Michael Dettinger

I am a research hydrologist and climatologist, as a Visiting Researcher for Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a Visiting Research Professor at the Desert Research Institute, retired from the U.S. Geological Survey. I research the hydrology, climate, and water resources of the West, focusing on hydroclimatic variability and climate-change impacts. For contracting purposes, I have recently established a one-person LLC, called Michael Dettinger Climate Science, LLC.

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Over the years, I've been: 

• Physical-sciences team leader for DOI-DOD ecosystem planning in the Mojave Desert (way back in the 1990s),

• Member USGS committee to design National Ground-water Climate-Response Monitoring Network, 1995-1997,

• Member of executive committee for initial USA National Phenological Network implementation, 2005-2007,

• A founding organizer of the CIRMONT Western Mountain Climate Sciences Consortium, 2004-2014,

• Co-editor of the 2008 and 2016 State of Bay-Delta Science reports,

• Research advisor for USGS Surface-Water Discipline, 2009-2014,

• A lead author of the Water Resources chapter of the 2013 National Climate Assessment,

• Convening lead author of California 4th Climate Assessment Sierra Nevada Region Report, 2017-2018,

• Chair of AMS Water Resources Committee, 2015-2019,

• Standing Review Board for NASA's Surface-Water/Oceans Topography (SWOT) mission, 2013-2022, 

• Member of steering committees of the Russian River Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations viability assessments, 2014-2022.