Gregory W. Characklis

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Gregory W. Characklis is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregory W. Characklis has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Ocean Engineering, 47 papers in Water Science and Technology and 22 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Gregory W. Characklis's work include Water resources management and optimization (57 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (33 papers) and Water Systems and Optimization (21 papers). Gregory W. Characklis is often cited by papers focused on Water resources management and optimization (57 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (33 papers) and Water Systems and Optimization (21 papers). Gregory W. Characklis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Switzerland. Gregory W. Characklis's co-authors include Patrick M. Reed, Harrison B. Zeff, Jonathan D. Herman, Brian R. Kirsch, Jordan D. Kern, Joseph Kasprzyk, Mark D. Sobsey, Rachel T. Noble, J. Stephen Fries and Leigh-Anne H. Krometis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Gregory W. Characklis

91 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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How Should Robustness Be Defined for Water Systems Planning under Change?

2015 283 citations Jonathan D. Herman, Patrick M. Reed et al. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gregory W. Characklis United States	31	2.0k	1.7k	924	689	680	94	3.5k
Brian W. Baetz Canada	34	1.5k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	760 0.8×	837 1.2×	798 1.2×	121	4.3k
Xiaosheng Qin Singapore	36	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	817 1.2×	539 0.8×	150	3.8k
Luís Garrote Spain	34	2.2k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	2.3k 2.4×	655 1.0×	548 0.8×	149	5.4k
Kenneth Strzepek United States	36	2.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.7×	519 0.8×	290 0.4×	155	4.8k
Yurui Fan China	37	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	650 0.9×	368 0.5×	136	3.2k
Juan Antonio Rodríguez Díaz Spain	33	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	571 0.6×	475 0.7×	491 0.7×	118	3.5k
Z.F. Yang China	38	1.6k 0.8×	890 0.5×	814 0.9×	1.8k 2.7×	211 0.3×	128	4.4k
Mo Li China	40	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	835 0.9×	599 0.9×	674 1.0×	172	4.6k
Yong Zhao China	37	2.0k 1.0×	688 0.4×	2.0k 2.2×	965 1.4×	216 0.3×	260	4.6k
Steven Kenway Australia	29	1.2k 0.6×	743 0.4×	315 0.3×	870 1.3×	255 0.4×	101	2.4k

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Sebastian, Antonia, et al.. (2025). Reconstructing Repetitive Flood Exposure Across 78 Events From 1996 to 2020 in North Carolina, USA. Earth s Future. 13(7).

Zeff, Harrison B., Antonia Hadjimichael, Patrick M. Reed, & Gregory W. Characklis. (2024). Using Financial Contracts to Facilitate Informal Leases Within a Western United States Water Market Based on Prior Appropriation. Earth s Future. 12(5). 1 indexed citations

Hamilton, Andrew, Patrick M. Reed, Rashmi Gupta, Harrison B. Zeff, & Gregory W. Characklis. (2024). Resilient water infrastructure partnerships in institutionally complex systems face challenging supply and financial risk tradeoffs. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7354–7354. 2 indexed citations

Gold, David, et al.. (2023). Designing Water Utility Cooperative Agreements: Lessons Learned in North Carolina. American Water Works Association. 115(1). 32–40.

Zeff, Harrison B., et al.. (2023). Systemic Financial Risk Arising From Residential Flood Losses. Earth s Future. 11(4). 14 indexed citations

Gold, David, et al.. (2022). Impact of Inter‐Utility Agreements on Cooperative Regional Water Infrastructure Investment and Management Pathways. Water Resources Research. 58(3). 8 indexed citations

Hamilton, Andrew, Harrison B. Zeff, Gregory W. Characklis, & Patrick M. Reed. (2022). Resilient California Water Portfolios Require Infrastructure Investment Partnerships That Are Viable for All Partners. Earth s Future. 10(4). 14 indexed citations

Hamilton, Andrew, Gregory W. Characklis, & Patrick M. Reed. (2021). From Stream Flows to Cash Flows: Leveraging Evolutionary Multi‐Objective Direct Policy Search to Manage Hydrologic Financial Risks. Water Resources Research. 58(1). 9 indexed citations

Kern, Jordan D., et al.. (2021). The Effects of Climate Change on Interregional Electricity Market Dynamics on the U.S. West Coast. Earth s Future. 9(12). 17 indexed citations

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Zeff, Harrison B., Andrew Hamilton, Keyvan Malek, et al.. (2021). California's food-energy-water system: An open source simulation model of adaptive surface and groundwater management in the Central Valley. Environmental Modelling & Software. 141. 105052–105052. 21 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Andrew, Gregory W. Characklis, & Patrick M. Reed. (2020). Managing Financial Risk Trade‐Offs for Hydropower Generation Using Snowpack‐Based Index Contracts. Water Resources Research. 56(10). 16 indexed citations

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Characklis, Gregory W., et al.. (2020). Integrating Physical and Financial Approaches to Manage Environmental Financial Risk on the Great Lakes. Water Resources Research. 56(5). 3 indexed citations

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Zeff, Harrison B., Gregory W. Characklis, & Walter N. Thurman. (2020). How Do Price Surcharges Impact Water Utility Financial Incentives to Pursue Alternative Supplies during Drought?. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. 146(6). 7 indexed citations

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Characklis, Gregory W., et al.. (2017). Evaluating financial risk management strategies under climate change for hydropower producers on the Great Lakes. Water Resources Research. 53(3). 2114–2132. 13 indexed citations

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Characklis, Gregory W., et al.. (2016). Evaluating the relative impacts of operational and financial factors on the competitiveness of an algal biofuel production facility. Bioresource Technology. 220. 271–281. 14 indexed citations

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Zeff, Harrison B., et al.. (2013). Navigating Financial and Supply Reliability Tradeoffs in Regional Drought Portfolios. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 4 indexed citations

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Perona, Paolo, David J. Dürrenmatt, & Gregory W. Characklis. (2013). Obtaining natural-like flow releases in diverted river reaches from simple riparian benefit economic models. Journal of Environmental Management. 118. 161–169. 19 indexed citations

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Characklis, Gregory W., et al.. (2009). Reducing the costs of meeting regional water demand through risk-based transfer agreements. Journal of Environmental Management. 90(5). 1703–1714. 32 indexed citations

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Aitken, Michael D., John T. Novak, Gregory W. Characklis, Kimberly Jones, & Peter J. Vikesland. (2004). The Evolution of Environmental Engineering as a Professional Discipline. Environmental Engineering Science. 21(2). 117–123. 8 indexed citations

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Griffin, Ronald C. & Gregory W. Characklis. (2002). Issues and Trends in Texas Water Marketing. OpenSIUC (Southern Illinois University Carbondale). 121(1). 5. 15 indexed citations

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