Nathan VanRheenen
Master's Student, Graduated 2001
PhD Candidate
email: ntvanr@u.washington.edu
Interests
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Assessment and mitigation of basin-level predicted climate
change impacts in water resources systems – impact areas of
focus: environmental, agricultural, municipal, and societal |
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Optimizing water resources allocation and agricultural
production under uncertain climatic futures |
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Uncertainty assessment in water resources management using
long-range climate change forecasts |
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Uncertainty assessment in long-range climate change forecasts |
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Social impacts of climate change |
Research
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Snake River
: Balancing Agricultural, Environmental and Hydropower Water
Resources Demands in an Uncertain Future: Development of a
Suite of Models to Plan for and Mitigate Climate Change
Impacts in the Snake River Basin |
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Accelerated
Climate Prediction Initiative (ACPI) : Potential
Implications of PCM Climate Change Scenarios for Sacramento -
San Joaquin River Basin Hydrology and Water Resources |
Other
Recent Work
Brief CV
Education
PhD Candidate, Environmental
Eng., Present – Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
MS, Environmental Engineering,
2001 – Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
BS, Biology, Departmental Honors,
1994 – Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
BA, Religion, with Honors, 1994 –
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
Professional Experience
2000-Present, Graduate Research
Assistant – Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
2000-Present, Private Engineering
Consultant
1994-1999, Business Operations
Manager – Kamiya Biomedical Company, Seattle, WA
Publications and Abstracts
Van Rheenen, 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.
VanRheenen, N.T., Palmer, R.N.,
and Hahn, M.A. (2003). "Evaluating potential climate change impacts on water
resource system operations: case studies of Portland, Oregon and Central Valley,
California," Water Resources Update, 124, 35-50.
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., World Water &
Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
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., 2002 Environmental and Water Resources
Institute Conference on Water Resources Planning and Management and Symposium on
Managing the Extremes - Floods and Droughts, ASCE, Roanoke, Virginia.
VanRheenen, N.T., Palmer, R.N.,
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.,
2001 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, California.
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., 2001 American Water
Resources Association Annual Water Resources Conference, AWRA, Albuquerque, New
Mexico.
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., World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE, Orlando,
Florida.
Presentations
VanRheenen, N.T. and Palmer, R.N. (2004).
"Impacts and implications of climate change on Snake River water
resources management." Presented at 2004 Center for Water and
Watershed Studies Annual Review: The Science of Watersheds, CWWS,
University of Washington.
VanRheenen, N.T. (2003). "Modeling the Snake
River Basin: climate change streamflow scenarios and system
response," Presented at Idaho Climate and Water Resource
Forecasts for the 2004 Water Year, Climate Impacts Group, Boise,
Idaho.
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," Presented at
the World Water & Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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," Presented at
2002 Environmental and Water Resources Institute Conference on
Water Resources Planning and Management and Symposium on
Managing the Extremes - Floods and Droughts, ASCE, Roanoke, Virginia.
VanRheenen, N.T., Palmer,
R.N., 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," Presented at 2001 American Geophysical
Union Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, California.
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," Presented at the 2001
American Water Resources Association Annual Water Resources
Conference, AWRA, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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,"
Presented at the World Water and Environmental Resources
Congress, ASCE, Orlando, Florida.
Professional Associations
American Society of Civil
Engineering
American Water Resources
Association
Environmental and Water Resources
Institute
Professional Activities
Member, Control Board, Emerging
and Innovative Technologies Council, Environmental and Water Resources
Institute.
Member, Environmental and Water
Resources Systems Committee, Environmental and Water Resources Institute.
Chair, 2002-2004, Task Committee
for the Development of Emerging Web-Based Technologies to Facilitate
Communication among EWRI Councils, Committees, and Members, Environmental and
Water Resources Institute.
Co-Chair, 2002-2004, Standing
Committee to Support Emerging and Innovative Technologies Council Technology
Development, Environmental and Water Resources Institute.
Updated
05/12/2005
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