Kenneth Kunkel
National Climate Assessment, Climate Extremes Research
Phone: +1 828.257.3137
Email: Ken.Kunkel@noaa.gov
Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6667-7047
Biography
Dr. Kenneth Kunkel joined NCICS as a Senior Scientist and Lead Scientist for Assessments, and the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at North Carolina State University as a Research Professor in September 2010.
As Lead Scientist for the National Climate Assessment Technical Support Unit (TSU), Dr. Kunkel directs the TSU’s scientific support for all National Climate Assessment activities. He led the development of a nine-part NOAA Technical Report series published in 2013 in support of the Third National Climate Assessment and was one of the lead authors on the climate science sections of Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. He was also a contributing author on The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment, a lead author on the Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I, and a contributing author on the Fourth National Climate Assessment Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States. Dr. Kunkel also led the development of a set of climate summaries for all 50 States and Puerto Rico and the North Carolina Climate Science Report.
Dr. Kunkel’s research has focused on historical climate variability and trends and on potential future change, particularly related to extreme events, such as heavy precipitation, heat waves, cold waves, and winter storms. A particular focus has been the historical variations in the frequency and intensity of such extreme events extending from the late 19th Century to the present. An examination of late 19th and early 20th Century variations is important because it establishes the quasi-natural background that provides a context for interpreting recent variations and possible anthropogenic influences. He has investigated the manner in which weather system phenomenology has contributed to observed climate trends.
His work on climate change has involved the diagnostic analysis of regional and global climate model simulations. This has focused on the regional fidelity of model simulations of the climate of the United States, including such features as the North American monsoon and the lack of 20th Century warming in the central and southeastern United States.
A recent focus is on the development of methods to incorporate climate change considerations into heavy rainfall design values that are used in the design of long-lived infrastructure. Such infrastructure will likely experience effects due to anthropogenically forced climate changes because of their long lifetimes.
Dr. Kunkel holds a BS degree in Physics from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and MS and PhD degrees in Meteorology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Previous positions include Executive Director of the Division of Atmospheric Sciences of the Desert Research Institute, Director of the Midwestern Regional Climate Center and Interim Director of the Illinois State Water Survey, New Mexico State Climatologist, and Research Meteorologist with Army Research Laboratory at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society.
Publications
Easterling, D.R., K.E. Kunkel, A.R. Crimmins, and M.F. Wehner, 2024: Long term planning requires climate projections beyond 2100. Nature Climate Change, In press.
Sauer, J., N.B. Grimm, O. Barbosa, E.M. Cook, A. Mustafa, K. Kunkel, T. McPhearson, and A. Ballinger, 2024: Estimating combined effects of climate change and land cover change on water regulation services of urban wetlands in Valdivia, Chile. Earth's Future, 12 (5), e2023EF003801. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EF003801
Basile, S., A.R. Crimmins, C.W. Avery, B.D. Hamlington, and K.E. Kunkel, 2023: Appendix 3. Scenarios and datasets. In: Fifth National Climate Assessment. Crimmins, A.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, B.C. Stewart, and T.K. Maycock, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA. https://doi.org/10.7930/NCA5.2023.A3
Crossett, C.C., L.-A.L. Dupigny-Giroux, K.E. Kunkel, A.K. Betts, and A. Bomblies, 2023: Synoptic Typing of multiduration, heavy precipitation records in the northeastern United States: 1895–2017. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 62 (6), 721–736. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-22-0091.1
Easterling, D.E. and K.E. Kunkel, 2023: Climate change in the Earth system. In: Climate Change and Estuaries. Kennish, M.J., H.W. Paerl, and J.R. Crosswell, Eds. Taylor & Francis, 23–42.
Eischeid, J.K., M.P. Hoerling, X.-W. Quan, A. Kumar, J. Barsugli, Z.M. Labe, K.E. Kunkel, C.J. Schreck, D.R. Easterling, T. Zhang, J. Uehling, and X. Zhang, 2023: Why has the summertime central U.S. warming hole not disappeared? Journal of Climate, 1-49. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0716.1
USGCRP, 2023: Fifth National Climate Assessment. Crimmins, A.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, B.C. Stewart, and T.K. Maycock, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA. https://doi.org/10.7930/NCA5.2023
Barsugli, J.J., D.R. Easterling, D.S. Arndt, D.A. Coates, T.L. Delworth, M.P. Hoerling, N. Johnson, S.B. Kapnick, A. Kumar, K.E. Kunkel, C.J. Schreck, R.S. Vose, and T. Zhang, 2022: Development of a Rapid Response Capability to Evaluate Causes of Extreme Temperature and Drought Events in the United States. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103 (3), S14-S20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-21-0237.1
Dagon, K., J. Truesdale, J.C. Biard, K.E. Kunkel, G.A. Meehl, and M.J. Molina, 2022: Machine Learning-Based Detection of Weather Fronts and Associated Extreme Precipitation in Historical and Future Climates. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127 (21), e2022JD037038. http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037038
Kunkel, K.E., R. Frankson, J. Runkle, S.M. Champion, L.E. Stevens, D.R. Easterling, B.C. Stewart, A. McCarrick, and C.R. Lemery, Eds., 2022: State Climate Summaries for the United States 2022. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 150. NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD., 251 pp. https://statesummaries.ncics.org/
Kunkel, K.E., X. Yin, L. Sun, S.M. Champion, L.E. Stevens, and K.M. Johnson, 2022: Extreme Precipitation Trends and Meteorological Causes Over the Laurentian Great Lakes. Frontiers in Water, 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2022.804799
Schlef, K.E., K.E. Kunkel, C. Brown, Y. Demissie, D.P. Lettenmaier, A. Wagner, M.S. Wigmosta, T.R. Karl, D.R. Easterling, K.J. Wang, B. François, and E. Yan, 2022: Review: Incorporating Non-Stationarity from Climate Change into Rainfall Frequency and Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) Curves. Journal of Hydrology, 128757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128757
Shafiei Shiva, J., D.G. Chandler, and K.E. Kunkel, 2022: Mapping Heat Wave Hazard in Urban Areas: A Novel Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach. Atmosphere, 13 (7), 1037. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos13071037
Gutiérrez, J.M., R.G. Jones, G.T. Narisma, L.M. Alves, M. Amjad, I.V. Gorodetskaya, M. Grose, N.A.B. Klutse, S. Krakovska, J. Li, D. Martínez-Castro, L.O. Mearns, S.H. Mernild, T. Ngo-Duc, B.v.d. Hurk, and J.-H. Yoon, 2021: Atlas. In: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu, and B. Zhou, Eds. Cambridge University Press (K. E. Kunkel, contributing author). https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
Dello, K., W. Robinson, K. Kunkel, J. Dissen, and T. Maycock, 2020: A Hotter, Wetter, and More Humid North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal, 81, 307. http://dx.doi.org/10.18043/ncm.81.5.307
Dong, Q., W. Wang, K.E. Kunkel, Q. Shao, W. Xing, and J. Wei, 2020: Heterogeneous response of global precipitation concentration to global warming. International Journal of Climatology, n/a (n/a). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.6851
Kunkel, K. E., 2020: Extreme precipitation and climate change: Observations and projections. ASDSO Journal of Dam Safety, 17, 22–28.
Kunkel, K. E., D. R. Easterling, A. Ballinger, S. Bililign, S. M. Champion, D. R. Corbett, K. D. Dello, J. Dissen, G. M. Lackmann, J. Luettich, R. A., L. B. Perry, W. A. Robinson, L. E. Stevens, B. C. Stewart, and A. J. Terando, 2020: North Carolina Climate Science Report. 233 pp. https://ncics.org/nccsr
Kunkel, K. E., D. R. Easterling, T. R. Karl, J. C. Biard, S. M. Champion, B. E. Gleason, K. M. Johnson, A. Li, S. Stegall, L. E. Stevens, S. E. Stevens, M. Squires, L. Sun, and X. Yin, 2020: Incorporation of the Effects of Future Anthropogenically Forced Climate Change in Intensity-Duration-Frequency Design Values: Final Report. North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, North Carolina State University, 104 pp. https://precipitationfrequency.ncics.org/pdfs/RC_2517_Final_Report_version2_Sep_04_2020_clean.pdf
Kunkel, K.E., T. R. Karl, M. F. Squires, X. Yin, S. T. Stegall, and D. R. Easterling, 2020: Precipitation Extremes: Trends and Relationships with Average Precipitation and Precipitable Water in the Contiguous United States. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 59 (1), 125-142. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0185.1
Kunkel, K. E., S. E. Stevens, L. E. Stevens, and T. R. Karl, 2020: Observed Climatological Relationships of Extreme Daily Precipitation Events with Precipitable Water and Vertical Velocity in the Contiguous United States. Geophysical Research Letters, In press, e2019GL086721. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019gl086721
Biard, J.C. and K.E. Kunkel, 2019: Automated detection of weather fronts using a deep learning neural network. Advances in Statistical Climatology, Meteorology and Oceanography, 5 (2), 147-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/ascmo-5-147-2019
Kunkel, K. E., and S. M. Champion, 2019: An assessment of rainfall from Hurricanes Harvey and Florence relative to other extremely wet storms in the United States. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 13500– 13506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085034
Lee, J., D. Waliser, H. Lee, P. Loikith, and K. Kunkel, 2019: Evaluation of CMIP5 ability to reproduce twentieth century regional trends in surface air temperature and precipitation over CONUS. Climate Dynamics, 53, 5459–5480. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04875-1
Rennie, J., J. E. Bell, K. E. Kunkel, S. Herring, H. Cullen, and A. M. Abadi, 2019: Development of a submonthly temperature product to monitor near-real-time climate conditions and assess long-term heat events in the United States. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 58, 2653–2674. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0076.1
Russell, B. T., M. D. Risser, R. L. Smith, and K. E. Kunkel, 2019: Investigating the association between late spring Gulf of Mexico sea surface temperatures and U.S. Gulf Coast precipitation extremes with focus on Hurricane Harvey. Environmetrics, e2595. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/env.2595
Shiva, J. S., D. G. Chandler, and K. E. Kunkel, 2019: Localized Changes in Heat Wave Properties across the USA. Earth's Future, 7, 300–319. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018EF001085
Stegall, S. T., and K. E. Kunkel, 2019: Simulation of Daily Extreme Precipitation Over the United States in the CMIP5 30-yr Decadal Prediction Experiment. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 58, 875–886. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-18-0057.1
Stevens, S. E., C. J. Schreck, S. Saha, J. E. Bell, and K. E. Kunkel, 2019: Precipitation and fatal motor vehicle crashes: continental analysis with high-resolution radar data. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100, 1453–1461. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0001.1
Wuebbles, D., B. Cardinale, K. Cherkauer, R. Davidson-Arnott, J. Hellmann, D. Infante, L. Johnson, R. Deloe, B. Lofgren, A. Packman, F. Seglenieks, A. Sharma, B. Sohngen, M. Tiboris, D. Vimont, R. Wilson, K. Kunkel, and A. Ballinger, 2019: An Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Great Lakes, 71 pp., Environmental Law and Policy Center. http://elpc.org/glclimatechange/
Angel, J., C. Swanson, B. M. Boustead, K. C. Conlon, K. R. Hall, J. L. Jorns, K. E. Kunkel, M. C. Lemos, B. Lofgren, T. A. Ontl, J. Posey, K. Stone, G. Takle, and D. Todey, 2018: Midwest. Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II, D. R. Reidmiller, C. W. Avery, D. Easterling, K. Kunkel, K. L. M. Lewis, T. K. Maycock, and B. C. Stewart, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 872-940. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/NCA4.2018.CH21
Avery, C. W., D. R. Reidmiller, M. Kolian, K. E. Kunkel, D. Herring, R. Sherman, W. V. Sweet, K. Tipton, and C. Weaver, 2018: Data Tools and Scenarios Products. Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II, D. R. Reidmiller, C. W. Avery, D. Easterling, K. Kunkel, K. L. M. Lewis, T. K. Maycock, and B. C. Stewart, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 1413–1430. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/NCA4.2018.AP3
Bell, J. E., C. L. Brown, K. Conlon, S. Herring, K. E. Kunkel, J. Lawrimore, G. Luber, C. Schreck, A. Smith, and C. Uejio, 2018: Changes in extreme events and the potential impacts on human health. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 68, 265-287. http://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2017.1401017 (See NCEI web story)
Carter, L., A. Terando, K. Dow, K. Hiers, K. E. Kunkel, A. Lascurain, D. Marcy, M. Osland, and P. Schramm, 2018: Southeast. Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II, D. R. Reidmiller, C. W. Avery, D. Easterling, K. Kunkel, K. L. M. Lewis, T. K. Maycock, and B. C. Stewart, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 743–808. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/NCA4.2018.CH19
Demaria, E. M. C., D. Goodrich, and K. E. Kunkel, 2018: Evaluating the reliability of the U.S. Cooperative Observer Program precipitation observations for extreme events analysis using the LTAR network. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-18-0128.1
Dzaugis, M., C. W. Avery, A. Crimmins, L. Dahlman, D. R. Easterling, R. Gaal, E. Greenhalgh, D. Herring, K. E. Kunkel, R. Lindsey, T. K. Maycock, R. Molar, D. R. Reidmiller, B. C. Stewart, and R. S. Vose, 2018: Frequently Asked Questions. Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II, D. R. Reidmiller, C. W. Avery, D. Easterling, K. Kunkel, K. L. M. Lewis, T. K. Maycock, and B. C. Stewart, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 1444–1515. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/NCA4.2018.AP5
Runkle, J., K. Kunkel, and L. Stevens, 2018: Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands State Climate Summary. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 149-PR, 4 pp., https://statesummaries.ncics.org/pr
USGCRP, 2018: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II. D. R. Reidmiller, C. W. Avery, D. R. Easterling, K. Kunkel, K. L. M. Lewis, T. K. Maycock, and B. C. Stewart, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, 1506 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/NCA4.2018
USGCRP, 2018: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II: Report-in-Brief. D. R. Reidmiller, C. W. Avery, D. R. Easterling, K. Kunkel, K. L. M. Lewis, T. K. Maycock, and B. C. Stewart, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, 186 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/NCA4.2018.RiB
Das Bhowmik, R., A. Sankarasubramanian, T. Sinha, J. Patskoski, G. Mahinthakumar, and K. E. Kunkel: Multivariate downscaling approach preserving cross-correlations across climate variables for projecting hydrologic fluxes. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18, 2187-2205. http://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-16-0160.1
Easterling, D. R., K. E. Kunkel, J. R. Arnold, T. Knutson, A. N. LeGrande, L. R. Leung, R. S. Vose, D. E. Waliser, and M. F. Wehner, 2017: Precipitation change in the United States. Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I, D. J. Wuebbles, D. W. Fahey, K. A. Hibbard, D. J. Dokken, B. C. Stewart, and T. K. Maycock, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 207-230. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/J0H993CC
Hallar, A. G., N. P. Molotch, J. L. Hand, B. Livneh, I. B. McCubbin, R. Petersen, J. Michalsky, D. Lowenthal, and K. E. Kunkel, 2017: Impacts of increasing aridity and wildfires on aerosol loading in the intermountain Western US. Environmental Research Letters, 12, 014006. http://stacks.iop.org/1748-9326/12/i=1/a=014006
Kopp, R. E., D. R. Easterling, T. Hall, K. Hayhoe, R. Horton, K. E. Kunkel, and A. N. LeGrande, 2017: Potential surprises — compound extremes and tipping elements. Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I, D. J. Wuebbles, D. W. Fahey, K. A. Hibbard, D. J. Dokken, B. C. Stewart, and T. K. Maycock, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 411-429. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/J0GB227J
Kossin, J. P., T. Hall, T. Knutson, K. E. Kunkel, R. J. Trapp, D. E. Waliser, and M. F. Wehner, 2017: Extreme storms. Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I, D. J. Wuebbles, D. W. Fahey, K. A. Hibbard, D. J. Dokken, B. C. Stewart, and T. K. Maycock, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 257-276. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/J07S7KXX
Kunkel, K., R. Frankson, J. Runkle, S. Champion, L. Stevens, D. Easterling, and B. Stewart, 2017: State Climate Summaries for the United States. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 149, http://stateclimatesummaries.globalchange.gov/
Kunkel, K. E., S. M. Champion, L. Sun, and J. Rennie, 2017: Climate Model Data Support to the Assistant Secretary of Air Force (ASAF) Climate Projection Engineering Weather Data (EWD) Project. Final Report, Contract N61340-14-C-6103 P00013, 53 pp.
Sankarasubramanian, A., J. L. Sabo, K. L. Larson, S. B. Seo, T. Sinha, R. Bhowmik, A. R. Vidal, K. Kunkel, G. Mahinthakumar, E. Z. Berglund, and J. Kominoski, 2017: Synthesis of Public Water Supply Use in the U.S.: Spatio-temporal Patterns and Socio-Economic Controls. Earth's Futurez, 5, 771-788. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016EF000511
Stegall, S. T., and K. E. Kunkel, 2017: Monthly Extreme Temperature Trends in CMIP5 Hindcast/Prediction Simulations, 1981–2010 and 2006–35. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 56, 1141-1154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0281.1
Vose, R. S., D. R. Easterling, K. E. Kunkel, A. N. LeGrande, and M. F. Wehner, 2017: Temperature changes in the United States. Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I, D. J. Wuebbles, D. W. Fahey, K. A. Hibbard, D. J. Dokken, B. C. Stewart, and T. K. Maycock, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 185-206. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/J0N29V45
Wehner, M. F., J. R. Arnold, T. Knutson, K. E. Kunkel, and A. N. LeGrande, 2017: Droughts, floods, and wildfires. Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I, D. J. Wuebbles, D. W. Fahey, K. A. Hibbard, D. J. Dokken, B. C. Stewart, and T. K. Maycock, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 231-256. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/J0CJ8BNN
Wuebbles, D. J., D. R. Easterling, K. Hayhoe, T. Knutson, R. E. Kopp, J. P. Kossin, K. E. Kunkel, A. N. LeGrande, C. Mears, W. V. Sweet, P. C. Taylor, R. S. Vose, and M. F. Wehner, 2017: Our globally changing climate. Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I, D. J. Wuebbles, D. W. Fahey, K. A. Hibbard, D. J. Dokken, B. C. Stewart, and T. K. Maycock, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 35-72. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/J08S4N35
Balbus, J., A. Crimmins, J. L. Gamble, D. R. Easterling, K. E. Kunkel, S. Saha, and M. C. Sarofim, 2016: Ch. 1: Introduction: Climate Change and Human Health. The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment, U.S. Global Change Research Program, 25–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/J0VX0DFW
Crimmins, A., J. Balbus, J. L. Gamble, D. R. Easterling, K. L. Ebi, J. Hess, K. E. Kunkel, D. M. Mills, and M. C. Sarofim, 2016: Appendix 1: Technical Support Document: Modeling Future Climate Impacts on Human Health. The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment, U.S. Global Change Research Program, 287–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/J0KH0K83
Easterling, D. R., K. E. Kunkel, M. F. Wehner, and L. Sun, 2016: Detection and attribution of climate extremes in the observed record. Weather and Climate Extremes, 11, 17-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2016.01.001
Janssen, E., R. L. Sriver, D. J. Wuebbles, and K. E. Kunkel, 2016: Seasonal and regional variations in extreme precipitation event frequency using CMIP5. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 5385-5393. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069151
Kunkel, K. E., and R. M. Frankson, 2016: Global land surface extremes of precipitation. Journal of Extreme Events, 2, 1550004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S2345737615500049
Kunkel, K. E., D. A. Robinson, S. Champion, X. Yin, T. Estilow, and R. M. Frankson, 2016: Trends and extremes in Northern Hemisphere snow characteristics. Current Climate Change Reports, 2, 65-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40641-016-0036-8
Paquin, D., A. Frigon, and K. E. Kunkel, 2016: Evaluation of total precipitable water from CRCM4 using NVAP-MEaSUREs dataset and ERA-Interim reanalysis. Atmosphere-Ocean, in press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07055900.2016.1230043
Waple, A. M., S. M. Champion, K. E. Kunkel, and C. Tilmes, 2016: Innovations in information management and access for assessments. Climatic Change, 135, 69-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-015-1588-7
Frei, A., K. E. Kunkel, and A. Matonse, 2015: The seasonal nature of extreme hydrological events in the Northeastern United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 16, 2065–2085. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-14-0237.1
Jacobs, J., S. K. Moore, K. E. Kunkel, and L. Sun, 2015: A framework for examining climate-driven changes to the seasonality and geographical range of coastal pathogens and harmful algae. Climate Risk Management, 8, 16-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2015.03.002
Kibler, S. R., P. A. Tester, K. E. Kunkel, S. K. Moore, and R. W. Litaker, 2015: Effects of ocean warming on growth and distribution of dinoflagellates associated with ciguatera fish poisoning in the Caribbean. Ecological Modelling, 316, 194-210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.08.020
Kossin, J. P., T. R. Knutson, K. A. Emanuel, T. R. Karl, K. E. Kunkel, and J. J. O’Brien, 2015: Reply to ‘Comment on “Monitoring and Understanding Trends in Extreme Storms - State of Knowledge”’. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96, 1177–1179. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00261.1
Kunkel, K. E., R. Moss, and A. Parris, 2015: Innovations in science and scenarios for assessment. Climatic Change, 135, 55-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-015-1494-z
Kunkel, K. E., R. S. Vose, L. E. Stevens, and R. W. Knight, 2015: Is the monthly temperature climate of the United States becoming more extreme? Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 2014GL062035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062035
Sun, L., K. E. Kunkel, L. E. Stevens, A. Buddenberg, J. G. Dobson, and D. R. Easterling, 2015: Regional Surface Climate Conditions in CMIP3 and CMIP5 for the United States: Differences, Similarities, and Implications for the U.S. National Climate Assessment. NOAA Technical Report, NESDIS 144, 111 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5RB72KG
Janssen, E., D. J. Wuebbles, K. E. Kunkel, S. C. Olsen, and A. Goodman, 2014: Observational- and model-based trends and projections of extreme precipitation over the contiguous United States. Earth's Future, 2, 2013EF000185. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013EF000185
Lawrimore, J., T. R. Karl, M. Squires, D. A. Robinson, and K. E. Kunkel, 2014: Trends and variability in severe snowstorms east of the Rocky Mountains. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15, 1762-1777. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-13-068.1
Peterson, T. C., T. R. Karl, J. P. Kossin, K. E. Kunkel, J. H. Lawrimore, J. R. McMahon, R. S. Vose, and X. Yin, 2014: Changes in weather and climate extremes: State of knowledge relevant to air and water quality in the United States. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 64, 184-197. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2013.851044
Vose, R. S., S. Applequist, M. A. Bourassa, S. C. Pryor, R. J. Barthelmie, B. Blanton, P. D. Bromirski, H. E. Brooks, A. T. DeGaetano, R. M. Dole, D. R. Easterling, R. E. Jensen, T. R. Karl, R. W. Katz, K. Klink, M. C. Kruk, K. E. Kunkel, M. C. MacCracken, T. C. Peterson, K. Shein, B. R. Thomas, J. E. Walsh, X. L. Wang, M. F. Wehner, D. J. Wuebbles, and R. S. Young, 2014: Monitoring and understanding changes in extremes: Extratropical storms, winds, and waves. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 95, 377-386. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00162.1
Walsh, J., D. Wuebbles, K. Hayhoe, J. Kossin, K. Kunkel, G. Stephens, P. Thorne, R. Vose, M. Wehner, J. Willis, D. Anderson, S. Doney, R. Feely, P. Hennon, V. Kharin, T. Knutson, F. Landerer, T. Lenton, J. Kennedy, and R. Somerville, 2014: Ch. 2: Our Changing Climate. Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment, J. M. Melillo, Terese (T.C.) Richmond, and G. W. Yohe, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 19-67. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/J0KW5CXT
Walsh, J., D. Wuebbles, K. Hayhoe, J. Kossin, K. Kunkel, G. Stephens, P. Thorne, R. Vose, M. Wehner, J. Willis, D. Anderson, V. Kharin, T. Knutson, F. Landerer, T. Lenton, J. Kennedy, and R. Somerville, 2014: Appendix 3: Climate Science Supplement. Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment, J. M. Melillo, Terese (T.C.) Richmond, and G. W. Yohe, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 735-789. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/J0KS6PHH
Walsh, J., D. Wuebbles, K. Hayhoe, J. Kossin, K. Kunkel, G. Stephens, P. Thorne, R. Vose, M. Wehner, J. Willis, D. Anderson, V. Kharin, T. Knutson, F. Landerer, T. Lenton, J. Kennedy, and R. Somerville, 2014: Appendix 4: Frequently Asked Questions. Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment, J. M. Melillo, Terese (T.C.) Richmond, and G. W. Yohe, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 790-820. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/J0G15XS3
Wuebbles, D., G. Meehl, K. Hayhoe, T. R. Karl, K. Kunkel, B. Santer, M. Wehner, B. Colle, E. M. Fischer, R. Fu, A. Goodman, E. Janssen, V. Kharin, H. Lee, W. Li, L. N. Long, S. C. Olsen, Z. Pan, A. Seth, J. Sheffield, and L. Sun, 2014: CMIP5 climate model analyses: climate extremes in the United States. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 95, 571-583. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00172.1
Wuebbles, D. J., K. Kunkel, M. Wehner, and Z. Zobel, 2014: Severe weather in United States under a changing climate. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 95, 149-150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014EO180001
Keener, V. W., K. Hamilton, S. K. Izuka, K. E. Kunkel, L. E. Stevens, and L. Sun, 2013: Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment: Part 8. Climate of the Pacific Islands. U.S. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 142-8. 44 pp., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Washington, D.C., http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/technical_reports/NOAA_NESDIS_Tech_Report_142-8-Climate_of_the_Pacific_Islands.pdf
Konrad, C. E., C. M. Fuhrmann, A. Bilot, B. D. Keim, M. C. Kruk, K. E. Kunkel, H. Needham, M. Shafer, and L. Stevens, 2013: Climate of the Southeast USA: Past, Present, and Future. Climate of the Southeast United States: Variability, Change, Impacts, and Vulnerability, K. Ingram, K. Dow, L. Carter, and J. Anderson, Eds., Island Press, 8-42. http://islandpress.org/climate-southeast-united-states
Kunkel, K. E., 2013: Uncertainties in observed changes in climate extremes. Extremes in a Changing Climate: Detection, Analysis and Uncertainty, A. AghaKouchak, D. Easterling, K. Hsu, S. Schubert, and S. Sorooshian, Eds., Springer Science & Business Media, 287-307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4479-0
Kunkel, K. E., T. R. Karl, H. Brooks, J. Kossin, J. Lawrimore, D. Arndt, L. Bosart, D. Changnon, S. L. Cutter, N. Doesken, K. Emanuel, P. Y. Groisman, R. W. Katz, T. Knutson, J. O’Brien, C. J. Paciorek, T. C. Peterson, K. Redmond, D. Robinson, J. Trapp, R. Vose, S. Weaver, M. Wehner, K. Wolter, and D. Wuebbles, 2013: Monitoring and understanding trends in extreme storms: State of knowledge. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94, 499-514. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00262.1
Kunkel, K. E., T. R. Karl, D. R. Easterling, K. Redmond, J. Young, X. Yin, and P. Hennon, 2013: Probable maximum precipitation and climate change. Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 1402-1408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/grl.50334
Kunkel, K. E., L. E. Stevens, S. E. Stevens, L. Sun, E. Janssen, D. Wuebbles, and J. G. Dobson, 2013: Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment: Part 9. Climate of the Contiguous United States. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 142-9. 85 pp., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Washington, D.C., http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/technical_reports/NOAA_NESDIS_Tech_Report_142-9-Climate_of_the_Contiguous_United_States.pdf
Kunkel, K. E., L. E. Stevens, S. E. Stevens, L. Sun, E. Janssen, D. Wuebbles, S. D. Hilberg, M. S. Timlin, L. Stoecker, N. E. Westcott, and J. G. Dobson, 2013: Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment: Part 3. Climate of the Midwest U.S. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 142-3. 103 pp., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Washington, D.C., http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/technical_reports/NOAA_NESDIS_Tech_Report_142-3-Climate_of_the_Midwest_U.S.pdf
Kunkel, K. E., L. E. Stevens, S. E. Stevens, L. Sun, E. Janssen, D. Wuebbles, C. E. Konrad, II, C. M. Fuhrman, B. D. Keim, M. C. Kruk, A. Billet, H. Needham, M. Schafer, and J. G. Dobson, 2013: Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment: Part 2. Climate of the Southeast U.S. NOAA Technical Report 142-2. 103 pp., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Washington D.C., http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/technical_reports/NOAA_NESDIS_Tech_Report_142-2-Climate_of_the_Southeast_U.S.pdf
Kunkel, K. E., L. E. Stevens, S. E. Stevens, L. Sun, E. Janssen, D. Wuebbles, M. C. Kruk, D. P. Thomas, M. D. Shulski, N. Umphlett, K. G. Hubbard, K. Robbins, L. Romolo, A. Akyuz, T. Pathak, T. R. Bergantino, and J. G. Dobson, 2013: Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment: Part 4. Climate of the U.S. Great Plains. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 142-4. 91 pp., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Washington, D.C., http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/technical_reports/NOAA_NESDIS_Tech_Report_142-4-Climate_of_the_U.S.%20Great_Plains.pdf
Kunkel, K. E., L. E. Stevens, S. E. Stevens, L. Sun, E. Janssen, D. Wuebbles, K. T. Redmond, and J. G. Dobson, 2013: Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment: Part 5. Climate of the Southwest U.S. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 142-5. 87 pp., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Washington, D.C., http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/technical_reports/NOAA_NESDIS_Tech_Report_142-5-Climate_of_the_Southwest_U.S.pdf
Kunkel, K. E., L. E. Stevens, S. E. Stevens, L. Sun, E. Janssen, D. Wuebbles, K. T. Redmond, and J. G. Dobson, 2013: Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment: Part 6. Climate of the Northwest U.S. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 142-6. 83 pp., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Washington, D.C., http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/technical_reports/NOAA_NESDIS_Tech_Report_142-6-Climate_of_the_Northwest_U.S.pdf
Kunkel, K. E., L. E. Stevens, S. E. Stevens, L. Sun, E. Janssen, D. Wuebbles, J. Rennells, A. DeGaetano, and J. G. Dobson, 2013: Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment: Part 1. Climate of the Northeast U.S. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 142-1. 87 pp., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Washington, D.C., http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/technical_reports/NOAA_NESDIS_Tech_Report_142-1-Climate_of_the_Northeast_U.S.pdf
Peterson, T. C., R. R. Heim, R. Hirsch, D. P. Kaiser, H. Brooks, N. S. Diffenbaugh, R. M. Dole, J. P. Giovannettone, K. Guirguis, T. R. Karl, R. W. Katz, K. Kunkel, D. Lettenmaier, G. J. McCabe, C. J. Paciorek, K. R. Ryberg, S. Schubert, V. B. S. Silva, B. C. Stewart, A. V. Vecchia, G. Villarini, R. S. Vose, J. Walsh, M. Wehner, D. Wolock, K. Wolter, C. A. Woodhouse, and D. Wuebbles, 2013: Monitoring and understanding changes in heat waves, cold waves, floods and droughts in the United States: State of knowledge. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94, 821-834. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00066.1
Stewart, B. C., K. E. Kunkel, L. E. Stevens, L. Sun, and J. E. Walsh, 2013: Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment: Part 7. Climate of Alaska. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 142-7. 60 pp., http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/technical_reports/NOAA_NESDIS_Tech_Report_142-7-Climate_of_Alaska.pdf
Kunkel, K.E., 2012: Uncertainties in Observed Changes in Climate Extremes. In Extremes in a Changing Climate – Detection, Analysis & Uncertainty. A.AghaKouchak, D. Easterling, K. Hsu, S. Shubert, and S. Sorooshian (Eds.), Springer, 423pp, 287-307.
Karl, T. R., B. E. Gleason, M. J. Menne, J. R. McMahon, R. R. Heim, M. J. Brewer, K. E. Kunkel, D. S. Arndt, J. L. Privette, J. J. Bates, P. Y. Groisman, and D. R. Easterling, 2012: U.S. temperature and drought: Recent anomalies and trends. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 93, 473-474. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012EO470001
Kunkel, K. E., D. R. Easterling, D. A. R. Kristovich, B. Gleason, L. Stoecker, and R. Smith, 2012: Meteorological causes of the secular variations in observed extreme precipitation events for the conterminous United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 13, 1131-1141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-11-0108.1
Liang, X.-Z., M. Xu, W. Gao, K. R. Reddy, K. Kunkel, D. L. Schmoldt, and A. N. Samel, 2012: A distributed cotton growth model developed from GOSSYM and its parameter determination. Agronomy Journal, 104, 661-674. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/agronj2011.0250
Liang, X.-Z., M. Xu, X. Yuan, T. Ling, H. I. Choi, F. Zhang, L. Chen, S. Liu, S. Su, F. Qiao, Y. He, J. X. L. Wang, K. E. Kunkel, W. Gao, E. Joseph, V. Morris, T.-W. Yu, J. Dudhia, and J. Michalakes, 2012: Regional climate–weather research and forecasting model. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 93, 1363-1387. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00180.1
Westcott, N.E., S.D. Hilberg, R.L. Lampman, B.W. Alto, A. Bedel, E.J. Muturi, H. Glahn, M. Baker, K.E. Kunkel, and R.J. Novak, 2011: Predicting the seasonal shift in mosquito populations preceding the onset of the West Nile Virus in central Illinois. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92, 1173-1180. http://doi.org/10.1175/2011BAMS3163.1
Angel, J. R., and K. E. Kunkel, 2010: The response of Great Lakes water levels to future climate scenarios with an emphasis on Lake Michigan-Huron. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 36, Supplement 2, 51-58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2009.09.006
Kunkel, K. E., D. R. Easterling, D. A. R. Kristovich, B. Gleason, L. Stoecker, and R. Smith, 2010: Recent increases in U.S. heavy precipitation associated with tropical cyclones. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, n/a-n/a. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010GL045164
Kunkel, K. E., X.-Z. Liang, and J. Zhu, 2010: Regional climate model projections and uncertainties of U.S. summer heat waves. Journal of Climate, 23, 4447-4458. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2010JCLI3349.1
Presentations
Kunkel, K. E., 2020: North Carolina Climate Science Report: An Overview of Climate Change in North Carolina. Invited talk. Webinar: Overview of Climate Change in North Carolina, North Carolina Cooperative Extension, virtual, September 3, 2020.
Kunkel, K. E., 2020: North Carolina Climate Science Report. Invited talk. 2020 Appalachian Clean Energy CLE workshop, virtual, August 28, 2020.
Kunkel, K. E., 2020: Climate Scenarios and their Use in Decision-making. Virtual talk. 2020 NOAA Environmental Data Management Workshop, virtual, August 20, 2020.
Kunkel, K. E., 2020: Probabilities of Extreme Climate Events. Invited talk. North Carolina State University MEAS Quantitative Analysis of Climate Change Science class, virtual, August 18, 2020.
Kunkel, K. E., 2020: It’s All About Water (Vapor). Virtual presentation. ICNet Global Teaching Climate Change and Civil Infrastructure Workshop, virtual, June 30, 2020.
Kunkel, K. E., 2020: North Carolina Climate Science Report. Invited talk. Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar, virtual, April 14, 2020.
Kunkel, K. E., 2020: Analysis of Heavy Multi-day Precipitation Events In CMIP6 Model Simulations in Support of the Fifth National Climate Assessment. Invited talk. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s 5th Annual Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessment Workshop, Rockville, MD, February 19, 2020.
Kunkel, K. E., 2020: Extreme Precipitation and Climate Change: Observations and Projections. Invited talk. FEMA National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar (NDSPTS) Dam and Levee Resiliency in the Era of Intensifying Natural Hazards and Climate Conditions, Emmitsburg, MD, February 19, 2020.
Kunkel, K. E., 2020: Incorporation of the Effects of Future Anthropogenically-Forced Climate Change in Intensity-Duration-Frequency Design Values. Oral presentation. SERDP Interim Project Review, Arlington, VA, February 5, 2020.
Kunkel, K. E., 2020: Climate Projections for Considerations in Land Use Planning. Oral presentation. World Sustainable Development Summit, New Delhi, India, January 29, 2020.
Kunkel, K. E., 2020: NCICS Journey in Developing a N.C. Climate Science Report. Oral presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, January 19, 2020.
Kunkel, K. E., 2020: Extreme precipitation trends and weather system influences. Poster presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, January 14, 2020.
Kunkel, K. E., 2020: Observed climatological relationships between precipitable water and extreme precipitation in the contiguous United States. Oral presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, January 14, 2020.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Observed climatological relationships between precipitable water and extreme precipitation in the contiguous United States. Invited presentation. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 13, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Extreme precipitation trends and weather system influences. Invited presentation. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 13, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Update: IDF Design Value Improvement. Invited presentation. Inter-Agency Forum on Climate Risks, Impacts & Adaptation, Washington, DC, December 6, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Incorporation of the Effects of Future Anthropogenically-Forced Climate Change in Intensity-Duration-Frequency Design Values. Poster presentation. SERDP/ESTCP Symposium 2019: Enhancing DoD’s Missions Effectiveness, Washington, DC, December 3, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Update: IDF Design Value Improvement. Invited presentation. SERDP/ESTCP Symposium 2019: Enhancing DoD’s Missions Effectiveness, Washington, DC, December 3, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Fourth National Climate Assessment - Southeast Region. Invited lecture. Ocean Global Change Biology graduate course, East Carolina University, virtual, November 26, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Climate scenarios for UREX scientists and practitioners. Invited presentation. NSF UREX-SRN participants, virtual, October 9, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Effects of anthropogenically-forced global warming on the risks of extreme rainfall and flooding. Invited oral presentation. Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists 62nd Annual Meeting, Asheville, NC, September 18, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Extreme precipitation and climate change: Observations and projections. Invited keynote presentation. Association of State Dam Safety Officials Dam Safety 2019 Conference, Orlando, FL, September 9, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Probabilities of Extreme Climate Events. Invited guest lecture. North Carolina State University MEAS 593 Quantitative Analysis of Climate Change, September 3, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Update on the North Carolina Climate Science Activities. Invited presentation. NC Climate Change Interagency Council Meeting, Winston-Salem, NC, July 16, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Machine learning and frontal systems. Oral presentation. DOE Precipitation Metrics Workshop, Rockville, MD, July 2, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Hydroclimatic Extremes Trends and Projections: A View from the Fourth National Climate Assessment. Invited keynote talk. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s 4th Annual Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessment Workshop, Rockville, MD, May 2, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Developing Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) Curves Associated with Climate Change Pathways. Invited presentation. All-Hands Meeting, UREX SRN project, Baltimore, MD, April 18, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Climate Science in the National Climate Assessment. Invited presentation. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute class, Raleigh, NC, April 9, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Overview of the Climate Science in the National Climate Assessment and Support for the NC Assessment. Oral presentation. NC Assessment EO80 state agency meeting, Raleigh, NC, April 8, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Climate Scenarios for the Fifth National Climate Assessment. Poster presentation. CMIP6 Model Analysis Workshop, Barcelona, Spain, March 28, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Incorporation of the Effects of Future Anthropogenically-Forced Climate Change in Intensity-Duration-Frequency Design Values. Oral presentation, SERDP Interim Project Review, San Antonio, TX, February 6, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Fourth National Climate Assessment: Southeast Region. Oral presentation. Fourth National Climate Assessment Panel Series, The Collider, Asheville, NC, January 24, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Climate Change Liability for Owners, Designers and Manufacturers: National Climate Assessment. Invited presentation. 2019 ASHRAE Winter Conference, Atlanta, GA, January 16, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Historical Perspective on Hurricane Harvey Rainfall. Oral presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, AZ, January 9, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2019: Historical Perspective on Rainfall from Hurricane Florence. Oral presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, AZ, January 7, 2019.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: Impacts of Weather System Changes on Future Extreme Precipitation Design Values. Invited presentation. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, December 11, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: Future Risks of Extreme Heat. Invited presentation, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, December 11, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: Precipitation Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) Relationships and Climate Change. Invited presentation. Inter-Agency Forum on Climate Risks, Impacts & Adaptation, Washington, DC, November 30, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: Effect of Global Warming on Weather Systems Causing Extreme Precipitation. Poster presentation. SERDP/ESTCP Symposium 2018: Enhancing DoD’s Missions Effectiveness, Washington, DC, November 27, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: Future Climate Change and Implications in the context of the health and diseases. Invited talk. U.S.-India Partnership for Climate Resilience Workshop on Climate and Health, virtual, October 23, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: Historical Perspective on Rainfall in Recent Hurricanes. Invited talk. ENVR 2018 Workshop: Statistics for the Environment: Research, Practice & Policy, Asheville, NC, October 13, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: Climate Change Impacts on Telecommunications. Invited talk. 2018 Environmental, Health & Safety Communications Panel Symposium, Arlington, TX, September 19, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: Climate Projections and Tipping Points. Invited talk. Technical Working Group & Planning Meeting for the Conference on Climate-Induced Displacement at the Yale University MacMillan Center, Asheville, NC, June 21, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: Historical Perspective on Hurricane Harvey Rainfall. Invited oral presentation. SAMSI Climate Extremes Workshop, Raleigh, NC, May 16, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: Advances in Understanding of Climate Extremes. Invited plenary presentation. SAMSI Climate Transition Workshop, Raleigh, NC, May 16, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: Climate Science in the National Climate Assessment. Invited oral presentation. Research Triangle Park Chapter of the Air and Waste Management Association, Durham, NC, May 15, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: Effects of Global Warming on Building Design Values. Invited panel presentation. Facades+ NYC conference, New York City, NY, April 19, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: Gibson Dam Storm Analysis. Invited talk. Colorado-New Mexico Regional Extreme Precipitation Study Workshop #6, Denver, CO, April 9, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: Incorporation of the Effects of Future Anthropogenically-Forced Climate Change in Intensity-Duration-Frequency Design Values. Invited webinar. Climate informatics working group, The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Institute, March 6, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: High-Resolution Climate Projections: An Introduction to Common Methods. Oral presentation. Workshop on High-Resolution Climate Projections and Analysis for India, U.S.-India Partnership for Climate Resilience, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, February 12, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: High-Resolution Climate Projections: An Introduction to Common Methods. Oral presentation. Workshop on High-Resolution Climate Projections and Analysis for India, U.S.-India Partnership for Climate Resilience, Delhi, India, February 9, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: Climate Science in the National Climate Assessment. Invited presentation. Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, January 22, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: The Meteorology of Extreme Precipitation and Implications for Future Planning. Invited presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Austin, TX, January 9, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2018: Automated Detection of Fronts Using a Deep Learning Algorithm. Oral presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Austin, TX, January 10, 2018.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: Key Findings from the U.S.-India Partnership for Climate Resilience Workshop on Development and Application of Downscaling Climate Projections. Oral presentation. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, LA, December 13, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: An Approach toward Incorporation of Global Warming Effects into Intensity-Duration-Frequency Values. Oral presentation. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, LA, December 12, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: Precipitation Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) Relationships and Climate Change. Invited presentation. Interagency Forum on Climate Risks Impacts and Adaptation, Washington, DC, December 1, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: Effect of Global Warming on Extreme Precipitation Design Values. Poster. SERDP/ESTCP Symposium 2017: Enhancing DoD’s Mission Effectiveness, Washington, DC, November 28, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: The Science of Climate as Applied to Respiratory Health – a Look at the National Climate Assessment. Featured presentation. Climate and Respiratory Health - Focus Asthma, The Collider, Asheville, NC, November 9, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: Climate Science in the National Climate Assessment. Invited seminar and presentation. University of Nevada-Reno graduate student class: Perspectives on Western Hydroclimate, virtual, October 5, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: DoD Needs: Memories of the Past and a Look to the Future. Invited talk. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM, September 25, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: Climate Datasets. Invited overview lecture. Program on Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Climate and Earth Systems (CLIM) opening workshop, Durham, NC, August 21, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: CICS-NC/NCICS Overview. Invited talk. Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Climatologists, Asheville, NC, June 30, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: The switch to MMTS has changed extreme temperature trends. 23rd Conference on Applied Climatology, Asheville, NC, June 27, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: Front Detection in MERRA and NARR. Invited talk. MERRA-2 Applications Workshop, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, June 19, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: Technical Support Unit Overview. Invited webinar. Canadian National Climate Assessment team, June 15, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: Tools for Climate Change Adaptation: State Climate Summaries and New Climate Scenarios. Poster paper. National Adaptation Forum, St. Paul, MN, May 9-11, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: Extreme Precipitation Trends. Invited talk. Climate Matters, Climate Central, virtual, April 25, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: An Introduction to Downscaling Methods. U.S.-India Partnership for Climate Resilience Workshop on Development and Application of Downscaling Climate Projections, Indian Institute for Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India, March 7, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: Effects of MMTS on Long-Term Extreme Temperature Trends. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Seattle, WA, January 24, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2017: Climate Change Adjustments for Intensity-Duration-Frequency Extreme Precipitation Values. Poster. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Seattle, WA, January 24, 2017.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: Climate Scenarios for the Fourth National Climate Assessment and the Sustained Assessment Process. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 14, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: Incorporation of Anthropogenically-Forced climate change into Intensity-Duration-Frequency Values. Invited talk. SERDP Project Team Meeting, virtual, November 17, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: Incorporation of Anthropogenically-Forced climate change into Intensity-Duration-Frequency Values. Invited talk. City of Seattle meeting on climate-perturbed IDFs, virtual, November 10, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: Metadata requirements and system demonstration. Invited talk. Climate Science Special Report 2nd Lead Authors Meeting, Boulder, CO, November 3, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: The NOAA State Summaries. Invited talk. Fourth National Climate Assessment Federal Coordinating Lead Authors Meeting, Washington, DC, October 26, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: The SERDP project. Invited talk. NCEI Science Council, Asheville, NC, October 13, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: The National Climate Assessment. Invited talk. Journalists Workshop, Asheville, NC, August 16, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: The India National Climate Assessment. Invited talk. NCEI Science Council, Asheville, NC, July 14, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: Extreme Weather Events: Ice Storms. Invited talk. National Academy of Sciences Panel on Enhancing the Resiliency of the Nation’s Electric Power Transmission and Distribution System, virtual, July 11, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: NOAA State Summaries for the National Climate Assessment. Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Climatologists, Santa Fe, NM, July 1, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: Extreme Rainfall and Resilient Building Codes. Invited talk. White House Conference on Resilient Building Codes, Washington, DC, May 10, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: Laudato Si and Climate Science. Invited talk. Laudato Si Interdisciplinary Symposium, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, OH, April 28, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: Climate Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment. Scoping Workshop for the U.S.-India Partnership for Climate Resilience, Indian Institute for Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India, April 11, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: Incorporation of the Effects of Future Anthropogenically-Forced Climate Change in Intensity-Duration-Frequency Design Values. SERDP In-Progress Review meeting, Arlington, VA, March 1, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: Climate Resilience for the Southeast U.S. Invited talk. Research Triangle Park Foundation webinar, February 22, 2016.
Rennie, J. J., and K. Kunkel, 2016: Steps Towards an Experimental Homogenized Sub-Monthly Temperature Monitoring Tool. 22nd Conference on Applied Climatology, AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 14, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: Precipitation Extremes and Anthropogenically-forced Warming: Considerations for Future Changes in Design Values. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, New Orleans, LA, January 13, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: The Development of Climate Scenarios for the National Climate Assessment. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, New Orleans, LA, January 13, 2016.
Kunkel, K. E., 2016: Communicating Uncertainty in Weather and Climate-From PoPs to Beyond CO2. Town Hall Panel. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, New Orleans, LA, January 12, 2016.
Rennie, J. J., and K. Kunkel, 2015: Steps Towards an Experimental Homogenized Sub-Monthly Temperature Monitoring Tool. Poster. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 17, 2015.
Champion, S., and K. E. Kunkel, 2015: Data Management and the National Climate Assessment: A Data Quality Solution. Invited talk. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 14, 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: Incorporation of the Effects of Future Anthropogenically-Forced Climate Change in Intensity-Duration-Frequency Design Values. Interagency Forum on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Washington, DC, December 8, 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: A New Look at Precipitation Extremes in the central U.S. Workshop-Implications of a Changing Arctic on Water Resources and Agriculture in the Central U.S., Lincoln, NE, November 10, 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: Climate Resilience for the Southeast U.S. Asheville chapter of The American Institute of Architects and The Collider, Asheville, NC, November 6, 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: Precipitation and Temperature Extremes in the U.S.: Trends and Causes. 40th Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, Denver, CO, October 26, 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: Attribution of Heat and Cold Events. National Academy of Sciences Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change Attribution Workshop, Washington, DC, October 22, 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: Extreme Climate Trends and Projections for the Southeast U.S. Annual Meeting of the Southeast Climate Consortium, Athens, GA, October 20, 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: Downscaling of Global Climate Models. U.S.-India Joint Working Group on Combating Climate Change, Washington, DC, September 21, 2015.
Brown, O., K. Kunkel, and J. Dissen, 2015: Storm Data for Utilities. Presentation. Utility Analytics Storm Analytics Working Group, September 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: Opportunities in Climate Analytics for Utilities. Summer Meeting of the Utility Analytics Institute Executive Advisory Council, Atlanta, GA, August 11, 2015.
Brown, O., K. Kunkel, and J. Dissen, 2015: Opportunities in Climate Analytics for Utilities. Utility Analytics Executive Advisory Council, August 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: NOAA State Summaries for the National Climate Assessment. Invited talk. Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Climatologists, Cape May, NJ, June 25, 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: Extreme Climate Conditions Past and Future: Implications for Food Security and Water Resources. 13th Annual Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop, Las Cruces, NM, March 25, 2015.
Brown, O., and K. E. Kunkel, 2015: State of the Climate Science in Identification of Risks; Presentation and Use of Data from National Climate Center and Affiliates. Invited talk. Executive Forum on Business and Climate Workshop: Private Property, Information Disclosure, and the Roles of Insurance and Government, Chapel, NC, March 20, 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: Projected Effects of Climate Change on Extreme Weather. Invited talk. Kickoff Meeting, Effects of Climate Change on Dam-Related Health and Safety Interagency Assessment Team, Washington, DC, February 25, 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: Future Projections of Extreme Climate Conditions from the National Climate Assessment: Implications for Food Security. Invited paper. Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Jose, CA, February 15, 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: Historical Perspective on Recent Hot and Cold Extremes. Poster paper. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, AZ, January 7, 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: Looking back on NCA3 and forward to NCA4, Town Hall Meeting: Developing Climate Scenarios for the 4th National Climate Assessment and the Sustained Assessment Process. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, AZ, January 6, 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: Data Management and the National Climate Assessment: Best Practices, Lessons Learned, and Future Applications. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, AZ, January 5, 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: Overview of the National Climate Assessment. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, AZ, Janaury 5, 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2015: Science and Communication Issues Associated with Precipitation in the NCA. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, AZ, January 5, 2015.
Stegall, S. T., and K. E. Kunkel, 2015: Long-Term U.S. Regional Trends of Extreme Temperature In the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) Hindcast Data. American Meteorological Society 95th Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, January 4-8, 2015.
Champion, S., and K. Kunkel, 2015: Data Management and the National Climate Assessment: Best Practices, Lessons Learned, and Future Applications. 95th Annual Meeting the American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, AZ, January 2015.
Kunkel, K. E., 2014: Regional Climate Model Simulation of Extreme Precipitation in North America. Invited talk. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 19, 2014.
Kunkel, K. E., 2014: Science Issues Associated with Precipitation and Storm Extremes. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 19, 2014.
Stevens, L. E., K. E. Kunkel, R. S. Vose, and R. W. Knight, 2014: Has the Temperature Climate of the United States Become More Extreme? 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 16, 2014.
Stevens, S., B. Nelson, K. Kunkel, O. Prat, and T. Karl, 2014: Relationship among high rainfall rates, atmospheric moisture, and temperature based on high-resolution radar-based precipitation estimates. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 15-19, 2014.
Sun, L., K. E. Kunkel, and L. Stevens, 2014: Deliver and improve climate science for National Climate Assessment in the United States. SOUSEI symposium: Challenges toward Regional Climate Change Risk Prediction, Yokohama, Japan, November 26, 2014.
Sun, L., K. E. Kunkel, and L. Stevens, 2014: Regional climate extremes in the United States: Observed changes and future outlook. Seminar, Sun Yat-sen University, China, November 24, 2014.
Kunkel, K. E., 2014: Climate change and risk? - How variable are climate projections and implications for disturbance risk. Invited talk. Southern Forests Economic Issues Forum, Raleigh, NC, November 4, 2014.
Kunkel, K. E., 2014: NOAA Climate Data in the National Climate Assessment. Invited paper. Workshop on Sources, Uses and Access to Regional Climate Forecasts and Projections, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, May 14, 2014.
Kunkel, K. E., 2014: Climate Change: Regional Climate Scenarios. Invited paper. Climate Change Adaptation Planning Workshop, National Exercise Program, The White House, Washington, DC, May 7, 2014.