FIRO is a Research and Development-led effort within USACE.
Research is being conducted not only on how to develop the FIRO
viability assessment process but also in critical areas of
atmospheric science, hydrology, and atmospheric and watershed
monitoring. Links to research efforts being conducted in
connection with the FIRO program are found below.
2018
- CEIWR-HEC (Feb 2018) Analyzing Flood Risk for Forecast Informed Reservoir
Operations in the Russian River Watershed using HEC-WAT, USACE
2019
- Ralph, F.M. et al. (01 Feb 2019) A scale to characterize the strength and
impacts of Atmospheric Rivers, AMETSOC.
- Corringham, T.W. et al. (04 Dec 2019) Atmospheric rivers drive flood damages
in the western United States, Science.org.
2020
- Delaney, C.J. et al. (21 Jul 2020) Forecast informed reservoir operations
using ensemble streamflow predictions for a multipurpose reservoir in Northern California,
AGU.
- Sumargo, E. et al. (01 Oct 2020) The hydrometeorological observation network
in California's Russian River watershed: Development, characteristics, and key findings
from 1997 to 2019, AMETSOC.
2021
- DeFlorio, M.J. et al. (23 Jun 2021) Better subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasts
for water management, EOS.
- Woodside, G.D. et al. (17 Dec 2021) Increasing Stormwater Capture and Recharge
Using Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations, Prado Dam, NGWA.
- Dettinger, Mike, Marty Ralph, Jay Jasperse, and Cary Talbot, (Dec 2021) Fighting Fire
with Fire: Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations, Flood, and Drought in California,
Water Resources Impact (American Water Resources Association)
2023
- Galaitsi, S. E., Rand, K., Yeates, E., Talbot, C., O'Donnell, A., Pinigina, E.,
& Linkov, I. (2023) Stakeholder collaboration in the forecast-informed reservoir operations
(FIRO) pilot project at Lake Mendocino, California. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, Emerald
- Cobb A., Cordeira J., Dettinger M., Aikens C., Delaney C., Forbis J., Jasperse J.,
Hartman R., Ralph F.M., Sumargo E., Talbot C. (01 Aug 2023) A multidisciplinary training opportunity
for the next generation of Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) collaborators, Bulletin
of the American Meteorological Society
- Talbot, C., J. Forbis, M. Ralph, (May 2023) Phase III of Forecast-Informed Reservoir
Operations in the USACE: National Expansion Pathfinder, SEDHYD 2023 Proceedings
2024
- Joe Forbis, Cuong Ly (16 Dec 2024) Application of forecast-informed reservoir operations at US Army Corps of Engineers dams in California, Journal of Flood Risk Management (CIWEM)
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