Britta Daudert

Dr. Britta Daudert

Associate Research Scientist, Climatology

E-Mail

Britta.Daudert@dri.edu

Campus

Reno Campus

Division

Hydrologic Sciences

Professional Interests

Britta Daudert obtained her undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics at the National University of Ireland in Maynooth. She continued her studies at UC Riverside where she obtained a Ph.D. in Mathematics, focusing on Fractal Geometry, particularly the vibrational properties of Fractal Drums.

After graduating from UC Riverside, she joined the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) at Caltech in Pasadena, CA. There she worked as a software application and extensions developer for the Open Science Grid (OSG) supporting LIGOs astrophysical search pipelines and its pursuit of scientific grid computing.

In May 2012, she started working as an Assistant Research Scientist at the Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC) within the Desert Research Institutes Atmospheric Sciences division. She focused on supporting the mission of the Southwest Climate Science Center (WS-CSC) by developing mechanisms to provide easy access to climate data and products through user-friendly and intuitive web interfaces.

Since 2017 she has been working for the Division of Hydrologic Sciences and her title changed to Associate Research Scientist in 2022. The majority of her projects pertain to water and drought management. She is a scientific software, web, and geo-database developer of Google Earth Engine and Google Cloud applications.

Education

Degree	Year	Institution	Area
Ph.D.	2007	University of California, Riverside, CA	Mathematics
M.S.	2003	University of California, Riverside, CA	Mathematics
B.S.	2001	National University of Ireland, Maynooth Kildare, Ireland	Mathematics & Math. Physics

Professional Experience

Year	Experience
2022 – Present	AssociateResearch Scientist, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute (DRI), Reno, NV
2017 – 2022	Assistant Research Scientist, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute (DRI), Reno, NV
2012 – 2017	Assistant Research Scientist, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute (DRI), Reno, NV
2007 2012	Scientific Analyst, LIGO Laboratory, Caltech, Pasadena, CA

Keywords

database development, web application, climate

Publications

2023

Pearson, C., Ott, T., Daudert, B., Sueki, S., Zhao, B., Gao, H. (2023). Monitoring daily reservoir evaporation losses for the State of Texas. Report submitted to the Texas Water Development Board and United States Army Crop of Engineers

2022

Melton, F., Huntington, J. L., Grimm, R., Hall, M., Erickson, T., Allen, R., Fisher, J., Kilic, A., Senay, G., Volk, J. M., Johnson, J., Ruhoff, A., Blankenau, P., Bromley, M., Carrara, W., Daudert, B. (2022). OpenET: Filling a Critical Data Gap in Water Management, Western U.S. Journal of the American Water Resources Association

2021

Melton, F., Huntington, J. L., Grimm, R., Herring, J., Hall, M., Rollison, D., Erickson, T., Allen, R., Anderson, M., Fisher, J., Kilic, A., Senay, G., Volk, J. M., Hain, C., Johnson, L., Ruhoff, A., Blankenau, P., Bromley, M., Carrara, W., Daudert, B., Doherty, C., Dunkerly, C. W., Friedrichs, M., Guzman, A., Halverson, G., Hansen, J., Harding, J., Kang, Y., Ketchum, D., Minor, B. A., Morton, C. G., Ortega-Salazar, S., Ott, T., Ozdogan, M., ReVelle, P., Schull, M., Wang, C., Yang, Y., Anderson, R. (2021). OpenET: Filling a Critical Data Gap in Water Management for the Western United States, JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12956

McCullum, A. J., McClellan, C., Daudert, B., Huntington, J. L., Green, R., Ly, V., Marley, A., Tulley, N., Morton, C. G., Hegewisch, K., McEvoy, D. J., Abatzoglou, J. T. (2021). Satellite-based Drought Reporting on the Navajo Nation, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 57 (5), 675-691, 10.1111/1752-1688.12909

2019

VanderMolen, K.A., Wall, T. U., Daudert, B. (2019). A Call for the Evaluation of Web-based Climate Data and Analysis Tools, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100 (2), 257-268, 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0006.1

2018

Hausner, M. B., Huntington, J. L., Nash, C., Morton, C. G., McEvoy, D. J., Pilliod, D. S., Hegewisch, K., Daudert, B., Abatzoglou, J. T., Grant, G. (2018). Assessing the effectiveness of riparian restoration projects using Landsat and precipitation data from the cloud-computing application ClimateEngine.org, Ecological Engineering, 120, 432-440, 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.06.024

2017

Huntington, J. L., Hegewisch, K., Daudert, B., Morton, C. G., Abatzoglou, J. T., McEvoy, D. J., Erickson, T. (2017). Climate Engine: Cloud Computing and Visualization of Climate and Remote Sensing Data for Advanced Natural Resource Monitoring and Process Understanding, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98 (11), 2397-2410, 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00324.1

Hatchett, B. J., Daudert, B., Garner, C. B., Oakley, N. S., Putnam, A. E., White, A. B. (2017). Winter snow level rise in the northern Sierra Nevada from 2008-2017, Water, 9, 14 p., Paper No. 899, 10.3390/w9110899

2016

Oakley, N. S., Daudert, B. (2016). Establishing best practices to improve usefulness and usability of web interfaces providing atmospheric data, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97 (2), 263-274, 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00121.1

Oakley, N. S., Daudert, B. (2016). Improving usefulness and usability of web pages providing atmospheric data, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97, 263-274, 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00121.1

Conference Proceedings

2024

Ansari, S., Huntington, J. L., Shaw, M., Satalino, K., Fain, J., Daudert, B., Hegewisch, K. C. (2024). Standardized Drought Indices on Drought.gov, Produced with Climate Engine and Google Earth Engine, from Multiple Foundational Precipitation and Temperature Datasets. 104th AMS Annual Meeting: Baltimore, MD, January 28, 2024-February 1, 2024, Abstract.

2023

Ansari, S., Huntington, J. L., Sheffield, A., Hegewisch, K. C., Daudert, B., Morton, C. G., Erickson, T. (2023). Cloud-Based Drought Monitoring Using Google Earth Engine. 103rd AMS Annual Meeting: Denver, CO, January 8, 2023-January 12, 2023

O’Shea, K., Jensen, E., Huntington, J. L., Daudert, B., Hansen, J., Ott, T., Hegewisch, K. (2023). Climate Engine API Provides an Accessible Solution to Connect Users with Climate and Remote Sensing Datasets for Visualization and Analyses. AGU Annual Meeting: San Francisco, CA, December 11, 2023-December 15, 2023

Ansari, S., Huntington, J. L., Sheffield, A., Hegewisch, K., Daudert, B., Morton, C. G., Abatzoglou, J., McEvoy, D. J., Erikson, T. (2023). Cloud-Based Drought Monitoring Using Google Earth Engine. AMS Annual Meeting: Denver, Colorado, January 9, 2023

2022

Bromley, M., Melton, F., Grimm, R., Herring, J., Huntington, J. L., Allen, R., Anderson, M., Carrara, W., Daudert, B., Doherty, C., Dunkerly, C. W., Erickson, T., Fisher, J., Friedrichs, M., Guzman, A., Hain, C., Hall, M., Halverson, G., Hansen, J., Harding, J., Johnson, L., Kang, Y., Kilic, A., Morton, C. G., Malloy, M., McCullum, A., Minor, B. A., Patel, M., O’Connor, R., Ortega-Salazar, S., Ott, T., ReVelle, P., Ruhoff, A., Senay, G., Volk, J. M., Yang, Y. (2022). OpenET: Cloud-based Evapotranspiration Data for Water Management, American Geophysical Union. AGU – Frontiers in Hydrology Meeting: San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 20, 2022-June 24, 2022
https://agu.confex.com/agu/hydrology22/meetingapp.cgi

2020

Albano, C. M., Daudert, B., Hausner, M. B., McEvoy, D. J., McGwire, K. C., Minor, B. A., Morton, C. G., Pearson, C., Huntington, J. L. (2020). Assessing the Effects of Climate and Management on Meadow and Riparian Vegetation Using the Landsat Archive and Cloud Computing – Tools and Applications. Society for Ecological Restoration – California Chapter, September 1, 2020-September 24, 2020

Melton, F., Grimm, R., Huntington, J. L., Herring, J., Erickson, T., Hall, M., Anderson, M., Bastiaanssen, W., Daudert, B., Doherty, C., Fisher, J., Friedrichs, M., Guzman, A., Hain, C., Halverson, G., Harding, J., Hessels, T., Johnson, L., Morton, C. G., Bromley, M., Ozdogan, M., Schull, M., Senay, G., Van Opstal, J., Yang, Y. (2020). OpenET: Enabling Science-Based Water Management through Open Data Services and User-Driven Design, H53B-07. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2020, December 1, 2020-December 17, 2020

Melton, F., Huntington, J. L., Grimm, R., Herring, J., Hall, M., Rollison, D., Erickson, T., Allen, R., Anderson, M., Blankenau, P., Bromley, M., Carrara, W., Daudert, B., Doherty, C., Dunkerly, C. W., Fisher, J., Friedrichs, M., Guzman, A., Hain, C., Halverson, G., Harding, J., Johnson, L., Kang, Y., Kilic, A., Mallory, M., Ortega-Salazar, S., Ott, T., Revelle, P., Ruhoff, A., Schull, M., Senay, G. B., Volk, J. M., Wang, T., Yang, Y. (2020). OpenET: Filling a Critical Gap in Water Data for the Western US. AGU: Virtual, December 1, 2020-December 17, 2020

Rollison, D., Grimm, R., Melton, F., Huntington, J. L., Herring, J., Hall, M., Erickson, T., Allen, R., Anderson, M., Blankenau, P., Bromley, M., Daudert, B., Doherty, C., Dunkerly, C. W., Fisher, J., Friedrichs, M., Guzman, A., Hain, C., Halverson, G., Hansen, J., Harding, J., Johnson, L., Kang, Y., Kilic, A., Malloy, M., Minor, B. A., Morton, C. G., Ortega-Salazar, S., Ott, T., Revelle, P., Ruhoff, A., Schull, M. A., Senay, G. B., Volk, J. M., Wang, T., Yang, Y. (2020). OpenET: Enabling Science-Based Water Management through Open Data Services and User-Driven Design. AGU: Virtual, December 1, 2020-December 17, 2020

Tulley, N., McCullum, A. J., McClellan, C., Daudert, B., Huntington, J. L., Tulley-Cordova, C. (2020). The Drought Severity Evaluation Tool: A collaboration of Sovereignty and Science for the Navajo Nation, 2020, SY036-08. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, January 17, 2020-January 17, 2020

2019

McEvoy, D. J., Huntington, J. L., Daudert, B., Hegewisch, K., Morton, C. G., Abatzoglou, J. (2019). Climate Engine: On-Demand Cloud Computing and Visualization of Climate and Remote Sensing Data. American Water Works Association Sustainable Water Management Conference: Tucson, AZ, April 3, 2019

Huntington, J. L., Johnson, L., Morton, C. G., Guzman, A., Daudert, B., Hansen, J., Bromley, M., Pearson, C., Melton, F. (2019). Operational Remote Sensing of Agricultural Water Use in Cooperation with Western State Water Resource Agencies for Improved Water Management. AGU Fall Meeting: San Francisco, December 10, 2019, 567701

McEvoy, D. J., Huntington, J. L., Daudert, B., Hegewisch, K., Morton, C. G., Abatzoglou, J. (2019). Climate Engine: On-Demand Cloud Computing and Visualization of Climate and Remote Sensing Data. Society for Range Management Winter Meeting â Emerging Technologies for both Ranchers and Agencies: Elko, NV, December 13, 2019-December 13, 2019

McCullum, A. K., McClellan, C., Huntington, J. L., Daudert, B. (2019). Drought characterization on the Navajo Nation via a web-based remote sensing tool. AGU Fall Meeting: San Francisco, CA, December 9, 2019-December 13, 2019, Presentation No. H32F-07

McCullum, A. K., McClellan, C., Huntington, J. L., Daudert, B. (2019). A partner-driven water resource management tool on the Navajo Nation. AGU Fall Meeting: San Francisco, CA, December 9, 2019-December 13, 2019, Presentation No. PA34A-09

Huntington, J. L., Hegewisch, K., Daudert, B., Morton, C., Abatzoglou, J. T., McEvoy, D. J., Erickson, T. (2019). Combining On-demand Processing of Climate and Satellite Data via ClimateEngine.org for Advanced Drought and Natural Resource Monitoring, and Process Understanding in Arid Environments. AGU Fall Meeting: San Francisco, CA, December 9, 2019-December 13, 2019, Presentation No. H13G-01. Invited talk

Huntington, J. L., Johnson, L., Morton, C. G., Guzman, A., Daudert, B., Hansen, J., Bromley, M., Pearson, C., Melton, F. (2019). Operational Remote Sensing of Agricultural Water Use in Cooperation with Western State Water Resource Agencies for Improved Water Management, H21C-07. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019: San Francisco, CA, December 9, 2019

2016

Huntington, J. L., Daudert, B., Morton, C. G., McEvoy, D. J., Abatzoglou, J. T., Hegewisch, K., Vansant, D. S., Landsfeld, M., Husak, G., Verdin, J., Friedrichs, M. (2016). Monitoring Drought with Google Earth Engine: From Archives to Answers. Google Earth Engine User Summit: Mountain View, CA, June 14, 2016-June 16, 2016, Invited plenary presentation.
https://goo.gl/8FOCMf

Hegewisch, K., Daudert, B., Morton, C. G., McEvoy, D. J., Huntington, J. L., Abatzoglou, J. T. (2016). Climate Engine? Monitoring Drought with Google Earth Engine. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting: San Francisco, CA, December 12, 2016-December 16, 2016

Huntington, J. L., Abatzoglou, J. T., Hegewisch, K., Daudert, B., Morton, C. G., Vansant, D. S., McEvoy, D. J. (2016). Nevada Drought Monitoring through Cloud Computing and Visualization of Remote Sensing and Meteorological Data. Nevada Water Resources Association Annual Conference: Las Vegas, NV, March 1, 2016

Landsfeld, M., Hegewisch, K., Daudert, B., Morton, C. G., Husak, G., Friedrichs, M., Funk, C., Huntington, J. L., Abatzoglou, J. T., Verdin, J. (2016). Generating Southern Africa Precipitation Forecast Using the FEWS Engine, a New Application for the Google Earth Engine. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting: San Francisco, CA, December 12, 2016-December 16, 2016

2015

Huntington, J. L., Morton, C. G., McGwire, K. C., Bromley, M., Peterson, S., Carroll, R. W., Hegewisch, K., Daudert, B., McEvoy, D. J., Allen, R., Abatzoglou, J. T., Melton, F., Vansant, D. S., Niswonger, R., Erickson, T., Snyder, K. (2015). Monitoring Perennial Yield, Groundwater Discharge, and ET from Irrigated Agriculture with the Landsat Archive. (Invited) International Workshop on Evapotranspiration Mapping for Water Security: World Bank, Washington D.C., September 15, 2015-September 15, 2015

Huntington, J. L., Abatzoglou, J. T., Hegewisch, K. C., Daudert, B., Morton, C. G., Vansant, D. S. (2015). ClimateEngine.org: Cloud Computing and Visualization of Climate and Remote Sensing Data. (Invited) International Workshop on Evapotranspiration Mapping for Water Security, World Bank: Washington D.C., September 15, 2015-September 17, 2015

Hegewisch, K. C., Daudert, B., Morton, C. G., Vansant, D. S., Huntington, J. L., Abatzoglou, J. T. (2015). Climate Engine: Cloud Computing and Visualization of Climate and Remote Sensing Datasets. GIS Day, University of Idaho: Moscow, ID, November 18, 2015

Huntington, J. L., Daudert, B., Morton, C. G., McEvoy, D. J., Joros, A. N., Abatzoglou, J. T., Hegewisch, K., Peterson, A., Vansant, D. S., Allen, R., Kilic, A., Hobbins, M., Verdin, J. (2015). Cloud Computing for Drought Monitoring with Google Earth Engine. (Invited) U.S. Drought Monitor Forum: Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, April 14, 2015-April 16, 2015

Huntington, J. L., Morton, C. G., McGwire, K. C., Hegewisch, K., Daudert, B., Abatzoglou, J. T., McEvoy, D. J., Vansant, D. S., Niswonter, R., Peterson, S. (2015). Quantifying Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem Changes Associated with Water Availability and Management in Arid Environments using the Landsat Archive. Landsat Science Team Meeting: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, July 7, 2015-July 9, 2015

Vansant, D. S., Hegewisch, K. C., Abatzoglou, J. T., Huntington, J. L., Daudert, B., Morton, C. G. (2015). Climate Engine: Cloud computing for visualization and analysis of climate and remote sensing. 6th Annual Northwest Climate Science Conference: Coeur d’Alene, ID, November 3, 2015-November 5, 2015

Landsfeld, M., Daudert, B., Friedrich, M., Morton, C. G., Hegewisch, K., Husak, G., Funk, C., Peterson, P., Huntington, J. L., Abatzoglou, J. T., Verdin, J. (2015). An Agro-Climatological Early Warning Tool Based on the Google Earth Engine to Support Regional Food Security Analysis. American Geophysical Union Fall Conference: San Francisco, CA, December 14, 2015-December 18, 2015

Hegewisch, K., Daudert, B., Morton, C. G., Peterson, A., Joros, A. N., McEvoy, D. J., Erickson, T., Huntington, J. L., Abatzoglou, J. T. (2015). Google Drought Monitoring Through Cloud Computing and Visualization of Remote Sensing and Meteorological Datasets: Examples for California. American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference: Irvine, CA, April 20, 2015-April 22, 2015

Oakley, N. S., Redmond, K. T., Kelly, G. M., Daudert, B. (2015). California Climate Outcome Likelihood Tool. Climate Prediction and Applications Science Workshop: Las Cruces, NM, March 24, 2015
https://wrcc.dri.edu/col/

2014

Oakley, N. S., Daudert, B. (2014). Establishing Best Practices to Improve Usability of Web Interfaces Providing Atmospheric Data. 47th Annual Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union: San Francisco, CA, December 15, 2014-December 19, 2014

Oakley, N. S., Daudert, B. (2014). Establishing Best Practices to Improve Usability of Web Interfaces Providing Atmospheric Data. DRI Science Talks: Reno, NV, October 15, 2014