Nathalie Voisin

Graduate Research Assistant
Ph.D. candidate
nathalie at hydro dot washington dot edu
206 543 7633

Current Research

o precipitation forecast calibration and downscaling
o streamflow forecast (medium-range)
o forecast verification
o impact of climate change on water resources
o large scale and small scale hydrology modeling

Education

• M.Sc. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Qc, 2003
  under the supervision of Professors H. G. Leighton and E. D. Soulis (University of Waterloo, ON), Dean's Honor List.


• Engineering Diploma (M. Eng.) in Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics, ENSEEIHT, Toulouse, France, 2001. (B. Eng in 2000).

Positions held

• February 2003 -present : Graduate Research Assistant
  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA


• September 2001 - December 2002: Graduate Teaching Assistant
  Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC


• June - July 2000 : Intern
  Lyonnaise des Eaux, Bordeaux, France - water distribution and wastewater treatment


• August 1997: Intern
  EDF (Electricite de France), Le Blayais Nuclear Power Plant, Le Blayais, France

Awards and Honors

2009, student award for best oral presentation, awarded by the American Meteorological Society’s Hydrology Committee for the oral presentation at the 89th Annual Meeting in Phoenix.
2006, Graduate Student Travel Award
2003, Dean's Honor List, at the M.Sc. graduation

Publications

• Elsner M.M., L. Cuo, N. Voisin, J.S. Deems, A.F. Hamlet, J.A. Vano, K.E.B. Mickelson, S. Lee and D.P. Lettenmaier 2009: Implications of 21st century climate change for the hydrology of Washington State.Climatic Change(submitted).
• Vano JA, Voisin N, Cuo L, Hamlet AF, Elsner MM, Palmer RN, Polebitski A, Lettenmaier DP 2009: Multi-model assessment of the impacts of climate change on water management in the Puget Sound region, Washington, USA..Climatic Change(submitted).
• Vano, JA, Scott M, Voisin N, Stöckle CO, Halmet AF, Mickelson KEB, Elsner MM, Lettenmaier DP 2009: Multi-model assessment of the impacts of climate change on water management and agriculture of the Yakima River basin, Washington, USA. Climatic Change(submitted).
• Voisin, N., A.W. Wood and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2008: Evaluation of precipitation products for global hydrological prediction. J. of Hydrometeorology, 9 (3), 388-407.
• Voisin, N., A. F. Hamlet, L. P. Graham, D. W. Pierce, T. P. Barnett, and D. P. Lettenmaier, 2006: The role of climate forecasts in western U.S. power planning. Journal of Applied Meteorology 45, No. 5, pp 653-673.
• Christensen, N.S., Wood, A.W., Voisin, N., Lettenmaier, D.P. and R.N. Palmer, 2004: Effects of Climate Change on the Hydrology and Water Resources of the Colorado River Basin, Climate Change , vol. 62,Issue 1-3, 337-363.

Presentations

Oral

• Lettenmaier D.P.*,N. Voisin, and J.C. Schaake, Jr., European Geosciences Union meeting, Vienna, Apr., 2009, Issues in global precipitation estimation for hydrologic prediction
• Vano, J.A.*, N. Voisin, M. Scott, L. Cuo, M.M. Elsner, R.N. Palmer, A. Polebitski, C. Stockle, A.F. Hamlet, and D.P. Lettenmaier, Washington State Climate Change Impacts Assessment Conference Seattle, WA,February 13, 2009, Climate change impacts on water management in the state of Washington
• Voisin*, N., J.C. Schaake, D.P. Lettenmaier, AMS 89th Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA,15 Jan 2009, Verification of a downscaling approach for large area flood prediction over the Ohio River Basin
• Voisin*, N., A.W. Wood and D.P. Lettenmaier, 3rd HEPEX workshop, June 2007, Stresa, Italy, Downsaling global medium range meteorological predictions for flood prediction.
• Voisin, N.*, A.W. Wood, D.P. Lettenmaier and E.F. Wood, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, April 2007, Use of satellite remote sensing for medium range global flood prediction.
• Voisin, N.*, A.W. Wood and D.P. Lettenmaier, Joint Research Center, Ispra, Italy, April 2007 Potential for medium-range global flood prediction.
• Voisin, N.*, A.W. Wood and D.P. Lettenmaier, UW-UBC symposium, September 2006, Medium-range global flood prediction
• Voisin, N.*, D.P. Lettenmaier, EGU (Vienna), April 2006, Global Flood and Drought Prediction ( set up for retrospective forecasting)
• Hamlet*, A.F., A.W. Wood, N. Voisin , D.P. Lettenmaier, T. Westerling, D. Pierce, T. Barnett, CIG Fall Forecast Meeting, Kelso, WA, Oct, 2006, Long-Range Hydropower Forecasts for the Columbia River, Colorado River, and Sacramento/San Joaquin Systems
• Hamlet, A.F.*, A.W. Wood,N. Voisin, D. Pierce, T. Westerling, D.P. Lettenmaier, T. Barnett, CPASW Meeting, Tucson, AZ, March 2006, Long-Range Hydropower Forecasts for the Columbia River, Colorado River, and Sacramento/San Joaquin Systems
• Voisin, N.* and D.P. Lettenmaier, 5th International Scientific Conference on GEWEX (Orange County, CA), June 2005, Global Flood and Drought Prediction
• Voisin, N.*, UW Hydrology Group seminar, April 2005, Covariability of Climate and Hydropower in the western U.S.
• Hamlet, A.F.*,A.W. Wood, N. Voisin, D.P. Lettenmaier, Portland General Electric Outreach Meeting, Portland, OR, Feb, 2005, PDO/ENSO-Based Streamflow Forecasts in the PNW: Climatological Foundation to Quasi-Operational Products
• Voisin N.*, A.F. Hamlet, P. Graham, D.P. Lettenmaier, Fall UBC/UW Hydrology Symposium, 2004, Hydropower Variabilities in the Western U.S. ; Consequences and Opportunities
• Voisin N.*, H.G.Leighton, E.D.Soulis and J.Feng,CMOS annual meeting in Rimouski, Quebec 22-25 May 2002. Sensitivity of the Mackenzie River Basin Hydrology to Solar Radiation Uncertainties

Poster

• Vano, J.A., N. Voisin, M. Scott, L. Cuo, M.M. Elsner, R.N. Palmer, A. Polebitski, C. Stockle, A.F. Hamlet, and D.P. Lettenmaier. UW Water Center Annual Review of Research, Seattle, WA, February 18, 2009, Impacts of Climate Change on Water Management in the State of Washington, USA
• Cuo, L., N.Voisin, J.Vano, M.McGuire, E.Salathe, D.P.Lettenmaier, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2008, Climate change effects on surfacehdrology in the Puget Sound Basin
• Hamlet, A.F., M.M. Elsner, P.W. Mote, E. Salathe, D. P. Lettenmaier, L. Cuo, N. Voisin, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 17, 2008 Ensemble Snowpack Projections for the Pacific Northwest from 1970-2100 Based on Downscaled IPCC Scenarios
• Vano, J.A., N. Voisin, L. Cuo, M. Scott, M.M. Elsner, R.N. Palmer, A. Polebitski, A.F. Hamlet, A.C.Steinemann, and D.P. Lettenmaier,AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 16, 2008, Using multi-model ensemble methods to assess climate change impacts on water management throughout the State of Washington, USA
• Voisin, N., A.W. Wood, D.P. Lettenmaier, AMS 88th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, Jan 2008,, Evaluation of a global prediction system: The Mississippi River Basin as a test case.
• Voisin, N., A.W. Wood and D.P. Lettenmaier, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, Dec 2007, Verification of a downscaling sequence applied to medium range meteorological predictions for global flood prediction
• Voisin, N., A.W. Wood and D.P. Lettenmaier, 3rd HEPEX workshop, June 2007, Stresa, Italy, Downscaling global medium range meteorological predictions for flood prediction. (Mississippi, Danube and Zambeze case studies)
• Voisin, N., A.W. Wood, D.P. Lettenmaier and E.F. Wood, The Water Center Annual Review of Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Feb 2007, Potential for medium range global flood prediction
• Voisin, N., A.W. Wood, D.P. Lettenmaier and E.F. Wood, AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2006, The potential for medium-range global flood prediction
• Voisin, N. , D.P. Lettenmaier and A.W. Wood , CPC Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, Boulder, Oct 2006, Potential for global flood and drought prediction"
• Voisin, N. and D.P. Lettenmaier, The Water Center Annual Review of Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Feb 2006, Global Flood and Drought Prediction
• Voisin, N., D.P. Lettenmaier and E.F. Wood, AGU Fall meeting, 2005, Evaluation of Precipitation Products to Force a Global Flood and Drought Prediction System
• Voisin N., D. P. Lettenmaier and R. Pinker , 84th annual AMS meeting, Seattle, January 11-15 2004, Use of GOES solar radiation to improve long-term retrospective land-surface simulations
• Voisin N., Y-S. Park, A. Hamlet, A. W. Wood, N. Guttman, D. P. Lettenmaier AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec 2003, A 85-year retrospective Hydrologic Analysis for the Western U.S.
• Doten, C.O., Bowling, L.C., Maurer, E.P., Voisin, N., Lettenmaier, D.P., AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, Dec 2003, Development of a Sediment Transport Component for DHSVM

Personal

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• Best Of
• Teaching sailing class webpage novice keelboat class, Washington Yacht Club (2006-2008, presently on break)