Steven D. Glaser
Professor; Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
UC Berkeley - University of California, Berkeley
Glaser's UC Berkeley page
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 1990
Nano-seismicity and acoustic signals from fracture and friction; sensor development; wireless sensor networks for environmental and structural monitoring; water supply systems and adaptive cities; geothermal energy extraction from hot dry rock.
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
2019 (In Review)
Evapotranspiration feedbacks shift annual precipitation-runoff relationships during multi-year droughts in a Mediterranean mixed rain-snow climate. Avanzi, F.; Rungee, J.; Maurer, T.; Bales, R.; Ma, Q.; Glaser, S.; Conklin, M. (2019): Hydrology & Earth System Sciences Discuss.
2018
Spatially distributed water-balance and meteorological data from the rain-snow transition, southern Sierra Nevada, California. BALES, R., STACY, E., SAFEEQ, M., MENG, X., MEADOWS, M., OROZA, C., CONKLIN, M., GLASER, S., and WAGENBRENNER, J. (2018): Earth System Science Data, 10
2017
Technical report: The design and evaluation of a basin-scale wireless sensor network for mountain hydrology. Zhang, Z.; Glaser, S.D.; Bales, R.C.; Conklin, M.; Rice, R.; Marks, D.G. (2017): Water Resources Research.
2016
Optimizing embedded sensor network design for catchment scale snowdepth estimation using LiDAR and machine learning. Oroza, C.A., Zheng, Z., Glaser, S.D., Tuia, D., Bales, R.C. (2016): Water Resources Research. 52 (10), 8174.
2013
Sensor placement strategies for SWE estimation in the American River basin. Welch, S., Kerkez, B., Bales, R., Glaser, S., Rittger, Rice, R. (2013): Water Resources Research, 49 (2)
2012
Design and Performance of a Wireless Sensor Network for Catchment-scale Snow and Soil Moisture Measurements. Kerkez, B., Glaser, S.D., Bales, R.C., and Meadows, M.W. (2012): Water Resources Research, 48 (9), W09515
2008
Sampling Strategies in forest hydrology and biogeochemistry. Bales, R.C., Conklin, M.H., Krekez, B., Glaser, S.D., Hopmans, J. W., Hunsaker, C.T., Meadows, M.W. (2008): Forest Hydrology and Biogeochemistry. Ecological Studies, Volume 216, Part 2, 29-44.
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
Other CZO Publications
2017
A Gap-Filling Procedure for Hydrologic Data Based on Kalman Filtering and Expectation Maximization: Application to Data from the Wireless Sensor Networks of the Sierra Nevada. Coogan, A.; Avanzi, R.; Conklin, M.H.; Bales, R.C.; Glaser, S. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract IN51E-0054
2017
Using wireless sensor networks to improve understanding of rain-on-snow events across the Sierra Nevada. Maurer, A.; Avanzi, F.; Oroza, C.; Malek, S.; Glaser, S.; Bales, R.; Conklin, M. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract C53B-1025.
2017
Spatial Variability of Soil-Water Storage in the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: Measurement and Prediction. Oroza, C.; Bales, R. C.; Zheng, Z.; Glaser, S. D. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract H41G-1539.
2016
Optimizing placements of ground-based snow sensors for areal snow cover estimation using a machine-learning algorithm and melt-season snow-LiDAR data. Oroza, C.; Zheng, Z.; Glaser, S.D.; Bales, R.C.; Conklin, M.H. (2016): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2016. Abstract C44A-08.
2015
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2014-2015 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2015): NSF Award 1331939
2015
In-situ monitoring of California’s drought: Impacts on key hydrologic variables in the Southern Sierra Nevada. Oroza, C., Zheng, Z., Zhang, Z., Glaser, S., Bales, R., Conklin, M. (2015): EP53A Earth and Planetary Surface Processes: General Contribution Posters, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2015
Optimization methods for multi-scale sampling of soil moisture and snow in the Southern Sierra Nevada . Oroza, C., Zheng, Z., Zhang, Z., Glaser, S., Bales, R., Conklin, M. (2015): H42B Hot Spots and Hot Moments at System Interfaces: Novel Sensors and Modeling Approaches for Transforming Understanding of Catchment Heterogeneity I, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2014
Optimization of Sensor Placements Using Machine Learning and LIDAR data: a Case Study for a Snow Monitoring Network in the Sierra Nevada. Oroza, C, Zheng, Z, Glaser S, Bales, R (2014): American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014, abstract #C43D-0412
2013
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2007-2013 Final Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2013): NSF Award 0725097
2013
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2012-2013 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2013): NSF Award 1239521
2013
Developing a robust wireless sensor network structure for environmental sensing. Zhang, Z., C. Oroza, S.D. Glaser, R.C. Bales and M.H. Conklin. (2013): American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, abstract #C41B-0630
2012
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2011-2012 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2012): NSF Award 0725097
2012
Sampling design and optimal sensor placement strategies for basin-scale SWE estimation. Kerkez, B., Welch, S.C., Bales, R.C., Glaser, S.D., Rittger, K.E., and R. Rice (2012): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2012. Abstract C33C-0683.
2012
Connecting the snowpack to the internet of things: an IPv6 architecture for providing real-time measurements of hydrologic systems (Invited). Kerkez, B., Zhang, Z., Oroza, C., Glaser, S.D., and Bales, R.C. (2012): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2012. Abstract C32B-07.
2011
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2010-2011 Annual Report to National Science Foundation . Bales, R. (2011): NSF Award 0725097
2011
Leveraging real-time hydrologic data for the control of large-scale water distribution systems in the Sierra Nevada. Kerkez, B. and Glaser, S. (2011): Proc. SPIE 7981, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2011
2011
Effects of evapotranspiration heterogeneity on catchment water balance in the Southern Sierra Nevada of California. Kerkez, B., Kelly, A.E., Lucas, R.G., Son, K., Glaser, S.D., Bales, R.C. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011, Room 2004, 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM. Abstract B41H-06.
2011
Comparing methods for quantifying soil moisture in the southern Sierra Nevada, California. Meadows, M.W., Hartsough, P.C., Kerkez, B., Bales, R.C., Kelly, A.E., Hopmans, J.W., Hedge, C., Goulden, M., Glaser, S.D. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011. Abstract H41D-1054.
2011
Estimating Snow Water Equivalent over the American River in the Sierra Nevada Basin Using Wireless Sensor Networks. Welch, S.C., Kerkez, B., Glaser, S.D., Bales, R.C., Rice, R. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011. Abstract IN32A-07.
2010
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2009-2010 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2010): NSF Award 0725097
2010
A Hybrid System Model of Seasonal Snowpack Water Balance. Kerkez B., Glaser S., Dracup J., Bales R. (2010): HSCC '10 Proceedings of the 13th ACM international conference on Hybrid systems: computation and control, Stockholm, Sweden
2010
Design and development of a wireless sensor network to monitor snow depth in multiple catchments in the American River basin, California: hardware selection and sensor placement techniques. Kerkez, B., Rice, R., Glaser, S.D., Bales, R.C., Saksa, P.C. (2010): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract IN34A-07.
2010
Comparing plot-scale sensor measurements to the watershed level: a comprehensive case study of snow depth and soil moisture in the southern Sierra Nevada, California. Meadows, M.W., Kerkez, B., Hartsough, P.C., Lucas, R.G., Bales, R.C., Hopmans, J.W., Glaser, S.D. (2010): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract C13C-03.
2009
Water and geochemical responses to seasonal changes across the rain-snow transition in the Southern Sierra Nevada (Invited) . Bales, R.C., Hunsaker, C.T., Meadows, M., Kerkez, B., Glaser, S.D., Liu, F., (2009): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2009. 90(52). Abstract B32A-06
2009
The Science of Wireless Sensor Networks: Improving engineered systems through scientific analysis . Krekez, B., Meadows, M., Glaser, S.D., Bales, R.C. (2009): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2009. 90(52). Abstract IN13C-03.
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News
UCTV: Southern Sierra CZO researchers featured on Sustainable California channel
21 Jun 2017 - University of California Television (UCTV) features Bales, Conklin, Glaser, Safeeq, and others on the new Sustainable California channel
White House Water Summit: UC Water joins the call to action with technology pioneered at SSCZO
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Smart sensors can measure pretty much anything
12 Aug 2013 - Network of iPhone-size devices keeps tabs on state water supply
Smart Sensors in the Woods
02 Mar 2012 - Wireless sensors developed by Steven Glaser measure soil moisture, and snow depth critical to predicting spring and summer water availability.
California Researchers Expand ‘Intelligent Water Infrastructures Initiative’
07 Nov 2011 - In the Sierra Nevada, wireless sensor nodes are transmitting data indicating the amount of snow that has fallen or melted, as well as...
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