Halfway Expert
Halfway Expert

Halfway Expert

Dr. Paul Moffett

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Before each episode of Halfway Expert I study a given topic for exactly one week. Then I invite a real expert on the podcast and together we explain their topic while my expert guest corrects the misconceptions or misunderstandings I’ve picked up in my week of study.

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Sustainability Science Notes and Sources
APR 10, 2019
Sustainability Science Notes and Sources
<h1>Paul’s Preparation Bibliography</h1><p class="">Basshuysen, Philippe van &amp; Brandstedt, Eric (2018). Comment on 'The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions.’ Environmental Research Letters, 13(4) doi:10.1088/1748-9326</p><p class="">IPCC 5th Assessment.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/">https://www.ipcc.ch/</a></p><p class="">IPCC. <em>Summary for Policymakers of IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C approved by governments:</em> <a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/2018/10/08/summary-for-policymakers-of-ipcc-special-report-on-global-warming-of-1-5c-approved-by-governments/">https://www.ipcc.ch/2018/10/08/summary-for-policymakers-of-ipcc-special-report-on-global-warming-of-1-5c-approved-by-governments/</a></p><p class="">Khagram, Sanjeev, Kimberly A. Nicholas, Dena Macmynowski Bever, Justin Warren, Elizabeth H. Richards, Kirsten Oleson, Justin Kitzes, et al. 2010. “Thinking about Knowing: Conceptual Foundations for Interdisciplinary Environmental Research.” Environmental Conservation 37 (4). Cambridge University Press: 388–97. doi:10.1017/S0376892910000809.</p><p class="">Nicholas, Kimberly. <em>Global change in local places: Climate change and the future of the wine industry in Sonoma and Napa, California</em>. Stanford University, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2009. Credited and searchable as Cahill, Kimberly Nicholas.</p><p class="">Nicholas, Kimberly. <em>A Taste of the Future: Wine in a Changing Climate:</em> https://youtu.be/83IBqKkMNlo</p><p class="">Nicholas, Kimberly. <em>China, UK, and US at centre of global ”land grabbing” trade</em>: <a href="https://youtu.be/XsgvBafVxM0">https://youtu.be/XsgvBafVxM0</a></p><p class="">Nicholas, Kimberly. <em>Grand Opening of the Sustainability Week:</em> <a href="https://youtu.be/QkZ7Tr22Rzw">https://youtu.be/QkZ7Tr22Rzw</a></p><p class="">Nicholas, Kimberly. <em>How we solved climate change : A retrospective from 2050: </em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBXv1_2cqV8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBXv1_2cqV8</a></p><p class="">Nicholas, Kimberly. <em>We Can Fix It World Cafe</em>: <a href="http://www.kimnicholas.com/we-can-fix-it-world-cafe.html">http://www.kimnicholas.com/we-can-fix-it-world-cafe.html</a></p><p class="">The Global Carbon Project. <a href="https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/index.htm">https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/index.htm</a></p><p class="">Wynes, S., &amp; Nicholas, K. A. (2018). Reply to Second comment on 'The climate mitigation gap: Education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions'. Environmental Research Letters, 13(6). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aac9cf">doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aac9cf</a></p><p class="">Wynes, S., &amp; Nicholas, K. A. (2018). Reply to Second comment on 'The climate mitigation gap: Education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions'. Environmental Research Letters, 13(6). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aac9cf">doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aac9cf</a></p><p class="">Wynes, Seth, Kimberly A Nicholas, Jiaying Zhao, and Simon D Donner. 2018. “Measuring what works: Quantifying greenhouse gas emission reductions of behavioural interventions to reduce driving, meat consumption, and household energy use.” Environmental Research Letters 13 (11): <a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aae5d7">https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aae5d7</a></p><p class="">Plus Wikipedia for terms I didn’t understand.</p><p class="">&nbsp;</p><h1>Kim’s Suggested Reading List</h1><p class="">Kim directed me to this reading list of books on climate change: <a href="https://www.thereadinglists.com/best-books-on-climate-change/" target="_blank">https://www.thereadinglists.com/best-books-on-climate-change/</a>&nbsp;</p>
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Arctic Climatology Notes and Sources
JAN 16, 2019
Arctic Climatology Notes and Sources
<h1>Paul’s Preparation Bibliography</h1><p>(2016).&nbsp;atmospheric chemistry.&nbsp;In&nbsp;Rennie, R., &amp; Law, J.&nbsp;(Eds.), <em>A Dictionary of Chemistry</em>.&nbsp;: Oxford University Press, http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198722823.001.0001/acref-9780198722823-e-4908.</p><p>Francis, Jennifer. New England Aquarium, 10/19/17: Crazy Weather and the Arctic Meltdown, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtmuBoolHQg" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtmuBoolHQg</a></p><p>&nbsp;Hess, S., &amp; Hall. (1960). Introduction to Theoretical Meteorology.&nbsp;<em>Physics Today,</em>&nbsp;<em>13</em>(10), 56.</p><p>J. T. Overpeck,et al. Arctic System on Trajectory to New, Seasonally Ice-Free State, <em>Eos</em>, Vol 86, No. 34, 23 August 2005 <a href="https://marine.rutgers.edu/pubs/private/OverpecketalEOS05.pdf">https://marine.rutgers.edu/pubs/private/OverpecketalEOS05.pdf</a></p><p>Jacob, D. J. (1999). <em>Introduction to atmospheric chemistry.</em> Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. </p><p>Liu, J., Z. Chen, J. Francis, M. Song, T. Mote, and Y. Hu,&nbsp;2016:&nbsp;<a href="https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0391.1">Has Arctic Sea Ice Loss Contributed to Increased Surface Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet?.</a>&nbsp;<em>J. Climate,</em>29,&nbsp;3373–3386,&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0391.1">https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0391.1</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Matthews, J. (Ed.) (2014).&nbsp;<em>Encyclopedia of environmental change</em>&nbsp;(Vols. 1-3). Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Ltd. doi: 10.4135/9781446247501</p><p>National Research Council. 2014.&nbsp;<em>The Arctic in the Anthropocene: Emerging Research Questions</em>. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18726.</p><p>Seinfeld, John H. &amp; Spyros N. Pandis. <em>Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change</em>. Wiley, 2006.</p><p>Tang, Q., Zhang, X., &amp; Francis, J. A. (2013). Extreme summer weather in northern mid-latitudes linked to a vanishing cryosphere.<em> Nature Climate Change, 4</em>, 45. Retrieved from <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2065" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2065</a> </p><p>Vaideanu, P., Dima, M. &amp; Voiculescu, M. Theor Appl Climatol (2018) 134: 1245. <a href="https://doi-org.qe2a-proxy.mun.ca/10.1007/s00704-017-2330-3">https://doi-org.qe2a-proxy.mun.ca/10.1007/s00704-017-2330-3</a></p><p>Wiese, Chuck, A Warming Arctic Would Not Cause Increased Severe Weather or Temperature Extremes. <em>Ed Berry.com</em> https://edberry.com/blog/climate-physics/meteorology/a-warming-arctic-would-not-cause-increased-severe-weather-or-temperature-extremes</p><p>Plus Wikipedia for terms I didn’t understand.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h1>Jennifer’s Suggested Five (or so) Texts</h1><p>Francis, J.A., Clarity and clouds: Progress in understanding Arctic influences on mid-latitude weather. A "Frostbites" essay in the 2018 Arctic Report Card, NOAA Arctic Program.</p><p><a href="https://arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card/Report-Card-2018/ArtMID/7878/ArticleID/790/Clarity-and-Clouds-Progress-in-Understanding-Arctic-Influences-on-Mid-latitude-Weather" target="_blank">https://arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card/Report-Card-2018/ArtMID/7878/ArticleID/790/Clarity-and-Clouds-Progress-in-Understanding-Arctic-Influences-on-Mid-latitude-Weather</a></p><p>&nbsp;Vavrus, S.J., 2018: The influence of Arctic amplification on mid-latitude weather and climate.&nbsp;<em>Curr. Clim. Change Rep.,</em>&nbsp;doi:&nbsp;1.1007/s40641-018-0105-2.</p><p>Francis, J.A., 2017: Why are Arctic linkages to extreme weather still up in the air?&nbsp;<em>Bull. Amer. Meteoro. Soc., 98,</em>&nbsp;2551–2557.</p><p>Francis, J.A., 2018:&nbsp;Scientific American, April 2018, Vol. 318, No. 4:&nbsp;Meltdown <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-arctic-is-breaking-climate-records-altering-weather-worldwide/" target="_blank">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-arctic-is-breaking-climate-records-altering-weather-worldwide/</a></p>
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Hydrology Notes and Sources
JAN 12, 2019
Hydrology Notes and Sources
<h1>Paul’s Preparation Bibliography</h1><p>Anderson, M., &amp; Burt, T. (1985). <em>Hydrological forecasting</em> (Landscape systems). Chichester: Wiley.</p><p>Arnal, Louise, et al. (2017). An efficient approach for estimating streamflow forecast skill elasticity. <em>Journal of Hydrometeorology 18(6)</em>. 1715–1729. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-16-0259.1">doi:10.1175/JHM-D-16-0259.1</a></p><p>Arnal, Louise, et al. (2018). Low river flow signal during Europe’s dry summer. <em>ECMWF Newsletter 157</em>. Retrieved from<a href="https://www.ecmwf.int/en/newsletter/157/news/low-river-flow-signal-during-europes-dry-summer"> <span>https://www.ecmwf.int/en/newsletter/157/news/low-river-flow-signal-during-europes-dry-summer</span></a></p><p>Arnal, Louise, et al. (2018). Skillful seasonal forecasts of streamflow over Europe? <em>Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22.</em> 2057–2072. <a href="http://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2057-2018">doi:10.5194/hess-22-2057-2018</a></p><p>Emerton, Rebecca et al. (2018). Developing a global operational seasonal hydro-meteorological forecasting system: GloFAS-Seasonal v1.0. <em>Geoscientific Model Development, 11</em>. 3327-3346.<a href="http://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-3327-2018"> doi:10.5194/gmd-11-3327-2018</a>.</p><p>Neumann et al. (2018). The 2013/14 Thames basin floods: do improved meteorological forecasts lead to more skillful hydrological forecasts at seasonal time scales? <em>Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19(6), </em>1059–1075.<a href="http://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-17-0182.1"> doi:10.1175/JHM-D-17-0182.1</a></p><p>Quinn, Nevil, et. al. (2018). Invigorating hydrological research through journal publications. <em>Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19(11). </em>1713–1719. <a href="http://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-18-0208.1">doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-18-0208.1</a></p><p>Ramos, Maria-Helena and Louise Arnal. (2018). Can hydrological forecasting contribute to science &amp; art projects? <em>HEPEX: A Global Community In Hydrological Ensemble Prediction.</em><a href="https://hepex.irstea.fr/science-and-art/"><em> </em><span>https://hepex.irstea.fr/science-and-art/</span></a></p><p>Riggs, H. C. (1985) <em>Streamflow Characteristics</em>. Amsterdam: Elsevier<em>.</em></p><p>Sene K. (2010) <em>Hydrometeorology</em>. Springer, Dordrecht. <a href="http://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3403-8_3">doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3403-8_3</a></p><p>Viessman, Warren. et al. (2003). <em>Introduction to Hydrology</em>. New York: Intext.</p><p>Wang, Wen. (2006). <em>Stochasticity, Nonlinearity And Forecasting Of Streamflow Processes</em>. Technische Universiteit Delft.</p><p> Plus Wikipedia to define terms I was unfamiliar with.</p><h1>Louise’s Suggested Five (or so) Texts</h1><p>*Introduction to global hydrology: Bierkens, M.F., 2015. Global hydrology 2015: State, trends, and directions. <em>Water Resources Research</em>, <em>51</em>(7), pp.4923-4947. <a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/2015WR017173"><span>https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/2015WR017173</span></a></p><p> *Introduction to operational river forecasting: Pagano, T.C., Wood, A.W., Ramos, M.H., Cloke, H.L., Pappenberger, F., Clark, M.P., Cranston, M., Kavetski, D., Mathevet, T., Sorooshian, S. and Verkade, J.S., 2014. Challenges of operational river forecasting. <em>Journal of Hydrometeorology</em>, 15(4), pp.1692-1707. <a href="https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/JHM-D-13-0188.1"><span>https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/JHM-D-13-0188.1</span></a></p><p> *Introduction to ensemble flood forecasting: Cloke, H.L. and Pappenberger, F., 2009. Ensemble flood forecasting: A review. <em>Journal of Hydrology</em>, <em>375</em>(3-4), pp.613-626. <a href="https://ac.els-cdn.com/S0022169409003291/1-s2.0-S0022169409003291-main.pdf?_tid=a9f10761-f95d-4932-bd08-0923cdd14c24&amp;acdnat=1545921083_e9d3a09d4e57bc3212272b8caceb4fd9"><span>https://ac.els-cdn.com/S0022169409003291/1-s2.0-S0022169409003291-main.pdf?_tid=a9f10761-f95d-4932-bd08-0923cdd14c24&amp;acdnat=1545921083_e9d3a09d4e57bc3212272b8caceb4fd9</span></a></p><p>*Introduction to seasonal streamflow forecasting: Yuan, X., Wood, E.F. and Ma, Z., 2015. A review on climate‐model‐based seasonal hydrologic forecasting: physical understanding and system development. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2(5), pp.523-536. <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/wat2.1088"><span>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/wat2.1088</span></a></p><p> *This is the blog of a global community (HEPEX) doing ensemble hydrometeorological forecasting, of which I am part. They regularly publish scientific posts that give interesting overviews for a range of topics: <a href="https://hepex.irstea.fr/"><span>https://hepex.irstea.fr/</span></a></p><p>*And for those interested in SciArt: <a href="https://www.sciartmagazine.com/"><span>https://www.sciartmagazine.com/</span></a></p>
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