Call for Abstracts - AGU 2025 H034: Advancing the Use of Hydroclimatic Forecasts for Water Resources Decision-Making
Paul Block
Dear Colleagues,
We are convening a session at AGU 2025 on advancing the effective use of hydroclimatic forecasts in water resources decision-making: H034 - Advancing the Use of Hydroclimatic Forecasts for Water Resources Decision-Making. If you plan to attend AGU this year, please consider submitting an abstract to our session. Please see below for more information.
Session Description: Advances in hydroclimatic forecasting—from short-term to seasonal timescales—offer important opportunities for improving water resources management, climate adaptation, and resilience to extreme weather events. Yet, the uptake of these forecasts remains limited when they are not aligned with decision-making needs, institutional contexts, or when their benefits and risks are unclear. This session invites contributions that explore both technical advances and practical integration of hydroclimatic forecasts into decision-making, with a focus on:
- Improving forecast skill and lead time using emerging methods (e.g., machine learning, hybrid models)
- Quantifying and communicating uncertainty to enhance usability
- Co-producing forecast tools and information with stakeholders
- Bridging the gap between forecast products and institutional or operational decision-making
- Designing adaptive planning frameworks that incorporate forecasts across sectors
Invited Speakers:
- Rajagopalan Balaji, University of Colorado Boulder
- Christine Kirchhoff, Penn State
Hope to see you at AGU 2025.
Conveners:
Paul Block,
Ximing Cai,
Hamid Moradkhani,
Majid Shafiee-Jood, and
Dave Watkins
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Associate Professor