Primary Convener:
Wei Zhang, Utah State University

Convener:
Cenlin He, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Park Williams, University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel Swain, University of California, Los Angeles

Early Career Convener:
Cody Ratterman, Utah State University

Chair:
Cenlin He, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Wei Zhang, Utah State University
Park Williams, University of California, Los Angeles
Cody Ratterman, Utah State University

The western United States is subject to adverse impacts of hydroclimate extremes such as droughts, wildfires, floods, heat waves and compounding extremes. Anthropogenic forcing can alter temperature, precipitation and humidity, which impact vapor pressure deficit, evapotranspiration, precipitation phases, snowpack etc., thereby shaping the risk of the above hydroclimatic processes and extremes. It is thus crucial to advance the fundamental knowledge of drivers of hydroclimatic processes and extremes under the present and future climates. This session focuses on recent advancements in understanding hydroclimate and related extremes/hazards in the western United States under the present and future climates in terms of physical processes, observations, numerical modeling, and impact analysis. Abstracts that examine droughts, floods, snowpack, wildfires, atmosphere-land interactions and the roles of temperature, precipitation and humidity in driving hydroclimatic processes and extremes are particularly welcome.

Index Terms
3354 Precipitation
1637 Regional climate change
1833 Hydroclimatology

Suggested Itineraries:
Disasters‚ Calamities and Extreme Events

Cross-Listed:
NH - Natural Hazards
A - Atmospheric Sciences
H - Hydrology

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering