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Member Since 1979
Mike D. Dettinger
Visiting Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Member, College of Fellows New Frontiers Committee
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Professional Experience
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Visiting Researcher
2020 - Present
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Research Associate
1997 - 2020
USGS Reston
Senior Scientist/Hydrologist
1981 - 2019
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Education
University of California Los Angeles
Doctorate
1997
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Masters
1979
University of California San Diego
Bachelors
1977
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Influence of Past and Present Spring Precipitation on Western US Drought: A Story of the 1991 California “Miracle March”
DECISION-RELEVANT UNDERSTANDING OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE EXTREMES AND THEIR IMPACTS II POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 13 december 2024
Extremes during West Coast Winter 2023 Showcased Hydrologic Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers
HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS OF ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS: UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING A VARIABLE HYDROCLIMATE POSTER
hydrology | 13 december 2023
Trends of Increasing Evaporative Demand Across the Continental US Over the Past 40 Years
ADVANCES IN EVAPORATION INTO THE ATMOSPHERE: FROM BRUTSAERT’S SEMINAL BOOK TO FUTURE PROJECTIONS II POSTER
hydrology | 13 december 2023
Evaluating and synthesizing experimental seasonal and subseasonal forecasts of landfalling atmospheric rivers and extreme precipitation over California during Winter 2022 - 2023
DECISION-RELEVANT UNDERSTANDING OF DRY AND WET PRECIPITATION EXTREMES AND THEIR IMPACTS POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 13 december 2023
An Instrumental and Paleoclimate Perspective on Spring Precipitation and Miracle March in California
HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS OF ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS: UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING A VARIABLE HYDROCLIMATE POSTER
hydrology | 13 december 2023
Linking Drought Indicators to Multi-Sectoral Impacts in Complex Water Systems
HYDROMETEOROLOGIC EXTREMES: PREDICTION, SIMULATION, AND CHANGE VI POSTER
hydrology | 15 december 2022
Controls on Large Rain-On-Snow Events across the Sierra Nevada Mountains
FORECAST-INFORMED RESERVOIR OPERATIONS: SCIENCE AND DECISION-SUPPORT NEEDS II ELIGHTNING
hydrology | 16 december 2021
Climate Change and Water Resources—A History of Scientific Methods and Findings
TYNDALL HISTORY OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE LECTURE I
global environmental change | 16 december 2021
Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2026
Member
College of Fellows New Frontiers Committee
2022 - 2023
Member
Horton Medal Committee
2022 - 2022
Member
Global Environmental Change Nominations Canvassing Committee
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Honors & Awards
John Tyndall History of Global Environmental Change Lecture
Received December 2021
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Union Fellow
Received December 2014
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For insightful, societally relevant research in understanding how climate and weather affect the variability of hydrologic systems.
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