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Thomas Ott
Assistant Research Scientist Hydrology

Publications
2023
Bromley, M., Minor, B. A., Pearson, C., Beamer, J., Dunkerly, C. W., Ott, T., Huntington, J. L., Hoskinson, M. (2023). Evapotranspiration, Net Irrigation Water Requirements, and Reservoir Evaporation Estimates for Oregon

2022
Albano, C. M., Abatzoglou, J. T., McEvoy, D. J., Huntington, J. L., Morton, C. G., Dettinger, M. D., Ott, T. (2022). A multi-dataset assessment of climatic drivers and uncertainties of recent trends in evaporative demand across the continental US, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 10.1175/JHM-D-21-0163.1

McEvoy, D. J., Roj, S., Dunkerly, C. W., McGraw, D. S., Huntington, J. L., Hobbins, M., Ott, T. (2022). Validation and Bias Correction of Forecast Reference Evapotranspiration for Agricultural Applications in Nevada, USA, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 148 (11), American Society for Civil Engineers, August 29, 2022-August 29, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001595

Pearson, C., Huntington, J. L., Bromley, M., Ott, T., Allen, R. (2022). Upper Colorado River Basin Demand Management Investigation: Phase I Interim Report

2021
Melton, F., Huntington, J. L., Grimm, R., Herring, J., Hall, M., Rollison, D., Erickson, T., Allen, R., Anderson, M., Fisher, J., Kilic, A., Senay, G., Volk, J. M., Hain, C., Johnson, L., Ruhoff, A., Blankenau, P., Bromley, M., Carrara, W., Daudert, B., Doherty, C., Dunkerly, C. W., Friedrichs, M., Guzman, A., Halverson, G., Hansen, J., Harding, J., Kang, Y., Ketchum, D., Minor, B. A., Morton, C. G., Ortega-Salazar, S., Ott, T., Ozdogan, M., ReVelle, P., Schull, M., Wang, C., Yang, Y., Anderson, R. (2021). OpenET: Filling a Critical Data Gap in Water Management for the Western United States, JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12956

Pearson, C., Huntington, J. L., Bromley, M., Ott, T., Allen, R. (2021). UCRB Demand Management Investigation: Phase 1 Interim Report, Draft report submitted to United States Bureau of Reclamation

Conference Proceedings
2023
Chambers, J. M., Landis, A., Walker, T. J., Ott, T., Morton, C. G., McEvoy, D. J., Brown, T. J., Huntington, J. L. (2023). A Distributed Approach toward Developing Interactive and Scalable Maps for Climate Data-Driven Web Applications at the Western Regional Climate Center. AMS Annual Meeting: Denver, CO, January 8, 2023-January 12, 2023

2022
Bromley, M., Melton, F., Grimm, R., Herring, J., Huntington, J. L., Allen, R., Anderson, M., Carrara, W., Daudert, B., Doherty, C., Dunkerly, C. W., Erickson, T., Fisher, J., Friedrichs, M., Guzman, A., Hain, C., Hall, M., Halverson, G., Hansen, J., Harding, J., Johnson, L., Kang, Y., Kilic, A., Morton, C. G., Malloy, M., McCullum, A., Minor, B. A., Patel, M., O’Connor, R., Ortega-Salazar, S., Ott, T., ReVelle, P., Ruhoff, A., Senay, G., Volk, J. M., Yang, Y. (2022). OpenET: Cloud-based Evapotranspiration Data for Water Management, American Geophysical Union. AGU – Frontiers in Hydrology Meeting: San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 20, 2022-June 24, 2022
https://agu.confex.com/agu/hydrology22/meetingapp.cgi

Zhao, B., Pearson, C., Huntington, J. L., Allen, G., Holman, K., Nowak, K., Ott, T., Zhao, G., Huang, C., Zhang, S., Gao, H. (2022). Monitoring and Forecasting Reservoir Evaporation for the Western US, AGU Fall Meeting: Chicago, Illinois, December 12, 2022-December 16, 2022

2021
Reitz, M., Huntington, J. L., Volk, J. M., Ott, T., Melton, F., Pearson, C., Minor, B. A., Carrara, W. (2021). A machine learning approach to weighting the remotely sensed ET ensemble members of OpenET. AGU Fall Meeting: New Orleans, LA

2020
Smith, S., Culpepper, J. A., McKinnon, T., Shrestha, P., Ott, T., Henson, J., Hausner, M. B. (2020). Virtual field experiences with active learning to supplement hands-on activities. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting: Online, December 1, 2020-December 17, 2020, ED-009-04

Melton, F., Huntington, J. L., Grimm, R., Herring, J., Hall, M., Rollison, D., Erickson, T., Allen, R., Anderson, M., Blankenau, P., Bromley, M., Carrara, W., Daudert, B., Doherty, C., Dunkerly, C. W., Fisher, J., Friedrichs, M., Guzman, A., Hain, C., Halverson, G., Harding, J., Johnson, L., Kang, Y., Kilic, A., Mallory, M., Ortega-Salazar, S., Ott, T., Revelle, P., Ruhoff, A., Schull, M., Senay, G. B., Volk, J. M., Wang, T., Yang, Y. (2020). OpenET: Filling a Critical Gap in Water Data for the Western US. AGU: Virtual, December 1, 2020-December 17, 2020

Rollison, D., Grimm, R., Melton, F., Huntington, J. L., Herring, J., Hall, M., Erickson, T., Allen, R., Anderson, M., Blankenau, P., Bromley, M., Daudert, B., Doherty, C., Dunkerly, C. W., Fisher, J., Friedrichs, M., Guzman, A., Hain, C., Halverson, G., Hansen, J., Harding, J., Johnson, L., Kang, Y., Kilic, A., Malloy, M., Minor, B. A., Morton, C. G., Ortega-Salazar, S., Ott, T., Revelle, P., Ruhoff, A., Schull, M. A., Senay, G. B., Volk, J. M., Wang, T., Yang, Y. (2020). OpenET: Enabling Science-Based Water Management through Open Data Services and User-Driven Design. AGU: Virtual, December 1, 2020-December 17, 2020