Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Saskatchewan
PhD, Civil Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles , 2012
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
2015
Laser vision: lidar as a transformative tool to advance critical zone science. Harpold, A. A., Marshall, J. A., Lyon, S. W., Barnhart, T. B., Fisher, B. A., Donovan, M., Brubaker, K. M., Crosby, C. J., Glenn, N. F., Glennie, C. L., Kirchner, P. B., Lam, N., Mankoff, K. D., McCreight, J. L., Molotch, N. P., Musselman, K. N., Pelletier, J., Russo, T., Sangireddy, H., Sjöberg, Y., Swetnam, T., and West, N. (2015): Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 2881-2897 Cross-CZO National
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
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
2009
Ecohydrological controls on snowmelt partitioning in mixed-conifer sub-alpine forests. Molotch N.P., Brooks P.D., Burns S.P., Litvak M., Monson R.K., McConnell J.R., and Musselman K. (2009): Ecohydrology 2(2): 129-142 Cross-CZO
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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
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
2012
Estimating the spatial and temporal distribution of snow in mountainous terrain. Musselman, K.N. (2012): University of California
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
"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
Ecohydrological response to snowmelt dynamics from plot to regional scales. Molotch, N.P., Musselman, K.N., Trujillo, E., Brooks, P.D., McConnell, J. R., Williams, M.W. (2010): AGU Fall Meeting Abstract C14B-02. Cross-CZO
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
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
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