Hydrology Masters student at University of Arizona
BA, Geology, Lawrence University, 2008
MS, Hydrology, University of Arizona, 2012
Clare's research focuses on quantifying the production and mobilization of carbon within shallow surface soils in seasonally snow-covered catchments.
2018
A net ecosystem carbon budget for snow dominated forested headwater catchments: linking water and carbon fluxes to critical zone carbon storage. Perdrial J., Brooks P.D., Swetnam T., Lohse K.A., Rasmussen C., Litvak M., Harpold A.A., Zapata-Rios X., Broxton P., Mitra B., Meixner M., Condon K., Huckle D., Stielstra C., Vázquez-Ortega A., Lybrand R., Holleran M., Orem C., Pelletier J., Chorover J. (2018): Biogeochemistry 138{3): 225–243 Cross-CZO
2015
Climatic and landscape influences on soil moisture are primary determinants of soil carbon fluxes in seasonally snow-covered forest ecosystems. Stielstra C.M., Lohse K.A., Chorover J., McIntosh J.C., Barron-Gafford G.A., Perdrial J.N., Litvak M., Barnard H.R., Brooks P.D. (2015): Biogeochemistry 123(3): 447–465 Cross-CZO
2012
Changes in snowpack accumulation and ablation in the intermountain west. Harpold A.A., Brooks P.D., Rajogopal S., Heidebuchel I., Jardine A., and Stielstra C. (2012): Water Resources Research 48: W11501
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
2013
Coupled soil respiration and transpiration dynamics from tree-scale to catchment scale in dry Rocky Mountain pine forests and the role of snowpack. Berryman E., Barnard H.R., Brooks P.D., Adams H., Burns M.A., Wilson W., Stielstra C.M. (2013): Abstract H23C-1279 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec. Cross-CZO
2012
Quantifying the role of hydrologic variability in soil carbon flux. Stielstra C.M (2012): MS Thesis in Hydrology and Water Resources. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
2011
Monitoring Carbon Fluxes from Shallow Surface Soils in the Critical Zone . Stielstra, C.M., Brooks, P.D., Chorover, J. (2011): AGU Fall Meeting Presentations (Poster) Abstract B33G-0556.
2010
Trends in Snowpack Depths and the Timing of Snowmelt in the River Basins of the Intermountain West . Harpold, A.A., Rajagopal, S., Heidbuechel, I., Stielstra, C., Jardine, A.B., Brooks, P.D. (2010): AGU Fall Meeting Abstract H31I-08.