Matt Meadows
In May 2013, I moved on to a new opportunity in the region where I continue to work with snow, water, and our larger water system. While I was Field Manager, I had the privilege to work on nearly every project at the Southern Sierra CZO. My focus is to facilitate collaboration between CZO investigators in projects that are multi-disciplinary, including work in hydrology, climate change, geochemistry, geomorphology, micro-meteorology, soils, forestry, and cyber-infrastructure.
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
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
2018
Quantifying the legacy of snowmelt timing on soil greenhouse gas emissions in a seasonally dry montane forest. BLANKINSHIP, J.C., E.P. MCCORKLE, M.W. MEADOWS, S.C. HART (2018): Global Change Biology
2016
Hydrogeologic influence on changes in snowmelt runoff with climate warming: Numerical experiments on a mid-elevation catchment in the Sierra Nevada, USA. Jepsen, S. M.; Harmon, T. C.; Meadows, M. W.; Hunsaker, C. T. (2016): Hydrology 533, 332-342. DOI 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.12.010
2016
Special issue of The Earth Scientist about the Critical Zone and the US NSF Critical Zone Observatory (CZO) program. CZO Education/Outreach team (2016): The Earth Scientist, Volume XXXII, Issue 3, Fall 2016 Cross-CZO National
2016
Using Scientist-Teacher Partnerships to Create Student-Driven Environmental Field Research Experiences in Primary and Secondary Education Classrooms. Gilmore, M., Stacy, E.., Meadows, M. and Sullivan, L. (2016): The Earth Scientist XXXII, no. 3 (Fall 2016): 28–32 Cross-CZO National
2014
Snowmelt timing alters shallow but not deep soil moisture in the Sierra Nevada . Blankinship, J.C., Meadows, M.W., Lucas, R.G., and Hart, S.C. (2014): Water Resources Research.
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 (In Press)
A Three-dimensional View of Nutrient Hotspots in a Sierra Nevada Forest Soil. Johnson, D.W., C. Woodward, M.W. Meadows. (2014): Soil Science Society of America Journal
2013
Nutrient Hot Spots in a Sierra Nevada Forest Soil: Temporal Characteristics and Relations to Microbial Communities. Woodward, C., Johnson, D.W., Meadows, M.W., Miller, W.W., Hynes, M.M., and Robertson, C.M. (2013): Soil Science
2012
Evapotranspiration along an elevation gradient in the Sierra Nevada . Goulden, M.L., Anderson, R.G., Bales, R.C., Kelly, A.E., Meadows, M., and Winston, G.C. (2012): Journal of Geophysical Research 117 (G3).
2012
Critical Zone Observatory: Snowline Processes in the Southern Sierra Nevada. Hartsough, P.C., and Meadows, M.W. (2012): Mountain Research Initiative Newsletter no. 7, November 2012
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
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
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.
2011
The Nature and Potential Causes of Nutrient Hot Spots in a Sierra Nevada Forest Soil. Johnson, D.W., Miller, W.W., Rau, B.M., Meadows, M.W. (2011): Soil Science 176 (11): 596-610.
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
2015
The Median Isn’t the Message: Elucidating Nutrient Hot spots and Hot Moments in a Sierra Nevada Forest Soil. Hart, S., *Barnes, M., Johnson, D., Meadows, M. (2015): B22D Microbial Controls of Biogeochemical Cycling II, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2015
Hydrogeologic Influence on Changes in Snowmelt Runoff with Climate Warming: Numerical Experiments on a Mid-Elevation Catchment in the Sierra Nevada, USA. Jepsen, S., Harmon T., Meadows, M., Hunsaker, C. (2015): H52C Modeling the Critical Zone: Integrating Processes and Data across Disciplines and Scales I, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2014
A Three-dimensional View of Nutrient Hotspots in a Sierra Nevada Forest Soil. Johnson, D.W., C. Woodward, M.W. Meadows. (2014): Soil Science Society of America Journal
2013
Characterization of Water Use Patterns in the Deep Vadose Zone through Geoprobe Drilling into Weathered Bedrock. Hartsough, P.C., A.I. Malazian, M. Meadows, A.T. O’Geen, J. W. Hopmans. (2013): GSA 109th Cordilleran Section Meeting
2013
Using large-scale, shallow soil water measurements to estimate deeper soil water storage in a mixed-conifer forest of the Southern Sierra Nevada. Meadows, M. (2013): GSA 109th Cordilleran Section Meeting
2013
Timber harvest effect on soil moisture in the southern Sierra Nevada: Is there a measurable impact?. Meadows, M.W., R.C. Bales, M.H. Conklin, M. Goulden, P.C. Hartsough, J.W. Hopmans, C.T. Hunsaker, R.G. Lucas and A.I. Malazian (2013): American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, abstract #H11B-1165
2012
Paired tree and soil instrumentation: what can we learn from two instrumented sites across various gradients in a forested catchment. Hartsough, P.C., Roudneva, E., Malazian, A.I., Meadows, M.W., Bales, R.C., and Hopmans, J.W. (2012): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2012. Abstract H31G-1211.
2012
Three dimensional view of nutrient hotspots in a Sierra Nevada forest soil. Johnson, D.W., Meadows, M.W., Woodward, C. (2012): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2012. Abstract B43F-0468.
2012
Water and energy gradients produce resilience and thresholds in ecosystem function in the western Sierra Nevada Mountains. Kelly, A.E., Goulden, M., Bales, R.C., Meadows, M.W., and G. Winston (2012): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2012. Abstract B51C-0559.
2012
Comparing methods for quantifying soil moisture in the southern Sierra Nevada, California. Meadows, M, Hartsough, P.C., Hopmans, J.W., Malazian, A., Kerkez, B., Bales, R., Kelly, A., Goulden, M. (2012): Joint Meeting of the Second International Soil Sensing Technology Conference, the Soil Physics Technical Committee Annual Meeting. January 3-7, 2012
2012
Integrating soil water measurements from plot to catchment scale in a snow-dominated, mixed-conifer forest of the southern Sierra Nevada. Meadows, M.W., Hartsough, P.C., Bales, R.C., Hopmans, J.W., and Malazian, A.I. (2012): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2012. Abstract H31G-1198.
2011
Relationships between elevation, photosynthesis and evapotranspiration in the Sierra CZO. Goulden, M., Winston, G., Kelly, A., Meadows, M., and Bales, R. (2011): National CZO Program 2011 All Hands Meeting
2011
Comparison of sap flux data from two instrumented tree species in a forested catchment with different levels of water stress. Hartsough, P.C. Roudneva, E., Malazian, A.I., Meadows, M.W., Kelly, A.E., Bales, R.C., Goulden, M., Hopmans, J.W. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011. Abstract GC31A-1023.
2011
Nutrient Hotspots in a Sierra Nevada Soil: Spatial Patterns on a Plot and a Watershed Scale. Johnson, D., Hunsaker, C.T., Meadows, M.W. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011. Abstract B33G-0551.
2011
Water and carbon cycling along the Sierra Nevada climate gradient. Kelly, A.E., Goulden, M., Meadows, M.W., Bales, R.C., Winston, G. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011, Halls A-C, 8:00 AM. Abstract B41A-0203.
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.
2010
Soil Moisture/ Tree Water Status Dynamics in Mid-Latitude Montane Forest, Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory, CA. Hartsough, P.C., Malazian, A., Meadows, M.W., Roudneva, K., Storch, J., Bales, R.C., Hopmans, J.W. (2010): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract H11G-0894.
2010
Spatial Nutrient Variability in a Sierran Forest Soil: an Investigation into the Nature and Potential Causes of Nutrient Hot Spots . Johnson, D.W., Miller, W.W., Rau, B.M., Meadows, M.W. (2010): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract EP42A-05.
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
Closing the Loop: Moisture dynamics across the soil/biotic interface in a mid-elevation forested landscape, Sierra Nevada, CA. Hartsough, P.; Malaizan, A.; Meadows, M.; Hopmans, J.W.; Bales, R. (2009): Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM
2009
Nutrient hotspots and O horizon runoff in a Sierra Nevada Watershed . Johnson, D. W., Miller, W. W., Meadows, M., Rau, B. R. (2009): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2009. 90(52). Abstract EP52B-04.
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.
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
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.
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News
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Events
2013 Summer Field Tour (with High Sierra SAF)
Science & forest management in the mixed-conifer forest
Sierra National Forest - Providence Creek & other sites.CART - 2013 Spring presentations
High school students from CART will present their SSCZO snow survey research
CART, 2555 Clovis Ave Clovis, CA 93612.
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