Recent Publication: Effects of systematic predictor selection for statistical downscaling of rainfall in Hawai’iMarch 2024

A paper was recently published in the International Journal of Climatology by Kristen Sanfilippo and other researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi, the State Univeristy of New York at Albany and Clark University. Despite the many developments in methods to…

New Publication: Mapping Daily Air Temperature Over the Hawaiian Islands From 1990 to 2021 Via an Optimized Piecewise Linear Regression TechniqueJANUARY 2024

A new paper on mapping daily air temperature was recently published by Dr. Keri Kodama, an East-West Center Fellow and WRRC Affiliate Faculty, and other researchers at the University of Hawai’i. The paper introduces a piecewise linear regression model used…

New Publications by Xiaolong Geng: Studies on Oil Weathering Models and Impacts of Upweling in Shallow WetlandsAugust 2023

    Congratulations to Dr. Xiaolong (Leo) Geng, WRRC hydrogeologist and faculty member with the Department of Earth Sciences, who recently published two papers. The recent publication for (1) “A generic approach to construct pseudo components for oil weathering models”…
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New Publication: Environmental Change on Native and Invasive MacroalgaeJuly 2023

    A new study predicting the environmental effects of climate change, urban development, and land cover was recently published in Water Resources Research. The authors—representing diverse research specialties, including members from WRRC—concluded that the effects will increase habitat suitability…