Dr. Obringer is an assistant professor with the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, where her research focuses on leveraging data science methods to better understand the impact of weather and climate on critical infrastructure systems. She is particularly interested in studying climate change impacts to interdependent infrastructure systems (e.g., water-energy nexus).
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Recent Publications
Simulating socio-hydrological responses to climatic conditions in Phoenix, Arizona
Obringer, R. & White, D. D., Apr 2024, In: Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 60, 2, p. 380-391 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Urban water and electricity demand data for understanding climate change impacts on the water-energy nexus
Obringer, R., Nateghi, R., Knee, J., Madani, K. & Kumar, R., Dec 2024, In: Scientific Data. 11, 1, 108.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Toward impact-based monitoring of drought and its cascading hazards
AghaKouchak, A., Huning, L. S., Sadegh, M., Qin, Y., Markonis, Y., Vahedifard, F., Love, C. A., Mishra, A., Mehran, A., Obringer, R., Hjelmstad, A., Pallickara, S., Jiwa, S., Hanel, M., Zhao, Y., Pendergrass, A. G., Arabi, M., Davis, S. J., Ward, P. J., Svoboda, M., & 2 others, Aug 2023, In: Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. 4, 8, p. 582-595 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Contemporary climate analogs project strong regional differences in the future water and electricity demand across US cities
Obringer, R., Nateghi, R., Knee, J., Madani, K. & Kumar, R., Nov 17 2023, In: One Earth. 6, 11, p. 1542-1553 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Leveraging Unsupervised Learning to Develop a Typology of Residential Water Users’ Attitudes Towards Conservation
Obringer, R. & White, D. D., Jan 2023, In: Water Resources Management. 37, 1, p. 37-53 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evaluating the household-level climate-electricity nexus across three cities through statistical learning techniques
Pezalla, S. & Obringer, R., Oct 2023, In: Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 89, 101664.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Implications of Increasing Household Air Conditioning Use Across the United States Under a Warming Climate
Obringer, R., Nateghi, R., Maia-Silva, D., Mukherjee, S., Vineeth, C. R., McRoberts, D. B. & Kumar, R., Jan 2022, In: Earth's Future. 10, 1, e2021EF002434.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Improving the Interpretation of Data-Driven Water Consumption Models via the Use of Social Norms
Obringer, R., Nateghi, R., Ma, Z. & Kumar, R., Dec 1 2022, In: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. 148, 12, 04022065-1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The overlooked environmental footprint of increasing Internet use
Obringer, R., Rachunok, B., Maia-Silva, D., Arbabzadeh, M., Nateghi, R. & Madani, K., Apr 2021, In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 167, 105389.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review
What makes a city ‘smart’ in the Anthropocene? A critical review of smart cities under climate change
Obringer, R. & Nateghi, R., Dec 2021, In: Sustainable Cities and Society. 75, 103278.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Assessing global environmental sustainability via an unsupervised clustering framework
Kanmani, A. P., Obringer, R., Rachunok, B. & Nateghi, R., Jan 1 2020, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 12, 2, 563.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evaluating the climate sensitivity of coupled electricity-natural gas demand using a multivariate framework
Obringer, R., Mukherjee, S. & Nateghi, R., Mar 15 2020, In: Applied Energy. 262, 114419.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Managing the water–electricity demand nexus in a warming climate
Obringer, R., Kumar, R. & Nateghi, R., Mar 1 2020, In: Climatic Change. 159, 2, p. 233-252 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Analyzing the climate sensitivity of the coupled water-electricity demand nexus in the Midwestern United States
Obringer, R., Kumar, R. & Nateghi, R., Oct 15 2019, In: Applied Energy. 252, 113466.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Predicting Urban Reservoir Levels Using Statistical Learning Techniques
Obringer, R. & Nateghi, R., Dec 1 2018, In: Scientific reports. 8, 1, 5164.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review