Mark S. Seyfried
Soil Scientist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service
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PhD, Soil Physics, University of Florida, 1986
MS, Soil Genesis and Classification, University of Florida, 1982
BS, Soil Resource Management, University of California, 1977
I am a soil scientist interested in how and why soils vary across the landscape and how those variations affect water movement and plant growth. I am particularly interested in physical controls, such as due to soil water content and temperature, which are especially important in the mountainous, semiarid terrain where I’ve done most of my field research. This field research has spawned considerable research in to the development and interpretation of instrumentation, both in situ and remotely sensed. I am also interested in the mathematical representation of critical processes in simulation models, which are needed to link processes and extend field research to larger scales. The really key questions I intend to address are related to the linkages of processes across scales because they are so critical to our long-term sustainability.
Phone/Address
208-422-0715800 Park Blvd., Suite 105, Boise, ID 83712
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
2020
Winter CO2 efflux from sagebrush shrublands distributed across the rain‐to‐snow transition zone. Fellows, A.W., Flerchinger, G.N., Seyfried, G.N., Biederman, J.A.. and K.A. Lohse (2020): JGR Biogeosciences
2019
Controls on gross production in an aspen-sagebrush vegetation mosaic. Fellows, A., Flerchinger, G., Seyfried, M., Lohse, K.A., Patton, N. R. (2019): Ecohydrology 12:e2046
2019
Water and carbon fluxes along an elevational gradient in a sagebrush ecosystem. Flerchinger, G.N., Fellows, A.W., Seyfried, M.S., Clark, P.E., and K.A. Lohse (2019): Ecosystems
2019
Topographic controls on soil organic carbon on soil-mantled landscapes. Patton, N.P., Lohse, K.A., Seyfried, M., S. Godsey, and S. Parsons (2019): Scientific Reports 9: 6390
2019
Lithology and coarse fraction adjusted bulk density estimates for determining total organic carbon stocks in dryland soils. Patton, N.R., Lohse, K.A., Seyfried, M.S., Will, R., and S. Benner (2019): Geoderma 337: 844-852
2019
Interaction of wind and cold‐season hydrologic processes on erosion from complex topography following wildfire in sagebrush steppe. Vega, S.P., Williams, C.J., Brooks, E.S., Pierson, F.B., Strand, E.K., Robichaud, P.R., Brown, R.E., Seyfried, M.S., Lohse, K.A., Glossner, K., Pierce, J.L., C. Roehner (2019): Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
2018
Seasonal wetness, soil organic carbon, and fire influence soil hydrological properties and water repellency in a sagebrush‐steppe ecosystem. Chandler, D.G., Cheng, Y., Seyfried, M.S., Madsen, M.D., Johnson, C.E., C.J. Williams (2018): Water Resources Research
2018
Rapid recovery of mesic mountain big sagebrush gross production and respiration following prescribed fire. Fellows, A., Flerchinger, G., Seyfried, M.S., and Lohse, K.A (2018): Ecosystems
2018
Water flow modeling with dry bulk density optimization to determine hydraulic properties in mountain soils. Fullhart, A.T., Kelleners, T.J., Chandler, D.G., McNamara, J.P., and M.S. Seyfried (2018): Soil Science Society of America Journal
2018
Eleven years of mountain weather, snow, soil moisture and streamflow data from the rain–snow transition zone – the Johnston Draw catchment, Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed and Critical Zone Observatory, USA. Godsey, S. E., Marks, D., Kormos, P. R., Seyfried, M. S., Enslin, C. L., Winstral, A. H., McNamara, J. P., and Link, T. E. (2018): Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 10, 1207-1216
2018
Data paper: 31 Years of Spatially Distributed Air Temperature, Humidity, Precipitation Amount and Precipitation Phase From Reynolds Critical Zone Observatory. Kormos, P. R., Marks, D. G., Seyfried, M. S., Havens, S. C., Hedrick, A., Lohse, K. A., Sandusky, M., Kahl, A. and Garen, D. (2018): ESSD. 10, 1197-1205
2018
Evaluation of SMAP freeze/thaw retrieval accuracy at core validation sites in the contiguous United States. Kraatz, S., Jacobs, J.M., Schroder, R., Cho, E., Cosh, M., Seyfried, M., Prueger, J., and S. Livingston (2018): Remote Sensing
2018
Predicting soil thickness on soil mantled hillslopes. Patton, N.P., Lohse, K.A., S.E. Godsey, Crosby, B.T., and Seyfried, M. (2018): Nature Communications 9: 3329
2018
Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed and Critical Zone Observatory. Seyfried, M. S., Lohse, K. A., Marks, D., Flerchinger, G. N., Pierson, F., Holbrook, S. (2018): Vadoze Zone Journal 17:180129
2018
Simulating the dependence of aspen (Populus tremuloides) on redistributed snow in a semi-arid watershed. Soderquist, B.S., Kavanagh, K.L., Link, T.E., Seyfried, M.S., and A.A.H. Winstral (2018): Ecosphere
2017
Spatiotemporal soil and saprolite moisture dynamics across a semi-arid woody plant gradient. Niemeyer, R.J., Heinse, R., Link, T.E., Seyfried, M.S., Klos, P.Z., Williams, C.J., and T. Nielson (2017): Journal of Hydrology
2017
Climate moderates potential shifts in streamflow from changes in pinyon-juniper woodland cover across the western US. Niemeyer, R.J., Link, T.E., Heinse, R., and M.S. Seyfried (2017): Hydrological Processes
2016
Hydrologic response and recovery to prescribed fire and vegetation removal in a small rangeland catchment. Flerchinger, G.N., Seyfried, M.S., and S.P. Hardegree (2016): Ecohydrology
2016
Saprolite genesis in complex terrain: hydrologic, lithologic, biologic, and microclimatic controls on aspect asymmetry within the critical zone. Klos, P.Z., Link, T., Seyfried, M., Patton, N., Lohse, K., Holbrook, W.S., Heinse, R., Durrett, W., E. Leonard (2016): Geomorphology
2016
Spatiotemporal soil and saprolite moisture dynamics across a semi-arid woody plant gradient. Niemeyer, R.J., Heinse, R., Link, T.E., Seyfried, M.S., Klos, Z.P., Williams, C.J., and T. Nielson (2016): Journal of Hydrology
2016
Surface water input from snowmelt and rain throughfall in western juniper: potential impacts of climate change as shifts in semi-arid vegetation. Niemeyer, R.J., Link, T., Seyfried, M., and G. Flerchinger (2016): Hydrological Processes
2016
Simulation of long-term soil water dynamics at Reynolds Creek, Idaho: Implications for rangeland productivity. Seyfried, M., Finzel, J., Weltz, M., and K. Launchbaugh (2016): Ecohydrology
2016
Soil temperature variability in complex terrain measured using distributed fiber-optic temperature sensing. Seyfried, M., Link, T., and D. Marks (2016): Vadose Zone Journal
2016
Soil Temperature Variability in Complex Terrain MeasuredUsing Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing. Seyfried, M., Link, T., Marks, D. and Murdock, M. (2016): Vadose Zone Journal 15 (6): vzj2015.09.0128
2015
Simulation of long-term soil water dynamics at Reynolds Creek, Idaho: implications for rangeland productivity. Finzel, J.A., Seyfried, M.S., Weltz, M.A., and K. Launchbaugh (2015): Ecohydrology
2015
Bedrock infiltration estimates from a catchment in the mountain rain-snow transition zone. Kormos, P., McNamara, J., Seyfried, M., Marshall, H., Marks, D., and A. Flores (2015): Journal of Hydrology
2015
Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory Annual Report 2015. Lohse, K. (2015): Reynolds Creek CZO, University of Idaho
2014
Comparison of methods for estimating evapotranspiration in a small rangeland catchment. Flerchinger, G.N., and M.S. Seyfried (2014): Vadose Zone Journal. 13:4
2014
Response of three soil water sensors to variable solution electrical conductivity in different soils. Kargas, G., Kerkides, P., and M. Seyfried (2014): Vadose Zone Journal
2014
The use of similarity concepts to represent sub-grid variability in hydrologic and land-surface models: Case study in a snowmelt dominated watershed. Newman, A., M. Clark, A. Winstral, D. Marks and M. Seyfried (2014): Journal of Hydrometeorology, early online release
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
Other CZO Publications
2018
Eleven years of mountain weather, snow, soil moisture and streamflow data from the rain–snow transition zone – the Johnston Draw catchment, Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed and Critical Zone Observatory, USA. Godsey, S. E., Marks, D., Kormos, P. R., Seyfried, M. S., Enslin, C. L., Winstral, A. H., McNamara, J. P., and Link, T. E. (2018): Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 10, 1207-1216
2018
Data paper: 31 Years of Spatially Distributed Air Temperature, Humidity, Precipitation Amount and Precipitation Phase From Reynolds Critical Zone Observatory. Kormos, P. R., Marks, D. G., Seyfried, M. S., Havens, S. C., Hedrick, A., Lohse, K. A., Sandusky, M., Kahl, A. and Garen, D. (2018): ESSD. 10, 1197-1205
2018
Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory Annual Report 2018. Lohse, K.A., Benner. S., Flores, A., Glenn, N.F., Seyfried, M.S. (2018): Reynolds Creek CZO, University of Idaho
2018
Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed and Critical Zone Observatory. Seyfried, M. S., Lohse, K. A., Marks, D., Flerchinger, G. N., Pierson, F., Holbrook, S. (2018): Vadoze Zone Journal 17:180129
2017
Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory Annual Report 2017. Lohse, K. (2017): Reynolds Creek CZO, University of Idaho
2016
Water and Carbon Fluxes Along an Elevation/Precipitation Gradient in a Sagebrush Steppe Environment. Flerchinger, G.N., Fellows, A.W., and M.S. Seyfried (2016): ASA/CSSA/SSSA Annual Meeting
2016
Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory Annual Report 2016. Lohse, K. (2016): Reynolds Creek CZO, University of Idaho
2015
A hydrometeorological dataset across the rain-to-snow transition at Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory, Idaho. Enslin, C., Marks, D., Godsey, S., Kormos, P., Seyfried, M., and T. Link (2015): American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
2015
Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory Annual Report 2015. Lohse, K. (2015): Reynolds Creek CZO, University of Idaho
2015
Managing the critical zone to obtain and sustain multiple benefits from working landscapes: The value of partnerships between LTAR and NSF CZO networks H51Q-07. Lohse, K.A., Seyfried, M., and F. Pierson (2015): American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA
2015
Determining Total Soil Carbon Storage in the Critical Zone Using Topography and Lithology. Patton, N., Lohse, K., Seyfried, M., Crosby, B., and S. Godsey (2015): American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA
2015
Long-Term Research at Reynolds Creek, Idaho: Lessons Learned. Seyfried, M.S., and K.A. Lohse (2015): Soil Science Society of America, Mineapolis, MN
2015
Diurnal and seasonal variation in tree stem circumference using automated self-reporting dendrometer bands (TreeHuggers). Sharma, H., Reinhardt, K., Lohse, K., Seyfried, M., DeLucia, E., and T. Mies (2015): Annual Meeting of Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, MD
2015
Mapping the organic carbon content of soils (SOC) in the Reynolds Creek Watershed. Will, R., Stanbery, C., Seyfried, M., Pierce, J., Lohse, K., Flores, A., Glenn, N., Spaete, L., Patton, N., Black, C., Good, A., and S. Benner (2015): Great Basin Conference, Boise, ID
2014
Controls of Parent Material and Topography on Soil Carbon Storage in the Critical Zone. Patton, N., Lohse, K., and M. Seyfried (2014): All Hands Critical Zone Observatory Network, Fish Camp, CA
2014
Controls of Parent Material and Topography on Soil Carbon Storage in the Critical Zone. Patton, N., Lohse, K., Seyfried, M., and T. Link (2014): Idaho State University Research Fair
2014
Mapping the organic carbon content of soils (SOC) in the Reynolds Creek Watershed. Will, R., Stanbery, C., Seyfried, M., Pierce, J., Lohse, K., Flores, A., Glenn, N., Spaete, L., Patton, N., Black, C., Good, A., and S. Benner (2014): All Hands Meeting, Fish Camp, CA
2013
Reynolds Creek Carbon Critical Zone Observatory. Lohse, KA, M Seyfried, A Flores, S Benner, N Glenn. (2013): NSF Proposal
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