J12C Impacts of Hydrometeorological Extremes on Marginalized Communities

Wednesday, 15 January 2025: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
221 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion )
Chair:
Cochairs:
Megan Fowler; Mariana Goodall Cains, National Center for Atmospheric Research and Allysa Rose Dallmann

Hydrometeorological extremes (e.g. droughts, floods, landslides, etc.) have the potential to exacerbate existing social inequalities and vulnerabilities that strongly impact marginalized communities. These communities disproportionately inhabit hazard-prone areas and often have limited access to coping mechanisms, increasing their vulnerability and potentially decreasing their resiliency. It is crucial then for all scientific disciplines to engage with these communities and consider the social dimensions at play in order to improve resiliency and mitigate the potential harms of natural hazards, particularly in the face of intensification of risk due to anthropogenic climate change. Addressing the intersection of hydrology, extremes, and society - particularly centering around the impacts disproportionately placed on marginalized communities - requires reaching beyond any one discipline. In this session, we especially welcome abstracts that take a multi-disciplinary, convergent, and/or community-engaged approach to understand the complex linkages between hydrology, water resources, extreme events, risk analysis, adaptation strategies (including policy tools), and hazard mitigation.

Submitters: Alka Tiwari, Dept of Ag and Bio Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; Megan Devlan Fowler; Mariana Goodall Cains, PhD, NCAR, Boulder, CO and Allysa Rose Dallmann, The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Papers:
4:30 PM
J12C.1
Catalyzing Flood Justice with Satellite Observations in Rio Grande Valley, Texas and across the US. (INVITED)
Beth Tellman, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and L. Belury, Z. Zhang, U. Ovienmhada, A. Laurel, C. Buxton, A. Novak, A. Flores, R. Mukherjee, and A. Boyd

4:45 PM
J12C.2
5:00 PM
J12C.3
Integrating Prediction of Precipitation and Hydrology for Early Actions (InPRHA): A new program of the WMO to support early flood and multi-hazard warnings globally
Rachel A. H. Carr, Nurture Nature Center, Easton, PA; and C. Cattoen-Gilbert, C. Davis, J. Bennett, E. M. Dougherty, R. Imhoff, V. Fortin, G. LEE, J. Valles Leon, Y. Luo, E. Mapedza, J. Polcher, T. Prabhakaran, L. Rossi, and A. Taylor

5:15 PM
Paper J12C.4 is now Poster 11A

5:30 PM
J12C.5
Incorporating Principles of Environmental Justice into Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations, a Climate and Flood Adaptation Strategy
Thomas William Corringham, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and S. Ogle, E. Yeates, S. Madonia, D. Nelson, F. M. Ralph, and J. M. Shepherd

5:45 PM
J12C.6
- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates an Award Winner