Rivers, and California Floods — What Do We Need to Know? (2020) Historical and Future Relations Between Large Storms and Droughts in California (2017) The Meteorology of Extreme Orographic Precipitation in California — A Synthesis as of 2014 (2014) Formulating the ARkStorm Meteorology (2010) Climate Change, Atmospheric Rivers, and Future California Floods (2009) Long-Term (50-yr) Historical Perspective on the Meteorology and Hydrology of Flood-Generating Winter Storms in the American River Basin (2005)
DeVries, Joe	Comparing Statistical Approaches to EstimatingFloods (2007) Hydrologic Modeling: The more things change … the more they stay the same (2006) Development of Design Storm Procedures for San Joaquin County (1994)
Dlubac, Katherine	DWR's Basin Characterization: Statewide AEM Surveys and Recharge Pilot Study (2023)
Easterling, David	Changes in Hurricane Precipiation and Hurricane Helene (2025) Current and Future Intensity-Duration-Frequency Values in the United States (2025)
Eisenstein, Bill	Paradise Cut Multi-Benefit Bypass Expansion (2025)
Ekern, Michael W.	Precipitation Forecasting: Past, Present, and Future (2006) Role of the Hydrometeorological Analysis and Support Forecaster in the QPF Process (2001)
Elias, Chris	Flood Risk Resilience: Adapting to Climate Change in Lower San Joaquin River Basin (2021)
England, Jr., John F.	PMP, Extreme Storm Probabilities, and Dam Safety: New Data, New Methods, Time to Update? (2014)
Estes, Gary	Historic American River Floods in a Changing Watershed (2022) Weather Patterns and American River Floods (1998) Using the TEREC Weather Pattern to Predict Heavy Rainfall in California (1994)
Eymann, Marcia	Sacramento City Floods: 1849-1862 (2012)
Faber, Beth	Extrapolating Frequency Curves, or Not (2007) Potential for Adaptive Reservoir Operations Provided by Forecast Information (2003) Evaluation of Forecast-Based Advance Release Strategies at Folsom Dam (2002) Forecast-based Flood Control Operation at Folsom Reservoir Using Advance Release (2001)
Fickenscher, Peter	Operational Forecasting Perspectives of Rain-On-Snow During Flood Events (2020) Hydrologic Forecasting on the American River (2005)
Field, Randi	Folsom Dam Flood Operations During Rain-on-Snow Events (2020)
Fleming, Matthew J.	USACE Extreme Storm Team and Hypothetical Storm Analysis (2014)
Flint, Lorraine	Western Aridification and Climate Change Impacts in California (2023)
Fogg, Graham	How are Groundwater and Surface Water Connected? (2023)
Ford, David	Forecast-Coordinated Operations for the Yuba-Feather River and Reservoir System: Interagency Cooperation (2006)
Fromm, Jennifer R.	Using Forecasts in Reservoir Operations (2019)
Fujitani, Paul	Forecasting and Operations Advances from a Reservoir Operator's Perspective (2006)
Georgakakos, Konstantine P.	Design and Validation of Real-Time Hydrologic Forecasts for the Folsom Lake Watershed (2001)
Gershunov, Alexander	Seasonal Predictability of Daily Precipitation: Frequency of Heavy Events (2002)
Goodridge, James D.	Engineering Climatology for California (2005) Impact of Climate Variation on Flood Control Planning in California (1999) One Hundred Years of Extreme Rainfall Data (1997) Data on California's Extreme Rainfall from 1862-1995 (1996) A Study of 1,000 Year Storms in California (1994)
Greenlee, Dan	East Slope Sierras Precipitation and Flooding of 1997 (1997)
Grotjahn, Richard	The April 1982 "Big Sur" Storm: An Example of Extreme Rainfall in California (1994)
Halberstadt, Deborah	Innovation in Insurance (2025)
Hamill, Daniel	San Joaquin River Watershed Flooding Risks from Future Extreme Precipitation Events (2024)
Harms, Rheinhart W. (Bill)	A Midwestern Snow Forecasting Technique: Can It be Used in California? (1999)
Harris, David Jeff	Approximating the Probability of the Probable Maximum Flood (2011) Annual Exceedance Probability of Extreme Events (2008)
Hartman, Robert K.	Ensemble Forecasting Replacing Deterministic Forecasting: Why is This Important? (2016) Forecasting Advances at California-Nevada River Forecast Center (2013) Improvements and Evolving Technologies at the California-Nevada River Forecast Center (2011) NOAA Efforts to Improve Precipitation and Flood Forecasting by Studying American River (2005) Scientific Development in Support of Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services (AHPS) (2004) Evolution of Flood Forecast Technologies Between The 1986 and 1997 Floods in California (1998)
Hatchett, Benjamin	The 2016/2017 California Pluvial (2017)
Haynes, Alan	Synoptic Climatology of Heavy Precipitation Events in California (2002)
Heggli, Anne	Observing Rain on Snow — Using Existing Networks and New Technologies to Improve Forecasts (2020)
Hinojosa, Arthur (Art)	Forecast-Coordinated Operations: A Multi-Agency Flood Management Program Update (2011) Panel Discussion: How Do We Estimate the Size of the "Reasonably Foreseeable Flood" From Which Urban Areas Should Be Protected? (2007)
Hirschboeck, Katherine (Katie)	Flood Hydroclimatology: Insights into Mixed Flood Populations (2007)
Hoffmann, Norm	CAL-JET Research and Improvements to Weather Forecasting Computer Models (1998)
Hromadka, T. V.	Development of Design Storm Procedures for San Joaquin County (1994)
Huff, Dennis	The Floods of January 1995, in the Dry Creek Watershed, Placer County, California (1995)
Humphrey, John H. (Jack)	Modeling Runoff Response to Global Climatic Change in the Sierra Nevada (2004) Use of Radar-Rainfall Extremes to Model the January 9-10, 1995 Floods in Sacramento (1995) Analyses of Flooding Caused by the February 18,1986 Cloudburst in Placer County, California (1994) Hydrology Manual Verification Using the March 23, 1993 Storm at Redding, California (1994)
Hunsaker, Leon	Dr. Snell's Precipitation Measurements of December 1861-January 1862 are Valid (2010)
Ingle, James C.	A 2000 yr Record of Sacramento-San Joaquin River Inflow to San Francisco Bay Estuary, California (1996)
Ingram, B. Lynn	A 2000 yr Record of Sacramento-San Joaquin River Inflow to San Francisco Bay Estuary, California (1996) Paleoclimatic Evolution of Santa Barbara Basin During the Last 20 k.y.: Marine Evidence from Hole 893A (1996)
James, John	FIRO + New Bullards Bar Secondary Spillway: Enhancing Public Safety and Climate Change Resiliency (2021)
James, L. Allan	Hydraulic Mining Sediment Impacts on American River Channel Morphology and Flood Stages (2012)
Jeglum, Matt	Precipitation Forecasting: Past, Present, and Future (2022)
Jimenez, Mary	Addressing Climate Resilience in 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Update (2021)
Jones, Jeanine	Assessing Drought Risk in California (2018) Influence of Tropical Variations on Wintertime Precipitation in California: Pineapple express, Extreme rainfall Events and Long-range Statistical Forecasts (2001)
Joseph, Trevor	The Sacramento Regional Water Bank — A Reservoir Under Our Feet (2023)
Juang, Henry H.M.	California Precipitation Simulation in the NMC Nested Spectral Model: 1993 January Event (1994)
Junker, Norman W. (Wes)	What we know about Northern California extreme rainfall events - An HPC perspective (2003)
Juskie, John	Chronology of Events Leading to the Accurate Prediction of the Storms of December 24, 2005 — January 3, 2006 (2006)
Kanamitsu, Masao	California Precipitation Simulation in the NMC Nested Spectral Model: 1993 January Event (1994)
Katz, Lisa	Modeling Extreme Rain-on-Snow Melt Responses in the Sierra Nevada Snowpack: When Do You Need a More Sophisticated Model? (2020)
Kavvas, M. Levent	Maximization of Historical Severe Precipitation Events over American, Yuba and Feather River Basins (2014) Physically-Based Estimation of Maximum Precipitation: Application to American River Basin for the 1996-1997 Storm (2012)
Kennedy, Carol A.	Droughts, Floods, and Forest Health (2009)
Kennett, J. P.	Paleoclimatic Evolution of Santa Barbara Basin During the Last 20 k.y.: Marine Evidence from Hole 893A (1996)
Kim, Jinwon	Mesoscale Numerical Simulation of the 1986 Sacramento Valley Flood Event (1994)
Kingsmill, David	NOAA Hydrometeorological Testbed Program: Overview, Progress to Date and Future Plans (2006)
Kirby, Matthew	On the Use of Lake Sediments for a Deeper Time (Holocene) Understanding of California's Drought, Flood, and Pluvial History (2018)
Kluck, Douglas R.	Analysis of Major Storms in Southern California (1994)
Kucharski, John	Using Decision-Scaling and Stochastic Weather Generation in Tuolumne River Basin Demonstration Study of Climate Change Vulnerabilities to Water Systems (2019)
Lavers, David	Atmospheric Rivers in California: Climate Change Projections and Potential for Earlier Warnings (2015)
Leclerc, René	Understanding the Sacramento River Valley Before Levees and Dams (2012)
Lek, Boone	Forecast-Coordinated Operations at New Bullards Bar and Oroville Reservoirs (2016)
Lepley, Kai	Snowpack Reconstruction for the American River Watershed (2018)
Levish, Daniel	Paleohydrologic Bounds and the Frequency of Extreme Floods on the Santa Ynez River, California (1996)
Loney, Drew Allan	Evaluating the Feasibility for FIRO Improvements at Folsom Dam (2022)
Maendly, Romain	Anticipated Climate Driven Changes in Basin Hydrology (2025)
Maher, Katherine	Using Real-Time Watershed Information in Reservoir Operations — A Case Study of Folsom Reservoir (2013)
Malamud-Roam, Frances	Holocene Megadroughts and Megafloods in California's Central Valley (2009)
Martin, Andrew	Research on Atmospheric Rivers to Improve West Coast Predictions (2016)
Maurer, Tessa	Drivers of Snowpack Response to Rain-on-Snow Events in Forested Terrain (2020)
McGinley, John A.	Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting and Estimating During the HMT Field Experiment: Ensemble Applications (2008)
McGowan, Laura	The Effect of Vertical Canopy Structure on Snow Processes (2020)
McGurk, Bruce	Rain-on-Snow: The Basic Science (2020) Risks and Reservoir Operations: Droughts vs. Floods & People vs. Power (2009)
Mead, Michelle	Operational Perspective on Forecasting and Communicating Extreme Precipitation Events in Northern CA During the 2016-2017 Winter Season (2017)
Medellín-Azuara, Josué	Is the Drought Over? Which Drought? (2023)
Meko, David M.	Historical Perspective on California Dendrohydrology (2018) Central Valley Droughts Over Last 1,000 Years (2009)
Mierzwa, Michael	Addressing Hydrologic Variability in Complex Water Management Systems (2015)
Miller, Norman L.	Understanding the Sierra Nevada Hydrologic Response to Climate Change (2005)
Molotch, Noah	Impact of Atmospheric Rivers on Snow Accumulation in the Sierra Nevada with Implications for Rain-on-Snow Flood Risk (2020)
Monier, Wes	Real-Time Modeling During Flood Control Operations (2017)
Monteverdi, John P.	Overview of the Meteorology of Rain Events in California (1995)
Moore, Brad	Integrating Weather Forecasts into Folsom Reservoir Operations (2016)
Mork, Bill	Meteorology of January 1997 Floods (1997) The 1995 Water Year (1995)
Morss, Rebecca E.	Communicating Risk and Uncertainty of Extreme Weather and Flood Events (2011)
Munévar, Armin	Changing Flood Risks in the Central Valley (2015)
Narlesky, Carly	The FIRO Balancing Act: Considerations for Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations at Multi-Objective Reservoirs (2023)
Nathan, Rory	Australian Methods for Estimating Large to Extreme Floods (2008)
Neiman, Paul J.	Atmospheric Rivers and Their Role in Generating Heavy Orographic Precipitation and Flooding Along the U.S. West Coast (2008)
Null, Jan	National Weather Service Operations During 1997 Floods (1997)
O'Connell, Daniel	Paleohydrologic Bounds and the Frequency of Extreme Floods on the Santa Ynez River, California (1996)
Ostenaa, Dean A.	Paleoflood Perspectives on Flood Hazards in Western United States (1998) Paleohydrologic Bounds and the Frequency of Extreme Floods on the Santa Ynez River, California (1996)
Painter, Thomas H.	Airborne Snow Observatory and Distributed Hydrologic Modeling: Next Generation of Snowmelt Runoff and Operations Forecasting (2013)
Parrett, Charles	New Regional Skew Values for California — Implications for Flood Frequency Analysis (2011) Updating Flood Frequency in California (2008)
Pathak, Tapan B.	Climate Change Trends and Impacts on California's Agricultural Sector (2019)
Patricola, Christina M.	Attribution of Extreme Weather Events to Climate Variability and Change (2019)
Porter, Keith A.	Infrastructure and Physical Damages Estimated for ARkStorm (2010)
Powell, Doug	A Visual Look at the Flooding of 1997 and 1986 (1997)
Prokopec, Julia	USGS Real Time Flood Inundation Mapping Program (2021)
Pugner, Paul E.	Spring Forecast Based Operations, Folsom Dam, California (2003)
Rahrs, Robert	Extreme Precipitation Analysis Tool (EPAT) (2008)
Ralph, F. Martin (Marty)	From Science to Solutions: The Arc of Atmospheric Rivers from Research to Practical Utility and Future Directions (2024) Atmospheric Rivers: Past Explorations and Future Directions (2022) Was the Oroville Incident Related to an AR? (2018 Special Recognition Award presentation) Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations at Lake Mendocino (2016) Winter Storm Scenario for USGS Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project (2009) Atmospheric Rivers: A Key to Understanding California Extreme Precipitation Events (2006) NOAA's Hydrometeorological Testbed: Lessons from the Russian River During HMT-2004 and Plans for the Future (2004) Extreme Precipitation on the American River Watershed: Strategies for Improving Forecasts (2003) Improving Precipitation Forecasts in Land-falling Pacific Winter Storms: PACJET Results and Future Outlook (2002) The California Land-falling Jets Experiment (CALJET): Motivation, Strategy, and Description of a Flooding Event (1999)
Rentner, Julie	Floodplain Expansion for Increasing Groundwater Storage and Reducing Floods (2023)
Reynolds, David W.	Potential to Improve Forecasts and Reservoir Operations with a 21st Century Observing Network (2013) Atmospheric River Impacts California June 24-25, 2013 (2013) Comparison of California and Pacific Northwest Atmospheric Rivers and Flooding (2011) Understanding and Forecasting Atmospheric Rivers (2010) Madden-Julian Oscillation: Can it Play a Significant Role in Improving Forecasts of Hydrologically Significant Rainfall for Week Two? (2006) Revised National Weather Service's (NWS) Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) Process in the West: Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (HPC) Requirements and Implementation (2001)
Rhea, J. Owen	Use and Expansion of an Objective Orographic Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting Aid (1998)
Roads, John O.	The Relationship Between Rainfall and Wildland Fires (1999) California Precipitation Simulation in the NMC Nested Spectral Model: 1993 January Event (1994)
Roos, Maurice (Maury)	A Half Century of Watching Floods (2007) Some Ideas on Estimating the Reasonably Foreseeable Flood (2007) Extreme Precipitation in the American River Basin (2003) Reconstruction of 1000 Years of Runoff for the Sacramento River System Using Tree Rings (2002) A Review of Water Year 1999: A Classic La Niña Turns Benign (1999) The Great New Year's Flood of 1997 in Northern California (1997) The 1995 Floods (1995)
Rosenthal, Sandy	New Orleans 20 Years Later: The Challenges Continue (2025)
Rutz, Jonathan	How the California Atmospheric River Events of Winter 2016/2017 Compare to Normal (2017)
Schaefer, Kathleen	Potential Flooding from ARkStorm (2010)
Schick, Lawrence J.	Warning from the Past: The message, meteorology and myths from the Great West Coast flooding of 1861-1862 (2012) Comparison of California and Pacific Northwest Atmospheric Rivers and Flooding (2011)
Schneider, Tim	NOAA Plans for Improving Forecast Models and Computing (2016)
Schwarz, Andrew	Using Paleo-Reconstructions for Vulnerability Assessments and Adaptation Planning for State Water Project (Sacramento & San Joaquin Watersheds) (2018)
Shamir, Eylon	Tree Radial Growth Dependence on the Spatial Variability of Snowpack and Soil Moisture (2018) Evaluate the Snow Depletion Curve Theory in the American River Basin with Distributed Snow Model (2005)
Sheppard, Paul	Red Cones of the John Muir Trail: An Ideal Field Site for Dendro Reconstruction of Sierra Snowpack (2018)
Soong, Su-Tzai	Experimental Regional Scale Climate Forecast Over California (1998) The April 1982 "Big Sur" Storm: An Example of Extreme Rainfall in California (1994) Mesoscale Numerical Simulation of the 1986 Sacramento Valley Flood Event (1994)
Staggs, Scott J.	Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services: Ensemble Streamflow Prediction (2006)
Stine, Scott	Extreme and Persistent Drought in California and Patagonia During Mediaeval Time (1996)
Stone, Amanda	Climate Change and Dam Flood Risk Across the West (2022)
Stork, Ronald	Looking Toward an Urban Flood Standard (2007)
Suen, Darren	Lower San Joaquin Urban Flood Risk Reduction Opportunities and Constraints (2025)
Sukovich, Ellen	Orographic Precipitation Processes in West Coast Mountains (2011)
Sullivan, Donald	A Thousand Year Flood Record from Little Packer Lake, Glenn County, California (1996)
Swain, Daniel L.	Rising California Flood Risk from Stronger, Wetter Atmospheric Rivers in a Warming Climate (2021)
Tarleton, Lesley F.	Analysis of Major Storms in Southern California (1994)
Taylor, George H.	Improved Tools for Estimating Extreme Floods (2007) Using Synoptic Climatology and the PRISM Model to Improve Precipitation Assessment and Prediction (2005) Using PRISM Climate Grids and GIS for Extreme Precipitation Mapping (2004)
Tomlinson, Edward	Calculating Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) in Complex Terrain — Updating HMR 59 for Piru Basin in Southern California (2014)
Touchan, Ramzi	Climate Signal in Giant Sequoia Tree Rings (2018)
Tustison, Ben	Evolution of Planning for Extreme Flooding in American River Watershed 1947-2024 (2024) Integrating Climate Change in Regional Floodplain Management Planning (2015) Forecast-Based Operations of the Yuba and Feather River System (2002)
Ullrich, Paul A.	Past and Current State of Modeling and Downscaling California's Climate (2019)
Vang, Chong	San Joaquin River Basin: Watershed Hydrology, Hydraulics, and Flood System (2025)
Waliser, Duane	Projections of Climate Change Effects on Atmospheric Rivers (2019)
Walker, Brian	Hydrology for Folsom Dam Water Control Manual Update (2013)
Walker, Don	Probable Maximum Flood Using HMR 59 for Piru Basin (2014)
Wang, Jianzhong	Validation and Sensitivities of Dynamic Precipitation Simulation for Winter Events over the Folsom Lake Watershed: 1964-1999 (2005)
Washburn, Tim	Connecting the Dots: Fish, Groundwater, and Weather (2003)
Webb, Mariana	ARkStorm 2.0 in the Truckee River Watershed: Assessing Regional Flooding Impact and Vulnerability After an Atmospheric River Megastorm (2024)
Weber, Elke U.	The Psychology of Uncertainty: Challenges to Communicating Risk (2010)
Weber, Matt	Estimating the January 1862 American River Flood Peak with HEC-RAS Modeling (2022)
Wein, Anne	Economic Consequences of the ARkStorm Scenario (2010)
White, Allen B.	Interplay of Geography and Atmospheric Conditions on California Precipitation (2022) Importance of Water Vapor and Wind Observations to Predicting Precipitation (2016) Improving Observations of Coastal Storms (2008)
Whitin, Brett	Streamflow Forecasting: Past, Present, & Future (2022) Comparing American River PMP Estimates to Historical Floods (2014) Supporting Reservoir Management Through Hydrologic Forecasting Services in American River Basin (2013)
Wilhelm, Susan Fischer	Climate Projections for California: What We Knew Then (1989), What We Know Now (2019) (2019)
Williams, Christopher	Flood Challenges in the San Joaquin Basin and the Evolution of the CVFPP (2025) Sacramento River Watershed Flooding Risks from Future Extreme Precipitation Events (2024)
Wills, Christopher	Potential Landslide Impacts from ARkStorm (2010)
Wilson, Anna	Atmospheric River Reconnaissance: Filling Data Gaps to Improve Forecasts of Extreme Events (2022) FIRO Field Campaign: Description and Preliminary Results from a Unique Observing Period in the Russian River Watershed in Northern California during Jan-Mar 2017 (2017)
Woodhouse, Connie A.	Using Tree Rings to Inform Water Resource Management (2018)
Woodward, James	Flooding Emergency Response Exercise (2010)
Zimmerman, Julie	Drought, Warming, and Environmental Flows: Implications for Native Aquatic Species (2019)