UC Merced
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CZO People
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INVESTIGATOR, Lead-PI
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Mountain hydrology and biogeochemistry, polar snow and ice, climate impacts and water resources
GRAD STUDENT
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Ecology
COLLABORATOR
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Ecohydrology, Land-Cover Change, Fire, Watershed Modeling
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Soils/Pedology, impacts of fire and erosion on soil, Biogeochemistry, terrestrial C sequestration
COLLABORATOR
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Soils/Pedology, Climatology/Meteorology
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Hydrology, groundwater and surface water interactions
COLLABORATOR
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hydrology, vadose zone modeling
GRAD STUDENT
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Ecology
UNDERGRAD
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Microbiology, soil science, and ecology.
COLLABORATOR
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Biogeochemistry; Ecology, paleoecology, paleoclimatology
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multi-audience outreach, mentored field studies, landscape evolution, environmental geochemistry
COLLABORATOR
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Hydrology, Climatology, and Sustainability
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Biology/Ecology
COLLABORATOR
numerical modeling, ecosystem processes, cold regions hydrology, physics, geology
COLLABORATOR
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systems integration, regolith development and architecture, streamflow prediction
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GRAD STUDENT
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Forest Ecology, Ecophysiology, Conifer Drought Resilience, Dendrochronology
STAFF, Data Manager
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Data management
COLLABORATOR
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Plant Ecology and Evolution
GRAD STUDENT
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soil biogeochemistry, storage and stability of soil carbon, climate change
GRAD STUDENT
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Surface and Mountain Hydrology, Water Resources, Watershed Modeling, Reservoir Routing Optimization
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Surface Water Hydrology, Ecohydrology, Watershed Modeling, Water Resource Management, Climate Change
COLLABORATOR
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hydrologic analysis and modeling, water resources engineering
GRAD STUDENT
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Hydrology, vegetation water use, water resources
Alumni-Former
UNDERGRAD
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Environmental Engineering & Chemistry, Sustainable Energy, Hydrology, Biomass Gasification
GRAD STUDENT
remote sensing, lidar, computer science, spatial analysis
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GIS, remote sensing, modeling
UNDERGRAD
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Ecology, soil science
GRAD STUDENT
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Hydrology, biogeochemistry
GRAD STUDENT
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Hydrology
STAFF
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Hydrology, climate change, geochemistry, geomorphology, micro-meteorology, soils
UNDERGRAD
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earth systems, human-environment interactions
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Water quality and quantity, soil erosion, vegetation
STAFF, Field Manager
Ecology, Sediment transport, soil biogeochemistry, organic matter composition and stabilization
GRAD STUDENT
Remote Sensing, LiDAR, GIS, Radiation Transfer, Climate change
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News
More news about SSCZO on Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions
24 Nov 2020 - More news about SSCZO on Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions, which grew out of the SSCZO, also on Sustainable California
27-minute film California’s Watershed is being shown on PBS nationwide
24 Nov 2020 - This film, plus our 90-minute documentary Beyond the Brink, are also available at https://www.beyondthebrink.global/
Researcher Spotlight: Kimber Moreland
18 Jan 2018 - Meet the people behind the research!
Visiting the Water Source: A Tour of the Kings River Headwaters
06 Nov 2017 - By Michelle Gilmore and Leigh Bernacchi Ever wonder how we know what we know about water? Twenty-five intrepid water and forest managers,...
Gobi Desert Dust Helps Sustain California’s Sierra Nevada
28 Mar 2017 - A team of researchers found that dust provides a much greater amount of nutrients to vegetation in the Sierra Nevada than previously thought.
NSF: Dust contributes valuable nutrients to Sierra Nevada forest ecosystems
28 Mar 2017 - NSF Press Release: New research finding provides insight into role dust may play as ecosystems change
Critical Zone Q&A with researcher Adrian Harpold
19 Oct 2016 - University of Nevada Reno's Adrian Harpold reflects on his past and present time researching at Critical Zone Observatories.
NY Times: Sierra Nevada Snow Won’t End California’s Thirst
11 Apr 2016 - New York Times reporter, Henry Fountain spoke with Southern Sierra CZO PIs Roger Bales and Martha Conklin and investigtor Mohammad Safeeq as they...
“Natural Inquirer” education journal features study by Southern Sierra researchers
01 Apr 2016 - A study by Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory researchers was featured in a recent issue of Natural Inquirer, a middle school...
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Snow days are work days at Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory
23 Mar 2016 - Snow days may hold some people back from going to work or school. But for Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory researchers and staff, traveling...
Roger Bales gives local context to Central Valley readers on UN Climate Conference
02 Dec 2015 - Bales offers local context on climate change and UN Conference for Cen. Valley-- and explains how California can pave the way to a sustainable future.
Critical Zone Profile - MELISSA THAW (mountain hydrologist, PhD student)
07 Sep 2015 - PhD Student, Environmental Systems, University of California Merced
Critical Zone Profile - MOHAMMAD SAFEEQ (hydrologist, assistant research scientist)
07 Sep 2015 - Assistant Research Scientist, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, University of California, Merced.
California drought exposes Sierra’s weaknesses
08 Feb 2014 - In California, below-average precipitation for the third year in a row has lead to a worrisome situation in the Sierras.
CZO researchers present at GSA in Denver
04 Nov 2013 - CZO researchers presented the results of various scientific studies at the 125th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America.
InTeGrating CZO Science
06 Jun 2013 - During the week of May 19, five faculty members interested in Critical Zone science traveled to Northfield, MN to participate in an InTeGrate...
Shale Hills LiDAR data available from OpenTopography
15 May 2013 - The Susquehanna Shale Hills LiDAR datasets (leaf-on and leaf-off) have been published on the OpenTopography website: Leaf Off Survey and Leaf...
SSCZO multidisciplinary opportunities for research collaborators and graduate students
17 Oct 2012 - SSCZO multidisciplinary opportunities for research collaborators and graduate students
Jemez River LiDAR data available for download
30 Jul 2012 - Jemez River Basin LiDAR datasets (snow-on and snow-off) have been published on the OpenTopography website.
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Events
SNRI Symposium
Sierra Nevada Research Institute 2013 Symposium - part of UC Merced Research Week
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