Ruth Engel
Education
MA in Geography, University of California Los Angeles, 2017
AB in Government, secondary field in English, Harvard University, 2012
Selected Publications
Engel, R.A., Marlier, M.E., & Lettenmaier, D.P. (2019). On the causes of the summer 2015 Eastern Washington wildfires. Environmental Research Communications, 1(1)
Marlier, M. E., Xiao, M., Engel, R., Livneh, B., Abatzoglou, J. T., & Lettenmaier, D. P. (2017). The 2015 drought in Washington State: a harbinger of things to come?. Environmental Research Letters, 12(11)
Mote, P. W., Li, S., Lettenmaier, D. P., Xiao, M., & Engel, R. (2018). Dramatic declines in snowpack in the western US. Npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 1(1)
Courses & Presentations
Engel, R.A., Gillespie, T., Colombi, N., and Lettenmaier, D.P. Deep Learning for Urban Watershed Land Use Assessments. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, December 2019.
Engel, R.A., Colombi, N., and Lettenmaier, D.P. Implications for Future Ecosystem Management Alternatives in the LA Basin. Water Self-Sufficiency in Los Angeles Conference, May 2019.
Engel, R.A., Colombi, N., and Lettenmaier, D.P. Assessing Urban Land Cover Change for Ecosystem Management in the Los Angeles Basin. UCLA Water Resources Association Conference, February 2019.
Engel, R.A., Colombi, N., and Lettenmaier, D.P. Assessing Urban Ecosystem Management Alternatives for the Water Balance of the Los Angeles Basin. Poster. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, December 2018.
Engel, R.A., Marlier, M.E., and Lettenmaier, D.P. On the Causes of the Summer 2015 Eastern Washington Wildfires. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, March 2018.
Engel, R.A., Marlier, M.E., and Lettenmaier, D.P. Quantifying the Causes and Propagation of the 2015 Washington Wildfires. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, December 2017.
Engel, R.A., Marlier, M.E., and Lettenmaier, D.P. On the Causes of the Summer 2015 Pacific Northwest Fires. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, December 2016.
Engel, R.A. Baltimore City’s Infrastructure Vulnerability to Climate Change. Poster. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, March 2007.
