Professor; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
UCLA - University of California, Los Angeles
Margulis's UCLA page
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002
2014
Snow cover depletion curves and snow water equivalent reconstruction: six decades of hydrologic remote sensing applications . Molotch, N.P., Durand, M.T., Guan, B., Margulis, S.A., and Davis, R.E. (2014): In Lakshmi, Venkataraman, ed., AGU Monograph on Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Water Cycle, American Geophysical Union, p. 159-174, ISBN 978-1-118-87203-1
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.
2012
Improved snowmelt simulations with a canopy model forced with photo-derived direct beam canopy transmissivity. Musselman, K.N., Molotch, N.P., Margulis, S.A., Lehning, M., Gustafsson, D. (2012): Water Resources Research, Vol. 48, No. 10, W10509
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
2014
Snowmelt sensitivity to warmer temperatures: a field-validated model analysis, southern Sierra Nevada, California. Musselman, K.; N. Molotch; S. Margulis (2014): American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014, abstract #C43A-0365
2012
Seasonal and inter-annual snowmelt patterns in the southern Sierra Nevada, California (Invited). Musselman, K.N., Molotch, N.P. and Margulis, S.A. (2012): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2012. Abstract C32B-04.
2012
Integration of airborne LiDAR data and voxel-based ray tracing to determine high-resolution solar radiation dynamics at the forest floor: implications for improving stand-scale distributed snowmelt models. Musselman, K.N., Molotch, N.P., and Margulis, S.A. (2012): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract C14B-05.
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
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.
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