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Joseph H Casola, PhD (Former Employee)

Science and Products

Non-USGS Publications**

National Integrated Heat Health Information System/NOAA, 2024. A Maturity Model for Heat
Governance.
UW Climate Impacts Group, UW Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences,
Front and Centered and Urban@UW, 2018. An Unfair Share: Exploring the disproportionate risks from
climate change facing Washington state communities.
Casola, J., 2018. Summary Report: Are Washington State Agencies Preparing for Climate Change? A
summary of research conducted by Dani Ziff and Dr. Nives Dolšak, UW School of Marine and
Environmental Affairs.
May, C., C. Luce, J. Casola, M. Chang, J. Cuhaciyan, M. Dalton, S. Lowe, G. Morishima, P. Mote, A.
Petersen, G. Roesch-McNally, and E. York, 2018: Northwest Chapter. In Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in
the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 1036–1100. doi: 10.7930/NCA4.2018.CH24
Mauger, G.S., J.H.Casola, H.A. Morgan, R.L. Strauch, B. Jones, B. Curry, T.M. Busch Isaksen, L. Whitely
Binder, M.B. Krosby, and A.K. Snover, 2015. State of Knowledge: Climate Change in Puget Sound.
doi:10.7915/CIG93777D
Jaglom, W.S., J.R. McFarland, M.F. Colley, C.B. Mack, B. Venkatesh, R.L. Miller, J. Haydel, P.A. Schultz,
B. Perkins, J. H. Casola, J.A. Martinich, P. Cross, M.J. Kolian, S. Kayin, 2014. Assessment of projected
temperature impacts from climate change on the U.S. electric power sector using the Integrated
Planning Model® . Energy Policy, 73, 524-539
Casola, J.H., L. Cuo, B. Livneh, D.P. Lettenmaier, M.T. Stoelinga, P.W. Mote, and J.M. Wallace, 2009.
Assessing the Impacts of Global Warming on Snowpack in the Washington Cascades. Journal of
Climate, 22, 10, 2758-2772.
McMurdie, L. and J.H. Casola, 2009. Weather Regimes and Forecast Errors in the Pacific Northwest.
Weather and Forecasting, 24, 3, 829-842.
Casola, J.H., and J.M. Wallace, 2007. Identifying Weather Regimes in the 500-hPa Geopotential
Height Field for the Pacific-North American Sector Using a Limited-Contour Clustering Technique.
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 46, 10, 1619-1630.
Casola, J.H., J.E. Kay, A.K. Snover, R.A. Norheim, L.C. Whitely Binder, and the Climate Impacts Group,
2005. Climate Impacts on Washington’s Water Supply, Forests, Fish, and Agriculture.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

Upper Colorado River near Moab, Utah

Copper mining, critical minerals, and long-term drought in the Southwest United States

Long-term drought in the Southwest U.S. affects water use across many sectors as well as the natural environment. The Southwest U.S. is an important area for mining porphyry copper deposits, which consist of copper minerals disseminated in breccia, a type of rock composed of coarse rock fragments held together by cement or a fine-grained matrix, that are the World's largest source of copper...
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Arizona Water Science Center, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Southwest Biological Science Center, Colorado River Basin: Actionable and Strategic Integrated Science and Technology, Drought
Copper mining, critical minerals, and long-term drought in the Southwest United States

Copper mining, critical minerals, and long-term drought in the Southwest United States

Long-term drought in the Southwest U.S. affects water use across many sectors as well as the natural environment. The Southwest U.S. is an important area for mining porphyry copper deposits, which consist of copper minerals disseminated in breccia, a type of rock composed of coarse rock fragments held together by cement or a fine-grained matrix, that are the World's largest source of copper...
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Science and Products

Non-USGS Publications**

National Integrated Heat Health Information System/NOAA, 2024. A Maturity Model for Heat
Governance.
UW Climate Impacts Group, UW Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences,
Front and Centered and Urban@UW, 2018. An Unfair Share: Exploring the disproportionate risks from
climate change facing Washington state communities.
Casola, J., 2018. Summary Report: Are Washington State Agencies Preparing for Climate Change? A
summary of research conducted by Dani Ziff and Dr. Nives Dolšak, UW School of Marine and
Environmental Affairs.
May, C., C. Luce, J. Casola, M. Chang, J. Cuhaciyan, M. Dalton, S. Lowe, G. Morishima, P. Mote, A.
Petersen, G. Roesch-McNally, and E. York, 2018: Northwest Chapter. In Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in
the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 1036–1100. doi: 10.7930/NCA4.2018.CH24
Mauger, G.S., J.H.Casola, H.A. Morgan, R.L. Strauch, B. Jones, B. Curry, T.M. Busch Isaksen, L. Whitely
Binder, M.B. Krosby, and A.K. Snover, 2015. State of Knowledge: Climate Change in Puget Sound.
doi:10.7915/CIG93777D
Jaglom, W.S., J.R. McFarland, M.F. Colley, C.B. Mack, B. Venkatesh, R.L. Miller, J. Haydel, P.A. Schultz,
B. Perkins, J. H. Casola, J.A. Martinich, P. Cross, M.J. Kolian, S. Kayin, 2014. Assessment of projected
temperature impacts from climate change on the U.S. electric power sector using the Integrated
Planning Model® . Energy Policy, 73, 524-539
Casola, J.H., L. Cuo, B. Livneh, D.P. Lettenmaier, M.T. Stoelinga, P.W. Mote, and J.M. Wallace, 2009.
Assessing the Impacts of Global Warming on Snowpack in the Washington Cascades. Journal of
Climate, 22, 10, 2758-2772.
McMurdie, L. and J.H. Casola, 2009. Weather Regimes and Forecast Errors in the Pacific Northwest.
Weather and Forecasting, 24, 3, 829-842.
Casola, J.H., and J.M. Wallace, 2007. Identifying Weather Regimes in the 500-hPa Geopotential
Height Field for the Pacific-North American Sector Using a Limited-Contour Clustering Technique.
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 46, 10, 1619-1630.
Casola, J.H., J.E. Kay, A.K. Snover, R.A. Norheim, L.C. Whitely Binder, and the Climate Impacts Group,
2005. Climate Impacts on Washington’s Water Supply, Forests, Fish, and Agriculture.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

Upper Colorado River near Moab, Utah

Copper mining, critical minerals, and long-term drought in the Southwest United States

Long-term drought in the Southwest U.S. affects water use across many sectors as well as the natural environment. The Southwest U.S. is an important area for mining porphyry copper deposits, which consist of copper minerals disseminated in breccia, a type of rock composed of coarse rock fragments held together by cement or a fine-grained matrix, that are the World's largest source of copper...
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Arizona Water Science Center, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Southwest Biological Science Center, Colorado River Basin: Actionable and Strategic Integrated Science and Technology, Drought
Copper mining, critical minerals, and long-term drought in the Southwest United States

Copper mining, critical minerals, and long-term drought in the Southwest United States

Long-term drought in the Southwest U.S. affects water use across many sectors as well as the natural environment. The Southwest U.S. is an important area for mining porphyry copper deposits, which consist of copper minerals disseminated in breccia, a type of rock composed of coarse rock fragments held together by cement or a fine-grained matrix, that are the World's largest source of copper...
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