Publications & Reports | Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center

Detecting unburned areas within wildfire perimeters using Landsat and ancillary data across the northwestern United States

Published in: 2016 | Research Themes: Remote Sensing, Wildfire

Meddens, A. J. H., C. A. Kolden, and J. A. Lutz. 2016. Detecting unburned areas within wildfire perimeters using Landsat and ancillary data across the northwestern United States. Remote Sensing of Environment 186:275–285.

Testing the recent snow drought as an analog for climate warming sensitivity of Cascades snowpacks

Published in: 2016 | Research Themes: Drought, Snow

Cooper, M. G., A. W. Nolin, and M. Safeeq. 2016. Testing the recent snow drought as an analog for climate warming sensitivity of Cascades snowpacks. Environmental Research Letters 11:084009.

Climate influences on whitebark pine mortality from mountain pine beetle in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Published in: 2016 | Research Themes: Forests

Buotte, P. C., J. A. Hicke, H. K. Preisler, J. T. Abatzoglou, K. F. Raffa, and J. A. Logan. 2016. Climate influences on whitebark pine mortality from mountain pine beetle in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Ecological Applications 26:2507–2524.

Divergence of ecosystem services in U.S. National Forests and Grasslands under a changing climate

Published in: 2016 | Research Themes: Forests, Grasslands

Duan, K., G. Sun, S. Sun, P. V. Caldwell, E. C. Cohen, S. G. McNulty, H. D. Aldridge, and Y. Zhang. 2016. Divergence of ecosystem services in U.S. National Forests and Grasslands under a changing climate. Scientific Reports 6:24441.

Relative vulnerability to climate change of trees in western North America

Published in: 05/2016 | Research Themes: Forests

Michael J. Case, and Joshua J. Lawler, Relative vulnerability to climate change of trees in western North America: Climatic Change, v. 136, iss. 2.

Reconstructing semi-arid wetland surface water dynamics through spectral mixture analysis of a time series of Landsat satellite images

Published in: 2016 | Research Themes: Remote Sensing, Wetlands, Water

Halabisky, M., L. M. Moskal, A. Gillespie, and M. Hannam. 2016. Reconstructing semi-arid wetland surface water dynamics through spectral mixture analysis of a time series of Landsat satellite images (1984–2011). Remote Sensing of Environment 177:171–183.

Creating practitioner-driven, science-based plans for connectivity conservation in a changing climate

Published in: 04/2016 | Research Themes: Wildlife, Habitat Connectivity, Plants

Meade Krosby, Final Project Report: “Creating practitioner-driven, science-based plans for connectivity conservation in a changing climate”

Climate change effects on southern California deserts

Published in: 2016 | Research Themes: Wildlife, Plants

Bachelet, D., K. Ferschweiler, T. Sheehan, and J. Strittholt. 2016. Climate change effects on southern California deserts. Journal of Arid Environments 127:17–29.

Challenges and successes in engaging citizen scientists to observe snow cover: from public engagement to an educational collaboration

Published in: 2016 | Research Themes: Snow

Dickerson-Lange, S., K. Eitel, L. Dorsey, T. Link, and J. Lundquist. 2016. Challenges and successes in engaging citizen scientists to observe snow cover: from public engagement to an educational collaboration. Journal of Science Communication 15.

Potential effects of sea-level rise on plant productivity: Species-specific responses in northeast Pacific tidal marshes

Published in: 2016 | Research Themes: Wetlands, Oceans and Coasts

Janousek, C., K. Buffington, K. Thorne, G. Guntenspergen, J. Takekawa, and B. Dugger. 2016. Potential effects of sea-level rise on plant productivity: species-specific responses in northeast Pacific tidal marshes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 548:111–125.