Organizations & Projects
California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment
Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E)
The Northwest Climate Toolbox- A collection of web tools for visualizing past and projected climate and hydrology of the Pacific Northwest, USA
Guides
State of CA Sea Level Rise Guidance
Peer Reviewed Literature
Asarian, J.E. and J.D. Walker. 2016. Long-Term Trends in Streamflow and Precipitation in Northwest California and Southwest Oregon, 1953-2012. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 52:241–261. doi: 10.1111/1752-1688.12381. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1752-1688.12381
*Abstract only. No freely accessible online full-text version.
Beamish, R. J., B.E. Riddell, K.L. Lange, E. Farley Jr., S. Kang, T. Nagasawa, V. Radchenko, O. Temnykh, and S. Urawa. 2009. The effects of climate on Pacific salmon: A summary of published literature. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284445933_The_effects_of_climate_on_Pacific_salmon_-_A_Summary_of_published_literature
Crozier LG, McClure MM, Beechie T, Bograd SJ, Boughton DA, Carr M, et al. 2019. Climate vulnerability assessment for Pacific salmon and steelhead in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem. PLoS ONE 14(7): e0217711. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217711
Finney, B. P., I. Gregory-Eaves, J. Sweetman, M. S. V. Douglas, and J. P. Smol. 2000. Impact of climate change and fishing on Pacific salmon abundance over the past 300 years. Science, Vol. 290. https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.290.5492.795
Gergel, D.R., B. Nijssen, J.T. Abatzoglou, D.P. Lettenmaier, and M.R. Stumbaugh. 2017. Effects of Climate Change on Snowpack and Fire Potential in the Western USA. Climatic Change 141:287–299. http://www.hydro.ucla.edu/SurfaceWaterGroup/Publications/gergel_et_al_published.pdf
Grantham, T.E.W., D.M. Carlisle, G.J. McCabe, and J.K. Howard. 2018. Sensitivity of Streamflow to Climate Change in California. Climatic Change 149: 427–441. doi: 10.1007/s10584-018-2244-9. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326340920_Sensitivity_of_streamflow_to_climate_change_in_California
Isaak, D.J., C.H. Luce, D.L. Horan, G.L. Chandler, S.P. Wollrab, and D.E. Nagel. 2018. Global Warming of Salmon and Trout Rivers in the Northwestern U.S.: Road to Ruin or Path Through Purgatory? Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. doi: 10.1002/tafs.10059. https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/download/56060.pdf
Mote, P.W., S. Li, D.P. Lettenmaier, M. Xiao, and R. Engel, 2018. Dramatic Declines in Snowpack in the Western US. Npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 1. doi: 10.1038/s41612-018-0012-1. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-018-0012-1.pdf