Research
Peer-Reviewed Publications
J. Morim, T. Wahl, D.J. Rasmussen, F.M. Calafat, S. Vitousek, S. Dangendorf, R.E. Kopp, and M. Oppenheimer, 2025: Observations reveal changing coastal storm extremes around the United States. Nature Climate Change. doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02315-z [PDF] [Author’s PDF]
T.H.J. Hermans, V. Malagon-Santos, C.A. Katsman, R.A. Jane, D.J. Rasmussen, M. Haasnoot, G.G. Garner, R.E. Kopp, M. Oppenheimer, and A.B.A. Slangen, 2023: The Timing of Decreasing Coastal Flood Protection Due to Sea-Level Rise. Nature Climate Change. doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01616-5 [PDF]
Press Coverage: [NCC] [Phys.Org]
D.J. Rasmussen, R.E. Kopp, and M. Oppenheimer, 2023: Coastal flood protection megaprojects in an era of sea-level rise: politically feasible strategies or Army Corps fantasies? Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. [PDF] [ARCHIVE DOCS]
Press Coverage: [PU]
D.J. Rasmussen, S. Kulp, R.E. Kopp, M. Oppenheimer, and B. Strauss, 2022: Popular extreme sea level metrics can better communicate impacts. Climatic Change. doi:10.1007/s10584-021-03288-6 [PDF]
B. Strauss, S. Kulp, D.J. Rasmussen, and A. Levermann, 2021: Unprecedented threats to cities from multi-century sea level rise. Environmental Research Letters. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac2e6b [PDF]
Press Coverage: [The Guardian], [Yahoo News], [Der Spiegel]
C. Tebaldi, R. Ranasinghe, M. Vousdoukas, D.J. Rasmussen, B. Vega-Westhoff, E. Kirezci, R.E. Kopp, R. Sriver, and L. Mentaschi, 2021: Extreme Sea Levels at Different Global Warming Levels. Nature Climate Change. doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01127-1 [PDF]
Press Coverage: [Forbes], [Yahoo News], [PNNL], [Phys.org]
D.J. Rasmussen, R.E. Kopp, R. Shwom, and M. Oppenheimer, 2021: The political complexity of coastal flood risk reduction: lessons for climate adaptation public works in the U.S. Earth’s Future. doi:10.1029/2020EF001575 [PDF]
Press Coverage: [PU]
D.J. Rasmussen, M.K. Buchanan, R.E. Kopp, and M. Oppenheimer, 2020: A flood damage allowance framework for coastal protection with deep uncertainty in sea-level rise. Earth’s Future. doi:10.1029/2019EF001340 [PDF]
Press Coverage: [PU]
T. Frederikse, M.K. Buchanan, E. Lambert, R.E. Kopp, M. Oppenheimer, D.J. Rasmussen, and R.S.W. van de Wal, 2020: Antarctic Ice Sheet and emission scenario controls on 21st-century extreme sea-level changes. Nature Comm. 10.1038/s41467-019-14049-6 [PDF]
D.J. Rasmussen, K. Bittermann, M.K. Buchanan, S. Kulp, B.H. Strauss, R.E. Kopp, and M. Oppenheimer, 2018: Extreme sea level implications of 1.5 °C, 2.0 °C, and 2.5 °C temperature stabilization targets in the 21st and 22nd century. Environ. Res. Lett. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aaac87 [PDF], [CODE]
[ERL 2018 Editor’s Choice Award]
Press Coverage: [PU], [NYT Sea Level and Population]
Hsiang, S.M., R.E. Kopp, A.S. Jina, J. Rising, M. Delgado, S. Mohan, D.J. Rasmussen, R. Muir-Wood, P. Wilson, M. Oppenheimer, K. Larsen and T. Houser, 2017: Economic damage from climate change in the United States. Science. doi:10.1126/science.aal4369 [LINK], [DATA SET], [CODE]
Press Coverage: [NYT], [Front Page], [Economist], [MJ], [The Atlantic], [NPR], [WP], [AP], [PAW]
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[Cited in President Biden’s 2023 CEA Report of the President]
[Altmetric’s Top 100 Research Findings of 2017]
D.J. Rasmussen, M. Meinshausen, and R.E. Kopp, 2016: Probability-weighted ensembles of U.S. county-level climate projections for climate risk analysis. J. Appl. Met. Clim. doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0302.1 [PDF], [DATA SET], [CODE]
Press Coverage: [NYT], [Front Page]
[Most-read JAMC article in 2016-2017]
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R.E. Kopp, R. Horton, C.M. Little, J.X. Mitrovica, M. Oppenheimer, D.J. Rasmussen, B.H. Strauss, and C. Tebaldi, 2014: Probabilistic 21st and 22nd century sea-level rise projections at a global network of tide gauge sites. Earth’s Future. doi:10.1002/2014EF000239 [LINK]
[Second Most-Cited Earth’s Future Article]
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D.J. Rasmussen, J. Hu, A. Mahmud, and M.J. Kleeman, 2013: The ozone climate penalty: past, present, and future. Environ. Sci. Technol. doi:10.1021/es403446m [PDF]
D.J. Rasmussen, A.M. Fiore, V. Naik, L.W. Horowitz, M.G. Schultz, and S.J. McGinnis, 2012: Surface ozone-temperature relationships in the eastern US: A monthly climatology for evaluating chemistry-climate models Atmos. Environ. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.11.021 [PDF], [DATA SET]
D.J. Rasmussen, T. Holloway, and G.F. Nemet, 2011: Opportunities and Challenges in Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Wind Energy – A Critical Comparison of Wind Speed Projections in California. Environ. Res. Lett. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/2/024008 [PDF]
Press Coverage: [ERW]
Books
Houser, T, R. Kopp, S. Hsiang, R. Muir-Wood, K. Larsen, D.J. Rasmussen, M. Delgado, A. Jina, S. Mohan, P. Wilson, M. Mastrandrea, and J. Rising, 2015: Economic Risks of Climate Change: an American Prospectus. New York, NY: Columbia University Press. [Amazon], [Columbia Press]
Press Coverage: [NYT], [Economist], [FT], [Bloomberg], [NPR], [WSJ], [WP], [Nat Geo]
[Cited by President Barack Obama’s 2016 Federal Budget]
Reports
Nopmongcol, U., J. Johnson, B. Brashers, D.J. Rasmussen, T. Shah, J. Zagunis, Z. Liu, R. Morris, T. Pollock, W. Allan. 2015. Formation of Secondary PM2.5 in the Capital Region Study. Prepared for Environmental and Sustainable Resource Development, Edmonton, AB. Canada. [PDF]
Johnson, J., G. Wilson, D.J. Rasmussen, G. Yarwood. 2015. Daily Near Real-Time Ozone Modeling for Texas. Prepared for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Austin, TX.
Kemball-Cook, S., T. Pavlovic, J. Johnson, L. Parker, D.J. Rasmussen, J. Zagunis, L. Ma, G. Yarwood. 2014. Analysis of Wildfire Impacts on High Ozone Days in Houston, Beaumont, and Dallas-Fort Worth During 2012 and 2013. Prepared for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Austin, TX.
Houser, T., R. Kopp, S. Hsiang, R. Muir-Wood, K. Larsen, D.J. Rasmussen, M. Delgado, A. Jina, S. Mohan, P. Wilson, M. Mastrandrea, and J. Rising, 2014: American Climate Prospectus: Economic Risks in the United States. Oakland, CA: Rhodium Group, 194 pp. [LINK]
D.J. Rasmussen and M.J. Kleeman, 2012: Parallel Acceleration of CALPUFF using MPICH-2. Final Report to the California Air Resources Board. ARB Contract 11-760. [PDF], [CODE]
Dissertation and Theses
Coastal Defense in an Era of Sea-Level Rise: Science, Politics, and Decision-Making (2020) (Dissertation) Princeton University, 231 pp. [PDF]
The ozone climate penalty: Past, present, and future. (2013) (Master’s thesis) University of California-Davis, 24 pp. [PDF]
An analysis of climate change impacts on future wind energy production in California (2009) (Undergraduate thesis) The University of Wisconsin, 70 pp. [PDF]
Other Writing
Environmental policy change
A probabilistic framework for homeowner flood insurance cost-benefit analysis under rising seas (Paper for CEE 460 at Princeton University; May 2016) [PDF]
A flood of attention: the rise and fall of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act (Paper for WWS 521 at Princeton University; January 2016) [PDF]
Does divided government matter? The Clean Air Act and the Keystone XL Pipeline (Paper for WWS 521 at Princeton University; October 2015) [PDF]
WRF-ARW wind energy wake study
In the wake of the wind: Can wind turbine parameterizations in WRF improve estimates of power production by future offshore wind farms in California? (Project for ATM 270B at University of California-Davis; March 2013) [PDF]
Regional aerosol climate forcing review
Regional climate response to changes in U.S. aerosol pollution: a review (Project for CEE 289A at University of California-Davis; June 2012) [PDF]