Peter Kirchner
Ph.D Student; Environmental Systems; Graduated 2014
UC Merced - University of California, Merced
Kirchner's UC Merced page
Hydrologic and biogeochemical fluxes through snow and soil in mountain ecosystems. My research combines the disciplines of hydrology and ecology in a spatial context through process based observations and modeling.
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
2018
Spatially distributed water-balance and meteorological data from the Wolverton catchment, Sequoia National Park, California. BALES, R.C., STACY, E.M., MENG, X., CONKLIN, M.H., KIRCHNER, P.B., and ZHENG, Z (2018): Earth System Science Data, 10
2016
Topographic and vegetation effects on snow accumulation in the southern Sierra Nevada: a statistical summary from lidar data. Zheng, Z., Kirchner, P. B., and Bales, R. C. (2016): The Cryosphere. 10 (1),
2015
Soil moisture response to snowmelt timing in mixed-conifer subalpine forests. Harpold A. A., Molotch N. P., Musselman K. N., Bales R. C., Kirchner P. B., Litvak M. and Brooks P. D. (2015): Hydrological Processes 29(12): 2782–2798 Cross-CZO
2014
LiDAR-derived snowpack data sets from mixed conifer forests across the Western United States. Harpold, A.A., Q. Guo, N. Molotch, P. D. Brooks, R. Bales, J.C. Fernandez-Diaz, K.N. Musselman, and T.L. Swetnam, P. Kirchner, M. Meadows, J. Flanagan, R. Lucas (2014): Water Resources Research 50(3): 2749-2755 Cross-CZO
2014
LiDAR measurement of seasonal snow accumulation along an elevation gradient in the southern Sierra Nevada, California. Kirchner, P.B., Bales, R.C., Molotch, N.P., Flanagan, J., Guo, Q (2014): Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 18: 4261-4275 Cross-CZO
2012
Response to Comment on Soil moisture response to snowmelt and rainfall in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest. Hopmans, J.W., R.C. Bales, A.T. O'Geen, C.T. Hunsaker, D. Beaudette, P.C. Hartsough, A. Malazian, P. Kirchner, and Meadows, M. (2012): Vadose Zone Journal. 11
2012
Influence of canopy structure and direct beam solar irradiance on snowmelt rates in a mixed conifer forest. Musselman, K.N., Molotch, N.P., Margulis, S.A., Kirchner, P.B., and Bales, R.C. (2012): Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 161: 46-56.
2011
Soil Moisture Response to Snowmelt and Rainfall in a Sierra Nevada Mixed-Conifer Forest. Bales, R.C., Hopmans, J., O'Geen, A.T., Meadows, M., Hartsough, P.C., Kirchner, P., Hunsaker, C.T., Beaudette, D. (2011): Vadose Zone J., 10:786-799.
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
Other CZO Publications
2013
Snow distribution over an elevation gradient and forest snow hydrology of the Southern Sierra Nevada, California. Kirchner, P. B. (2013): UC Merced PhD Dissertation
2013
Estimating forest snow accumulation with LiDAR derived canopy metrics, southern Sierra Nevada, California . Kirchner, P., R.C. Bales, and T.H. Painter (2013): American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, abstract #H13J-1507
2012
Under-canopy snow accumulation and ablation measured with airborne scanning LiDAR altimetry and in-situ instrumental measurements, southern Sierra Nevada, California. Kirchner, P.B., Bales, R.C., Musselman, K.N., and Molotch, N.P. (2012): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2012. Abstract C14B-08.
2012
Effects of forest structure on snow accumulation and melt derived from ecohydrological instrument clusters across the Western US (Invited). Molotch, N.P., Musselman, K.N., Kirchner, P.B., Bales, R.C., and Brooks, P.D. (2012): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2012. Abstract C33D-0684. Cross-CZO
2011
"Seeing the Snow Through the Trees: Accumulation in forested catchments as determined from snow depth sensor and LiDAR measurements. Kirchner, P. B., Bales, R. C., Musselman K. N., Flanagan J., and Guo, Q. (2011): National CZO Program 2011 All Hands Meeting
2011
Mountain front precipitation accumulation over a 3300m elevation gradient from scanning LiDAR? snow depth and in-situ instrumental measurements, southern Sierra Nevada, California. Kirchner, P.B., Bales, R.C. Flanagan, J., Musselman, K.N., Molotch, N.P. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011, Room 3011, 2:10 PM - 2:25 PM. Abstract C23F-03.
2011
Inter-annual snow accumulation and melt patterns in a sub-alpine mixed conifer forest: results from a distributed physically based snow model. Musselman, K.N., Molotch, N.P., Margulis, S.A., Kirchner, P.B., Bales, R.C. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011, Halls A-C, 1:40 PM. Abstract C33D-0671.
2010
Estimating under-canopy ablation in a subalpine red-fir forest, southern Sierra Nevada, California . Kirchner, P.B., Bales, R.C., Rice, R., Musselman, K.N., Molotch, N.P. (2010): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract C33E-0594.
2010
Simulating plot-scale variability of snowpack states in conifer forests using hemispherical photography and a process based one-dimensional snow model. Musselman, K.N., Molotch, N.P., Margulis, S.A., Lehning, M., Kirchner, P.B., Bales, R.C. (2010): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract C33E-0590.
2010
A Comparison of the Fractional MODIS and LANDSAT Thematic Mapper with Ground-Based Snow Surveys in the Sierra Nevada . Rice, R., Bales, R.C., Kirchner, P.B., Saksa, P.C., Rittger, K.E., Painter, T.H., Dozier, J. (2010): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract C33E-0589.
2009
Seasonal transitions in water and moisture patterns in a mountain meadow, Southern Sierra Nevada (Invited) . Conklin, M.H., Crook, N.P., Kirchner, P.B., Lucas, R.G. (2009): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2009. 90(52). Abstract H41H-01.
2009
Multi-scale observations and modeling of the snowpack in a forested Sierra Nevada catchment. Kirchner, P.B., Bales, R.C., Musselman, K.N., Molotch, N.P. (2009): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2009. 90(52). Abstract C23D-08.
2009
Soil moisture response to snowmelt and rainfall across elevation, aspect and canopy cover in the Southern Sierra Nevada . Meadows, M.W., Bales, R.C., Hopmans, J.W., Hartsough, P.C., O'Geen, A.T., Kirchner, P.B. (2009): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2009. 90(52). Abstract H33A-0856
2009
A mechanistic approach for estimating snowpack dynamics in a conifer forest . Musselman, K.N., Molotch, N.P., Margulis, S.A., Kirchner, P.B., Bales, R.C. (2009): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2009. 90(52). Abstract C23D-07
2008
Snow and Soil Moisture Response Across Elevation, Aspect and Canopy Variables in a Mixed-conifer Forest, Southern Sierra Nevada. Bales, R., Meadows, M., Hopmans, J., Hartsough, P., Kirchner, P. (2008): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2008. 89(53). Abstract C21A-0496.
2008
"Hydroclimate, ecosystem links & the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory. Bales, R; Hunsaker, C; Kirchner, P; Conklin, M; Lucas, R. (2008): Southern Sierra Science Symposium
2008
Snowmelt infiltration and evapotranspiration in Red Fir forest ecosystems of the Sierra Nevada. Kirchner, P., Bales, R., North, M., Small, E. (2008): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2008. 89(53). Abstract C21C-0572.
2007
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory (CZO): hydrochemical characteristics, science and measurement strategy. Bales, R.; Hunsaker, C.; Conklin, M.; Kirchner, J.; Bouer, B.; Kirchner, P. (2007): American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #H51K-02
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Events
Sequoia Speaks: Measuring Sierra Snow from Above
Peter Kirchner presents on Sierra snow as part of the Sequoia Speaks series on water, organized through the National Park Service
Ponderosa Lecture Hall, College of the Sequoias, Visalia.
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