Alison M Meadow

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Journals/Publications

• Gerlak, A. K., Guido, Z. S., Owen, G., Rodriguez McGoffin, M. S., Louder, E., Davies, J., Smith, K. J., Zimmer, A., Murveit, A. M., Meadow, A. M., Shrestha, P., & Joshi, N. (2023). Stakeholder Engagement in the Co-Production of Knowledge for Environmental Decision-making. . World Development, 170.
• Jagannathan, K., Emmanuel, G., Arnott, J., Mach, K. J., Bamzai-Dodson, A., Goodrich, K. A., Ryan, M., M, N., Sjostrom, D. K., Timm, K., Turnhout, E., Wong-Parodi, G., Bednarek, A., Meadow, A. M., Dewulf, A., & Moss, R. H. (2023). A Science of Actionable Knowledge research agenda: Drawing from a review of the most misguided to the most enlightened claims in the science-policy interface literature.. Environmental Science and Policy, 144, 174-186.
• Liang, X., Gower, D., Kennedy, J. A., Kenney, M., Maddox, M. C., Gerst, M., Balboa, G., Becker, T., Cai, X., Elmore, R., Gao, W., He, Y., Liang, K., Lotton, S., Malayil, L., Matthews, M. L., Meadow, A. M., Neale, C., Newman, G., , Sapkota, A. R., et al. (2024). DAWN: Dashboard for Agricultural Water Use and Nutrient Management: A Predictive Decision Support System to Improve Crop Production in a Changing Climate. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 105(2), E432-E441.
• Murveit, A. M., Delphin, S., Domingues, C., Bourque, S. D., Faulstich, S. D., Garfin, G. M., Huntly, N., Meadow, A. M., & Preston, V. (2023).

  Stories as data: Indigenous research sovereignty and the “Intentional Fire” podcast

  . Environment and Planning F, 2(1-2), 263498252211422. doi:10.1177/26349825221142293
• Ferguson, D. B., Meadow, A. M., & Huntington, H. P. (2022). Making a Difference: Planning for Engaged Participation in Environmental Research. Environmental Management, 69(2), 227-243.
• Stern, M. J., Briske, D. D., & Meadow, A. M. (2021). Opening learning spaces to create actionable knowledge for conservation. Conservation Science and Practice, e378.
• Wilmer, H., Meadow, A. M., Brymer, A. L., Carroll, S. R., Ferguson, D. M., Garba, I., Greene, C. L., Owen, G., & Peck, D. E. (2021).

  Expanded Ethical Principles for Research Partnership and Transdisciplinary Natural Resource Management Science

  . Environmental Management. doi:10.1007/s00267-021-01508-4
• Arnott, J., Kirchhoff, C. J., Meyer, R. M., Meadow, A. M., & Bednarek, A. T. (2020). Sponsoring actionable science: What public science funders can do to advance sustainability and the social contract for science. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 42, 38-44.
• Mach, K. J., Lemos, M. C., Meadow, A. M., Wyborn, C., Klenk, N., Arnott, J. C., Ardoin, N. M., Fieseler, C., Moss, R. H., Nichols, L., Stults, M., Vaughan, C., & Wong-Parodi, G. (2020). Actionable knowledge and the art of engagement. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 42, 30-37.
• Norström, A. V., Cvitanovic, C., Löf, M. F., West, S., Wyborn, C., Balvanera, P., Bednarek, A. T., Bennett, E. M., Biggs, R., de, B. A., Campbell, B. M., Canadell, J. G., Carpenter, S. R., Folke, C., Fulton, E. A., Gaffney, O., Gelcich, S., Jouffray, J., Leach, M., , Le, T. M., et al. (2020). Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research. Nature Sustainability, January, 1-9.
• Rozance, M. A., Krosby, M., Meadow, A. M., Snover, A., Ferguson, D. B., & Owen, G. (2020). Building capacity for societally engaged climate science by transforming science training. Environmental Research Letters, 15(12), 125008.
• VanderMolen, K., Meadow, A. M., Horangic, A., & Wall, T. U. (2020). Typologizing Stakeholder Information Use to Better Understand the Impacts of Collaborative Climate Science. Environmental Management.
• Cvitanovic, C., Howden, M., Colvin, R. M., Norström, A., Meadow, A. M., & Addison, P. (2019). Maximising the benefits of participatory climate adaptation research by understanding and managing the associated challenges and risks. Environmental Science and Policy, 94, 20-31.
• Meadow, A. M., Roudaut, M. B., & Weiss, J. (2019).

  Stakeholders of a Climate Science and Viticulture Project Affect Research Product Vintage

  . AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.
• DeCrappeo, N. M., Bisbal, G. A., & Meadow, A. M. (2018). A Path to Actionable Climate Science: Perspectives from the Field. Environmental Management, 61(2), 181-187.
• Djenontin, I., & Meadow, A. M. (2018). The Art of Co-production of Knowledge in Environmental Sciences and Management: Lessons from International Practice. Environmental Management, 61(6), 885-903.
• Lemos, M. C., Arnott, J. C., Ardoin, N. M., Baja, K., Bednarek, A. T., Dewulf, A., Fieseler, C., Goodrich, K. A., Jagannathan, K., Klenk, N., Mach, K. J., Meadow, A. M., Meyer, R., Moss, R. H., Nichols, L., Sjostrom, K. D., Stults, M., Turnhout, E., Vaughan, C., , Wong-Parodi, G., et al. (2018). To co-produce or not to co-produce. Nature Sustainability, 1(12), 722.
• Crimmins, M. A., Ferguson, D. B., Meadow, A. M., & Weiss, J. L. (2017). Discerning “Flavors” of Drought Using Climate Extremes Indices. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 56(4), 989-1001.
• Wall, T., Meadow, A., & Horangic, A. (2017). Developing Evaluation Indicators to Improve the Process of Co-producing Usable Climate Science. Weather Climate and Society, 9(1), 95-107.
• Berggern, J., McMahan, B., McNie, E., Meadow, A. M., Norton, R., Owen, G., & Rae, L. (2016).

  NOAA Western Region Climate Service Providers Database Development and Preliminary Analysis Report

  . Technical Report.
• Brugger, J., Meadow, A., & Horangic, A. (2016).

  Lessons from First-Generation Climate Science Integrators

  . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(3), 355-365. doi:10.1175/bams-d-14-00289.1
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  Abstract There is an increasing demand for climate science that decision-makers can readily use to address issues created by climate variability and climate change. To be usable, the science must be relevant to their context and the complex management challenges they face and credible and legitimate in their eyes. The literature on usable science provides guiding principles for its development, which indicate that climate scientists who want to participate in the process need skills in addition to their traditional disciplinary training to facilitate communicating, interacting, and developing and sustaining relationships with stakeholders outside their disciplines. However, the literature does not address questions about what specific skills are needed and how to provide climate scientists with these skills. To address these questions, this article presents insights from interviews with highly experienced and respected "first generation” climate science integrators from across the United States. The term “climate science integrator” is used to refer to climate scientists who specialize in helping decision-makers to integrate the best available climate science into their decision-making processes. The cadre of scientists who participated in the research has largely developed their methods for working successfully with stakeholders without formal training but often with the guidance of a mentor. Their collective wisdom illuminates the kinds of skills needed to be a successful science integrator and provides mentoring for aspiring science integrators. It also suggests the types of training that would cultivate these skills and indicates ways to change academic training and institutions to better encourage the next generation and to support this kind of work.
• Brugger, J., Meadow, A., & Horangic, A. (2016). Lessons from first-generation climate science integrators. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(3). doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00289.1
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  Some of the first-generation climate science integrators provide insights about how to train the next generations. They have also provided details and put a human face on the general principles for developing usable science through their practical guidance on the personal characteristics and practices that aspiring integrators should cultivate in order to work successfully with decision-makers. They have offered tangible ideas for the types of training that will help cultivate new climate science integrators. The integrators pointed out that while recognition of the importance of the role of science integrators and demand for their services are growing, as well as interest in doing this type of work among undergraduate and graduate students, there is a lack of awareness in academia of job opportunities and of a career path to follow. They also feel that within the federal organizations designed to facilitate science-stakeholder interactions, such as the NOAA RISA system, there is limited funding for integrator positions. They also anticipate that more employment will become available in the private sector as the need for adaptation to climate change becomes more widely recognized.
• Chief, K., Meadow, A., & Whyte, K. (2016). Engaging Southwestern Tribes in Sustainable Water Resources Topics and Management. Water, 8(8), 350.
• Ferguson, D. B., Masayesva, A., Meadow, A. M., & Crimmins, M. A. (2016). Rain gauges to range conditions: Developing a local drought information system using locally relevant observations. Weather Climate and Society, 8(4), 345-359.
• Meadow, A. M., Guido, Z., Crimmins, M. A., & Mcleod, J. (2016). From Principles to Action: Applying the National Research Council’s Principles for Effective Decision Support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Watch Office. Climate Services, 1, 12-23.
• Meadow, A. M., Ferguson, D. B., Guido, Z., Horangic, A., Owen, G., & Wall, T. (2015). Moving toward the Deliberate Coproduction of Climate Science Knowledge. Weather Climate and Society, 7(2), 179-191.
• Meadow, A. M. (2013). Alternative Food Systems at Ground Level: The Fairbanks Community Garden. Journal of Ecological Anthropology, 16(1), 76-84.
• Meadow, A. M., Crimmins, M. A., & Ferguson, D. B. (2013). Field of Dreams or Dream Team? Assessing Two Models for Drought Impact Reporting in the Semiarid Southwest. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, October, 1507 - 1517.
• Meadow, A. M. (2012). Assessing access to local food system initiatives in Fairbanks, Alaska. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2(2).
• Meadow, A., Meek, C., & McNeeley, S. (2009). Towards Integrative Planning for Climate Change Impacts on Rural-Urban Migration in Interior Alaska: A Role for Anthropological and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Alaska Journal of Anthropology, 7(1).

Presentations

• Meadow, A. M. (2023, October). Building capacity for Engagement, Evidence Use, and Societal impact in research.. Assessing the Impacts of Engaged Research and Its Use: Evidence and Opportunities. Warrenton VA: Aspen Global Change Institute and Pew Charitable Trusts.
• Meadow, A. M. (2022, October). How do we know if knowledge mobilization strategies are effective in climate science research? . Making, Mobilizing and Using Evidence in Policy and Practice Conference.. Miami FL: Transforming Evidence Network and Pew Charitable Trusts.
• Meadow, A. M., & Owen, G. (2021). Using Broader Impacts to Reduce the Impacts of Climate Change. Center for Advancing Research Impacts in Society - Office Hours. online: Center for Advancing Research Impacts in Society.
• Meadow, A. M. (2021). Deep Roots Make Strong Trees: Climate Adaptation Rooted in Community History. Oil, Water, and Climate: Environmental Histories of Texas. online: University of Texas at Austin.
• Meadow, A. M., Owen, G., Fields, J., & Higgins, M. (2021). Planning and evaluating the societal impacts of climate change research projects: A guidebook for natural and physical scientists looking to make a difference. Advancing Research Impacts in Society Summit. online: Center for Advancing Research Impacts in Society.
• Meadow, A. M., Wilmer, H., & Ferguson, D. B. (2020, November). Expanding Research Ethics in the Era of Transdisciplinary Research. Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Actional Science Skills-Building Webinar Series.Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center.
• Keith, L., & Meadow, A. M. (2020, May 29 - June 4). Mitigating the Urban Heat Island (Invited). 29th Annual Desert Horticulture Conference. Tucson, Arizona (Virtual): University of Arizona.
• Meadow, A. M. (2020). Evaluating the Production and Impact of Actionable Knowledge. National Council on Science and the Environment Annual Conference. Washington DC: National Council on Science and the Environment.
• Meadow, A. M. (2021). Evaluation Approaches to Inform Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty Practices. Society for Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty Annual Meeting. Monterrey, MX (online due to pandemic): Society for Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty.
• Wilmer, H., Meadow, A. M., & Ferguson, D. B. (2020). Expanding Research Ethics in the Era of Transdisciplinary Research. Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Actionable Science Webinar Series. online: Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center - University of Washington.

Others

• Meadow, A. M. (2024, February). BIO5 Societal Impacts: Contributions to UArizona and Beyond..
• Meadow, A. M., & Owen, G. (2023, August). Integrating Societal Impacts into Strategic Planning: Recommendations for the Joint Fire Science Program Fire Science Exchange Network..
• Meadow, A. M., Weiss, J., & Crimmins, M. A. (2023, February). Climate Profile for the Quad Cities Region of Arizona. In CLIMAS Community Climate Profiles. . CLIMAS Community Climate Profiles.
• Meadow, A. M., Owen, G., & Joshi, N. (2022, August). Arizona Institutes for Resilient Environments and Societies Societal Impacts Assessment Report: How AIRES Contributes to Our Region and the World.
  
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• Meadow, A. M., & Owen, G. (2021, 2021). Planning and Evaluating the Societal Impacts of Climate Change Research Project: A guidebook for natural and physical scientists looking to make a difference.. http://doi.org/10.2458/10150.658313
• Meadow, A. M., Weiss, J., & LeRoy, S. (2021, May). Climate Profile for the Upper Santa Cruz Watershed – Santa Cruz County, Arizona. . https://www.climas.arizona.edu/research/community-climate-profiles
• Meadow, A. M., Weiss, J. L., Leroy, S., & Keith, L. (2020, May). Climate Profile for the Verde Valley. University of Arizona, Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS). https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.15258.26566
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  The earth’s climate is changing. Global average temperatures have risen 1.8° F since 1901. Warming temperatures are driving other environmental changes such as melting glaciers, rising sea levels, changes in precipitation patterns, and increased drought and wildfires. The magnitude of future changes will depend on the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted into our atmosphere. Without significant reductions in GHGs, global average temperatures could rise as much as 9° F over pre-industrial temperatures by the end of this century. The Verde Valley is also experiencing climatic changes that will impact temperatures, precipitation patterns, ecosystems, and human health and well-being.
• Meadow, A. M., LeRoy, S., Weiss, J. L., & Keith, L. (2019, May). Climate Profile for the Highlands at Dove Mountain. University of Arizona, Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS).
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  The earth’s climate is changing. Global average temperatures have risen 1.8° F since 1901 (Wuebbles et al., 2017). Warming temperatures are driving other environmental changes such as melting glaciers, rising sea levels, changes in precipitation patterns, and increased drought and wildfires. The magnitude of future changes will depend on the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted into our atmosphere. Without significant reductions in GHGs, global average temperatures could rise as much as 9° F over pre-industrial temperatures by the end of this century. Pima County is also experiencing climatic changes that will impact our temperatures, precipitation patterns, ecosystems, and human health and well-being.
• Meadow, A. M., LeRoy, S., Weiss, J. L., Keith, L., Hausam, S., Nasser, E., Petersen, S., Basaraba, A., & Russell, N. (2019, November). Climate Profile for the Pueblo of Laguna. University of Arizona, Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS).
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  The Pueblo of Laguna, a federally recognized tribe, seeks to enhance its resilience to changing climate conditions and extreme weather events and their associated impacts. Through adaptation planning, the Pueblo wishes to reduce the ways that extreme heat, drought, heavy rainfall and other extreme precipitation, extreme winds, and associated events such as flooding, erosion, and wildfire affect the community. The Pueblo is initiating the adaptation planning process with vulnerability assessments. The Pueblo of Laguna contracted with Adaptation International to prepare vulnerability assessments of health and wellness (H&W) and infrastructure and buildings (I&B). Adaptation International contracted with researchers with the Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) program, based at University of Arizona, to compile this report. The goal of the report is to review and summarize available data on historic, current, and projected climatic changes that are likely to impact the Pueblo of Laguna. The report will be used to inform Adaptation International’s vulnerability assessment of health and wellness (H&W) and infrastructure and building (I&B) and the Pueblo of Laguna’s future planning.
• LeRoy, S., Meadow, A. M., & Weiss, J. (2018, 2018). Climate-Related Hazards in the Town of Oro Valley, Arizona.
• Meadow, A. M., & Villegas, S. (2018, 2018). Tohono O’odham Nation Climate Change Adaptation Plan.
• Meadow, A. M., LeRoy, S., Weiss, J. L., & Keith, L. (2018, March). Climate Profile for the City of Flagstaff, Arizona. University of Arizona, Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS). https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.20826.70083
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  The earth’s climate is changing. Global average temperatures have risen 1.8°F since 1901 (Wuebbles et al. 2017). Warming temperatures are driving other environmental changes such as melting glaciers, rising sea levels, changes in precipitation patterns, and increased drought and wildfires. The magnitude of future changes will depend on the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) (particularly carbon dioxide) emitted into our atmosphere. Without significant reductions in GHGs, global average temperatures could rise as much as 9°F over pre-industrial temperatures by the end of this century. Even with drastic reductions in emissions, we could limit the warming to 3.6°F or less (Wuebbles et al. 2017). Coconino County has been experiencing climate changes as well. Average temperatures have been rising, particularly in the last 30 years. The region is likely to see fewer cold days and more hot days in the coming decades. And annual average temperatures could rise even more than the global average – possibly more than 10°F higher than the long-term average in the region.
• Weiss, J., LeRoy, S., Meadow, A. M., & Castro, C. (2018, 2018). Climate Change Impacts on the North American Monsoon: Summary for the Tohono O’odham Nation.
• Crimmins, M., Faulstich, H., Ferguson, D. B., Masayesva, A., Meadow, A. M., & Weiss, J. (2017, July).

  Drought Monitoring to Support Planning for the Hopi Tribe: Final Report 2010-2016

  . Technical Report. https://openalex.org/W2751707648
• Meadow, A. M. (2017, 2017). Defining RISA: Observations from Twenty Years of NOAA's Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Program.
• Rockman, M., Morgan, M., Ziaja, S. Z., Hambrecht, G., & Meadow, A. (2016, 2016). Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy. https://www.nps.gov/subjects/climatechange/culturalresourcesstrategy.htm
• Chief, K., Cozzetto, K., Crimmins, M. T., Meadow, A. M., & Selover, N. (2013, June).

  Technical Review of the Navajo Nation Drought Contingency Plan - Drought Monitoring

  . https://openalex.org/W997407350
• Lackstrom, K., Brennan, A., Ferguson, D. B., Crimmins, M., Darby, L., Dow, K., Ingram, K., Meadow, A., Reges, H., Shafer, M., & Smith, K. (2013, 2013). The Missing Piece: Drought Impacts Monitoring Workshop Report. report.