Professional Presentations:

Ray, AJ, Walker, Susan, Trainor, Sarah, and Cherry, Jessica. 2014. Hydropower licensing and evolving climate: climate knowledge to support risk assessment for long-term infrastructure decisions. AGU 2014 Annual Meeting, ePoster GC53A-0497. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/meetingapp.cgi - Paper/25113

Ray, AJ, McNie, E, Averyt, KB, Morisette, J, Derner, Justin, Ojima, Dennis, Dilling, L, and Barsugli, J. 2014. Interagency collaboration in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains: Federal-university climate service networks for producing actionable information for climate change adaptation. AGU 2014 Annual Meeting, ePoster PA41A- 4026. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/meetingapp.cgi - Paper/23747

Ray, AJ, Bob Means, B Liebmann, N Carr, 2013. Management and Wyoming Basin Rapid Ecoregional Assessment: A Science-Management Partnership to Inform Public Land Management under Changing Climate Conditions, in Public Affairs session “The Policy-Science Interface for Land Management in a Changing Climate,” http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/andrea.ray/Ray_AGU2013_poster_GC11B_0984_final

Dilling et al, 2013. The Dynamics of Vulnerability and Implications for Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons from Urban Water Management, Poster at 2013 AGU, in session on “Climate change effects on natural hazards: science, communication and policy.

Ray, AJ, JT Morisette, DS Ojima. 2012. Joint Applications Pilot of the National Climate Predictions &Projections Platform and the North Central Climate Science Center: Delivering climate projections on regional scales to support adaptation planning, Fall 2012 AGU, see http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2012/eposters/eposter/b33e-0566/

Ray, A.J., 2008. Climate Change in Colorado: Creating a Synthesis to Support Water Resources Management and Adaptation. Climate Prediction Assessment workshop (CPASW), Norman, OK, March 2009

Ray, A.J. 2008. Lessons learned from the 2000s Western drought: Evolving linkages between research and services. Invited presentation at the NOAA Climate Diagnostics & Prediction Workshop/CLIVAR drought meeting in Oct 2008 in Lincoln, NE.

Ray, AJ. Challenges for managing water resources in mountainous regions, Invited presentation at the Mountain Hydroclimate & Water Resources Workshop, NASA, NOAA, Boulder, CO, Oct. 17-19, 2007.

Ray, AJ. 2007. IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Physical Basis of Climate Change and Adaptation, Impacts and Vulnerability invited presentations to the Colorado River Water Conservation District: State of the River meeting, May 16, 2007, Frisco, CO; and to the Utah Water Users Association, Salt Lake City, UT, December 3, 2007.

Ray, AJ. 2007. Integrated and Adaptive Reservoir Management in the Context of Hydroclimatic Variability: a Case Study of the Gunnison Basin, Colorado, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H24A-02.

Barsugli, JJ, AJ Ray, Thomas Hamill. 2007. Integrating Assessments of User Needs With Intraseasonal Forecast Research: Developing User-centric Tools for Reservoir Management, Oral presentation at the CPASW, Seattle, WA, 2007. http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/andrea.ray/Barsugli_CPASW_2007_final

Ray, A.J. and D. Kenney. 2007. Critical challenges in incorporating climate into management of the Colorado River. Presentation at the AMS Second Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research, 2007 AMS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, January 2007.

Ray, A.J., D.L. Lettenmaier, and R. Lobato Sanchez. 2007. Intraseasonal to Interannual hydrologic forecasting for Mexico: new products and forecasts and their potential uses. Proceedings of the 2006 North American Drought Monitor Meeting, Mexico City, MX, NOAA National Climatic Data Center.

Ray, A.J., and J.L. Lowrey, 2006. Uses and needs for climate information by municipal water providers on the Front Range of Colorado. Presentation at the NOAA Climate Prediction Assessment Workshop, March 21-24, 2006, Tucson, AZ.

Ray, AJ. 2006. Climate Products and Forecasts: Resources for Understanding Climate and How They Can be Utilized. Presentation at the "Water, Drought, and Wyoming's Climate Workshop,"October 5, 2006, Laramie, WY.

Ray, A.J. The North American Monsoon: an opportunity for regional science to serve society, in session on "Drought, Water Supply, Fire: How Does Regional Science Serve society?" Oral presentation at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, PA, March 14-19, 2004.abstract

Ray, A.J. 2004. What the 2002 drought revealed about user needs for Western regional climate services, 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Seattle, WA, January 2004. abstract

Ray, A.J. 2003. Climate information and multipurpose water management in the Gunnison Basin, Colorado: A user study approach. Seminar presented to the NCAR Environment and Societal Impacts Group, April, 2002.

Ray, A.J. 2002. What the 2002 drought revealed about user needs for Western regional climate services, Poster Presentation at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Seattle, WA, January 2004.

Ray, A.J., R.S. Webb, and R.S. Pulwarty 2003. A user study approach for identifying needs for regional climate services. 2003 AMS Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA. abstract

Ray, A.J. and R.S. Pulwarty 2002. Incorporating climate information in water resources management: What do we know and what do we need to know? In session on "Incorporating ClimateVariability information in Water Resources Decision making," chaired by Rajagopalan and Bradley at the Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. abstract

Ray, A.J., and R.S. Pulwarty. 2002. Incorporating climate information inwater resources management: What do we know and what do we need to know?" NOAA Climate Prediction Assessment Workshop, Oct 2002, Alexandria, VA.

Ray, A.J. 2001. Geographical concepts in a regional case study: Climate variability and water management in western Colorado. Session on 'Asserting Geography in the "New" Place-based science,' session organizers, Barbara Morehouse and Melinda Laiturito. 2001 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York, NY, 27 Feb-3 March, 2001.>abstract

Ray, A.J., and R.S. Webb. 2000. Demand-side perspective on climate services for reservoir management. Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, Palisades, NY, 23-27 October 2000.   abstract.

Ray, A.J. Robin S. Webb, and John Wiener, 2001. Analysis current uses and user needs for water management in the Interior West. a poster for the AMS annual meeting, January 2001, Albuquerque, NM     abstract.

Ray, A.J., and R.S. Webb, 2000. CDC Experimental Climate Services: some perspectives from current activities, presentation at the NOAA Applied Research Centers meeting, March 20-23, 2000, Palisades, NY   abstract.

Ray, A.J., 2000. Seasonal forecasts and water management in the Upper Colorado Basin: using climate information to assist ecosystem management an oral presentation for the AMS annual meeting, January 2000, Long Beach, CA   abstract.

Ray, A.J. and K.T.Redmond. 1999. 1999-2000 winter season outlook and interpretation. Poster presentation at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation River Systems Management Workshop, October 19-21, 1999, Reno, NV

Ray, A.J. 1999. Climate and Water Management in the Interior West: a critical water problems approach, presented at the 16th Annual Pacific Climate Workshop on Climate Variability of the Eastern North Pacific and Western North America (PACLIM) abstract.

Ray, A.J. 1999. Colorado Basin Water Management: Relating Responses to Critical Water Problems and Climate, presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Honolulu, HI, 23-27 March, 1999.abstract