American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting

  • S. Shukla, Gregory J Husak, Daniel McEvoy, Kristi R Arsenault, Will Turner, Laura Harrison, Frank Davenport, Martin Francis Landsfeld, Amy McNally, Christopher Funk and Christa D Peters-Lidard, 2018: Early warning of food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Exploring predictors beyond traditionally used seasonal rainfall forecasts.
  • S. Shukla, Gregory J Husak, Denis Macharia, Michael Ngugi Kimani, Martin Francis Landsfeld, Emily Caitlin Adams and Christopher Funk: 2018: Enabling access and usage of earth observations in environmental decision making in Eastern and Southern Africa through web-services, training and development of novel datasets.
  • Catherine Pomposi, S. Shukla and Chris C Funk, 2018: Seasonal variability of early and late onset monsoon seasons in the Sahel.
  • Kristi R Arsenault, S. Shukla, Abheera Hazra, Augusto Getirana, Sujay Kumar, Christa D Peters-Lidard, Randal D Koster, Amy McNally, Ben M Zaitchik, Hamada S Badr and Hahn Chul Jung, 2018: Seasonal Scale Drought Forecasting in Africa and the Middle East.
  • Laura Harrison, Amy McNally, S. Shukla, Narcisa GABRIELA Pricope, Chris C Funk, Gideon Galu and Gregory J Husak, 2018: Recent Water Availability Trends and Mid-21st Century Projections in East Africa.
  • Martin Francis Landsfeld, Christopher Funk, Laura Harrison, William A Turner, Gregory J Husak and S. Shukla, 2018: The CHIRPS-GEFS Precipitation Dataset for Improved Food Security Forecasts and Analysis in Africa.
  • Mike Hobbins, Laura Harrison, Sari Lucille Blakeley, Candida Dewes, Gregory J Husak, S. Shukla, H. Jayanthi, Amy McNally, Daniel Sarmiento and James Verdin, 2018: Drought in Africa: Understanding and Exploiting the Demand Perspective Using a New Evaporative Demand Reanalysis.
  • Gregory J Husak, S. Shukla, Chris C Funk, and Mike Hobbins: 2018: Investigating the Inputs to SPEI and Their Importance in Identifying Agroclimatic Hazards.
  • Christa D Peters-Lidard, Sujay Kumar, David M Mocko, Amy McNally, Kristi R Arsenault, S. Shukla, Abheera Hazra, Augusto Getirana, Randal D Koster, Hahn Chul Jung, Ben M Zaitchik and Hamada S Badr, 2018: The role of land surface feedbacks in drought monitoring and forecasting.
  • Chris C Funk, Scott Power, Samantha Stevenson, David W Lea, Andrew Hoell, Balaji Rajagopalan, S. Shukla: , 2018: Consistent with recent observations, a climate change meta-ensemble robustly projects 2020-2039 climate hazards associated with El Nino and La-Nina related sea surface temperature extremes.
  • Annalise G Blum, Ben M Zaitchik, Shu WU, Ying Zhang, Sarah Alexander, S. Shukla, Paul J Block and Temesgen A. Yimanie, 2018: Forecast for Blue Nile river flow in 2018: evaluation and regional responses.
  • Frank Davenport IV, Laura Harrison, S. Shukla, Gregory J Husak, Chris C Funk and Amy McNally, 2018: What is the Best Earth Observation Product for Predicting Regional Grain Yields in Food Insecure Countries?.
  • Paul J Block, Shu WU, Ben M Zaitchik, S. Shukla, Annalise G Blum, Sarah Alexander, Ying Zhang, 2018: Uncovering a regime shift in Ethiopian highland summertime precipitation with implications for seasonal prediction. 
  • Abheera Hazra, Kristi R Arsenault, S. Shukla, Sujay Kumar, Christa D Peters-Lidard, Randal D Koster, Amy McNally: 2018.  Evaluating NASA’s GEOS-5 S2S Versions for Drought Forecasting in Africa. 
  • Hamada S Badr, Benjamin F Zaitchik, Kristi R Arsenault, S. Shukla and Christa D Peters-Lidard, 2018: To What Extent Does High-Resolution Dynamical Downscaling Improve Seasonal Forecasts over the Ethiopian Highlands?
  • S. Shukla, Gregory J Husak, Denis Macharia, Pete Peterson, Martin Francis Landsfeld, Christopher Funk and Africa Flores, 2017: Enhancing access and usage of earth observations to support environmental decision making in Eastern and Southern Africa
  • S. Shukla, Daniel McEvoy, Mike Hobbins, Gregory J Husak, Justin L Huntington, Christopher Funk, James Verdin and Denis Macharia, 2017: Examining the value of global seasonal reference evapotranspiration forecasts to support FEWS NET's food insecurity outlooks
  • Huilin Gao, Shuai Zhang, Bart Nijssen, Tian Zhou, Nathalie Voisin, Justin Sheffield, Kyungtae Lee, S. Shukla and Dennis P Lettenmaier, 2017: Characterizing the utility of the TMPA real-time product for hydrologic predictions over global river basins across scales
  • Aneesh C Subramanian, David Lavers, Mio Matsueda, S. Shukla, Daniel R Cayan and Marty Ralph, 2017: Evaluating sub-seasonal skill in probabilistic forecasts of Atmospheric Rivers and associated extreme events
  • Gregory J Husak, William Turner, Amy McNally, S. Shukla and Chris C Funk, 2017: Comparison of Agricultural Drought Indicators over West Africa
  • Laura Harrison, Sari Lucille Blakeley, Mike Hobbins, Candida Dewes, Chris C Funk, S. Shukla and Gregory J Husak, 2017: Drivers of atmospheric evaporative demand during African droughts
  • Catherine Pomposi, Chris C Funk, S. Shukla, and Tamuka Magadzire, 2017: Distinguishing Southern Africa precipitation response by strength of El Niño events
  • Kristi R Arsenault, S. Shukla, Augusto Getirana, Christa D Peters-Lidard, Sujay Kumar, Amy McNally, Benjamin F Zaitchik, Hamada S Badr, Chris C Funk, Randal D Koster, Bala Narapusetty, Hahn Chul Jung and Jeanne M Roningen, 2017: Using Satellite Data and Land Surface Models to Monitor and Forecast Drought Conditions in Africa and Middle East
  • Amy McNally, Laura Harrison, S. Shukla, Narcisa GABRIELA Pricope and Christa D Peters-Lidard, 2017: Hydrologic modeling for monitoring water availability in Eastern and Southern Africa.
  • Christa D Peters-Lidard, Kristi R Arsenault, S. Shukla, Augusto Getirana, Amy McNally, Randal D Koster, Benjamin F Zaitchik, Hamada S Badr, Jeanne M Roningen, Sujay Kumar and Chris C Funk, 2017: Seasonal scale water deficit forecasting in Africa and the Middle East using NASA’s Land Information System (LIS)
  • Chris C Funk, James Verdin, Wassila Mamadu Thiaw, Andrew Hoell, Driba Korecha, Amy McNally, S. Shukla, Kristi R Arsenault, Tamuka Magadzire, Nicholas Novella, Christa D Peters-Lidard, Miliaritiana Robjohn, Catherine Pomposi, Gideon Galu, James Rowland, Michael E Budde, Martin Francis Landsfeld, Laura Harrison, Frank Davenport, Gregory J Husak and Endalkachew Endalkachew, 2017: Enhancing Famine Early Warning Systems with Improved Forecasts, Satellite Observations and Hydrologic Simulations.
  • Frank Davenport IV, Laura Harrison, S. Shukla, Gregory J Husak and Chris C Funk, 2017: What is the Best Model Specification and Earth Observation Product for Predicting Regional Grain Yields in Food Insecure Countries?
  • Shukla, S., Mike Hobbins, Daniel McEvoy, Gregory J Husak, Candida Dewes, Amy McNally, Justin L Huntington, Chris C Funk, James P Verdin, 2016: Monitoring and Forecasting Reference Evapotranspiration for Food Security Assessments
  • Md Shahriar Pervez, Amy McNally, S. Shukla, 2016: Evaluation of Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) Land Data Assimilation System (FLDAS) and application in East Africa.
  • Amir AghaKouchak, Shahrbanou Madadgar, S. Shukla, Linyin Cheng, Kuo-lin Hsu, 2016: Seasonal drought prediction in California by combining statistical and dynamical models (Invited)
  • Amy McNally, Hahn Chul Jung, Md Shahriar Pervez, S. Shukla, Narcisa GABRIELA Pricope, Laura Harrison, Christa D Peters-Lidard, 2016: Hydrologic Modeling for Monitoring Water Availability in Africa.
  • Chris C Funk, James P Verdin, Gideon Galu, Denis Macharia, S. Shukla, Laura Harrison, Amy McNally, Christa D Peters-Lidard, Franklin R Robertson, Jason B Roberts, Diego H Pedreros, Gregory J Husak, Pete Peterson, Seth Peterson, Greg Ederer, Martin Francis Landsfeld, 2016: Advancing Integrated African Early Warning Science and Climate Services (Invited)
  • Mike Hobbins, S. Shukla, Amy McNally, Daniel McEvoy, Justin L Huntington, Gregory J Husak, Chris C Funk, Gabriel B Senay, James P Verdin, Timen Jansma, Candida Dewes, 2016: What role does evaporative demand play in driving drought in Africa?
  • Gregory J Husak, Frank Davenport, S. Shukla, Amy McNally, William Turner, 2016: Identifying Food Insecurity in Africa Using Remote Sensing Datasets.
  • Shukla,  S., Chris C Funk, Benjamin F Zaitchik, Bala Narapusetty, Kristi R Arsenault, Christa D Peters-Lidard, 2015: Seasonal Scale Water Deficit Forecasting in East Africa and the Middle East Region Using the NMME Models Forecasts
  • Shukla, S., Gregory J Husak, Chris C Funk, James P Verdin 2015: Incorporating Medium-Range Weather Forecasts in Seasonal Crop Scenarios over the Greater Horn of Africa to Support National/Regional/Local Decision Makers.
  • Kristi R Arsenault, S. Shukla, Mike Hobbins, Christa D Peters-Lidard, James P Verdin, 2015: Evaluation and inter-comparison of modern day reanalysis datasets over Africa and the Middle East.
  • Pete Peterson, Chris C Funk, Martin F Landsfeld, Diego H Pedreros, S. Shukla, Gregory J Husak, Laura Harrison, James P Verdin 2015: The Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Stations (CHIRPS) v2.0 Dataset: 35 year Quasi-Global Precipitation Estimates for Drought Monitoring.
  • James Verdin, Christa Peters-Lidard, Amy McNally, Kristi Arsenault, Shugong Wang, Sujay Kumar, S. Shukla, Chris Funk, Greg Fall, Logan Karsten, 2015: Land Surface Modeling Applications for Famine Early Warning (Invited).
  • Saleh Satti, Benjamin F Zaitchik, Sauleh Siddiqui, Hamada S Badr, S. Shukla, Christa D Peters-Lidard, 2015: Value versus Accuracy: application of seasonal forecasts to a hydro-economic optimization model for the Sudanese Blue Nile.
  • Chris C Funk, Andrew Hoell, S. Shukla, Colin P Kelley, Laura Harrison, 2015: Recent potentially predictable droughts associated with the west Pacific warming mode and ENSO (Invited).
  • Colin P Kelley, Chris C Funk, Amy McNally, S. Shukla, 2015: Climate Change And Hydrologic Instability In Yemen (Invited).
  • Laura Harrison, Chris C Funk, James P Verdin, Diego H Pedreros, S. Shukla, Gregory J Husak, 2015: Contrasting rainfall declines in northern and southern Tanzania: Potential differential impacts of west Pacific warming and east Pacific cooling.
  • Shukla, S., J.B. Roberts, C. Funk, F.R. Robertson, A. Hoell 2014: Seasonal Drought Prediction in East Africa: Can National Multi-Model Ensemble Forecasts Help? AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec-2014.
  • Shukla S., C Funk, J.P. Verdin and C.D. Peters--Lidard 2013: Food and water security scenarios for East Africa over next 20 years. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francsico, CA, Dec-2013. 
  • Shukla S., C Funk, M. D. Dettinger, and F. R. Robertson, 2012: Evaluation of CMIP5 models in the context of food security assessments in Sahel and Eastern Africa. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francsico, CA, Dec-2012. 
  • Shukla, S., J. Sheffield, E. Wood and D. P. Lettenmaier, 2011. Relative contributions of initial hydrologic state and climate forecast skill to seasonal hydrologic prediction globally. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec-2011. 
  • Shukla, S. and D. P. Lettenmaier, 2010. Relative contributions of initial hydrologic state and climate forecast skill to seasonal drought prediction. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec-2010. 
  • Shukla, S., A. C. Steinemann, and D. P. Lettenmaier, 2009. A drought prediction and monitoring system to reduce drought vulnerability and improve water management in Washington State. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec-2009. 
  • Shukla, S. and A. W. Wood, 2007. Application of LDAS-era land surface models for drought characterization and prediction in Washington State. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec-2007. 
  • Wood, A., S. Shukla, J. Vano and A. Steinemann, 2007. Connecting climate, hydrologic and drought predictions to water resources management in Washington State. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec-2007. 
  • Wood, A., A. Steinemann, D. Alexander and S. Shukla, 2006. Applications of Medium Range To Seasonal/Interannual Climate Forecasts For Water Resources Management In the Yakima River Basin of Washington State. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec-2006. 

American Meterological Society Annual Meeting

  • S. Shukla: "Are Dynamical Sub-Seasonal Scale Forecasts Useful for Predicting Extreme Precipitation and Heat Wave Events in California and Nevada?", 2018: NOAA's 43rd Climate Diagnostics & Prediction Workshop, Santa Barbara, California, 23-25 October, 2018.
  • Shukla S., A. M. Sheffield, D. Cayan, J. Kalansky, and K. Redmond, 2017: Seasonal to Sub-Seasonal Skill in NMME Forecasts of Extreme Precipitation and Heat Waves in California and Nevada. 97th AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Jan. 2017
  • Amy McNally, H. C. Jung, S. Pervez, S. Shukla, N. Pricope, L. S. Harrison, and C. D. Peters-Lidard, 2017: Monitoring Water Availability in Africa with Land Surface Models and Remote Sensing.97th AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Jan. 2017
  • Shukla, S., and D. Cayan and F. M. Ralph, 2016: Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Scale Skill Assessment of NMME Models in Forecasting Precipitation in California. 96th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 2016. 
  • Shukla, S., C. C. Funk, B. F. Zaitchik, B. Narapusetty, K. R. Arsenault, and C. Peters-Lidard, 2016: Seasonal Scale Water Deficit Forecasting in East Africa and the Middle East Region Using the NMME Models Forecasts. 96th AMS Annual Meeting, Lew Orleans, LA, Jan. 2016. 
  • Shukla, S., J. B. Roberts, C. C. Funk, F. R. Robertson, and A. Hoell, 2015: Seasonal Drought Prediction in East Africa: Can National Multi-model Ensemble Forecasts Help?, 95th AMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 2015. 
  • Shukla, S., C. Funk and F. Robertson. 2014: Experimental seasonal hydrological forecast system for East Africa. 94th AMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Jan. 2014. 
  • Shukla, S. and D. P. Lettenmaier. 2011. Evaluating the role of weather forecast skill in seasonal drought prediction. 91st AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Jan. 2011. 
  • Shukla, S., A. Steinemann and D. P. Lettenmaier. 2011. Drought characterization: Indicators and Decision-Making. 91st AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Jan 2011. 
  • Munoz-Arriola, F., S. Shukla, L. Luo, A. Munoz-Orozco, and D.P. Lettenmaier. 2009. Drought predictability in Mexico. 89th AMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 2009. 
  • Wood, A., N. Voision, and S. Shukla. 2008. Medium-range ensemble hydrologic forecasting for western Washington State. 88th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 2008.

European Geophysical Union Meeting

  • Shukla, S; Arsenault, Kristi R.; Getirana, Augusto; Kumar, Sujay V.; Roningen, Jeanne; Zaitchik, Ben; McNally, Amy; Koster, Randal D.; Peters-Lidard, Christa: Seasonal scale water deficit forecasting in Africa and the Middle East using NASA's Land Information System (LIS). EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2017.
  • Shukla, S; Funk, Chris; Peterson, Pete; McNally, Amy; Dinku, Tufa; Barbosa, Humberto; Paredes-Trejo, Franklin; Pedreros, Diego; Husak, Greg: The Climate Hazards group InfraRed Precipitation with Stations (CHIRPS) dataset and its applications in drought risk management. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2017.
  • Shukla, S., A. Mcnally, G. Husak and C. Funk: Seasonal drought forecast system for food-insecure regions of East Africa, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, April 27-May 2, 2014.

Miscellaneous Conferences and Meetings

  • Shukla S.: North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME) based outlook and sub-seasonal forecast products, 2017: CA DWR and NIDIS’s Winter Outlook Workshop, February, 2017.
  • Shukla S.: Drought & Climate Outlook. NIDIS’s California-Nevada Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar - May 30, 2017.
  • Shukla, S., A. Mcnally, B. Narapusetty, G. Husak, C. Funk, C. P. Lidard and J. Verdin: Seasonal drought forecast system for food-insecure regions of East Africa, 7th Intl. Conf. on Global Water and Energy Cycle, The Hauge, July 14-17th, 2014.
  • Pricope, N., S. Shukla and C. Lidard 2014. Exploring changes in surface runoff in relation to precipitation and population density changes in the Lake Victoria Basin of Eastern Africa. Tampa Folrida, April 2014.
  • Shukla, S., N. Voision, and D. P. Lettenmaier. 2011. Worth of medium range weather forecast skill in Seasonal hydrologic and drought prediction. 36th Annual CDPW, Fort Worth, TX, Oct. 2011. 
  • Shukla, S., and D. P Lettenmaier, 2011. Drought characterization using the University of Washington Surface Water Monitor. WCRP Open Science Conference. Denver, CO, Oct. 2011. 
  • Shukla, S., K. C. Mo and D. P Lettenmaier, 2011. Uncertainties in the North American Land Data Assimilation Systems. WCRP Open Science Conference. Denver, CO, Oct. 2011.
  • Shukla, S., A. Steinemann and D. P. Lettenmaier. 2010. Evaluation of a NOAA climate forecasts based drought prediction system for Washington State. Hydrology in the 21st Century: Links to the past and a vision for the future, Seattle, WA, March 2010. 
  • Munoz-Arriola, F., S. Shukla, A. Hamlet, and D.P. Lettenmaier. 2009. Idaho climate and water forecast for 2010. CIG Annual Fall Forecast Meeting, Boise, ID, Oct. 2009. 
  • Munoz-Arriola, F., S. Shukla, and D.P. Lettenmaier. 2009. Global climate and hydrological predictability. Foro de Expectativas del Sector Agroalimentario y Pesquero, Mexico City, Mexico, March 2009. 
  • Shukla, S., F. Munoz-Arriola, T. Bohn, A. C. Steinemann, and D.P. Lettenmaier. Assessment of ESP-based drought prediction skill. 33rd Annual CDPW, Lincoln, NE, Oct. 2008.
  • Shukla, S. and A. W. Wood. 2008. Application of a land Surface model for drought monitoring and prediction in Washington State. The Water Center Annual Review of Research, Seattle, WA, Feb. 2008.
  • Shukla, S., D. Alexander, A. Steinemann, and A.W. Wood. 2007. Applications of medium range to seasonal/interannual climate forecasts for water resources management in the Yakima river basin of Washington State. NOAA- Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CPASW), Seattle, WA, March 2007.