Papers and Presentations

Journal Articles
Conference Proceedings
Reports and Theses
Presentations

Journal Articles

2000's

Wiley, M.W., Palmer, R.N., and  Salathe, E.P. (submitted 2006). "The Development of GCM Based Climate Scenarios for use in Water Resource System Impact Evaluations ." submitted to J. Water Resource Planning and Management

VanRheenen,N.T., Wood, A.W., Palmer, R.N. and  Lettenmaier, D.P. (2004). "Potential Implications of PCM Climate Change Scenarios for Sacramento - San Joaquin River Basin Hydrology and Water Resources." Climatic Change, 62(1-3), 257-281.

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

Christensen, N.S., Wood, A.W., Voisin, N., Lettenmaier, D.P. and Palmer, R.N. (2004). "Effects of Climate Change on the Hydrology and Water Resources of the Colorado River Basin." Climatic Change, 62(1-3), 337-363.

Jeong, S.M., Ryu, J.H., Lee, J.H., Palmer, R.N. (2003). "Development of Shared Vision Model for Optimal Water Distribution." Korean Society of Civil Engineers, 23(3B), 191-199.

VanRheenen, N.T., Palmer, R.N., and Hahn, M.A. (2003). "Evaluating Potential Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources Systems Operations: Case Studies of Portland, Oregon and Central Valley, California." Water Resources Update, 124, 35-50.

Hahn, M.A., Palmer, R.N., Merrill, M.S., and Lukas, A.B. (2002) "An Expert System for Prioritizing Inspection of Sewers." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 128(2), 121-129.

Harmsen, P. Palmer, R., and Turkiyyah, G. (2001). "Development and Application of an Expert System for Evaluation of Scour and Stream Stability." Civil and Environmental Systems, 18(3), 171-192.

Palmer, R.N., Groome-Reese, A., and Nelligan-Doran, S.E. (2001). "Tied by Water." Civil Engineering, 71(2), 50-53.

Wood A.W., Lettenmaier, D.P., and Palmer, R.N. (2000). "Reply to comment by Kirshen on 'Assessing climate change implications for water resources planning'." Climatic Change, 44, 539-541.

1990's

Lettenmaier, D.P., Wood, A.W, Palmer, R.N., Wood, E.F. and Stakhiv, E.Z. (1999). "Water resources implications of global warming: a U.S. regional perspective." Climatic Change, 43(3), 537-79.

Wood A.W.,  Lettenmaier, D.P., and  Palmer, R.N., (1997). "Assessing climate change implications for water resources planning." Climatic Change, 37, 203-228.

Lund, J.R., and Palmer, R.N (1997). "Water Resource System Modeling for Conflict Resolution." Water Resources Update, 3(108), 70-82.

Fisher, S. and Palmer, R.N. (1997). "Managing Water Supplies during Drought: Triggers for Operational Responses." Water Resources Update, 3(108), 14-31.

Kim, Y.O. and Palmer, R.N. (1997). "The value of seasonal flow forecasts in Bayesian stochastic programming." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 123(6), 327-335.

Wood, A.W., Palmer, R.N., and Petroff, C. (1997). "An assessment of a zero rise floodplain ordinance." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 123(4), 239-245.

Jahren, C.T., Rolle, S.S., Spurgeon, L.E., Palmer, R.N.,  Newman, R.R. and Howland, D. (1995). "Automatic assignment algorithms for loading double stack rail cars." Transportation Research Record, 151, 10-18.

Pacanovsky, D.L., Jahren, C.T., Palmer, R.N., Newman, R.R., and Howland, D. (1995). "Decision support system to load containers to double stack rail cars." Civil Engineering Systems, 12, 247-263.

Keyes, A. M., and Palmer, R. N. (1993). "Development of a decision support system for the prioritization of multimedia dischargers." Journal of Environmental Management, 601-612.

1980's

Mar, B.W. and Palmer, R.N. (1989). "Does civil engineering need systems engineering?" Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering, 115(1), 45-52.

Palmer, R.N. and Mar, B.W. (1989). "The automation of civil engineers:  Some observations." Journal of Management in Engineering, ASCE, 5(3), 286-300.

Mar, B.W. and Palmer, R.N. (1989). "Workstations for systems engineers." Systems Practice, 2(2), 239-245.

Palmer, R.N. and Mar, B.W. (1988). "Expert systems software for Civil Engineering applications." Journal of Civil Engineering Systems, 5(4), 170-180.

Palmer, R.N. and Mishalani, N. (1988). "Forecast uncertainty in reservoir operation." Water Resources Bulletin, 24(6), 1237-1245.

Johnston, D.M. and Palmer, R.N. (1988). "Application of fuzzy decision making:  An evaluation." Journal of Civil Engineering Systems, 5(2), 87-92.

Palmer, R.N. and Holmes, K.J. (1988). "Operational guidance during droughts:  An expert system approach." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, 114(6), 647-666.

Palmer, R.N. and Tull, R.M. (1987). "Expert system for drought management planning." Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 1(4), 284-297.

Palmer, R.N. (1987). "Editorial and introduction to journal of computing in civil engineering:  Special Issue On Expert Systems." Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 1(4), 1-2.

MacKenzie, M.C., Palmer, R.N., and Millard, S.P. (1987). "Analysis of statistical monitoring network designs." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, 113(5), 599-615.

Lund, J.R. and Palmer, R.N. (1986). "Subjective evaluation:  Linguistic scales in pairwise comparison methods." Civil Engineering Systems, 3(4), 181-186.

Palmer, R.N. and Cohan, J.L. (1986). "Complexity as a measure of model appropriateness." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, 112(4), 453-468.

Palmer, R.N. and Lund, J.R. (1986). "Drought and power production." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, 112(4), 469-484.

Mar, B.W., Horner, R.R., Richey, J.S., Palmer, R.N. and Lettenmaier, D.P. (1986). "Cost-effective methods for obtaining data on water quality." Environmental Science and Technology, 20(6), 545-551.

Palmer, R.N. and Lund, J.R. (1985). "Multiobjective analysis with subjective information." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, 111(4), 399-416.

Palmer, R.N. and MacKenzie, M.C. (1985). "Optimization of water quality monitoring networks." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, 111(4), 478-493.

Palmer, R.N. and Snyder, R.M. (1985). "Evaluation of instream flow requirements on water supply reliability." Water Resources Research, 21(4), 439-446.

Palmer, R.N. and Lettenmaier, D.P. (1983). "The use of screening models in determining water supply reliability." Civil Engineering Systems, 1(1), 15-22.

Palmer, R.N., Smith, J.A., Cohon, J.L., and ReVelle, C.S.  (1982). "Reservoir management in the Potomac River basin." Journal of  Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, 108(1), 47-66.

Palmer, R.N., James, I.C. and Hirsch, R.M. (1978). "Comparative assessment of water use and environmental implications of coal slurry pipelines." Hydrological Science Bulletin, 23(4), 455-469.

Conference Proceedings

2000's

Ryu, J.H., Palmer, R.N., Jeong, S.M., and Lee, J.H. (2003). "An optimization model to mitigate conflicts in the Geum River Basin, Korea." Proc. of the World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2003, ASCE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 23-25.

VanRheenen, N.T., Palmer, R.N., Hamlet, A.F., and Lettenmaier, D.P. (2003). "Climate change, fish, agriculture, and power: impacts and implications for future Snake River water resources management." Proc. of the World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2003, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 23-26.

Palmer, R.N, Kutzing, S.L, and Steinemann, A.C. (2002). "Developing drought triggers and drought responses: an application in Georgia." Proc. of the World Water & Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE, Roanoke, Virginia, May 19-22.

Palmer, R.N., Ryu, J.H., Jeong, S.M., and Kim, Y.O., 2002. An application of water conflict resolution in the Kum River basin, Korea, Proc. of the World Water & Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE, Roanoke, Virginia, May 19-22.

VanRheenen, N.T. and Palmer, R.N. (2002). "Preparing for an uncertain future: adaptive management strategies and alternative approaches to mitigate the impacts of climate change in California’s Central Valley." Proc. of the 2002 Environmental and Water Resources Institute Conference on Water Resources Planning and Management and Symposium on Managing the Extremes - Floods and Droughts, Roanoke, Virginia, May 19-22.

Palmer, R.N., VanRheenen, N.T., Lettenmaier, D.P., Payne, J.T., Hamlet, A.F., and Wood, A.W. (2001). "Projected climate change implications for Western U.S. water resources management." Proc. of the 2001 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 10-14.

VanRheenen, N.T., Palmer, R.N., Wood, A.W., and Lettenmaier, D.P. (2001). "Climate change impacts on water supply system management in Central California." Proc of the 2001 American Water Resources Association Annual Water Resources Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 12-15.

VanRheenen, N.T., Wood, A.W., Palmer, R.N., Payne, J.T., and Lettenmaier, D.P. (2001). "The effects of climate change on water management strategies and demands in the Central Valley of California." Proc. of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Orlando, Florida, May 20-24.

Marxen S, Palmer, R.N., Hahn, M.A., Werick, W. and , Rogers, C. (2000). "Designing a web-based GIS to manage and monitor environmental programs." Proc. of the ASCE’s 2000 Joint Conference on Water Resources Engineering and Water Resources Planning and Management, Minneapolis, MN, August.

Groome, A., Palmer R.N., and Nelligan-Doran, S. (2000). "Potential benefits of water supply regionalization: a case study of the Seattle and Everett water systems." Proc. of the ASCE’s 2000 Joint Conference on Water Resources Engineering and Water Resources Planning and Management, Minneapolis, MN, August.

Myers, A. and Palmer, R.N. (2000). "Modeling the impacts of the Endangered Species Act on water resources in the Puget Sound." Proc. of the ASCE’s 2000 Joint Conference on Water Resources Engineering and Water Resources Planning and Management, Minneapolis, MN, August.

Hahn, M.A., Palmer R.N., Merrill, M.,S. and Lukas, A.B. (2000). "Sewer inspection prioritization with a regional expert system." Proc. of the ASCE’s 2000 Joint Conference on Water Resources Engineering and Water Resources Planning and Management, Minneapolis, MN, August.

Palmer, R.N., Mohammadi, A., Hahn, M.A., Kessler, D., Dvorak, J., and Parkinson, D. (2000). "Computer assisted decision support system for high level infrastructure master planning: case of the City of Portland Supply and Transmission Model (STM)." Proc. of the ASCE’s 2000 Joint Conference on Water Resources Engineering and Water Resources Planning and Management, Minneapolis, MN, August.

1990's

Palmer, R.N., Werick, W.J., MacEwan, A., and Wood, A.W. (1999). "Modeling water resources opportunities, challenges, and trade-offs: the use of Shared Vision Modeling for negotiation and conflict Resolution." Proc. of the ASCE’s 26th Annual Conference on Water Resources Planning and Management, Tempe, AZ, June.

Hahn, M, Palmer, R.N. and Knot, G. (1999)  "Prioritizing sewer line inspection with an expert system." Proc. of the ASCE’s 26th Annual Conference on Water Resources Planning and Management, Tempe, AZ, June.

Werick, W.J., Palmer, R.N. and Wood, A.W. (1999) "Conducting a virtual flood for Devils Lake, North Dakota" Proc. of the 26th Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division of ASCE, Tempe, AZ, June.

Palmer R.N., Parkinson, D., Haddadin, S., Kessler, D.,  Stickel, L., and Dovorak, J. (1999) "Evaluating alternatives for capacity expansion: ensuring reliable water for the Portland, Oregon area." Proc. of the 26th Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division of ASCE, Tempe, AZ, June.

Palmer, R.N. (1998). "A history of shared vision modeling in the ACT-ACF comprehensive study: a modeler’s perspective." Proc. of Special Session of ASCE’s 25th Annual Conference on Water Resources Planning and Management and the 1998 Annual Conference on Environmental Engineering, W. Whipple, Jr., ed., Chicago, IL, 221-226, June.

Kim, Y-O and Palmer, R.N. (1997). "The value of hydrologic information in the hydropower systems operations." Proc. of the 24th Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division of ASCE, Houston, TX, 532-536, April.

Wood, A.W., Lettenmaier, D.P., and Palmer, R.N. (1996). "Risk-based decision making in water resources,"  Y.Y. Haimes, D.A. Moser, and E.Z. Stakhiv, eds, 19-38.

Keyes, A. M. and Palmer,  R.N. (1995). "An assessment of shared vision model effectiveness in water resources planning." Proc. of the 22nd Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 532-535, May.

Keyes, A. M. and Palmer, R.N. (1995) "Practicing for droughts, guidelines for virtual droughts exercises." Proc. of the 22nd Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1005-1009, May.

Fisher, S.M. and Palmer, R.N. (1995). "Managing water supplies during drought: the search for triggers." Proc. of the 22nd Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1001-1004, May.

Palmer, R.N., Kersnar, J.M. and Choi, D. (1995). "Estimating demand variability." Proc. of the 22nd Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 997-1000, May 1995.

Adams, L., Palmer, R.N. and Turkiyyah,G. (1995). "An expert system for evaluating scour potential and stream stability at bridges." Proc. of the 22nd Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 786-789, May.

Palmer, R.N., Keyes, A.M., Fisher, S.M., and Werick, W.J. (1993). "Advances in computer simulation for water resources planning." Nile 2002 Conference, Aswan, Egypt, KN-IV-1-20, February.

Keyes, A.M. and Palmer, R.N. (1993). "The role of object-oriented simulation models in the drought preparedness studies." Proc. of the 20th Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division,  ASCE, Seattle, Washington, 479-482, April.

Stedinger, J.R., Karamouz, M., McCrodden, B., McMahon, G., Palmer, R., and Valdes, J. (1993) "Using forecasts to improve reservoir operations." Proc. of the 20th Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, Seattle, Washington, 240-243, April.

Palmer, R.N., Keyes, A.M., and Fisher, S.M. (1993). "Empowering stakeholders through simulation in water resources planning." Proc. of the 20th Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, Seattle, Washington, 451-454, April.

Palmer, R.N. and Miller, G.R. (1992). "The use of computers as an aid to modular learning in Civil Engineering." Proc. of the 8th Annual National Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Dallas, Texas, 634-637, June.

Vives, L., Carrera, J., and Palmer, R.N. (1992). "An approach for incorporating inflows uncertainty in management models." Proc. of the 19th Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, Baltimore, Maryland, 84-89, August.

Keyes, A.M. and Palmer, R.N. (1992). "Use of interactive simulation environments for the development of negotiation tools." Proc. of the 19th Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, Baltimore, Maryland, 68-73, August.

Karpack, L.M. and Palmer, R.N. (1992). "Use of interactive simulation environments for evaluation of water supply reliability." Proc. of the 19th Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, Baltimore, Maryland, 144-149, August.

Keyes, A.M., Jabs, D.J., and Palmer, R.N. (1991). "Development of a prioritization tool for multimedia enforcement." Proc. of the 18th Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, New Orleans, LA, 630-634, May.

Palmer, R.N. and Holden, L.L. (1991). "MORE-A multi-objective ranking environment for risk assessment." Proc. of the 18th Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, New Orleans, LA, 489-493, May.

Nishida, S., Palmer, R.N., Slaughterbeck, C., and Walker, S. (1990) . "An expert system for control curve evaluation during drought." Proc. of the 17th Annual National Conference, Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, Ft Worth, Texas, 294-297, April.

Palmer, R.N. (1989). "A natural language interface for a drought management expert system." Proc. of the Baltimore Symposium: Changing the Gap Between Theory and Practice, IAHS Publ. no. 180, May.

Reports and Theses

2000's

Korb, E. (2005). "Snohomish Utility Salmon Habitat Improvement Plan(SUSHI)," Master's thesis, University of Washington.

Ball, J.A. (2004). "Impacts of Climate Change on the Proposed Lake Tapps-White River Water Supply," Master's thesis, University of Washington.

Wiley, M.W. (2004). "Analysis Techniques to Incorporate Climate Change Information into Seattle’s Long Range Water Supply Planning," Master's thesis, University of Washington.

Palmer, R.N., Clancy, E., VanRheenen, N.T., and Wiley, M.W. (2004). "The Impacts of Climate Change on The Tualatin River Basin Water Supply." Prepared for Clean Water Services, April.

Kame'enui, A.K. (2003). "Water forecasting in the Puget Sound region: short and long-term models," Master's thesis, University of Washington.

Palmer, R.N. and Hahn, M.H. (2002). "The Impacts of Climate Change on Portland's Water Supply: An Investigation of Potential Hydrologic and Management Impacts on the Bull Run System." Prepared for the Portland Water Bureau, January. (Appendices)

Vigerstol, K. (2002). "Drought Management in Mexico's Rio Bravo Basin," Master's thesis, University of Washington.

1990's

Palmer, R.N., Turkiyyah, G., and Harmsen, P. (1999). CAESAR: An Expert System for Evaluation of Scour and Stream Stability. National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 426. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

Presentations

2000's

Palmer, Richard, Matthew W, Wiley, Modeling the Impacts of Climate Change and Restoration on Chinook Salmon in the Snohomish Basin, Climate Impacts Group Seminar, January 26, 2006.

Korb, Liz, Matthew W, Wiley, Richard N. Palmer, James Battin, Krista Bartz, Hiroo Imaki, Mary Ruckelshaus, Modeling the Impacts of Climate Change and Restoration on Chinook Salmon in the Snohomish Basin, Snohomish Basin Salmonid Recovery Techical Committee, Department of Fish and Wildlife, December 6, 2005.

Palmer, Richard N.  Collaborative, Interactive Water Planning: The Application of Shared Vision Planned to Drought Preparedness. Workshop in International Drought Management, Science Technology Buildnig, Seoul, South Korea.  November 28, 2005.

Palmer, Richard N., Matthew Wiley, Impacts of Climate Change on Water Supply in the Pacific Northwest: Is it an Issue? Denman Lecture Series, University of Seoul, South Korea, November 17, 2005.

Wiley, Matthew W., Richard N. Palmer. Climate Change Impacts on Snowpack and Water Supply in Washington State.  Presented at the King County Department of Natural Resources, Water and Land Resource Division's Science Seminar series, November 29, 2005