Brewington, L., Keener, V.W., Hull, K., Pap, R., & Williams, M. (2024). Peer-to-peer exchanges on island resilience planning for transformative adaptation to climate hazards. Ocean & Coastal Management, 259: 107453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107453
Brewington, L., Bryson, C., Frazier, A., Keener, V.W., Marra, J.J., Matsutaro, E.X., Mochimaru, K., & Moehlenkamp, P. (2024). A climate services dialog to build sector-based Climate Early Warning Systems in the Republic of Palau. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 105(8): E1610–E1618. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0157.1
Brewington, L., Greenwood, L., & Rodgers, L. (2024). Recommendations for incorporating invasive species into U.S. climate change adaptation planning and policy. Conservation Science and Practice, e13210: 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13210
Evans, A., Brewington, L., Brown-Lima, C., Fusco, E., Gregg, R., Lieurance, D., Parsons, E., Nagy, C., Thurman, L., & Morelli, T.L. (In review). Understanding the challenges and priorities for climate-informed invasive species management across multiple scales. Conservation Science and Practice.
Hoffmann, B.D., Brewington, L., Andreozzi, P., Boudjelas, S., Day, M.D., Ero, M., Jackson, T., Martin, C., Montgomery, M. (2024) Three new strategies for improving biosecurity and invasive species management to build resilience in Pacific Islands. NeoBiota 92: 193-210. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.92.122103
2023
Brewington, L., Eichelberger, B., Reed, N., Parsons, E., Kerkering, H., Martin, C., Miles, W., Idechong, J., & Burgett, J. (2023). Pacific Island perspectives on invasive species and climate change. In S.J. Walsh, C.F. Mena, J.R. Stewart, J.P. Muñoz Pérez (Eds): Island Ecosystems. Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands. Cham: Springer, pp. 59–78. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28089-4_5
Frazier, A.G., M.-V.V. Johnson, L. Berio Fortini, C.P. Giardina, Z.N. Grecni, H.H. Kane, V.W. Keener, R. King, R.A. MacKenzie, M. Nobrega-Olivera, K.L.L. Oleson, C.K. Shuler, A.K. Singeo, C.D. Storlazzi, R.J. Wallsgrove, and P.A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, 2023: Ch. 30. Hawai‘i and US-Affiliated Pacific Islands. In: Fifth National Climate Assessment. Crimmins, A.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, B.C. Stewart, and T.K. Maycock, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA. https://doi.org/10.7930/NCA5.2023.CH30
Grecni, Z., Bryson, C., & Chugen, E. (2023). Climate Change in the Federated States of Micronesia: Indicators and Considerations for Key Sectors. Report for the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 76 pp. https://eastwestcenter.org/PIRCA-FSM
[Romine, B., Keener, V., Alegado, R., Islam, M., Otsuka, K.] City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission, (Adopted: March 31, 2023). Climate Change Brief 2023
Widlansky, M. J., Long, X., Balmaseda, M.A., Spillman, C.M., Smith, G., Zuo, H., Yin, Y., Alves, O., & Kumar, A. (2023) Quantifying the benefits of altimetry assimilation in seasonal forecasts of the upper ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceanography, 128, e2022JC019342. https://doi.org/1029/2022JC019342.
[Andreozzi, P., Quitugua, R., Ero, M., & Brewington, L.] Pacific Ecological Security Conference. (2022). Strategic Action Plan for Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle. Pacific Ecological Security Conference (PESC), Koror, Palau: Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7683206
Coffman, M. & Schjervheim, M. (2022). Climate change adaptation across the Pacific: A landscape assessment for curriculum development. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Institute for Sustainability and Resilience, Honolulu, HI.
Dhage, L. & Widlansky, M.J. (2022). Assessment of 21st century changing sea surface temperature, rainfall, and sea surface height patterns in the tropical Pacific Islands using CMIP6 greenhouse warming projections. Earth’s Future 10: e2021EF002524. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002524
Dusek, G., Sweet, W. V., Widlansky, M. J., Thompson, P. R., & Marra, J. J. (2022) A novel statistical approach to predict seasonal high tide flooding. Front. Mar. Sci. 9, 1073792. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1073792
Fandrich, K. M., Elison Timm,O., Zhang, C., & Giambelluca, T. (2022) : Dynamical downscaling of near-term (2026-2035) climate variability and change for the main Hawaiian Islands. JGR Atmospheres. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035684
Fezzi, C. Ford, D.J. & Oleson, K.L.L. (2022). The economic value of coral reefs: Climate change impacts and spatial targeting of restoration measures. Ecological Economics 203(2023), 107628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107628
Frazier, A.G., Giardina, C.P., Giambelluca, T.W., Brewington, L., Chen, Y-L, Chu, P-S & Fortini, L.B. et al. (2022). A century of drought in Hawaiʻi: geospatial analysis and synthesis across hydrological, ecological, and socioeconomic Scales. Sustainability 14(19), 12023. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912023
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Keener, V.W., Grecni, Z. & Moser, S. (2022). Accelerating climate change adaptive capacity through regional sustained assessment and evaluation in Hawai‘i and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands. Frontiers in Climate 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.869760
Krzesni, D. & Brewington, L. (2022). What do climate impacts, health, and migration reveal about vulnerability and adaptation in the Marshall Islands? Climate Action 1, 22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44168-022-00023-4
Longman, R.J., Peterson C.L., Baroli M., Frazier A.G., Cook Z., Parsons E.W. & Dinan M. et al. (2022). Climate adaptation for tropical island land stewardship: adapting a workshop planning process to Hawai’i. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 103(2), E402-E409. http://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0163.1
Marra, J.J., Gooley, G., Johnson, M-V.V., Keener, V.W., Kruk, M.K., McGree, S., Potemra, J.T., and Warrick, O. [Eds.] (2022). Pacific Climate Change Monitor: 2021. The Pacific Islands-Regional Climate Centre (PI-RCC) Network Report to the Pacific Islands Climate Service (PICS) Panel and Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6965143.
Mezzacapo, M., & Shuler C. K. (2022). 2022 Hawai’i Cesspool Hazard Assessment & Prioritization Tool – 2022 Update Report & Technical Appendices. Report to the State of Hawai’i Department of Health Wastewater Branch. WRRC Special Report SR-2022-02. https://health.hawaii.gov/wastewater/files/2022/11/prioritizationtoolreport.pdf
Moser, S.C. (2022). Impacts of the second PIRCA & NCA4’s Pacific Islands Chapter: Evaluation of the Pacific RISA’s efforts in guiding a sustained regional assessment process. Susanne Moser Research & Consulting, Hadley, MA.
Oji, R., Hesam, M. & Keener, V.W. (2022). Using social network analysis to assess climate change professionals’ communications in Iran. Weather, Climate, and Society 14(1), 349-363. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-21-0002.1
Attias, E., Constable, S., Sherman, D., Ismail, K., Shuler, C. & Dulai, H. (2021). Marine electromagnetic imaging and volumetric estimation of freshwater plumes offshore Hawai’i. Geophysical Research Letters 48(7): e2020GL091249. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091249
Bremer, L.L., Elshall, A.S., Wada, C.A., Brewington, L., Delevaux, J.M.S., El-Kadi, A.I. & Voss, C.I. et al. (2022). Effects of land-cover and watershed protection futures on sustainable groundwater management in a heavily utilized aquifer in Hawai‘i (USA). Hydrogeology Journal 29, 1749–1765. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-021-02310-6
Coffman, M., Keener, V.W., Alegado, R., Fletcher, C. & Mehnert, B. City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission. (Adopted: May 17, 2021). Social Cost of Carbon Guidance Document, 10 pp. Available from: https://bit.ly/3xiDLuv
Comeros-Raynal, M.T., Brodie, J., Bainbridge, Z., Choat, J.H., Curtis, M., Lewis, S. & Shuler, C. et al. (2021). Catchment to sea connection: Impacts of terrestrial runoff on benthic ecosystems in American Sāmoa. Marine Pollution Bulletin 169, 112530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112530.
Elison Timm, O., Li, S., Liu, J. & Beilman, D.W. (2021). On the changing relationship between North Pacific climate variability and synoptic activity over the Hawaiian Islands. International Journal Climatology 41 (Suppl. 1), E1566– E1582. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6789
Grecni, Z., Derrington, E. M., Greene, R., Miles, W. & Keener, V. (2021). Climate Change in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Indicators and Considerations for Key Sectors. Report for the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 68 pp. https://www.eastwestcenter.org/PIRCA-CNMI
Keener, V.W., Grecni, Z., Shuler, C., Anderson Tagarino, K. & Miles, W. (2021). Climate Change in American Sāmoa: Indicators and Considerations for Key Sectors. Report for the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 64 pp. https://eastwestcenter.org/PIRCA-AmericanSamoa
Long, X., Widlansky, M.J. Spillman, C.M., Kumar, A., Balmaseda, M., Thompson, P.R. & Chikamoto, Y. et al. (2021). Seasonal forecasting skill of sea level anomalies in a multi-model prediction framework. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 126(6), e2020JC017060. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020JC017060
Marra, J., Courtney, C. & Brewington, L. (2021). The Pacific Islands Climate Storybook. The Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Program. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 84 pp. Available from: www.pacificrisa.org/pacific-islands-climate-storybook/
Okuhata, B.K., El-Kadi, A.I., Dulai, H., Lee, J., Wada, C.A., Bremer, L.L. & Burnett, K.M. et al. (2021). A density-dependent multi-species model to assess groundwater flow and nutrient transport in the coastal Keauhou aquifer, Hawai‘i, USA. Hydrogeology Journal 30, 231–250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-021-02407-y
Shuler, C.K., Brewington, L. & El-Kadi, A.I. (2021). A participatory approach to assessing groundwater recharge under future climate and land-cover scenarios, Tutuila, American Sāmoa. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 34: 100785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100785
Stewart-Ibarra, A.M., Hewitt, C., Winarto, Y.T., Walker, S., Keener, V.W., Bayala, J. & Christel, I. et al. (2021). Resilience through climate services. One Earth 4(8), 1050-1054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.08.002
Storlazzi, C.D., Skirving, W.J., Marra, J.J., McCall, R.T. & Pomeroy, A.W.M. (2021). Flooding on coral reef-lined coasts: current state of knowledge and future challenges. Frontiers in Marine Science 7, 635240. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.635240
Thompson, P.R., Widlansky, M.J., Leuliette, E., Sweet, W., Chambers, D.P., Hamlington, B.D. & Jevrejeva, S. et al. (2021) Sea level variability and change. In Blunden, J. & Boyer, T. (Eds), State of the Climate in 2020, Global Oceans. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 102(8), S143-S198. https://doi.org/10.1175/2021BAMSStateoftheClimate.1
Thompson, P.R., Widlansky, M.J., Hamlington, B.D., Merrifield, M.A., Marra, J.J., Mitchum, G.T. & Sweet, W. (2021) Rapid increases and extreme months in projections of United States high-tide flooding. Nature Climate Change 11, 584–590. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01077-8
2020
Brewington, L. (2020). Transitions and drivers of land use/land cover change in Hawai‘i: A case study of Maui. In Walsh, S.J., Riveros-Iregui, D., Acre-Navarro, J. & Page, P.H. (Eds), Land Cover/Land Use Change on Islands: Social & Ecological Threats to Sustainability. Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 89–117. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43973-6
Coffman, M., Keener, V.W., Alegado, R., Fletcher, C. & Mehnert, B. City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission. (Adopted: July 14, 2020). Climate Change and Financial Risk Guidance, 14 pp. Available from: https://bit.ly/3cEbkhb
Frazier, A. & Brewington, L. (2019). Current changes in alpine ecosystems of Pacific Islands. In Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes. Amsterdam, Elsevier, pp. 607-619. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11881-0
Grecni, Z., Miles, W., King, R., Frazier, A. & Keener, V.W. (2020). Climate Change in Guam: Indicators and Considerations for Key Sectors. Report for the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 60 pp. https://www.eastwestcenter.org/PIRCA-Guam
Keener, V.W., Alegado, R., Coffman, M., Fletcher, C. & Mehnert, B. City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission. (Adopted: December 8, 2020). Climate Change and Social Equity Guidance, 21 pp. Available from: https://bit.ly/3DOXwvY
Miles, W., Grecni, Z., Matsutaro, E.X., Colin, P., Keener, V.W. & Golbuu, Y. (2020). Climate Change in Palau: Indicators and Considerations for Key Sectors. Report for the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 66 pp. https://www.eastwestcenter.org/PIRCA-Palau
Okuhata, B., Dulai, H., Shuler, C.K., Fackrell, J. & El-Kadi, A.I. (2020) Metal mobilization as an effect of anthropogenic contamination in groundwater aquifers in Tutuila, American Sāmoa. Water 12(8), 2118. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12082118
Sanfillippo, K. (2020). Predictor Selection and Model Evaluation for Future Rainfall Projection in Hawai‘I. Master’s Thesis. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 124 pp. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/73340
Shuler, C.K. & Mariner, M. (2020). Collaborative groundwater modeling: open-source, cloud-based, applied science at a small-island water utility scale. Environmental Modeling and Software 127(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104693
Shuler, C.K. & Comeros-Raynal, M. (2020). Ridge to reef management implications for the development of an open-Source dissolved inorganic nitrogen loading model in American Sāmoa. Environmental Management 66(3), 498-515. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-020-01314-4
Shuler, C.K., Dulai, H., Leta, O.T., Fackrell, J., Welch, E. & El-Kadi, A.I. (2020). Understanding surface water–groundwater interaction, submarine groundwater discharge, and associated nutrient loading in a small tropical island watershed. Journal of Hydrology 585, 124342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124342
Sweet, W.V., Genz, A.S., Obeysekera, J. & Marra, J.J. (2020). A regional frequency analysis of tide gauges to assess Pacific Coast flood risk. Frontiers in Marine Science 7, 581769. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.581769
van der Geest, K., Burkett, M., Fitzpatrick, J., Stege, M. & Wheeler, B. (2020). Climate change, ecosystem services and migration in the Marshall Islands: are they related? Climatic Change 161, 109–127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02648-7
Walsh, S.J., Bilsborrow, R.E., Brewington, L., Shao, Y., Mattei, H., Nazario, J.A. & Laso, F. et al. (2020). Social-ecological drivers of land cover/land use change on islands: A synthesis of the patterns and processes of change. In Walsh, S.J., Riveros-Iregui, D., Acre-Navarro, J. & Page. P.H. (Eds), Land Cover/Land Use Change on Islands: Social & Ecological Threats to Sustainability. Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 63–88. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43973-6
2019
Alegado, R., Coffman, M., Fletcher, C., Keener, V. & Mehnert, B. City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission. (Adopted: December 23, 2019). Shoreline Setback Guidance, 17 pp. Available from: https://bit.ly/3jdXTLi
Brewington, L., Keener, V.W. & Mair, A. (2019). Simulating land cover change impacts on groundwater recharge under selected climate projections, Maui, Hawai‘i. Remote Sensing 11 (24), 3048. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11243048
Frazier, A.G., Deenik, J.L., Fujii, N.D., Funderburk, G.R., Giambelluca, T.W., Giardina, C.P., & Helweg, D.A. et al. (2019). Managing effects of drought in Hawai‘i and U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands. In Vose, J.M., Peterson, D.L., Luce, C.H. & Patel-Weynand, T. (Eds), Effects of drought on forests and rangelands in the United States: translating science into management responses. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-98. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Washington, DC. Chapter 5, pp. 95-121. Available from: https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/59164
Ghazal, K.A., Leta, O.T., El-Kadi, A.I. & Dulai, H. (2019). Assessment of wetland restoration and climate change impacts on water balance components of the Heeia Coastal Wetland in Hawaii. Hydrology 6(2), 37. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology6020037
Gingerich, S.B., Johnson, A.G., Rosa, S.N., Marineau, M.D., Wright, S.A., Hay, L.E. & Widlansky, M.J., et al. (2019). Water Resources on Guam—Potential Impacts of and Adaptive Response to Climate Change: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019–5095, US Geological Survey, Reston, VA, 55 pp. https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195095
Grecni, Z., Shore, L. & Duncan, B. (2019). Learning from Success in Climate-Informed Decision-Making: Case Studies Across Three U.S. Regions. Honolulu: East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 34 pp. Available from: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/climate-case-studies
Leta, O.T. and El-Kadi, A.I. (2019). Hydrology and Climate Change in Pacific and Similar Regions: Insights from Hawaii. In P. Maurice (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Water. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119300762.wsts0129
Morris, K. Burkett, M. & Wheeler, B. (2019). Climate-Induced Migration and the Compact of Free Association (COFA): Limitations and Opportunities for the Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Policy Brief of the Marshall Islands Climate and Migration Project. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 19 pp. Available from: https://rmi-migration.com/cofa-policy-brief-1
Shuler, C.K. (2019). From Recharge to Reef: Assessing the Sources, Quantity, and Transport of Groundwater on Tutuila Island, American Sāmoa. Doctoral dissertation. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/63106
Shuler, C.K., Amato, D.W., Gibson, V., Baker, L., Olguin, A.N., Dulai, H. & Smith, C.M. et al. (2019). Assessment of terrigenous nutrient loading to coastal ecosystems along a human land-use gradient, Tutuila, American Sāmoa. Hydrology 6(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology6010018
Shuler, C.K., Dulai, H., DeWees, R., Kirs, M., Glenn, C.R. & El‐Kadi, A.I. (2019). Isotopes, microbes, and turbidity: a multi‐tracer approach to understanding recharge dynamics and groundwater contamination in a basaltic island aquifer. Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation 39(1), 20-35. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwmr.12299
van der Geest, K., Burkett, M., Fitzpatrick, J., Stege, M. & Wheeler, B. (2019). Marshallese migration: The role of climate change and ecosystem services. Case study report of the Marshall Islands Climate and Migration Project. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 140 pp. Available from: https://rmi-migration.com/full-case-study-report
van der Geest, K., Burkett, M., Fitzpatrick, J., Stege, M. & Wheeler, B. (2019). Marshallese perspectives on migration in the context of climate change. Policy Brief of the Marshall Islands Climate and Migration Project. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 19 pp. Available from: https://rmi-migration.com/migration-perspectives-brief
Welch, E.M., Dulai, H., El-Kadi, A.I. & Shuler, C.K. (2019). Submarine groundwater discharge and stream baseflow sustain pesticide and nutrient fluxes in Faga’alu Bay, American Sāmoa. Frontiers in Environmental Science 7,162. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00162
2018
Brewington, L., Keener, V., Finucane, M. & Eaton, P. (2018). Participatory scenario planning for climate change adaptation using remote sensing and GIS. In S. Liang (Ed), Comprehensive Remote Sensing. Elsevier, pp 236-252: 9780128032213. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10434-8
Brewington, L. (2018). Stakeholder perceptions of invasive species and participatory remote sensing in the Galapagos Islands. In M.L. Torres & C. Mena (Eds), Understanding Invasive Species in the Galapagos Islands: from the Molecular to the Landscape. Heidelberg, Springer, pp 175-192. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67177-2_10
City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission. (Adopted: June 5, 2018). Sea Level Rise Guidance. Resilient Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, 16 pp. Available from: https://bit.ly/3YAK2iu
Keener, V.W., Helweg, D., Asam, S., Balwani, S., Burkett, M., Fletcher, C. & Giambelluca, T. et al. (2018). Hawaiʻi and U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands. In Reidmiller, D.R., Avery, C.W., Easterling, D.R., Kunkel, K.E., Lewis, K.L.M., Maycock, T.K. & Stewart, B.C. (Eds.), Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, pp. 1242–1308. https://doi.org/10.7930/NCA4.2018.CH27
Leta, O.T., El-Kadi, A.I. & Dulai, H. (2018). Impact of climate change on daily streamflow and its extreme values in Pacific Island watersheds. Sustainability 10(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/su10062057
Leta, O.T., El-Kadi, A.I., Dulai, H. & Ghazal, A.K. (2018). Assessment of SWAT model performance in simulating daily streamflow under rainfall data scarcity in Pacific Island Watersheds. Water 10(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/w10111533
Shuler, C.K. & El-Kadi, A.I. (2018). Groundwater Recharge for Tutuila, American Sāmoa Under Current and Projected Climate as Estimated with SWB2, a Soil Water Balance Model. WRRC Project Completion Report. Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
Shuler, C.K. & El-Kadi, A.I. (2018). Provisional Hydrogeologic Data and Recommendations for Sustainable Groundwater Management, Tutuila American Sāmoa. WRRC Special Report SR-2018-03. Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
Shuler, C.K. & El-Kadi, A.I. (2018). WRRC-ASPA Hydrologic Monitoring Network Handbook. WRRC Special Report SR-2018-02. Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
Widlansky, M.J., Annamalai, H., Gingerich, S.B., Storlazzi, C.C, Marra, J.J., Hodges, K.I & Choy, B. et al. (2018). Tropical cyclone projections: Changing climate threats for Pacific Island defense installations. Weather, Climate, and Society 11 (1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-17-0112.1
2017
Elison Timm, O. (2017). Future warming rates over the Hawaiian Islands based on elevation-dependent scaling factors. International Journal of Climatology 37: 1093–1104. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5065
Helweg, D. & Keener, V.W. (2017). Applications of Climate Downscaling in the Main Hawaiian Islands: Balancing Climate Modelers’ Products and Impact Modelers’ Expectations. The Pacific Islands Climate Science Center, Honolulu, HI. https://doi.org/10.21429/C9CW4R
Leta O.T., El-Kadi, A.I. & Dulai, H. (2017). Implications of climate change on water budgets and reservoir water harvesting of Nuʻuanu area watersheds, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 143(11). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000839
Shuler, C.K., El-Kadi, A.I., Dulai, H. et al. (2017). Source partitioning of anthropogenic groundwater nitrogen in a mixed-use landscape, Tutuila, American Samoa. Hydrogeology Journal 25, 2419–2434. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-017-1617-x
Zhang, C. & Wang, Y. (2017). Projected future changes of tropical cyclone activity over the Western North and South Pacific in a 20-km-mesh regional climate model. Journal of Climate 30(15), 5923-5941. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0597.1
El-Kadi, A.I. (2016). Assessing Ground Water Sustainability of the Island of Tutuila, American Sāmoa. Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 6 pp. Available from: https://www.wrrc.hawaii.edu/research/project_elkadi/samoa.pdf
Ferguson, D.B., Finucane, M.L., Keener, V.W. & Owen, G. (2016) Evaluation to advance science policy: lessons from Pacific RISA and CLIMAS. In Parris, A.S., Garfin, G.M., Dow, K., Meyer, R. & Close. S.L. (Eds.), Climate in Context: Science and Society Partnering for Adaptation. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. http://doi.org10.1002/9781118474785.ch10
Helweg, D.A., Keener, V., & Burgett, J.M. (2016). Report from the Workshop on Climate Downscaling and its Application in High Hawaiian Islands, September 16–17, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1102, 25 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161102
Leta O.T., El-Kadi, A.I., Dulai, H. & Gahzal, A.K. (2016). Assessment of climate change impacts on water balance components of Heeia watershed in Hawaiʻi. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 8, 182-197. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2016.09.006
Moser, S. (2016). Pacific RISA’s activities and achievements: 2011-2015. An assessment based on internal tracking. Susanne Moser Research & Consulting, Santa Cruz, CA
Shuler, C. (2016). Source partitioning of anthropogenic groundwater nitrogen in a mixed-use landscape, Tutuila, American Sāmoa. Master’s Thesis. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 60 pp. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/51350
Shuler, C.K., Eyre, P.R. & El-Kadi, A.I. (2016). Groundwater development potential and exploratory drilling recommendations for Tutuila, American Sāmoa. Phase I: Well data and provisional conceptual hydrogeologic model. Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Hamilton, K. & Lauer, A. (2016). Dynamical downscaling of the climate for the Hawaiian Islands. Part II: Projection for the late twenty-first century. Journal of Climate 29, 8333-8354. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0038.1
2015
Annamalai, H., Keener, V.W., Widlansky, M.J. & Hafner, J. (2015). El Niño Strengthens in the Pacific: Preparing for the Impacts of Drought. AsiaPacific Issues, No. 122. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 10 pp. Available from: http://bit.ly/2pibUbR
Corlew, K. (2015). Disaster and Climate Change Preparedness in Maui: A Handbook for Communities. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 26 pp. Available from: http://bit.ly/2DyLl6S
Corlew, K. (2015). Disaster and Climate Change Preparedness in American Samoa: A handbook for Communities. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 26 pp. Available from: https://bit.ly/3GmKeep
Corlew, L.K., Keener, V.W., Finucane, M., Brewington, L., & Nunn-Crichton, R. (2015). Using social network analysis to assess communications and develop networking tools among climate change professionals across the Pacific Islands region. Psychosocial Intervention 24, 133–146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psi.2015.07.004
Elison Timm, O., Giambelluca, T.W. & Diaz, H.F. (2015). Statistical downscaling of rainfall changes in Hawai‘i based on the CMIP5 global model projections. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 120, 92–112. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD022059
Finucane, M.L. & Keener, V.W. (2015). Understanding the climate-sensitive decisions and information needs of island communities. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region 11(1),110-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/19480881.2015.1021181
Moser, S. (2015). Supporting Hawai’i’s Adaptation Efforts: The Role of the Pacific RISA. Susanne Moser Research & Consulting, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
2013
Finucane, M.L., Miller, R., Corlew, L.K., Keener, V.W., Burkett, M., & Grecni, Z. (2013). Understanding the Climate-Sensitive Decisions and Information Needs of Freshwater Resource Managers in Hawaii. Weather, Climate, and Society 5(4), 293-308. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-12-00039.1.
Kunkel, K.E, Stevens, L.E., Stevens, S.E., Sun, L., Janssen, E., Wuebbles, D., Rennells, J., et al. (2013). Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment. Part 1. Climate of the Northeast U.S., NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 142-1, 79 pp. https://bit.ly/2Io9YpH
2012
Anderson, C. L. (2012a). Overview of climate risk reduction in the US Pacific Islands Freely Associated States. Honolulu, HI: Hazards, Climate & Environment Program, University of Hawai’i Social Science Research Institute, Technical Report No. 201103B.
Anderson, C. L. (2012b). Overview of climate risk reduction in the US Pacific Islands hazard mitigation planning efforts. Honolulu, HI: Hazards, Climate & Environment Program, University of Hawai’i Social Science Research Institute, Technical Report No. 201103A.
Anderson, C.L. (2012c). Analysis of integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the US Pacific Islands and Freely Associated States. Honolulu, HI: Hazards, Climate & Environment Program, University of Hawai‘i, Social Science Research Institute, Technical Report No. 201105.
Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts (Full Report) Keener, V.W., Marra, J.J., Finucane M.L., Spooner, D., & Smith, M.H. (Eds.). (2012). Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts. Report for the 2012 Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA). Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts (Executive Summary) Keener, V.W., Marra, J.J., Finucane M.L., Spooner, D., & Smith, M.H. (Eds.). (2012). Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts. Executive Summary of the 2012 Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA). Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts (Case Studies) Keener, V.W., Marra, J.J., Finucane M.L., Spooner, D., & Smith, M.H. (Eds.). (2012). Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts. Case Studies from the 2012 Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA). Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
Schroeder, T.A., M.R. Chowdhury, M.A. Lander, C.C. Guard, C. Felkley, and D. Gifford, 2012: The Role of the Pacific ENSO Applications Climate Center in Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Hazards: Experience from the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands.Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.,93, 1003–1015. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00109.1.
Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Lauer, A., Hamilton, K., & Xie, F. (2012). Cloud base and top heights in the Hawaiian region determined with satellite and ground-based measurements. Geophysical Research Letters 39 (15), L15706. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012GL052355
Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Lauer, A., & Hamilton, K. (2012). Configuration and evaluation of the WRF model for the study of Hawaiian regional climate. Monthly Weather Review 140 (10), 3259–3277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00260.1
Zhang, C., Wang, Y., & Hamilton, K. (2011). Improved representation of boundary layer clouds over the Southeast Pacific in WRF-ARW using a modified Tiedtke cumulus parameterization scheme. Monthly Weather Review 139 (11): 3489-3513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-10-05091.1
2010
Chowdhury, M.R., Barnston, A.G., Guard, C., Duncan, S. , Schroeder, T.A. & Chu, P. (2010), Sea‐level variability and change in the US‐affiliated Pacific Islands: understanding the high sea levels during 2006–2008. Weather 65: 263-268. doi:10.1002/wea.468
Lauer, A. Hamilton, K., Wang, Y., Phillips, V.T. & Bennartz, R. (2010). The Impact of Global Warming on Marine Boundary Layer Clouds over the Eastern Pacific—A Regional Model Study. Journal of Climate 23, 5844–5863. https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JCLI3666.1
Gingerich, S.B. (2008). Ground-water availability in the Wailuku area, Maui, Hawai‘i: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5236, 95 pp. Available from: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5236/
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Shea, E. (2004). Climate and Extreme Events. TIEMPO: A Bulletin on Climate and Development, 52.
Conference Proceedings & Abstracts
Anderson, C. 2011. Climate Challenges in Pacific Island Communities; Panel Session: Climate Change in Pacific Island Communities, Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania 2011 Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, Feb. 9-12 2011.
Anderson, C.L. 2008. Climate Risk Assessment for Coastal Policy in the Pacific Islands. Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008: Proceedings of Sessions of the Conference, April 13-16, 2008, Turtle Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. L. Wallendorf, L. Ewing, C. Jones, and B. Jaffe, (Eds.). Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers. 97-106.
Anderson, C., E. Shea, J. Weyman, N. Colasacco, and S. Jones. 2007. Evolution of a Climate Risk Management Process in the Pacific: PEAC to PaCIS. Conference Volume, IPCC WG1 Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Analysis (TGICA), An Expert Meeting on Regional Impacts, Adaptation, Vulnerability, and Mitigation, 20-22 June 2007, Nadi, Fiji.
Finucane, M.L. 2011. Pacific RISA: The Climate Adaptation Partnership for the Pacific; Presentation at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), Science of Climate Change in Hawaii conference, January 19-20, 2011.
Finucane, M.L., Miller, R., Corlew, K., Keener, V., Burkett, M., & Grecni, Z. Climate Adaptation Decisions: Who, How, and Why? Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Seattle, WA, November 4-7, 2011.
Finucane, M.L., Miller, R., Corlew, K., Keener, V., Burkett, M., & Grecni, Z., 2013: Understanding the Climate-Sensitive Decisions and Information Needs of Freshwater Resource Managers in Hawaii. Wea. Climate Soc., 5, 293–308.
Keener, V.W. The PVT Landfill: A Case Study in the Successful Integration of Climate Information for Decision Making. Presented at the Hawaii Ocean Resources Management Plan Working Group Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, July 7, 2011.
Keener, V., Cho, J., Jones, JW & Bosch, DD. Integration of ENSO Signal Power Through Hydrological Processes in the Little River Watershed. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, “Understanding Hydrologic Change: Analyses of Regional Streamflow Records” Session, San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 2011.
Lauer, Axel; Zhang, Chunxi; Elison-Timm, Oliver; Wang, Yuqing; Hamilton, Kevin. 2013: Downscaling of Climate Change in the Hawaii Region Using CMIP5 Results: On the Choice of the Forcing Fields. J. Climate, 26, 10006–10030.doi: http://dx.doi.org.eres.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00126.1
Lewis, N.D. Islands in a Sea of Change: Climate Change, Health and Human Security in Small Island States, for the NATO Advanced Workshop on “Climate Change, Human Health and National Security” in Dubrovnik, Croatia April 27-29, 2011.
Lewis, N.D. Climate Change, Health and Human Security; Small Island States and Asia’s Coastal Megactities, Association of American Geographer’s meeting, April 13-17, 2011.
Lewis, N.D. 2010. In the Eye of the Storm: Gender and Extreme Weather Events. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 14-18, 2010, Washington, DC. See Working Bibliography.
Zhang, Chunxi; Wang, Yuqing; Lauer, Axel; Hamilton, Kevin; Xie, Feiqin Cloud base and top heights in the Hawaiian region determined with satellite and ground-based measurements Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 39, No. 15, L15706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012GL052355
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Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA), Pacific Islands Climate Science Center (PICSC) and Pacific RISA, 2016. Expert Consensus on Downscaled Climate Projections for the Main Hawaiian Islands. PIRCA Information Sheet, Honolulu, HI.
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Wallsgrove, RW, Grecni, Zena. 2016. Water Resources in American Samoa: Law and Policy Opportunities for Climate Change Adaptation. East West Center, Honolulu, HI.
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Keener, VW, Gingerich, SB, Finucane, ML. April, 2015. Climate Trends and Projections for Guam. East West Center information sheet, Honolulu, HI.
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Melissa L. Finucane & Victoria W. Keener (2015): Understanding the climate sensitive decisions and information needs of island communities, Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, DOI: 10.1080/19480881.2015.1021181
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Understanding the Climate-Sensitive Decisions and Information Needs of Freshwater Resource Managers in Hawaii. Melissa L. Finucane, Rachel Miller, Kati Corlew and Victoria Keener, East West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii Maxine Burkett, Zena Grecni; 2013 University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii .
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Disaster and Climate Change Preparedness in Maui: A Handbook for Communities. Kati Corlew, PhD, 2015 Honolulu: East-West Center.
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Disaster and Climate Change Preparedness in American Samoa: A handbook for Communities. Kati Corlew, PhD, 2015 Honolulu: East-West Center.
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Kunkel, K.E., Stevens, L.E., Stevens, S.E., Sun, L. 2013. Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment. Washington (DC): National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service; NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 142-1.
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Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts (Full Report) Keener, V.W., Marra, J.J., Finucane M.L., Spooner, D., & Smith, M.H. (Eds.). (2012). Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts. Report for the 2012 Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA). Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
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Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts (Executive Summary) Keener, V.W., Marra, J.J., Finucane M.L., Spooner, D., & Smith, M.H. (Eds.). (2012). Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts. Executive Summary of the 2012 Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA). Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
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Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts (Case Studies) Keener, V.W., Marra, J.J., Finucane M.L., Spooner, D., & Smith, M.H. (Eds.). (2012). Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts. Case Studies from the 2012 Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA). Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
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Widlansky, M.J., Timmermann, A., Stein, K., McGregor, S., Schneider, N., England, M.H., Legaigne, M., Cai, W. 2012. Changes in South Pacific rainfall bands in a warming climate. Nature Climate Change, 3, 417–423. DOI:10.1038/NCLIMATE1726.
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Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Lauer, A., Hamilton, K., Xie, F. 2012. Cloud base and top heights in the Hawaiian region determined with satellite and ground-based measurements. Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L15706. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012GL052355
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Anderson, C. L. 2012a. Overview of climate risk reduction in the US Pacific Islands Freely Associated States. Honolulu, HI: Hazards, Climate & Environment Program, University of Hawai’i Social Science Research Institute, Technical Report No. 201103B.
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Anderson, C. L. 2012b. Overview of climate risk reduction in the US Pacific Islands hazard mitigation planning efforts. Honolulu, HI: Hazards, Climate & Environment Program, University of Hawai’i Social Science Research Institute, Technical Report No. 201103A.
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Anderson, C.L. 2012c. Analysis of integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the US Pacific Islands and Freely Associated States. Honolulu, HI: Hazards, Climate & Environment Program, University of Hawai‘i, Social Science Research Institute, Technical Report No. 201105.
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Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Lauer, A., Hamilton, K. 2012. Configuration and evaluation of the WRF model for the study of Hawaiian regional climate. Monthly Weather Review 140 (10): 3259–3277. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00260.1
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Wager, K.W. 2012. Climate Change Law and Policy in Hawaii Briefing Sheet, 2012. Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy, Honolulu, HI.
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Wallsgrove, R. and Penn, D. 2012. Water Resources and Climate Change Adaptation in Hawai‘i: Adaptive Tools in the Current Law and Policy Framework, (Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy, Honolulu, Hawai‘i).
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Wallsgrove, R. and Penn, D. 2012. Water Resources and Climate Change Adaptation in Hawai‘i: Executive Summary of Adaptive Tools, (Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy, Honolulu, Hawai‘i).
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Burkett, M. 2011. In Search of Refuge: Pacific Islands, Climate-Induced Migration, and the Legal Frontier. AsiaPacific Issues, 98, 1-8.
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Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Hamilton, K. 2011. Improved representation of boundary layer clouds over the Southeast Pacific in WRF-ARW using a modified Tiedtke cumulus parameterization scheme. Monthly Weather Review 139 (11): 3489-3513. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-10-05091.1
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Chowdhury, R., A.G. Barnston, C. Guard, S, Duncan, T.A. Schroeder, and P.S. Chu. October 2010. Sea-level Variability and Change in the US-affiliated Pacific Islands: Understanding the High Sea Levels during 2006–2008. Royal Meteorological Society’s Weather 65(10): 263–268.
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Finucane, M.L., Marra, J. and Weyman, J.C. 2010. A Research Strategy for the Pacific Climate Information System. East-West Center Working Papers: Environmental Change, Vulnerability, and Governance, 67, 1-15.
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Lauer, A., K. Hamilton, Y. Wang, V.T.J. Phillips, and R. Bennartz. 2010. The Impact of Global Warming on Marine Boundary Layer Clouds over the Eastern Pacific – A Regional Model Study. J. Climate, 23 (21), 5844-5863.
Gingerich, S.B., 2008, Ground-water availability in the Wailuku area, Maui, Hawai‘i: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2008-5236, 95 p.
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Ebi, K., N. D. Lewis and C. F. Corvalan. 2005. Climate Variability and Change and Their Health Effects in Small Island States: Information for Adaptation Planning in the Health Sector. World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Environment Program. Geneva: World Health Organization.
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Shea, E. 2003. Living with a Climate in Transition: Pacific Communities Plan for Today and Tomorrow. Asia-Pacific Issues, 66, Honolulu: East-West Center.
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Corlew, L.K., Keener, V., Finucane, M., Brewington, L., Nunn-Crichton, R. Using social network analysis to assess communications and develop networking tools among climate change professionals across the Pacific Islands region. Psychosocial Intervention 24 (2015) 133–146.
Resilient and sustainable Pacific Island communities using climate information to manage risks and support practical decision-making about climate variability and change.
Publications
2024
Brewington, L., Keener, V.W., Hull, K., Pap, R., & Williams, M. (2024). Peer-to-peer exchanges on island resilience planning for transformative adaptation to climate hazards. Ocean & Coastal Management, 259: 107453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107453
Brewington, L., Bryson, C., Frazier, A., Keener, V.W., Marra, J.J., Matsutaro, E.X., Mochimaru, K., & Moehlenkamp, P. (2024). A climate services dialog to build sector-based Climate Early Warning Systems in the Republic of Palau. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 105(8): E1610–E1618. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0157.1
Brewington, L., Greenwood, L., & Rodgers, L. (2024). Recommendations for incorporating invasive species into U.S. climate change adaptation planning and policy. Conservation Science and Practice, e13210: 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13210
Evans, A., Brewington, L., Brown-Lima, C., Fusco, E., Gregg, R., Lieurance, D., Parsons, E., Nagy, C., Thurman, L., & Morelli, T.L. (In review). Understanding the challenges and priorities for climate-informed invasive species management across multiple scales. Conservation Science and Practice.
Hoffmann, B.D., Brewington, L., Andreozzi, P., Boudjelas, S., Day, M.D., Ero, M., Jackson, T., Martin, C., Montgomery, M. (2024) Three new strategies for improving biosecurity and invasive species management to build resilience in Pacific Islands. NeoBiota 92: 193-210. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.92.122103
2023
Brewington, L., Eichelberger, B., Reed, N., Parsons, E., Kerkering, H., Martin, C., Miles, W., Idechong, J., & Burgett, J. (2023). Pacific Island perspectives on invasive species and climate change. In S.J. Walsh, C.F. Mena, J.R. Stewart, J.P. Muñoz Pérez (Eds): Island Ecosystems. Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands. Cham: Springer, pp. 59–78. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28089-4_5
Frazier, A.G., M.-V.V. Johnson, L. Berio Fortini, C.P. Giardina, Z.N. Grecni, H.H. Kane, V.W. Keener, R. King, R.A. MacKenzie, M. Nobrega-Olivera, K.L.L. Oleson, C.K. Shuler, A.K. Singeo, C.D. Storlazzi, R.J. Wallsgrove, and P.A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, 2023: Ch. 30. Hawai‘i and US-Affiliated Pacific Islands. In: Fifth National Climate Assessment. Crimmins, A.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, B.C. Stewart, and T.K. Maycock, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA. https://doi.org/10.7930/NCA5.2023.CH30
Grecni, Z., Bryson, C., & Chugen, E. (2023). Climate Change in the Federated States of Micronesia: Indicators and Considerations for Key Sectors. Report for the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 76 pp. https://eastwestcenter.org/PIRCA-FSM
[Romine, B., Keener, V., Alegado, R., Islam, M., Otsuka, K.] City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission, (Adopted: March 31, 2023). Climate Change Brief 2023
Widlansky, M. J., Long, X., Balmaseda, M.A., Spillman, C.M., Smith, G., Zuo, H., Yin, Y., Alves, O., & Kumar, A. (2023) Quantifying the benefits of altimetry assimilation in seasonal forecasts of the upper ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceanography, 128, e2022JC019342. https://doi.org/1029/2022JC019342.
[Greenwood, L., Brewington, L., Rodgers, L., & Zajicek, P.] Invasive Species Advisory Committee. (2023). Invasive Species Threaten the Success of Climate Change Adaptation Efforts. Adopted Nov 14, 2023. Washington, DC: National Invasive Species Council. Available at: https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024-02/isac-climate-change-white-paper-november-2023.pdf.Invasive Species Advisory Committee. (2023). Underserved Communities and Invasive Species. Adopted Nov 14, 2023. Washington, DC: National Invasive Species Council. Available at: https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024-02/isac-underserved-communities-white-paper-november-2023.pdf.
Invasive Species Advisory Committee. (2023). National Priorities of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee, 2022-2024. Adopted Nov 14, 2023. Washington, DC: National Invasive Species Council. Available at: https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024-02/isac-national-priorities-white-paper-november-2023.pdf.
2022
[Andreozzi, P., Quitugua, R., Ero, M., & Brewington, L.] Pacific Ecological Security Conference. (2022). Strategic Action Plan for Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle. Pacific Ecological Security Conference (PESC), Koror, Palau: Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7683206Coffman, M. & Schjervheim, M. (2022). Climate change adaptation across the Pacific: A landscape assessment for curriculum development. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Institute for Sustainability and Resilience, Honolulu, HI.
[Day, M., Martin, C., Brewington, L.] Pacific Ecological Security Conference. (2022). Pacific Biocontrol Strategic Action Plan. Pacific Ecological Security Conference (PESC), Koror, Palau: Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7683179
Dhage, L. & Widlansky, M.J. (2022). Assessment of 21st century changing sea surface temperature, rainfall, and sea surface height patterns in the tropical Pacific Islands using CMIP6 greenhouse warming projections. Earth’s Future 10: e2021EF002524. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002524
Dusek, G., Sweet, W. V., Widlansky, M. J., Thompson, P. R., & Marra, J. J. (2022) A novel statistical approach to predict seasonal high tide flooding. Front. Mar. Sci. 9, 1073792. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1073792
Fandrich, K. M., Elison Timm,O., Zhang, C., & Giambelluca, T. (2022) : Dynamical downscaling of near-term (2026-2035) climate variability and change for the main Hawaiian Islands. JGR Atmospheres. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035684
Fezzi, C. Ford, D.J. & Oleson, K.L.L. (2022). The economic value of coral reefs: Climate change impacts and spatial targeting of restoration measures. Ecological Economics 203(2023), 107628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107628
Frazier, A.G., Giardina, C.P., Giambelluca, T.W., Brewington, L., Chen, Y-L, Chu, P-S & Fortini, L.B. et al. (2022). A century of drought in Hawaiʻi: geospatial analysis and synthesis across hydrological, ecological, and socioeconomic Scales. Sustainability 14(19), 12023. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912023
[Hoffmann, B., Boudjelas, S., Montgomery, M., & Brewington, L.] Pacific Ecological Security Conference. (2022). Biosecurity Plan for Invasive Ants in the Pacific. Pacific Ecological Security Conference (PESC), Koror, Palau: Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7683199
Keener, V.W., Grecni, Z. & Moser, S. (2022). Accelerating climate change adaptive capacity through regional sustained assessment and evaluation in Hawai‘i and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands. Frontiers in Climate 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.869760
[Keener, V., Islam, M., Alegado, R., Coffman, M., & Fletcher, C.] City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission, (Adopted: July 29, 2022). Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from building operations guidance
Krzesni, D. & Brewington, L. (2022). What do climate impacts, health, and migration reveal about vulnerability and adaptation in the Marshall Islands? Climate Action 1, 22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44168-022-00023-4
Krzesni, D. & Brewington, L. (2022). Climate Change, Health, and Migration in the Marshall Islands: Profiles of Resilience and Vulnerability. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 70 pp. Available from: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/climate-change-health-and-migration-profiles-resilience-and-vulnerability-in-the
Longman, R.J., Peterson C.L., Baroli M., Frazier A.G., Cook Z., Parsons E.W. & Dinan M. et al. (2022). Climate adaptation for tropical island land stewardship: adapting a workshop planning process to Hawai’i. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 103(2), E402-E409. http://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0163.1
Marra, J.J., Gooley, G., Johnson, M-V.V., Keener, V.W., Kruk, M.K., McGree, S., Potemra, J.T., and Warrick, O. [Eds.] (2022). Pacific Climate Change Monitor: 2021. The Pacific Islands-Regional Climate Centre (PI-RCC) Network Report to the Pacific Islands Climate Service (PICS) Panel and Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6965143.
Mezzacapo, M., & Shuler C. K. (2022). 2022 Hawai’i Cesspool Hazard Assessment & Prioritization Tool – 2022 Update Report & Technical Appendices. Report to the State of Hawai’i Department of Health Wastewater Branch. WRRC Special Report SR-2022-02. https://health.hawaii.gov/wastewater/files/2022/11/prioritizationtoolreport.pdf
Moser, S.C. (2022). Impacts of the second PIRCA & NCA4’s Pacific Islands Chapter: Evaluation of the Pacific RISA’s efforts in guiding a sustained regional assessment process. Susanne Moser Research & Consulting, Hadley, MA.
Oji, R., Hesam, M. & Keener, V.W. (2022). Using social network analysis to assess climate change professionals’ communications in Iran. Weather, Climate, and Society 14(1), 349-363. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-21-0002.1
Okuhata, B.K. (2022). Assessment of Groundwater Age and Transport in West Hawai‘i Aquifers. PhD Dissertation. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 126 pp. Available from: https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/160bb6c3-1542-4609-b5ea-9ab0fbc5e2d0
2021
Attias, E., Constable, S., Sherman, D., Ismail, K., Shuler, C. & Dulai, H. (2021). Marine electromagnetic imaging and volumetric estimation of freshwater plumes offshore Hawai’i. Geophysical Research Letters 48(7): e2020GL091249. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091249
Bremer, L.L., Elshall, A.S., Wada, C.A., Brewington, L., Delevaux, J.M.S., El-Kadi, A.I. & Voss, C.I. et al. (2022). Effects of land-cover and watershed protection futures on sustainable groundwater management in a heavily utilized aquifer in Hawai‘i (USA). Hydrogeology Journal 29, 1749–1765. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-021-02310-6
Brewington, L., Kokame, K. & Lewis, N. (2021). A changing climate and its implications for health and migration in the pacific: Examples from the Marshall Islands. Asia Pacific Issues (149), 1-8. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 8 pp. Available from: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/changing-climate-and-its-implications-health-and-migration-in-the-pacific-examples-the
Brewington, L., Burgett, J., Martin, C., Kerkering, H. & Arnott, C. (2021). When Invasive Species and Climate Change Intersect: Survey of Hawai‘i Natural Resource Managers. The Pacific Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change Management Network, Honolulu, HI, 19 pp. Available from: https://pi-casc.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Pacific_RISCC_2021_Survey_Report_FINAL_web.pdf
Coffman, M., Keener, V.W., Alegado, R., Fletcher, C. & Mehnert, B. City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission. (Adopted: May 17, 2021). Social Cost of Carbon Guidance Document, 10 pp. Available from: https://bit.ly/3xiDLuv
Comeros-Raynal, M.T., Brodie, J., Bainbridge, Z., Choat, J.H., Curtis, M., Lewis, S. & Shuler, C. et al. (2021). Catchment to sea connection: Impacts of terrestrial runoff on benthic ecosystems in American Sāmoa. Marine Pollution Bulletin 169, 112530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112530.
Elison Timm, O., Li, S., Liu, J. & Beilman, D.W. (2021). On the changing relationship between North Pacific climate variability and synoptic activity over the Hawaiian Islands. International Journal Climatology 41 (Suppl. 1), E1566– E1582. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6789
Grecni, Z., Derrington, E. M., Greene, R., Miles, W. & Keener, V. (2021). Climate Change in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Indicators and Considerations for Key Sectors. Report for the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 68 pp. https://www.eastwestcenter.org/PIRCA-CNMI
Keener, V.W., Grecni, Z., Shuler, C., Anderson Tagarino, K. & Miles, W. (2021). Climate Change in American Sāmoa: Indicators and Considerations for Key Sectors. Report for the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 64 pp. https://eastwestcenter.org/PIRCA-AmericanSamoa
Long, X., Widlansky, M.J. Spillman, C.M., Kumar, A., Balmaseda, M., Thompson, P.R. & Chikamoto, Y. et al. (2021). Seasonal forecasting skill of sea level anomalies in a multi-model prediction framework. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 126(6), e2020JC017060. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020JC017060
Marra, J., Courtney, C. & Brewington, L. (2021). The Pacific Islands Climate Storybook. The Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Program. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 84 pp. Available from: www.pacificrisa.org/pacific-islands-climate-storybook/
Okuhata, B.K., El-Kadi, A.I., Dulai, H., Lee, J., Wada, C.A., Bremer, L.L. & Burnett, K.M. et al. (2021). A density-dependent multi-species model to assess groundwater flow and nutrient transport in the coastal Keauhou aquifer, Hawai‘i, USA. Hydrogeology Journal 30, 231–250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-021-02407-y
Shuler, C.K., Brewington, L. & El-Kadi, A.I. (2021). A participatory approach to assessing groundwater recharge under future climate and land-cover scenarios, Tutuila, American Sāmoa. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 34: 100785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100785
Stewart-Ibarra, A.M., Hewitt, C., Winarto, Y.T., Walker, S., Keener, V.W., Bayala, J. & Christel, I. et al. (2021). Resilience through climate services. One Earth 4(8), 1050-1054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.08.002
Storlazzi, C.D., Skirving, W.J., Marra, J.J., McCall, R.T. & Pomeroy, A.W.M. (2021). Flooding on coral reef-lined coasts: current state of knowledge and future challenges. Frontiers in Marine Science 7, 635240. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.635240
Thompson, P.R., Widlansky, M.J., Leuliette, E., Sweet, W., Chambers, D.P., Hamlington, B.D. & Jevrejeva, S. et al. (2021) Sea level variability and change. In Blunden, J. & Boyer, T. (Eds), State of the Climate in 2020, Global Oceans. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 102(8), S143-S198. https://doi.org/10.1175/2021BAMSStateoftheClimate.1
Thompson, P.R., Widlansky, M.J., Hamlington, B.D., Merrifield, M.A., Marra, J.J., Mitchum, G.T. & Sweet, W. (2021) Rapid increases and extreme months in projections of United States high-tide flooding. Nature Climate Change 11, 584–590. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01077-8
2020
Brewington, L. (2020). Transitions and drivers of land use/land cover change in Hawai‘i: A case study of Maui. In Walsh, S.J., Riveros-Iregui, D., Acre-Navarro, J. & Page, P.H. (Eds), Land Cover/Land Use Change on Islands: Social & Ecological Threats to Sustainability. Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 89–117. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43973-6
Brewington, L. (2020). Covid-19 pandemic prompts a new look at ecological security. East-West Center Wire. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 2 pp. Available from: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/covid-19-pandemic-prompts-new-look-ecological-security
Brewington, L., Marra, J.J., Widlansky, M., Wase-Jacklick, F. & Ishigiro, J. (2020). Official Proceedings of the First National Climate Change and Health Dialog. Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 22 pp. Available from: https://www.pacificrisa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/RMI_Climate_Change__Health_Dialog_Proceedings.pdf
Coffman, M., Keener, V.W., Alegado, R., Fletcher, C. & Mehnert, B. City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission. (Adopted: July 14, 2020). Climate Change and Financial Risk Guidance, 14 pp. Available from: https://bit.ly/3cEbkhb
Frazier, A. & Brewington, L. (2019). Current changes in alpine ecosystems of Pacific Islands. In Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes. Amsterdam, Elsevier, pp. 607-619. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11881-0
Grecni, Z., Miles, W., King, R., Frazier, A. & Keener, V.W. (2020). Climate Change in Guam: Indicators and Considerations for Key Sectors. Report for the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 60 pp. https://www.eastwestcenter.org/PIRCA-Guam
Keener, V.W., Alegado, R., Coffman, M., Fletcher, C. & Mehnert, B. City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission. (Adopted: December 8, 2020). Climate Change and Social Equity Guidance, 21 pp. Available from: https://bit.ly/3DOXwvY
Miles, W., Grecni, Z., Matsutaro, E.X., Colin, P., Keener, V.W. & Golbuu, Y. (2020). Climate Change in Palau: Indicators and Considerations for Key Sectors. Report for the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 66 pp. https://www.eastwestcenter.org/PIRCA-Palau
Okuhata, B., Dulai, H., Shuler, C.K., Fackrell, J. & El-Kadi, A.I. (2020) Metal mobilization as an effect of anthropogenic contamination in groundwater aquifers in Tutuila, American Sāmoa. Water 12(8), 2118. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12082118
Sanfillippo, K. (2020). Predictor Selection and Model Evaluation for Future Rainfall Projection in Hawai‘I. Master’s Thesis. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 124 pp. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/73340
Shuler, C.K. & Mariner, M. (2020). Collaborative groundwater modeling: open-source, cloud-based, applied science at a small-island water utility scale. Environmental Modeling and Software 127(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104693
Shuler, C.K. & Comeros-Raynal, M. (2020). Ridge to reef management implications for the development of an open-Source dissolved inorganic nitrogen loading model in American Sāmoa. Environmental Management 66(3), 498-515. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-020-01314-4
Shuler, C.K., Dulai, H., Leta, O.T., Fackrell, J., Welch, E. & El-Kadi, A.I. (2020). Understanding surface water–groundwater interaction, submarine groundwater discharge, and associated nutrient loading in a small tropical island watershed. Journal of Hydrology 585, 124342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124342
Sweet, W.V., Genz, A.S., Obeysekera, J. & Marra, J.J. (2020). A regional frequency analysis of tide gauges to assess Pacific Coast flood risk. Frontiers in Marine Science 7, 581769. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.581769
van der Geest, K., Burkett, M., Fitzpatrick, J., Stege, M. & Wheeler, B. (2020). Climate change, ecosystem services and migration in the Marshall Islands: are they related? Climatic Change 161, 109–127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02648-7
Walsh, S.J., Bilsborrow, R.E., Brewington, L., Shao, Y., Mattei, H., Nazario, J.A. & Laso, F. et al. (2020). Social-ecological drivers of land cover/land use change on islands: A synthesis of the patterns and processes of change. In Walsh, S.J., Riveros-Iregui, D., Acre-Navarro, J. & Page. P.H. (Eds), Land Cover/Land Use Change on Islands: Social & Ecological Threats to Sustainability. Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 63–88. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43973-6
2019
Alegado, R., Coffman, M., Fletcher, C., Keener, V. & Mehnert, B. City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission. (Adopted: December 23, 2019). Shoreline Setback Guidance, 17 pp. Available from: https://bit.ly/3jdXTLi
Brewington, L., Keener, V.W. & Mair, A. (2019). Simulating land cover change impacts on groundwater recharge under selected climate projections, Maui, Hawai‘i. Remote Sensing 11 (24), 3048. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11243048
Frazier, A.G., Deenik, J.L., Fujii, N.D., Funderburk, G.R., Giambelluca, T.W., Giardina, C.P., & Helweg, D.A. et al. (2019). Managing effects of drought in Hawai‘i and U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands. In Vose, J.M., Peterson, D.L., Luce, C.H. & Patel-Weynand, T. (Eds), Effects of drought on forests and rangelands in the United States: translating science into management responses. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-98. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Washington, DC. Chapter 5, pp. 95-121. Available from: https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/59164
Ghazal, K.A., Leta, O.T., El-Kadi, A.I. & Dulai, H. (2019). Assessment of wetland restoration and climate change impacts on water balance components of the Heeia Coastal Wetland in Hawaii. Hydrology 6(2), 37. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology6020037
Gingerich, S.B., Keener, V.W. & Finucane, M.L. (2019a). Guam’s water resources. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 2 pp. Available from: https://www.pacificrisa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Pacific-RISA-Guam-water-resources-handout_Sept-2019.pdf
Gingerich, S.B., Keener, V.W. & Finucane, M.L. (2019b). Freshwater availability in Guam with projected changes in climate. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 2 pp. Available from: https://www.pacificrisa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Pacific-RISA-Guam-climate-summary_Sept-2019.pdf
Gingerich, S.B., Johnson, A.G., Rosa, S.N., Marineau, M.D., Wright, S.A., Hay, L.E. & Widlansky, M.J., et al. (2019). Water Resources on Guam—Potential Impacts of and Adaptive Response to Climate Change: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019–5095, US Geological Survey, Reston, VA, 55 pp. https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195095
Grecni, Z., Shore, L. & Duncan, B. (2019). Learning from Success in Climate-Informed Decision-Making: Case Studies Across Three U.S. Regions. Honolulu: East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 34 pp. Available from: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/climate-case-studies
Leta, O.T. and El-Kadi, A.I. (2019). Hydrology and Climate Change in Pacific and Similar Regions: Insights from Hawaii. In P. Maurice (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Water. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119300762.wsts0129
Morris, K. Burkett, M. & Wheeler, B. (2019). Climate-Induced Migration and the Compact of Free Association (COFA): Limitations and Opportunities for the Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Policy Brief of the Marshall Islands Climate and Migration Project. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 19 pp. Available from: https://rmi-migration.com/cofa-policy-brief-1
Shuler, C.K. (2019). From Recharge to Reef: Assessing the Sources, Quantity, and Transport of Groundwater on Tutuila Island, American Sāmoa. Doctoral dissertation. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/63106
Shuler, C.K., Amato, D.W., Gibson, V., Baker, L., Olguin, A.N., Dulai, H. & Smith, C.M. et al. (2019). Assessment of terrigenous nutrient loading to coastal ecosystems along a human land-use gradient, Tutuila, American Sāmoa. Hydrology 6(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology6010018
Shuler, C.K., Dulai, H., DeWees, R., Kirs, M., Glenn, C.R. & El‐Kadi, A.I. (2019). Isotopes, microbes, and turbidity: a multi‐tracer approach to understanding recharge dynamics and groundwater contamination in a basaltic island aquifer. Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation 39(1), 20-35. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwmr.12299
Shuler, C.K., Eyre, P.R. & El-Kadi, A.I. (2019). Groundwater Development Potential and Conceptual Hydrogeologic Model for Tutuila, American Sāmoa. WRRC Special Report SR-2019-01. Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 74 pp. Available from: https://github.com/cshuler/PhD_Archive/blob/master/Reports/1_Shuler_etal_2019_Conceptual_Model.pdf
van der Geest, K., Burkett, M., Fitzpatrick, J., Stege, M. & Wheeler, B. (2019). Marshallese migration: The role of climate change and ecosystem services. Case study report of the Marshall Islands Climate and Migration Project. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 140 pp. Available from: https://rmi-migration.com/full-case-study-report
van der Geest, K., Burkett, M., Fitzpatrick, J., Stege, M. & Wheeler, B. (2019). Marshallese perspectives on migration in the context of climate change. Policy Brief of the Marshall Islands Climate and Migration Project. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 19 pp. Available from: https://rmi-migration.com/migration-perspectives-brief
Welch, E.M., Dulai, H., El-Kadi, A.I. & Shuler, C.K. (2019). Submarine groundwater discharge and stream baseflow sustain pesticide and nutrient fluxes in Faga’alu Bay, American Sāmoa. Frontiers in Environmental Science 7,162. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00162
2018
Brewington, L., Keener, V., Finucane, M. & Eaton, P. (2018). Participatory scenario planning for climate change adaptation using remote sensing and GIS. In S. Liang (Ed), Comprehensive Remote Sensing. Elsevier, pp 236-252: 9780128032213. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10434-8
Brewington, L. (2018). Stakeholder perceptions of invasive species and participatory remote sensing in the Galapagos Islands. In M.L. Torres & C. Mena (Eds), Understanding Invasive Species in the Galapagos Islands: from the Molecular to the Landscape. Heidelberg, Springer, pp 175-192. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67177-2_10
City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission. (Adopted: June 5, 2018). Sea Level Rise Guidance. Resilient Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, 16 pp. Available from: https://bit.ly/3YAK2iu
City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission. (Adopted: June 2018). Climate Change Brief. Resilient Oahu, Honolulu, HI, 10 pp. Available from: https://climate.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FINAL-DRAFT-Climate-Brief-2018.pdf
Keener, V.W., Helweg, D., Asam, S., Balwani, S., Burkett, M., Fletcher, C. & Giambelluca, T. et al. (2018). Hawaiʻi and U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands. In Reidmiller, D.R., Avery, C.W., Easterling, D.R., Kunkel, K.E., Lewis, K.L.M., Maycock, T.K. & Stewart, B.C. (Eds.), Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, pp. 1242–1308. https://doi.org/10.7930/NCA4.2018.CH27
Leta, O.T., El-Kadi, A.I. & Dulai, H. (2018). Impact of climate change on daily streamflow and its extreme values in Pacific Island watersheds. Sustainability 10(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/su10062057
Leta, O.T., El-Kadi, A.I., Dulai, H. & Ghazal, A.K. (2018). Assessment of SWAT model performance in simulating daily streamflow under rainfall data scarcity in Pacific Island Watersheds. Water 10(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/w10111533
Shuler, C.K. & El-Kadi, A.I. (2018). Groundwater Recharge for Tutuila, American Sāmoa Under Current and Projected Climate as Estimated with SWB2, a Soil Water Balance Model. WRRC Project Completion Report. Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
Shuler, C.K. & El-Kadi, A.I. (2018). Provisional Hydrogeologic Data and Recommendations for Sustainable Groundwater Management, Tutuila American Sāmoa. WRRC Special Report SR-2018-03. Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
Shuler, C.K. & El-Kadi, A.I. (2018). WRRC-ASPA Hydrologic Monitoring Network Handbook. WRRC Special Report SR-2018-02. Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
Widlansky, M.J., Annamalai, H., Gingerich, S.B., Storlazzi, C.C, Marra, J.J., Hodges, K.I & Choy, B. et al. (2018). Tropical cyclone projections: Changing climate threats for Pacific Island defense installations. Weather, Climate, and Society 11 (1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-17-0112.1
2017
Elison Timm, O. (2017). Future warming rates over the Hawaiian Islands based on elevation-dependent scaling factors. International Journal of Climatology 37: 1093–1104. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5065
Helweg, D. & Keener, V.W. (2017). Applications of Climate Downscaling in the Main Hawaiian Islands: Balancing Climate Modelers’ Products and Impact Modelers’ Expectations. The Pacific Islands Climate Science Center, Honolulu, HI. https://doi.org/10.21429/C9CW4R
Leta O.T., El-Kadi, A.I. & Dulai, H. (2017). Implications of climate change on water budgets and reservoir water harvesting of Nuʻuanu area watersheds, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 143(11). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000839
Marra, J.J. & Kruk, M.C. (2017). State of Environmental Conditions in Hawaii and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands under a Changing Climate: 2017. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 93 pp. Available from: https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/publications/state_of_the_environment_2017_hawaii-usapi_noaa-nesdis-ncei_oct2017.pdf
Shuler, C.K., El-Kadi, A.I., Dulai, H. et al. (2017). Source partitioning of anthropogenic groundwater nitrogen in a mixed-use landscape, Tutuila, American Samoa. Hydrogeology Journal 25, 2419–2434. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-017-1617-x
Zhang, C. & Wang, Y. (2017). Projected future changes of tropical cyclone activity over the Western North and South Pacific in a 20-km-mesh regional climate model. Journal of Climate 30(15), 5923-5941. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0597.1
2016
Dulai, H. (2016). Quantifying Groundwater Discharge from the Faga’alu Aquifer, American Sāmoa. Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 7 pp. Available from: https://www.wrrc.hawaii.edu/project/quantifying-groundwater-discharge-from-the-fagaalu-aquifer-american-samoa/
El-Kadi, A.I. (2016). Assessing Ground Water Sustainability of the Island of Tutuila, American Sāmoa. Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 6 pp. Available from: https://www.wrrc.hawaii.edu/research/project_elkadi/samoa.pdf
Ferguson, D.B., Finucane, M.L., Keener, V.W. & Owen, G. (2016) Evaluation to advance science policy: lessons from Pacific RISA and CLIMAS. In Parris, A.S., Garfin, G.M., Dow, K., Meyer, R. & Close. S.L. (Eds.), Climate in Context: Science and Society Partnering for Adaptation. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. http://doi.org10.1002/9781118474785.ch10
Helweg, D.A., Keener, V., & Burgett, J.M. (2016). Report from the Workshop on Climate Downscaling and its Application in High Hawaiian Islands, September 16–17, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1102, 25 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161102
Leta O.T., El-Kadi, A.I., Dulai, H. & Gahzal, A.K. (2016). Assessment of climate change impacts on water balance components of Heeia watershed in Hawaiʻi. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 8, 182-197. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2016.09.006
Moser, S. (2016). Pacific RISA’s activities and achievements: 2011-2015. An assessment based on internal tracking. Susanne Moser Research & Consulting, Santa Cruz, CA
Shuler, C. (2016). Source partitioning of anthropogenic groundwater nitrogen in a mixed-use landscape, Tutuila, American Sāmoa. Master’s Thesis. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 60 pp. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/51350
Shuler, C.K., Eyre, P.R. & El-Kadi, A.I. (2016). Groundwater development potential and exploratory drilling recommendations for Tutuila, American Sāmoa. Phase I: Well data and provisional conceptual hydrogeologic model. Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
Wallsgrove, R.W. & Grecni, Z. (2016). Water Resources in American Samoa: Law and Policy Opportunities for Climate Change Adaptation. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 32 pp. Available from: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/water-resources-in-american-samoa-law-and-policy-opportunities-climate-change
Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Hamilton, K. & Lauer, A. (2016). Dynamical downscaling of the climate for the Hawaiian Islands. Part II: Projection for the late twenty-first century. Journal of Climate 29, 8333-8354. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0038.1
2015
Annamalai, H., Keener, V.W., Widlansky, M.J. & Hafner, J. (2015). El Niño Strengthens in the Pacific: Preparing for the Impacts of Drought. AsiaPacific Issues, No. 122. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 10 pp. Available from: http://bit.ly/2pibUbR
Corlew, K. (2015). Disaster and Climate Change Preparedness in Maui: A Handbook for Communities. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 26 pp. Available from: http://bit.ly/2DyLl6S
Corlew, K. (2015). Disaster and Climate Change Preparedness in American Samoa: A handbook for Communities. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 26 pp. Available from: https://bit.ly/3GmKeep
Corlew, L.K., Keener, V.W., Finucane, M., Brewington, L., & Nunn-Crichton, R. (2015). Using social network analysis to assess communications and develop networking tools among climate change professionals across the Pacific Islands region. Psychosocial Intervention 24, 133–146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psi.2015.07.004
Elison Timm, O., Giambelluca, T.W. & Diaz, H.F. (2015). Statistical downscaling of rainfall changes in Hawai‘i based on the CMIP5 global model projections. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 120, 92–112. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD022059
Finucane, M.L. & Keener, V.W. (2015). Understanding the climate-sensitive decisions and information needs of island communities. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region 11(1),110-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/19480881.2015.1021181
Keener, V.W., Gingerich, S.B. & Finucane, M.L. (2015). Climate Trends and Projections for Guam. East West Center information sheet. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 2 pp. Available from: https://pirca.org/2015/04/16/climate-trends-and-projections-for-guam/
Moser, S. (2015). Supporting Hawai’i’s Adaptation Efforts: The Role of the Pacific RISA. Susanne Moser Research & Consulting, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
2013
Finucane, M.L., Miller, R., Corlew, L.K., Keener, V.W., Burkett, M., & Grecni, Z. (2013). Understanding the Climate-Sensitive Decisions and Information Needs of Freshwater Resource Managers in Hawaii. Weather, Climate, and Society 5(4), 293-308. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-12-00039.1.
Kunkel, K.E, Stevens, L.E., Stevens, S.E., Sun, L., Janssen, E., Wuebbles, D., Rennells, J., et al. (2013). Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment. Part 1. Climate of the Northeast U.S., NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 142-1, 79 pp. https://bit.ly/2Io9YpH
2012
Anderson, C. L. (2012a). Overview of climate risk reduction in the US Pacific Islands Freely Associated States. Honolulu, HI: Hazards, Climate & Environment Program, University of Hawai’i Social Science Research Institute, Technical Report No. 201103B.
Anderson, C. L. (2012b). Overview of climate risk reduction in the US Pacific Islands hazard mitigation planning efforts. Honolulu, HI: Hazards, Climate & Environment Program, University of Hawai’i Social Science Research Institute, Technical Report No. 201103A.
Anderson, C.L. (2012c). Analysis of integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the US Pacific Islands and Freely Associated States. Honolulu, HI: Hazards, Climate & Environment Program, University of Hawai‘i, Social Science Research Institute, Technical Report No. 201105.
Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts (Full Report) Keener, V.W., Marra, J.J., Finucane M.L., Spooner, D., & Smith, M.H. (Eds.). (2012). Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts. Report for the 2012 Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA). Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts (Executive Summary) Keener, V.W., Marra, J.J., Finucane M.L., Spooner, D., & Smith, M.H. (Eds.). (2012). Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts. Executive Summary of the 2012 Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA). Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts (Case Studies) Keener, V.W., Marra, J.J., Finucane M.L., Spooner, D., & Smith, M.H. (Eds.). (2012). Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts. Case Studies from the 2012 Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA). Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
Schroeder, T.A., M.R. Chowdhury, M.A. Lander, C.C. Guard, C. Felkley, and D. Gifford, 2012: The Role of the Pacific ENSO Applications Climate Center in Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Hazards: Experience from the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 1003–1015. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00109.1.
Wager, K.W. (2012). Climate Change Law and Policy in Hawaii Briefing Sheet. Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy, Honolulu, HI, 12 pp.
Wallsgrove, R. & Penn, D. (2012). Water Resources and Climate Change Adaptation in Hawai‘i: Adaptive Tools in the Current Law and Policy Framework. Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy, Honolulu, HI, 92 pp.
Wallsgrove, R. & Penn, D. (2012). Water Resources and Climate Change Adaptation in Hawai‘i: Executive Summary of Adaptive Tools. Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy, Honolulu, HI, 8 pp.
Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Lauer, A., Hamilton, K., & Xie, F. (2012). Cloud base and top heights in the Hawaiian region determined with satellite and ground-based measurements. Geophysical Research Letters 39 (15), L15706. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012GL052355
Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Lauer, A., & Hamilton, K. (2012). Configuration and evaluation of the WRF model for the study of Hawaiian regional climate. Monthly Weather Review 140 (10), 3259–3277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00260.1
2011
Burkett, M. (2011). In Search of Refuge: Pacific Islands, Climate-Induced Migration, and the Legal Frontier. Asia Pacific Issues, 98, 8 pp. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI.
Zhang, C., Wang, Y., & Hamilton, K. (2011). Improved representation of boundary layer clouds over the Southeast Pacific in WRF-ARW using a modified Tiedtke cumulus parameterization scheme. Monthly Weather Review 139 (11): 3489-3513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-10-05091.1
2010
Chowdhury, M.R., Barnston, A.G., Guard, C., Duncan, S. , Schroeder, T.A. & Chu, P. (2010), Sea‐level variability and change in the US‐affiliated Pacific Islands: understanding the high sea levels during 2006–2008. Weather 65: 263-268. doi:10.1002/wea.468
Finucane, M.L., Marra, J. & Weyman, J.C. (2010). A Research Strategy for the Pacific Climate Information System. East-West Center Working Papers: Environmental Change, Vulnerability, and Governance, 67, 1-15.
Lauer, A. Hamilton, K., Wang, Y., Phillips, V.T. & Bennartz, R. (2010). The Impact of Global Warming on Marine Boundary Layer Clouds over the Eastern Pacific—A Regional Model Study. Journal of Climate 23, 5844–5863. https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JCLI3666.1
2009
Finucane, M.L. (2009). Why Science Alone Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis. Asia Pacific Issues 89, 8 pp. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI.
2008
Gingerich, S.B. (2008). Ground-water availability in the Wailuku area, Maui, Hawai‘i: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5236, 95 pp. Available from: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5236/
Related Publications
Ebi, K.L., Lewis, N.D., & Corvalan, C. (2006). Climate Variability and Change and Their Potential Health Effects in Small Island States: Information for Adaptation Planning in the Health Sector. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(12), 1957–1963. http://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8429
Shea, E. (2003). Living with a Climate in Transition: Pacific Communities Plan for Today and Tomorrow. Asia-Pacific Issues 66, 8 pp. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI.
Shea, E. (2004). Climate and Extreme Events. TIEMPO: A Bulletin on Climate and Development, 52.
Conference Proceedings & Abstracts
Anderson, C. 2011. Climate Challenges in Pacific Island Communities; Panel Session: Climate Change in Pacific Island Communities, Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania 2011 Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, Feb. 9-12 2011.
Anderson, C.L. 2008. Climate Risk Assessment for Coastal Policy in the Pacific Islands. Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008: Proceedings of Sessions of the Conference, April 13-16, 2008, Turtle Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. L. Wallendorf, L. Ewing, C. Jones, and B. Jaffe, (Eds.). Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers. 97-106.
Anderson, C., E. Shea, J. Weyman, N. Colasacco, and S. Jones. 2007. Evolution of a Climate Risk Management Process in the Pacific: PEAC to PaCIS. Conference Volume, IPCC WG1 Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Analysis (TGICA), An Expert Meeting on Regional Impacts, Adaptation, Vulnerability, and Mitigation, 20-22 June 2007, Nadi, Fiji.
Finucane, M.L. 2011. Pacific RISA: The Climate Adaptation Partnership for the Pacific; Presentation at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), Science of Climate Change in Hawaii conference, January 19-20, 2011.
Finucane, M.L., Miller, R., Corlew, K., Keener, V., Burkett, M., & Grecni, Z. Climate Adaptation Decisions: Who, How, and Why? Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Seattle, WA, November 4-7, 2011.
Finucane, M.L. et. al. 2010.Climate Adaptation by Pacific Islanders: Integrating Physical and Social Sciences to Support Decision Making about Complex Systems on Multiple Timescales. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, St Louis, MO, November 19-22, 2010.
Finucane, M.L., Miller, R., Corlew, K., Keener, V., Burkett, M., & Grecni, Z., 2013: Understanding the Climate-Sensitive Decisions and Information Needs of Freshwater Resource Managers in Hawaii. Wea. Climate Soc., 5, 293–308.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-12-00039.1
Keener, V.W. The PVT Landfill: A Case Study in the Successful Integration of Climate Information for Decision Making. Presented at the Hawaii Ocean Resources Management Plan Working Group Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, July 7, 2011.
Keener, V., Cho, J., Jones, JW & Bosch, DD. Integration of ENSO Signal Power Through Hydrological Processes in the Little River Watershed. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, “Understanding Hydrologic Change: Analyses of Regional Streamflow Records” Session, San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 2011.
Lauer, A. State of Regional Atmospheric Modeling for the Hawaii Climate Prediction Problem at the SOEST “Climate Change in Hawaii Symposium,” Honolulu HI, January 19-20, 2011. http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/users/kph/HawaiiClimateSymposium/Day2.B.Lauer.pdf
Lauer, Axel; Zhang, Chunxi; Elison-Timm, Oliver; Wang, Yuqing; Hamilton, Kevin. 2013: Downscaling of Climate Change in the Hawaii Region Using CMIP5 Results: On the Choice of the Forcing Fields. J. Climate, 26, 10006–10030.doi: http://dx.doi.org.eres.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00126.1
Lewis, N.D. Islands in a Sea of Change: Climate Change, Health and Human Security in Small Island States, for the NATO Advanced Workshop on “Climate Change, Human Health and National Security” in Dubrovnik, Croatia April 27-29, 2011.
Lewis, N.D. Climate Change, Health and Human Security; Small Island States and Asia’s Coastal Megactities, Association of American Geographer’s meeting, April 13-17, 2011.
Lewis, N.D. 2010. In the Eye of the Storm: Gender and Extreme Weather Events. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 14-18, 2010, Washington, DC. See Working Bibliography.
Lewis, Nancy D. and Sidney Westley. Synthesis Workshop on Climate Variability, Climate Change and Health in Small-Island States. World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization. United Nations Environment Programme. 2004. Geneva: World Health Organization.
Shea, E. L. and A. R. Subbiah. March 2004. Symposium on Climate and Extreme Events in Asia-Pacific: Enhancing Resilience and Improving Decision Making. Honolulu: East-West Center.
Shea, E. et al. 2001. Preparing for a Changing Climate: The Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for Pacific Islands. Honolulu: East-West Center.
Zhang, Chunxi; Wang, Yuqing; Lauer, Axel; Hamilton, Kevin; Xie, Feiqin Cloud base and top heights in the Hawaiian region determined with satellite and ground-based measurements Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 39, No. 15, L15706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012GL052355
Disaster and Climate Change Preparedness in Maui: A Handbook for Communities. Kati Corlew, PhD, 2015 Honolulu: East-West Center.
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