Melissa Thaw
PhD Student; Environmental Systems
UC Merced - University of California, Merced
MSc, Water Resources Management, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2013
I research isotope hydrology, soil evaporation and vegetation water use. As an interdisciplinary researcher and friend of wild animals like the wolverine, I am especially interested in mountain hydrology that affects the ecosystem and water resources. At the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory, I am currently studying vegetation water sources in order to understand evapotranspiration as a flux from the sub-surface to the atmosphere. I joined the Southern Sierra CZO from Lake Tahoe where I was an advocate for the environment and the Desert Research Institute in Las Vegas, where I earned a Master of Science degree in Water Resources Management.
I am currently a PhD Candidate at U.C. Merced. I have professional profiles on Google Citations and LinkedIn.
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
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Other CZO Publications
2017
Water Storage, Mixing and Transit Times During a Multiyear Drought. Van Der Velde, Y.; Visser, A.; Thaw, M.; Safeeq, M. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract H23E-1731.
2017
New Applications of Cosmogenic Radioactive Isotopes to Study Water Travel Times. Visser, A.; Thaw, M.; Dinhart, A.; Bibby, R. K.; Esser, B. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract H23K-01.
2017
Investigating Unsaturated Zone Travel Times with Tritium and Stable Isotopes. Visser, A.; Thaw, M.; Van Der Velde, Y. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract H23E1729.
2016
Variability in Sierra Nevada Forest Water Sources During a Severe Drought. Thaw, M. (2016): Yosemite Hydroclimate Meeting
2016
Tracking water through the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory using radioactive and stable isotopes . Thaw, M.; Visser, A.; Deinhart, A.L.; Sharp, M.; Everhart, A.; Bibby, R.K.; Conklin, M.H. (2016): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2016. Abstract H31K-07.
2015
Variability of Residence Time tracer Concentrations at the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory during the California Drought. Visser, A., Thaw, M., Stacy, E., Hunsaker, C., Bibby, R., Deinhart, A.L., Schorzman, K., Egnatuk, C., Conklin, M., Esser, B. (2015): H21F Hydrochronology: Advances in Tracer Methods, Modeling Techniques, and Applications of Residence Times in Hydrology Research I Posters., presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
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News
Pushing the Limits on Water Isotope Measurement: Lawrence Livermore and UC Merced
20 Dec 2016 - Lawrence Livermore and UC Merced researchers are tracking water through the critical zone using cutting-edge technology and new collection methods.
Living with less snow in the West: What Global Warming means for our water supplies
15 Apr 2016 - The story in The Desert Sun, shows insight into the research at SSCZO and efforts being made to understand the shift in the Sierra snowpack.
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Snow days are work days at Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory
23 Mar 2016 - Snow days may hold some people back from going to work or school. But for Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory researchers and staff, traveling...
Critical Zone Profile - MELISSA THAW (mountain hydrologist, PhD student)
07 Sep 2015 - PhD Student, Environmental Systems, University of California Merced
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