Kenneth Davis
Boundary layer meteorology, atmospheric carbon and hydrologic cycles, remote sensing using lidar, flux measurement methods, interactions among ecosystem processes and boundary layer development, interactions between atmospheric turbulence and chemistry.
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
2019 (In Review)
Observing and Simulating Spatial Variations of Forest Carbon Stocks in Complex Terrain. He, Yuting, Kenneth Davis, Yuning Shi, Dave Eissenstat, Jason Kaye, Margot Kaye (2019): Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences (submitted)
2019 (In Review)
Predominant control of soil properties in storage-discharge relationship and threshold behavior in catchments derived from contrasting lithologies. Xiao, D., Shi, Y., Brantley, S. L., Forsythe, B., DiBiase, R. A., Davis, K. J., Li, L. (2019): Water Resources Research (in review)
2018
Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Shale Hills in the Context of Shaver's Creek Watershed. Brantley Susan, White Timothy, West Nicole, Williams Jennifer, Forsythe Brandon, Shapich Dan, Kaye Jason, Lin Hangsheng (Henry), Shi Yuning, Kaye Margot, Herndon Elizabeth, Davis Kenneth, He Yuting, Eissenstat David, Weitzman Julie, DiBiase Roman, Li Li, Reed Warren, Brubaker Kristen, Gu Xin (2018): Vadose Zone Journal, 17:180092
2018
The Effect of Lithology and Agriculture at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Li Li, DiBiase Roman A., Del Vecchio Joanmarie, Marcon Virginia, Hoagland Beth, Xiao Dacheng, Wayman Callum, Tang Qicheng, He Yuting, Silverhart Perri, Szink Ismaiel, Forsythe Brandon, Williams Jennifer Z., Shapich Dan, Mount Gregory J., Kaye Jason, Guo Li, Lin Henry, Eissenstat David, Dere Ashlee, Brubaker Kristen, Kaye Margot, Davis Kenneth J., Russo Tess A., Brantley Susan L. (2018): Vadose Zone Journal, 17:180063
2018
Using a spatially-distributed hydrologic biogeochemistry model with a nitrogen transport module to study the spatial variation of carbon processes in a Critical Zone Observatory. Shi, Y., Eissenstat, D.M., He, Y., and Davis, K.J. (2018): Ecological Modelling, 380:8-21
2017
Variability of dissolved organic carbon in precipitation during storms at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Iavorivska, Lidiia, Boyer, Elizabeth W., Grimm, Jeffrey W., Miller, Matthew P., DeWalle, David R., Davis, Kenneth J., and Kaye, Margot W. (2017): Hydrological Processes, 31(16):2935–2950
2016
Designing a suite of measurements to understand the critical zone. Brantley, S. L., DiBiase, R. A., Russo, T. A., Shi, Y., Lin, H., Davis, K. J., Kaye, M., Hill, L., Kaye, J., Eissenstat, D. M., Hoagland, B., Dere, A. L., Neal, A. L., Brubaker, K. M., and Arthur, D. K (2016): Earth Surface Dynamics 4: 211-235
2015
Simulating high resolution soil moisture patterns in the Shale Hills watershed using a land surface hydrologic model. Shi, Y., D. C. Baldwin, K. J. Davis, X. Yu, C. J. Duffy, and H. Lin (2015): Hydrological Processes, Vol 29, Issue 21, pages 4624–4637.
2015
Parameter estimation of a physically-based land surface hydrologic model using an ensemble Kalman filter: A multivariate real-data experiment. Shi, Y., K. J. Davis, F. Zhang and C. J. Duffy, and X. Yu (2015): Advances in Water Resources, vol 83, 421–427
2014
Designing a Suite of Models to Explore Critical Zone Function. Duffy, C., Shi, Y., Davis, K., Slingerland, R., Li, L., Sullivan, P. L., Godderis, Y., Brantley, S. L. (2014): Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, Vol 10, p 7-15
2014
Evaluation of the parameter sensitivity of a coupled land surface hydrologic model. Shi, Y., K. J. Davis, F. Zhang, and C. J. Duffy (2014): Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15:279–299
2014
Parameter estimation of a physically-based land surface hydrologic model using the ensemble Kalman Filter: A synthetic experiment. Shi, Y., K. J. Davis, F. Zhang, C. J. Duffy, and X. Yu (2014): Water Resources Research, 50, 706—724
2013
Development of a Coupled Land Surface Hydrologic Model and Evaluation at a Critical Zone Observatory. Shi, Y., K. J. Davis, C. J. Duffy, and X. Yu (2013): Journal of Hydrometeorology, 14, 1401—1420
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
Other CZO Publications
2019
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future. Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., and Li, Li (2019): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 6
2018
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future. Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., and Li, Li (2018): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 5
2017
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future. Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li, Russo, Tess (2017): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 4
2017
Using a spatially-distributed hydrologic biogeochemistry model with nitrogen transport to study the spatial variation of carbon stocks and fluxes in a Critical Zone Observatory. Shi, Y., Eissenstat, D.M., He, Y., and Davis, K.J. (2017): 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec
2016
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future. Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li, Russo, Tess (2016): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 3
2016
Investigating the Effects of Soil Moisture on Net Ecosystem Exchange in Shale Hills. Griffiths, Z.G., Davis, K.J., and He, Y. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2016
Using a spatially-distributed hydrologic biogeochemistry model to study the spatial variation of carbon processes in a Critical Zone Observatory. Shi, Y., Eissenstat, D.M., Davis, K.J., and He, Y. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2015
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future . Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li, Russo, Tess (2015): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 2
2014
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future . Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Duffy, Christopher J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li (2014): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 1
2014
Model-data synthesis of the carbon and water cycles at very high resolution in complex topography. Kenneth Davis, Chris Duffy, David Eissenstat, Yuning Shi, Susan Brantley, Yuting He, Jason Kaye, Margot Kaye, Henry Lin, Andrew Neal, Xuan Yu, Fuqing Zhang (2014): AmeriFlux Annual Meeting, May 4-5, 2014
2014
H43G-1032 Exploring the Influence of Topography on Belowground C Processes Using a Coupled Hydrologic-Biogeochemical Model . Yuning Shi • Kenneth Davis • David Eissenstat • Jason Kaye • Christopher Duffy • Xuan Yu • Yuting He (2014): 2014 AGU Annual Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 15-19th
2013
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future. Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Duffy, Christopher J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li (2013): NSF Award # 1331726
2013
Resolving the High Resolution Soil Moisture Pattern at the Shale Hills Watershed Using a Land Surface Hydrologic Model. Shi, Y., Baldwin, D.C., Davis, K.J., Yu, X., Duffy, C., Lin, H. (2013): Abstract H23F-1332 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.
2012
Model-data syntheses to improve simulation of the atmospheric boundary layer. Davis, K.J. (2012): Urban and Rural Meteorology Workshop, Jeju Island, S. Korea, 27-29 August, 2012
2012
Parameter Estimation of a Physically-Based Land Surface Hydrologic Model Using the Ensemble Kalman Filter. Shi, Y., Davis, K.J., Zhang, F., Duffy, C. (2012): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
2012
Establishing a Micronetwork at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Twiest, B, K. J. Davis, C. Duffy, C. Duffy (2012): Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society
2011
A Watershed Scale Groundwater-Land-Surface Model Poster. Shi, Y., K. J. Davis, C. J. Duffy, and X. Yu (2011): 25th Conference on Hydrology, Seattle, WA. American Meteorological Society
2010
Watershed reanalysis: data assimilation from strip charts to embedded sensor networks (Invited). Duffy, C., Kumar, M., Bhatt, G., Leonard, L.N., Yu, X., Shi, Y., Davis, K.J., Holmes, G. (2010): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
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Models
Flux-PIHM
Flux-PIHM
Flux PIHM is a fully-coupled land surface hydrologic model with improved land-atmosphere interactions.
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News
Penn State Weather Campers visit the CZO
30 Jun 2016 - Each year, the Department of Meteorology hosts Weather Camp and Advanced Weather Camp over two weeks in June. The Penn State Weather camps...
Flux Tower instrumentation complete for the Garner Run catena
29 Jun 2016 - The Garner Run sandstone catena will have additional measurements coming online soon. A LI-COR Eddy Covariance system was installed on Hunt 40...
Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center hosts “What is the Critical Zone Observatory?”
27 May 2016 - To kick off the CZO summer display in the Lower Classroom at Shaver’s Creek, the Environmental Center hosted a poster session to learn about...
Shale Hills CZO hosts Jorden Hayes for All-Hands 2016
16 May 2016 - Jorden Hayes (Southern Sierra CZO) was an invited speaker and visitor to the Shale Hills CZO All-Hands meeting in May 2016
Penn State Weather Campers visit the CZO
19 Jun 2015 - Ken Davis and Bill Syrett demonstrated the instrumentation used to collect atmospheric data in the CZO with 36 rising 8th – 10th...
Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO hosts Dorothy Merritts for All Hands 2015
13 May 2015 - The annual SSHCZO All Hands meeting featured Dr. Dorothy Merritts, Harry W. and Mary B. Huffnagle Professor of Geosciences and Chair of the...
Penn State “Weather Campers” get hands-on experience in the CZO
25 Jun 2014 - The Department of Meteorology at Penn State hosted two “Weather Camps” this summer, one for students who will be entering grades 8-10...
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Events
Critical Zone Seminar Series - All Hands Fall 2012
Critical Zone Seminar Series - All Hands Fall 2012
117 EES Building.
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