Robert Nicholas

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

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Recent Publications

Toward More Actionable Flood-Risk Information

Cooper, C. M., Sharma, S., Nicholas, R. E. & Keller, K., Nov 2022, In: Earth's Future. 10, 11, e2022EF003093.

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Attention to values helps shape convergence research

Helgeson, C., Nicholas, R. E., Keller, K., Forest, C. E. & Tuana, N., Jan 2022, In: Climatic Change. 170, 1-2, 17.

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Statistically bias-corrected and downscaled climate models underestimate the adverse effects of extreme heat on U.S. maize yields

Lafferty, D. C., Sriver, R. L., Haqiqi, I., Hertel, T. W., Keller, K. & Nicholas, R. E., Dec 2021, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 2, 1, 196.

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Landscape-Scale Forest Reorganization Following Insect Invasion and Harvest Under Future Climate Change Scenarios

Olson, S. K., Smithwick, E. A. H., Lucash, M. S., Scheller, R. M., Nicholas, R. E., Ruckert, K. L. & Caldwell, C. M., Nov 2021, In: Ecosystems. 24, 7, p. 1756-1774 19 p.

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A Safety Factor Approach to Designing Urban Infrastructure for Dynamic Conditions

Sharma, S., Lee, B. S., Nicholas, R. E. & Keller, K., Dec 2021, In: Earth's Future. 9, 12, e2021EF002118.

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Assessing and reducing the environmental impact of dairy production systems in the northern US in a changing climate

Veltman, K., Rotz, C. A., Chase, L., Cooper, J., Forest, C. E., Ingraham, P. A., Izaurralde, R. C., Jones, C. D., Nicholas, R. E., Ruark, M. D., Salas, W., Thoma, G. & Jolliet, O., Aug 2021, In: Agricultural Systems. 192, 103170.

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Considering uncertainties expands the lower tail of maize yield projections

Ye, H., Nicholas, R. E., Roth, S. & Keller, K., Nov 2021, In: PloS one. 16, 11 November, e0259180.

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Representation of U.S. warm temperature extremes in global climate model ensembles

Hogan, E., Nicholas, R. E., Keller, K., Eilts, S. & Sriver, R. L., May 1 2019, In: Journal of Climate. 32, 9, p. 2591-2603 13 p.

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Complex interactions among successional trajectories and climate govern spatial resilience after severe windstorms in central Wisconsin, USA

Lucash, M. S., Ruckert, K. L., Nicholas, R. E., Scheller, R. M. & Smithwick, E. A. H., Dec 1 2019, In: Landscape Ecology. 34, 12, p. 2897-2915 19 p.

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Projected impacts of climate change on habitat availability for an endangered parakeet

Hermes, C., Keller, K., Nicholas, R. E., Segelbacher, G. & Martin Schaefer, H., Jan 2018, In: PloS one. 13, 1, e0191773.

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Time of observation adjustments to daily station precipitation may introduce undesired statistical issues

Oyler, J. W. & Nicholas, R. E., Apr 2018, In: International Journal of Climatology. 38, p. e364-e377

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Exploring How Changing Monsoonal Dynamics and Human Pressures Challenge Multireservoir Management for Flood Protection, Hydropower Production, and Agricultural Water Supply

Quinn, J. D., Reed, P. M., Giuliani, M., Castelletti, A., Oyler, J. W. & Nicholas, R. E., Jul 2018, In: Water Resources Research. 54, 7, p. 4638-4662 25 p.

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Invisible water, visible impact: Groundwater use and Indian agriculture under climate change

Zaveri, E., Grogan, D. S., Fisher-Vanden, K., Frolking, S., Lammers, R. B., Wrenn, D. H., Prusevich, A. & Nicholas, R. E., Aug 3 2016, In: Environmental Research Letters. 11, 8, 084005.

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Increasing temperature forcing reduces the Greenland Ice Sheet’s response time scale

Applegate, P. J., Parizek, B. R., Nicholas, R. E., Alley, R. B. & Keller, K., Oct 1 2015, In: Climate Dynamics. 45, 7-8, p. 2001-2011 11 p.

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Empirical downscaling of high-resolution regional precipitation from large-scale reanalysis fields

Nicholas, R. E. & Battisti, D. S., Jan 2012, In: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 51, 1, p. 100-114 15 p.

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