@article{wodzicki_ennis_knight_milrad_dello_davis_heuser_thomas_raye_2024, title={Heat Stress Metrics, Trends, and Extremes in the Southeastern United States}, volume={63}, ISSN={["1558-8432"]}, DOI={10.1175/JAMC-D-24-0009.1}, abstractNote={Abstract Humid heat and associated heat stress have increased in frequency, intensity, and duration across the globe, particularly at lower latitudes. One of the more robust metrics for heat stress impacts on the human body is wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT), because it incorporates temperature, humidity, wind speed, and solar radiation. WBGT can typically only be measured using nonstandard instrumentation (e.g., black globe thermometers). However, estimation formulas have been developed to calculate WBGT using standard surface meteorological variables. This study evaluates several WBGT estimation formulas for the southeastern United States using North Carolina Environment and Climate Observing Network (ECONet) and U.S. Military measurement campaign data as verification. The estimation algorithm with the smallest mean absolute error was subsequently chosen to evaluate summer WBGT trends and extremes at 39 ASOS stations with long continuous (1950–2023) data records. Trend results showed that summer WBGT has increased throughout much of the southeastern United States, with larger increases at night than during the day. Although there were some surprisingly large WBGT trends at higher elevation locations far from coastlines, the greatest increases were predominantly located in the Florida Peninsula and Louisiana. Increases in the intensity and frequency of extreme (90th percentile) WBGTs were particularly stark in large coastal urban centers (e.g., New Orleans, Tampa, and Miami). Some locations like New Orleans and Tampa have experienced more than two additional extreme heat stress days and nights per decade since 1950, with an exponential escalation in the number of extreme summer nights during the most recent decade. Significance Statement Humid heat and associated heat stress pose threats to health in the moist subtropical climate of the southeastern United States. Wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) is a robust metric for heat stress but must be estimated using complex algorithms. We first evaluated the accuracy of three WBGT algorithms in the southeastern United States, using measured verification data. Subsequently, we used the most accurate algorithm to investigate WBGT trends and extremes since 1950 in 39 cities. Results showed that summer heat stress has increased throughout the region, especially at night. Increases in the intensity and frequency of extreme heat stress were most prevalent at urban coastal locations in Florida and Louisiana, emphasizing the impacts of increased urbanization and evaporation on heat stress.}, number={10}, journal={JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY}, author={Wodzicki, Kyle R. and Ennis, Kelsey E. and Knight, Desiree A. and Milrad, Shawn M. and Dello, Kathie D. and Davis, Corey and Heuser, Sean and Thomas, Blaine and Raye, Lily}, year={2024}, month={Oct} }
 @article{saia_heuser_neill_laforce iv_mcguire_dello_2023, title={A Technical Overview of the North Carolina ECONet}, volume={40}, ISSN={["1520-0426"]}, DOI={10.1175/JTECH-D-22-0079.s1}, number={6}, journal={JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY}, author={Saia, Sheila M. and Heuser, Sean P. and Neill, Myleigh D. and laforce IV, William A. and Mcguire, John A. and Dello, Kathie D.}, year={2023}, month={Jun}, pages={701–717} }
 @article{beckham_cutts_rivers iii_dello_bray_villa_2023, title={BRIDGE Builders - Leadership and social capital in disaster recovery governance}, volume={96}, ISSN={["2212-4209"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103942}, abstractNote={Rural disaster recovery governance focuses on the actions that governments take to address the immediate economic, environmental, and infrastructure needs of communities, but does not consider the structural limitations of rural communities, or the transformational power of community leadership. Applying knowledge of community leadership, governance, and social capital in a rural community where social relationships and local-level leadership are central to external interactions provides space to understand the challenges, opportunities, and limitations of disaster recovery governance and leadership systems. To do this, we conduct a secondary thematic analysis of 30 interviews of 32 disaster recovery leaders in Robeson County, NC (USA) following the compound disasters of hurricanes Matthew (2016) and Florence (2018). Participants describe a recovery landscape that relies on Community Organizers - non-titular rural community members who emerge in response to communities' immediate recovery and resource needs. Social capital acts as a resource for Community Organizers as they work to fill the relational and recognition barriers presented by isolation from overextended rural governments. Community Organizers utilize linking and bridging social capital between Decision-Makers and communities to influence transformational change that engenders trans-scaler social capital to create successful recovery outcomes that adequately represent the needs, values, and norms of rural communities. Community-level leaders can serve as a bridge between communities and Decision-Makers, generating effective outcomes that foster collaboration and reciprocity for the next storm.}, journal={INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION}, author={Beckham, Tira L. and Cutts, Bethany B. and Rivers III, Louie Rivers and Dello, Kathie and Bray, Laura A. and Villa, Olivia}, year={2023}, month={Oct} }
 @book{hoffman_mcnulty_brown_dello_knox_lascurain_mickalonis_mitchum_rivers_schaefer_et al._2023, place={Crimmins, A.R}, title={Chapter 22 : Southeast. Fifth National Climate Assessment}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/nca5.2023.ch22}, DOI={10.7930/nca5.2023.ch22}, journal={Fifth National Climate Assessment}, institution={U.S. Global Change Research Program}, author={Hoffman, J.S. and McNulty, S.G. and Brown, C. and Dello, K.D. and Knox, P.N. and Lascurain, A. and Mickalonis, C. and Mitchum, G.T. and Rivers, L., III and Schaefer, M. and et al.}, editor={Avery, C.W. and Easterling, D.R. and Kunkel, K.E. and Stewart, B.C. and Maycock, T.K.Editors}, year={2023} }
 @inproceedings{cashwell_dello_runkle_mcneal_ward_2023, title={Enhancing Climate Resiliency and Literacy of a Frontline Community in Rural North Carolina}, booktitle={103rd AMS Annual Meeting}, author={Cashwell, Haven and Dello, Kathie and Runkle, Jennifer D and McNeal, Karen and Ward, Rebecca}, year={2023} }
 @article{cashwell_mcneal_dello_boyles_davis_2023, title={User Engagement Testing with a Pilot Decision Support Tool Aimed to Support Species Managers}, volume={15}, number={2}, journal={Weather, Climate, and Society}, author={Cashwell, Haven J and McNeal, Karen S and Dello, Kathie and Boyles, Ryan and Davis, Corey}, year={2023}, pages={327–338} }
 @inproceedings{dello_runkle_rivers_sebastian_hino_o'connell_habron_harrison_anoruo_malmin_et al._2022, title={A Community-based Resilience Model on Climate and Health Equity in the Carolinas: the Carolinas Collaborative on Climate, Health, and Equity}, volume={2022}, booktitle={AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts}, author={Dello, Kathie and Runkle, Jen and Rivers, Louie and Sebastian, Antonia and Hino, Miyuki and O'Connell, Caela and Habron, Geoffrey and Harrison, Jane and Anoruo, Florence and Malmin, Natasha and et al.}, year={2022}, pages={SY25C–0592} }
 @inproceedings{cashwell_mcneal_dello_boyles_2020, title={An Evaluation of Species Status Assessments: Discovering Climate Information Themes, Understanding USFWS Scientists' Climate Information Needs and User Engagement with a Web-based Decision Support Tool}, volume={2020}, booktitle={AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts}, author={Cashwell, Haven and McNeal, Karen and Dello, Kathie and Boyles, Ryan}, year={2020}, pages={GC002–0012} }
 @article{kunkel_easterling_ballinger_bililign_champion_corbett_dello_dissen_lackmann_luettich jr_et al._2020, title={North Carolina Climate Science Report}, volume={233}, journal={North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies}, author={Kunkel, Kenneth E and Easterling, DR and Ballinger, Andrew and Bililign, Solomon and Champion, Sarah M and Corbett, D Riede and Dello, Kathie D and Dissen, J and Lackmann, GM and Luettich Jr, RA and et al.}, year={2020}, pages={236} }
 @article{mote_abatzoglou_dello_hegewisch_rupp_others_2019, title={Fourth Oregon climate assessment report. State of climate science: 2019}, author={Mote, Philip W and Abatzoglou, John and Dello, Kathie D and Hegewisch, Katherine and Rupp, David E and others}, year={2019} }
 @article{chisholm hatfield_marino_whyte_dello_mote_2018, title={Indian time: time, seasonality, and culture in Traditional Ecological Knowledge of climate change}, volume={7}, number={1}, journal={Ecological Processes}, publisher={Springer}, author={Chisholm Hatfield, Samantha and Marino, Elizabeth and Whyte, Kyle Powys and Dello, Kathie D and Mote, Philip W}, year={2018}, pages={1–11} }
 @article{dalton_dello_hawkins_mote_rupp_2017, title={The third Oregon Climate Assessment Report}, journal={Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University: Corvallis, OR, USA}, author={Dalton, MM and Dello, KD and Hawkins, L and Mote, PW and Rupp, DE}, year={2017} }
 @article{bumbaco_dello_bond_2013, title={History of Pacific Northwest heat waves: Synoptic pattern and trends}, volume={52}, number={7}, journal={Journal of applied meteorology and climatology}, publisher={American Meteorological Society}, author={Bumbaco, Karin A and Dello, Kathie D and Bond, Nicholas A}, year={2013}, pages={1618–1631} }
 @article{coakley_jones_page_dello_2010, title={Climate change and agriculture in Oregon}, journal={Oregon climate assessment report}, author={Coakley, Stella Melugin and Jones, Gregory V and Page, Stephanie and Dello, Kathie D}, year={2010}, pages={153–174} }