Civil & Environmental Engineering
 

Alan F. Hamlet

Research Assistant Professor

201 More Hall, Box 352700
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-2700
ph 206-616-9361
hamleaf@u.washington.edu

 

Alan F. Hamlet joined the CEE faculty as a Research Assistant Professor in Sept, 2007, with joint affiliation with the inter-disciplinary Center for Science in the Earth System (CSES) Climate Impacts Group.  His research over the last 10 years has focused on the impacts of climate variability and change on rivers and water resources systems in the western U.S., with a particular emphasis on the Columbia River basin in the Pacific Northwest.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 2006
MSE in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 1996
BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 1992
BA in Mathematics, University of Rochester, 1981

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Integrated hydrological and water resources modeling
Impacts of climate variability and climate change on hydrology and water resources
Water resources planning and management
Climate change planning and adaptation
Sustainable water resources development and management
Long-lead climate and streamflow forecasts and related water resources applications
Modeling of freshwater and estuarine ecosystems
Forest hydrology
Paleoclimatic precipitation and streamflow reconstruction
Climate impacts on hydropower and energy systems
Climate services and outreach programs

 

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles:
Andreadis, K.M., E.A. Clark, A.W. Wood, A.F. Hamlet, and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2005: 20th Century Drought in the Conterminous United States , J. Hydrometeor., 6(6): 985-1001.

Cohen, S.J., Miller, K., Hamlet, A., Avis, W., 2000: Climate Change and Resource Management in the Columbia River Basin, Water International, 25 (2): 253-272

Hamlet, A.F., Lettenmaier, D.P., 1999: Effects of Climate Change on Hydrology and Water Resources in the Columbia River Basin, J. of the American Water Resources Association, 35 (6): 1597-1623

Hamlet, A.F., Lettenmaier, D.P., 1999: Columbia River Streamflow Forecasting Based on ENSO and PDO Climate Signals, ASCE J. of Water Res. Planning and Mgmt., 125 (6): 333-341

Hamlet, A.F., Lettenmaier, D.P., 2000: Long-Range Climate Forecasting and its Use for Water Management in the Pacific Northwest Region of North America, J. Hydroinformatics, Volume 02.3: 163-182

Hamlet, A.F., Huppert, D., Lettenmaier, D.P., 2002: Economic Value of Long-Lead Streamflow Forecasts for Columbia River Hydropower, ASCE J. of Water Res. Planning and Mgmt, 128 (2): 91-101

Hamlet, A.F., Lettenmaier, D.P., 2005: Producing temporally consistent daily precipitation and temperature fields for the continental U.S., J. of Hydrometeorology, 6(3): 330-336

Hamlet, A.F., Mote, P.W, Clark, M.P., Lettenmaier, D.P., 2005: Effects of temperature and precipitation variability on snowpack trends in the western U.S., J. of Climate, 18 (21): 4545-4561

Hamlet A.F., Mote P.W, Clark M.P., Lettenmaier D.P., 2007: 20th Century Trends in Runoff, Evapotranspiration, and Soil Moisture in the Western U.S., J. Climate, 20 (8): 1468-1486

Hamlet A.F., Lettenmaier D.P., 2007: Effects of 20th Century Warming and Climate Variability on Flood Risk in the Western U.S., Water Resour. Res., 43, W06427, doi:10.1029/2006WR005099

Leung, L.R., Hamlet, A.F., Lettenmaier, D.P., Kumar, A., 1999: Simulations of the ENSO Hydroclimate Signals in the Pacific Northwest Columbia River Basin, BAMS, 80 (11): 2313-2329

Miles, E.L., Snover, A.K., Hamlet, A.F., Callahan, B., and Fluharty, D., 2000: Pacific Northwest regional assessment: The impacts of climate variability and climate change on the water resources of the Columbia River Basin. J. of the American Water Resources Association, 36 (2): 399-420

McGuire, M., Wood, A.W., Hamlet, A.F., Lettenmaier, D.P., 2006: Use of satellite data for streamflow and reservoir storage forecasts in the Snake River Basin, ID, ASCE J. Water Res. Planning and Mgt, 132, 97-110.

Mote, P.W., E.A. Parson, A.F. Hamlet, K.G. Ideker, W.S. Keeton, D. P.,Lettenmaier, N.J. Mantua, E.L. Miles, D.W. Peterson, D.L. Peterson, R., Slaughter, and A.K. Snover, 2003: Preparing for climatic change: the water, salmon, and forests of the Pacific Northwest, Climatic Change, 61: 45-88

Mote P.W., Hamlet A.F., Clark M.P., Lettenmaier D.P., 2005: Declining mountain snowpack in western North America, BAMS, 86 (1): 39-49

Mote, P.W., A.F. Hamlet, E.P. Salathe, 2007: Has spring snowpack declined in the Washington Cascades?, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 4, 2073-2110, SRef-ID: 1812-2116/hessd/2007-4-2073

Nijssen, B., O'Donnell G.M, Hamlet, A.F., Lettenmaier, D.P., 2001: Hydrologic Sensitivity of Global Rivers to Climate Change, Climatic Change, 50: 143-145

Payne, J.T., A.W. Wood, A.F. Hamlet, R.N. Palmer, and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2004: Mitigating the effects of climate change on the water resources of the Columbia River basin, Climatic Change, 62 (1-3): 233-256

Snover, A.K., Hamlet, A.F., Lettenmaier, D.P., 2003: Climate Change Scenarios for Water Planning Studies, BAMS, 84 (11): 1513-151

Voisin, N., A. F. Hamlet, L. P. Graham, D. W. Pierce, T. P. Barnett, and D. P. Lettenmaier, 2006: The role of climate forecasts in western U.S. power planning, Journal of Applied Meteorology 45(5), 653-673.

Books:
Gamble, J.L., John Furlow, Amy K. Snover, Alan F. Hamlet, Barbara J. Morehouse, Holly Hartmann, and Thomas Pagano, 2002: Assessing the Impact of Climate Variability and Change on Regional Water Resources: The Implications for Stakeholders, in Water: Science, Policy, and Management, R. Lawford et al., editors, AGU Press Monograph

Hamlet, A.F., P.W. Mote, A.K. Snover, and E.L. Miles, Chapter 4, Climate, Water Cycles, and Water Resources Management in the Pacific Northwest, Rhythms of Change: An Integrated Assessment of Climate Impacts on the Pacific Northwest, E.L. Miles and A.K. Snover, editors, (in review).

Hamlet, A.F., 2003: The Role of Transboundary Agreements in the Columbia River Basin: An Integrated Assessment in the Context of Historic Development, Climate, and Evolving Water Policy, Climate and Water:  Transboundary Challenges in the Americas, Eds. H. Diaz and B. Morehouse, Kluwer Press, Dordrecht/Boston/London

Lettenmaier, D.P, Hamlet, A.F., 2003: Chapter 7, Improving Water Resources System Performance Through Long-Range Climate Forecasts: the Pacific Northwest Experience, Water and Climate in the Western United States, William M. Lewis Jr., editor, University Press of Colorado, Boulder

FULL CURRICULUM VITAE (PDF)