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145 Publications

2020

Resolving Deep Critical Zone Architecture in Complex Volcanic Terrain. Moravec B.G., White A.M., Root R.A, Sanchez A., Olshansky Y., Paras B.K., Carr B., McIntosh J., Pelletier J.D., Rasmussen C., Holbrook W.S., Chorover J. (2020): Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 125(1): e2019JF005189 Cross-CZO

2019

Imaging spectrometry-derived estimates of regional ecosystem composition for the Sierra Nevada, California. BOGAN, S.A., A.S. ANTONARAKIS, P.R. MOORCROFT (2019): Remote Sensing of Environment, 228

2019

Toward Better Understanding of Terrestrial Processes through Long-Term Hydrological Observatories (Introduction to Special Section: Hydrological Observatories). BOGENA, H.R., T. WHITE, O. BOUR, K.H. JENSEN (2019): Vadose Zone Journal, 17, 1

2019

Ecological and genomic attributes of novel bacterial taxa that thrive in subsurface soil horizons. Brewer, Tess E., Emma L. Aronson, Keshav Arogyaswamy, Sharon A. Billings, Jon K. Botthoff, Ashley N. Campbell, Nicholas C. Dove, Dawson Fairbanks, Rachel E. Gallery, Stephen C. Hart, Jason Kaye, Gary King, Geoffrey Logan, Kathleen A. Lohse, Mia R. Maltz, Emilio Mayorga, Caitlin O’Neill, Sarah M. Owens, Aaron Packman, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Alain F. Plante, Daniel D. Richter, Whendee L. Silver, Wendy H. Yang, Noah Fierer (2019): mBio Oct 2019, 10 (5) e01318-19 Cross-CZO National

2019

Arrested development: Erosional equilibrium in the southern Sierra Nevada, California, maintained by feedbacks between channel incision and hillslope sediment production. Callahan, R.P., Ferrier, K.L., Dixon, J., Dosseto, A., Hahm, W.J., Jessup, B.S., Miller, S.N., Hunsaker, C.T., Johnson, D.W., Sklar, L.S., Riebe, C.S. (2019): GSA Bulletin Cross-CZO

2019

Hillslope hydrology in global change research and Earth system modeling. Fan, Y., Clark, M., Lawrence, D. M., Swenson, S., Band, L. E., Brantley, S. L., P. D. Brooks, W. E. Dietrich, A. Flores, G. Grant, J. W. Kirchner, D. S. Mackay, J. J. McDonnell, P. C. D. Milly, P. L. Sullivan, C. Tague, H. Ajami, N. Chaney, A. Hartmann, P. Hazenberg, J. McNamara, J. Pelletier, J. Perket, E. Rouholahnejad‐Freund, T. Wagener, X. Zeng, E. Beighley, J. Buzan, M. Huang, B. Livneh, B. P. Mohanty, B. Nijssen, M. Safeeq, C. Shen, W. van Verseveld, J. Volk, D. Yamazaki (2019): Water Resources Research, vol 55 Cross-CZO

2019

LiDAR-derived topography and forest structure predict fine-scale variation in daily surface temperatures in oak savanna and conifer forest landscapes. Frank W. Davis, Nicholas W.Synes, Geoffrey A. Fricker, Ian M. McCullough, Josep M. Serra-Diaz, Janet Franklin, Alan L. Flint (2019): Science Direct

2019

More than climate? Predictors of tree canopy height vary with scale in complex terrain, Sierra Nevada, CA (USA). Fricker, G.A.; Synes, N.W.; Serra-Diaz, J.M.; North, M.P.; Davis, F.W.; Franklin, J. (2019): Forest Ecology and Management, 434, 142-153

2019

California forest die-off linked to multi-year deep soil drying in 2012–2015 drought. GOULDEN, M.L. & R.C. BALES (2019): Nature Geoscience, 12

2019

Aeolian dust deposition and the perturbation of phosphorus transformations during long-term ecosystem development in a cool, semi-arid environment. Gu, C.; Hart, S.C.; Turner, B.L.; Hu, Y.; Meng, Y.; Zhu, M. (2019): Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta, 246, 498-514

2019

Water residence time (age) and flow path exert synchronous effects on annual characteristics of dissolved organic carbon in terrestrial runoff. JEPSEN, S.M., T.C. HARMON, S. SADRO, B. REID, S. CHANDRA (2019): Science of the Total Environment

2019

Fight or Flight? Tradeoffs Between Drought Defense and Reproduction in Conifers. LAUDER, J.D. E. V. MORAN, S. J. HART (2019): Tree Physiology

2019

Watersheds dynamics following wildfires: Nonlinear feedbacks and implications on hydrologic responses. Maina, F.Z.; Siirila‐Woodburn, E.R. (2019): Hydrological Processes, 34 (1)

2019

Emulation of environmental models using polynomial chaos expansion. Massoud, E.C. (2019): Environmental Modelling & Software

2019

Bayesian inference of hydraulic properties in and around a white fir using a process-based ecohydrologic model. Massoud, E.C.; Purdy, A.J.; Christoffersen, B.O.; Santiago, L.S.; Xu, C. (2019): Environmental Modelling & Software

2019

Topographic controls on the extension and retraction of flowing streams. Prancevic, J.P.; Kirchner, J.W. (2019): Geophysical Research Letters

2019

Climate, snow, and soil moisture data set for the Tuolumne and Merced river watersheds, California, USA. Roche, J.W.; Rice, R.; Meng, X.; Cayan, D.R.; Dettinger, M.D.; Alden, D.; Patel, S.C.; Mason, M.A.; Conklin, M.H.; Bales, R.C. (2019): Earth System Science Data

2019

Plant Accessible Water Storage Capacity and Tree-Scale Root Interactions Determine How Forest Density Reductions Alter Forest Water Use and Productivity. TAGUE, C.L., & M.A. MORITZ (2019): Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

2019

The changing water cycle: The eco-hydrologic impacts of forest density reduction in Mediterranean (seasonally dry) regions. TAGUE, C.L., MORITZ, M., HANAN, E (2019): WIREs Water

2019

Lithologic, Climatic and Depth Controls on Critical Zone Transformations. TIAN, Z., P.C. HARTSOUGH and A.T. O’GEEN (2019): Soil Science Society of America Journal, 83

2019

Cosmogenic Isotopes Unravel the Hydrochronology and Water Storage Dynamics of the Southern Sierra Critical Zone. Visser, A.; Thaw, M.; Deinhart, A.; Bibby, R.; Safeeq, M.; Conklin, M.; Esser, B.; van der Velde, Y. (2019): Water Resources Research

2018

Interdisciplinary Teaching about Earth and the Environment for a Sustainable Future Book Chapter: Implementing and Assessing InTeGrate Critical Zone Science Materials in an Undergraduate Geoscience Program. Ashlee Dere, Carol Engelmann, Timothy White, Adam Wymore, Adam Hoffman, James Washburne, Martha Conklin (2018): Springer Cross-CZO National

2018

Mechanisms controlling the impact of multi-year drought on mountain hydrology. Bales, R. C.; Goulden, M. L.; Hunsaker, C. T.; Conklin, M. H.; Hartsough, P. C.; O'Geen, A. T.; Hopmans, J. W.; Safeeq, M. (2018): Hydrological Processes: 10.1038/s41598-017-19007-0

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

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

2018

Reevaluating growing season length controls on net ecosystem production in evergreen conifer forests. Barnard, D.M., Knowles, J.F., Barnard, H.R., Goulden, M.L., Hu, J., Litvak, M.E., Molotch, N.P. (2018): Scientific Reports 8(1): 17973 Cross-CZO

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

2018

Subsurface plant-accessible water in mountain ecosystems with a Mediterranean climate. Klos, P. Z.; Goulden, M.; Riebe, C. S.; Tague, C.; O’geen, A. T.; Flinchum, B. A.; Safeeq, M.; Conklin, M. H.; Hart, S. C.; Berhe, A. A.; Hartsough, P. C.; Holbrook, S.; Bales R. C.; (2018): Hydrological Processes: 10.1002/wat2.1277

2018

Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory and Kings River Experimental Watersheds: A Synthesis of Measurements, New Insights, and Future Directions. O'Geen, A.; Safeeq, M.; Wagenbrenner, J.; Stacy, E.; Hartsough, P.; Devine, S.; Tian, Z.; Ferrell, R.; Hopmans, J.W.; and Bales, R. (2018): Vadose Zone Journal, 17:180081

2018

SMAP soil moisture improves global evapotranspiration. PURDY, A.J., FISHER, J.B., GOULDEN, M.L., COLLIANDER, A., HALVERSON, G., TU, K., FAMIGLIETTI, J.S. (2018): Remote Sensing of Environment, 219

2018

Beyond clay: towards an improved set of variables for predicting soil organic matter content. Rasmussen C., Heckman K., Wieder W.R., Keiluweit M., Lawrence C.R., Berhe A.A., Blankinship J.C., Crow S.E., Druhan J.L., Hicks Pries C.E., Marin-Spiotta E., Plante A.F., Schädel C., Schimel J.P., Sierra C.A., Thompson A., Wagai R. (2018): Biogeochemistry 137(3): 297–306 Cross-CZO

2018

Controls on Soil Organic Carbon Partitioning and Stabilization in the California Sierra Nevada. Rasmussen C., Throckmorton H., Liles G., Heckman K., Meding S., and Horwath W.R. (2018): Soil Systems 2(3): 41 Cross-CZO

2018

Mercury sourcing and sequestration in weathering profiles at six Critical Zone Observatories. Richardson, Justin B., Arnulfo A. Aguirre, Heather L. Buss, A. Toby O'Geen, Xin Gu, Daniella M. Rempe, and Daniel deB. Richter (2018): Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 32(10):1542-1555 Cross-CZO National

2018

Ideas and perspectives: Strengthening the biogeosciences in environmental research networks. Richter, D.D., S.A. Billings, P.M. Groffman, E.F. Kelly, K.A. Lohse, W.H. McDowell, T.S. White, S. Anderson, D.D. Baldocchi, S. Banwart, S. Brantley, J.J. Braun, Z.S. Brecheisen, C.W. Cook, H.E. Hartnett, S.E. Hobbie, J. Gaillardet, E. Jobbagy, H.F. Jungkunst, C.E. Kazanski, J. Krishnaswamy, D. Markewitz, K. O’Neill, C.S. Riebe, P. Schroeder, C. Siebe, W.L. Silver, A. Thompson, A. Verhoef, G. Zhang (2018): Biogeosciences 15: 4815-4832 Cross-CZO National

2018

The role of soil physical properties for determining biogeochemical responses to soil warming. SANTOS, F., ABNEY, R., BARNES, M., JIN, L., MORELAND, K., BOGIE, N., SULMAN, B., GHEZZEHEI, T. A., BERHE, A.A. (2018): Chapter in Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming: Microbes, Vegetation, Fauna and Soil Biogeochemistry, 1st Ed. Jacqueline Mohan (Ed.) Academic Press

2018

Stabilization Mechanisms and Decomposition Potential of Eroded Soil Organic Matter Pools in Temperate Forests of the Sierra Nevada, California. Stacy, E.M.; Berhe, A.A.; Hunsaker, C.T.; Johnson, D.W.; Meding, S.M.; Hart, S.C. (2018): Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124

2018

Using research networks to create the comprehensive datasets needed to assess nutrient availability as a key determinant of terrestrial carbon cycling. Vicca, S.; Stocker, B.D.; Reed, S.; Wieder, W.R.; Bahn, M.; Fay, P.A.; Janssens, I.A.; Lambers, H.; Peñuelas, J.; Piao, S.; Rebel, K.T.; Sardans, J.; Sigurdsson, B.D.; Sundert, K.V.; Wang, Y.P.; Zaehle, S.; Ciais, P. (2018): Environmental Research Letters Cross-CZO National

2017

Growing new generations of critical zone scientists. Wymore, Adam S., Nicole R. West, Kate Maher, Pamela L. Sullivan, Adrian Harpold, Diana Karwan, Jill A. Marshall, Julia Perdrial, Daniella M. Rempe and Lin Ma (2017): Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 42 (14): 2498-2502 Cross-CZO National

2017

Dust outpaces bedrock in nutrient supply to montane forest ecosystems. Aciego, S.M.; Riebe, C.S.; Hart, S.C.; Blakowski, M.A.; Carey, C.J.; Aarons, S.M.; Dove, N.C.; Botthoff, J.K.; Sims, K.W.; Aronson, E.L. (2017): Nature Communications

2017

Global patterns of dust and bedrock nutrient supply to montane ecosystems. Arvin, L.J.; Riebe, C.S.; Aciego, S.M.; Blakowski, M.A. (2017): Science Advances, Vol. 3, no. 12, eeao1588

2017

The impact of wildfire on baseflow recession rates in California. Bart, R.L.; Tague, C. (2017): Hydrological Processes

2017

Designing a network of critical zone observatories to explore the living skin of the terrestrial Earth. Brantley, S.L., McDowell, W.H., Dietrich, W.E., White, T.S., Kumar, P., Anderson, S., Chorover, J., Lohse, K.A., Bales, R.C., Richter, D., Grant, G., and Gaillardet, J. (2017): Earth Surface Dynamics, 5, 841–860 Cross-CZO National

2017

Reviews and syntheses: on the roles trees play in building and plumbing the critical zone. Brantley, Susan L., David M. Eissenstat, Jill A. Marshall, Sarah E. Godsey, Zsuzsanna Balogh-Brunstad, Diana L. Karwan, Shirley A. Papuga, Joshua Roering, Todd E. Dawson, Jaivime Evaristo, Oliver Chadwick, Jeffrey J. McDonnell, Kathleen C. Weathers (2017): Biogeosciences, 14, 5115-5142 Cross-CZO National

2017

Regional sensitivities of seasonal snowpack to elevation, aspect, and vegetation cover in western North America. Christopher J. Tennant, Adrian A. Harpold, Kathleen Ann Lohse, Sarah E. Godsey, Benjamin T. Crosby, Laurel G. Larsen, Paul D. Brooks, Robert W. Van Kirk, Nancy F. Glenn (2017): Water Resources Research 53 Cross-CZO National

2017

Concentration-discharge relationships in headwater streams of the Sierra Nevada, California. Hunsaker, C. T., Johnson, D. W. (2017): Water Resources Research 53, 7869–7884

2017

Prevalence and magnitude of groundwater use by vegetation: a global stable isotope meta-analysis. Jaivime Evaristo and Jeffrey J. McDonnell (2017): Scientific Reports 7 Cross-CZO National

2017

Simulations of energy balance components at snow-dominated montane watershed by land surface models. Kim, D.; Ray, R.L.; Choi, M. (2017): Earth Environmental Sciences. 76 337.

2017

Controls on deep critical zone architecture: a historical review and four testable hypotheses. Riebe, C. S., Hahm, W. J., Brantley, S. L. (2017): Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 42 (1): 128–156 Cross-CZO National

2017

The problem of predicting the particle size distribution of sediment supplied by hillslopes to rivers. Sklar, L. S., Riebe, C. S., Marshall, J. A., Genetti, J., Leclere, S., Lukens, C. L., Merces, V. (2017): Geomorphology. 277 31.

2017

Quantifying nutrient uptake as driver of rock weathering in forest ecosystems by magnesium stable isotopes. Uhlig, D., Schuessler, J.A., Bouchez, J., Dixon, J.L., von Blanckenburg, F. (2017): Biogeosciences 14, 3111-3128

2017

Snowmelt controls on concentration‐discharge relationships and the balance of oxidative and acid‐base weathering fluxes in an alpine catchment, East River, Colorado. Winnick M.J., Carroll R.W.H., Williams K.H., Maxwell, R.M., Dong, W., Maher K. (2017): Water Resources Research 53, 2507–2523 Cross-CZO National

2017

Technical report: The design and evaluation of a basin-scale wireless sensor network for mountain hydrology. Zhang, Z.; Glaser, S.D.; Bales, R.C.; Conklin, M.; Rice, R.; Marks, D.G. (2017): Water Resources Research.

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

Effect of Tree-to-Shrub Type Conversion in Lower Montane Forests of the Sierra Nevada (USA) on Streamflow. Bart, R. R.,Tague, C. L., Moritz, M. A. (2016): PLOS ONE

2016

Topographic and geologic controls on soil variability in California's Sierra Nevada Foothill Region. Beaudette, D.E., O’Geen, A.T. (2016):   Soil Science Society of America Journal. 80. DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2015.07.0251

2016

Microbial community structure of subalpine snow in the Sierra Nevada, California. Carey, C.J., S.C. Hart, S.M. Aciego, C.S. Riebe, M.A. Blakowski, E.L. Aronson (2016): Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 48(4):685-701. 2016

2016

 Meta-­analysis reveals ammonia-­oxidizing bacteria respond more strongly to nitrogen addition than ammonia-­oxidizing archaea . Carey, C.J., Dove, N.C., Beman, J.M., Hart, S.C., Aronson E.L. (2016): Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry. 99. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.05.014.  

2016

pSIN: a scalable, Parallel algorithm for Seismic INterferometry of large-N ambient-noise data. Chen, P., Taylor, N.J., Dueker, K.G., Keifer, I.S., Wilson, A.K., McGuffy, C.L., Novitsky, C.G., Spears, A.J., Holbrook, W.S. (2016): Computers & Geosciences 93: 88-95

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

Mapping and understanding dry-season soil water drawdown by California montane vegetation. Fellows, A.W. and Goulden, M.L. (2016): Ecohydrology Cross-CZO

2016

Testing for supply limited and kinetic limited chemical erosion in field measurements of regolith production and chemical depletion. Ferrier, K. L., Riebe, C. S. and Hahm, W. J. (2016): Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 17 (6), 2270-2285.

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

2016

Managing forests in an era of drought. Heckman, C (2016): Graduate Research Advocacy Day. Sacramento, California.

2016

Watershed model calibration to the base flow recession curve with and without evapotranspiration effects. Jepsen, s., Harmon, T., Shi, Y. (2016): Hydrology 52, 2919-2933. DOI 10.1002/2015WR017827.

2016

A montane Mediterranean climate supports year- round photosynthesis and high forest biomass . Kelly, A.E., and Goulden, M.L.  (2016): Tree Physiology. 36 (4), DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv131

2016

Polymictic pool behaviour in a montane meadow, Sierra Nevada, CA. Lucas, R. G., Suárez, F., Tyler, S. W., Moran, J. E., and Conklin, M. H. (2016): Hydrological process. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10834

2016

Polymictic pool behavior in a montane meadow, Sierra Nevada, CA. Lucas, R.G., Suárez, F. Tyler, S.W., Moran, J.E., Conklin, M.H. (2016): Hydologic Processes

2016

Grain size bias in cosmogenic nuclide studies of stream sediment in steep terrain . Lukens, C. E., Riebe, C. S.,  Sklar, L. S.,  Shuster D. L. (2016):  Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 121 (5),  DOI: 10.1002/2016JF003859

2016

Comparison of Canopy Cover Estimation from Airborne LiDAR. Ma Q., Su Y., Guo Q. (2016): IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing.

2016

Tracing the Source of Soil Organic Matter Eroded from Temperate Forest Catchments Using Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes. McCorkle, E.P., Berhe, A.A., Hunsaker, C.T., Johnson, D.W., McFarlane, K.J., Fogel, M.L., Hart, S.C (2016): Geology.

2016

Variation of organic matter quantity and quality in streams at Critical Zone Observatory watersheds. Miller, Matthew P., Boyer, Elizabeth W., McKnight, Diane M., Brown, Michael G., Gabor, Rachel S., Hunsaker, Carolyn T., Iavorivska, Lidiia, Inamdar, Shreeram, Johnson, Dale W., Kaplan, Louis A., Lin, Henry, McDowell, William H., Perdrial, Julia N. (2016): Water Resources Research, 52 (10): 8202–8216 Cross-CZO

2016

Optimizing embedded sensor network design for catchment scale snowdepth estimation using LiDAR and machine learning. Oroza, C.A., Zheng, Z., Glaser, S.D., Tuia, D., Bales, R.C (2016): Water Resources Research. 52 (10), 8174.

2016

Optimizing embedded sensor network design for catchment scale snowdepth estimation using LiDAR and machine learning. Oroza, C.A., Zheng, Z., Glaser, S.D., Tuia, D., Bales, R.C. (2016): Water Resources Research. 52 (10), 8174.

2016

Drought resistance across California ecosystems: evaluating changes in carbon dynamics using satellite imagery. S.L. Malone, M.G. Tulbure, A.J. PérezLuque, T.J. Assal, L.L. Bremer, D.P. Drucker, V. Hillis, S. Varela, M.L. Goulden (2016): Ecosphere. 7 (11), e01561.

2016

Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions in Relation to Natural and Anthropogenic Environmental Changes. Safeeq, M., Fares, A. (2016): Emerging Issues in Groundwater Resources. Springer International Publishing. 289-326

2016

Characterizing Runoff and Water Yield for Headwater Catchments in the Southern Sierra Nevada. Safeeq, M., Hunsaker, C. (2016): Journal of the American Water Resources Association

2016

Catchment power and the joint distribution of elevation and travel distance to the outlet. Sklar, L. S., Riebe, C. S., Lukens, C. E., & Bellugi, D. G. (2016): Earth Surface Dynamics. 4 799.

2016

Effects of Model Spatial Resolution on Ecohydrologic Predictions and Their Sensitivity to Inter-Annual Climate Variability. Son, K., Tague, C., Hunsaker C. (2016): Hillslope and Watershed Hydrology

2016

Influence of terrain aspect on water partitioning, vegetation structure, and vegetation greening in high elevation catchments in northern New Mexico. Zapata-Rios X., Brooks P.D., Troch P.A., McIntosh J. and Guo Q. (2016): Ecohydrology 9(5): 782-795 Cross-CZO National

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

Hydrological partitioning in the critical zone: Recent advances and opportunities for developing transferable understanding of water cycle dynamics. Brooks P.D., Chorover J., Fan Y., Godsey S.E., Maxwell R.M., McNamara J.P., and Tague C. (2015): Water Resources Research 51 (9): 6973-6987 Cross-CZO

2015

Quantifying the effects of vegetation structure on snow accumulation and ablation in mixed-conifer forests. Broxton P. D., Harpold A. A., Biederman J. A., Troch P. A., Molotch N. P., and Brooks P. D. (2015): Ecohydrology 8(6): 1073-1094 Cross-CZO

2015

Subsurface storage capacity influences climate–evapotranspiration interactions in three western United States catchments. Garcia, E.S., Tague, C.L. (2015): Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 19 (12).

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

2015

Estimation of high-resolution land surface net shortwave radiation from AVIRIS data: Algorithm development and preliminary results . He, T., Liang, S.I., Wang, D.D., Shi, Q.Q., Goulden, M.L. (2015):  Remote Sensing of Environment. 167

2015

Climate and topography control the size and flux of sediment produced on steep mountain slopes. Riebe, C., Sklar, L., Lukens, C., and Shuster, D. (2015): Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

2015

Soil carbon and nitrogen erosion in forested catchments: implications for erosion-induced terrestrial carbon sequestration. Stacy, E., Hart, S.C., Hunsaker, C.T., Johnson, D.W., Berhe, A.A. (2015): Biogeosciences, 12, 4861-4874

2015

Wetting and Drying Variability of the Shallow Subsurface Beneath a Snowpack in California’s Southern Sierra Nevada. Webb, R.W., Fassnacht, S.R., Gooseff, M.N. (2015): Vadose Zone Journal. 14 (8)

2015

Chapter 2 – The Role of Critical Zone Observatories in Critical Zone Science. White T., Brantley S., Banwart S., Chorover J., Dietrich W., Derry L., Lohse K., Anderson S., Aufdendkampe A., Bales R., Kumar P., Richter D., McDowell B. (2015): Developments in Earth Surface Processes 19: 15–78 Cross-CZO National

2014

Estimated Loss of Snowpack Storage in the Eastern Sierra Nevada with Climate Warming. Bales, R., Rice, R., Roy, S. (2014): J. Water Resour. Plann. Manage.

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

Tracing and pacing soil across slopes. Dixon, J. L., Riebe, C. S. (2014): Elements 5 (10)

2014 (In Review)

Making soil. Dixon, J. L., Riebe, C. S. (2014): Elements, in review Cross-CZO National

2014

Mountain runoff vulnerability to increased evapotranspiration with vegetation expansion. Goulden, M.L., Bales, R.C. (2014): Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111 (39)

2014

Cosmogenic Nuclides in Weathering and Erosion. Granger, D.E. and Riebe, C.S. (2014): in Treatise on Geochemistry, Volume 5: Surface and Ground Water, Weathering, and Soils. (2nd edition): 401-436

2014

Bedrock composition regulates mountain ecosystems and landscape evolution. Hahm, W.J., Riebe, C.S., Lukens, C.E., and Araki, S. (2014): Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111(9):3338-3343

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

Geophysical constraints on deep weathering and water storage potential in the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory. Holbrook, W.S., Riebe, C.S., Elwaseif, M., Hayes, J.L., Harry, D. L., Basler-Reeder, K., Malazian, A., Dosseto, A., Hartsough, P. C., and Hopmans, J. W. (2014): Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 39:366-380.

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

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

2014

Groundwater and surface water flow to the Merced River, Yosemite Valley, California: 36C and Cl− evidence. Shaw, G.D., M.H. Conklin, G.J. Nimz, and F. Liu. (2014): Water Resources Research 50(3): 1943-1959

2013

Quantifying effects of deep and near-surface chemical erosion on cosmogenic nuclide buildup in soils, saprolite and sediment . Riebe, C.S., Granger D. E. (2013): Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Cross-CZO

2013

Sensor placement strategies for SWE estimation in the American River basin. Welch, S., Kerkez, B., Bales, R., Glaser, S., Rittger, Rice, R. (2013): Water Resources Research, 49 (2)

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

Sediment loads and erosion in forest headwater streams of the Sierra Nevada, California. Hunsaker, C.T., and D.G. Neary (2012): Proceedings of a Workshop held during the XXV IUGG General Assembly in Melbourne, 195-204

2012

Snowmelt Runoff and Water Yield Along Elevation and Temperature Gradients in California’s Southern Sierra Nevada . Hunsaker, C.T., Whitaker, T.W., and Bales, R.C. (2012): Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 2012. 1-12: p. 667-678.

2012

Interannual variability of snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, USA: Examples from two alpine watersheds. Jepsen, S.M., N. P. Molotch, M.W. Williams, K.E. Rittger, J.O. Sickman (2012): Water Resources Research 48 (2) Cross-CZO

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

2012

A New Method for Segmenting Individual Trees from the Lidar Point Cloud. Li, W., Guo, Q., Jakubowski, M., Kelly, M. (2012): Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 78: 75-84

2012

Controls of streamflow generation in small catchments across the snow-rain transition in the Southern Sierra Nevada, California . Liu, F., Hunsaker, C.T., and Bales, R.C. (2012): Hydrological Processes. 27 1959.

2012

Controls of streamflow pathways in small catchments across the snow-rain transition in the Southern Sierra, California. Lui, F., Hunsaker, C.T., Bales, R.B. (2012): Hydrological Processes

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

2012

Elevation-dependent influence of snow accumulation on forest greening. Trujillo, E., Molotch, N.P., Goulden, M.L., Kelly, A.E., Bales, R.C. (2012): Nature Geoscience 5, 705-709

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

Twelve testable hypotheses on the geobiology of weathering. Brantley, S.L., Megonigal, J.P., Scatena, F.N., Balogh-Brunstad, Z., Barnes, R.T., Bruns, M.A., Van Cappellen, P., Dontsova, K., Hartnett, H.E., Hartshorn, A.S., Heimsath, A., Herndon, E., Jin, L., Keller, C.K., Leake, J.R., McDowell, W.H., Meinzer, F.C., Mozdzer, T.J., Petsch, S, Pett-Ridge, J., Pregitzer, K.S., Raymond, P.A., Riebe, C.S., Shumaker, K., Sutton-Grier, A., Walter, R., and Yoo, K. (2011): Geobiology 9(2): 140-165, Cross-CZO National

2011

Landscape response to tipping points in granite weathering: The case of stepped topography in the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory. Jessup, B.S., Hahm, W.J., Miller, S.N., Kirchner, J.W., and Riebe, C.S. (2011): Applied Geochemistry, v. 26, no. Supplement 1, p. S48-S50.

2011

Landscape response to tipping points in granite weathering: The case of stepped topography in the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory. Jessup, BS; Hahm, WJ; Miller, SN; Kirchner, JW; Riebe, CS. (2011): Applied Geochemistry

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.

2011

Interdisciplinary Sciences in a Global Network of Critical Zone Observatories. Lin, H., Hopmans, J. W., Richter, D. deB. (2011): Vadose Zone Journal 10: 781-785 Cross-CZO

2011

Evaluation of MPS-1 soil water potential sensor. Malazian, A., Hartsough, P.C., Kamai, T., Campbell, C.S., Cobos, D.R. and Hopmans, J.W. (2011): J. of Hydrology. 402:126-134.

2011

Simplified Multistep Outflow Method to Estimate Unsaturated Hydraulic Functions for Coarse-textured Soils. Nasta, P., Huynh, S., and Hopmans, J.W. (2011): Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 75(2): 418-425.

2010

Mineral-specific chemical weathering rates over millennial timescales: Measurements at Rio Icacos, Puerto Rico. Ferrier, K. L., Kirchner, J. W., Riebe, C. S. & Finkel, R. C. (2010): Chemical Geology 277:101-114 Cross-CZO

2010

Mineral-specific chemical weathering rates over millennial timescales: Measurements at Rio Icacos, Puerto Rico. Ferrier, KL; Kirchner, JW; Riebe, CS; Finkel, RC. (2010): Chemical Geology 277(1): 101-114 Cross-CZO

2010

Nutrient hot spots in some Sierra Nevada forest soils. Johnson, D.W., Glass, D.W., Murphy, J.D., Stein, C.M., Miller, W.W. (2010): Biogeochemistry 101: 93-103.

2010

Carbon and Nutrient Contents in Soils from the Kings River Experimental Watershed, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. Johnson, D.W., Hunsaker, C.F., Glass, D.W., Rau, B.M., Roath, B.A. (2010): Geoderma 160 (3-4): 490-502.

2010

Ecohydrology and Climate Change in the Mountains of the Western USA – A Review of Research and Opportunities. Tague, C.L., A.L. Dugger (2010): Geography Compass 4(11): 1648-1663

2009

Biogeochemical Cycling in Forest Soils of the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains. Johnson, D.W., W.W. Miller, R.B. Susfalk, R.A. Dahlgren, and D.W. Glass (2009): Forest Ecology and Management 258(10): 2249-2260

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

2009

Assessing climate change impacts on alpine stream-flow and vegetation water use: mining the linkages with subsurface hydrologic processes. Tague, C. (2009): Hydrological Processes, 23, 1815-1819.

2009

Groundwater dynamics mediate low-flow response to global warming in snow-dominated alpine regions. Tague, C.L., G.E. Grant (2009): Water Resources Research 45(7)

2008

Critical Zone Observatories: Building a network to advance interdisciplinary study of Earth surface processes. Anderson, S.P., Bales, R.C., and Duffy, C.J. (2008): Mineralogical Magazine 72(1): 7-10. Cross-CZO National

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.

2008

Frequency, electrical conductivity and temperature analysis of low-cost moisture sensor . Kizito, F., Campbell, C.S., Campbell, G.S., Cobos, D.R., Teare, B.L., Carter, B. and Hopmans, J.W. (2008): J. Hydrology 352:367-378.

2007

Spatial modeling of coupled hydrologic-biogeochemical processes for the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory. Tague, C. (2007): Research Gate

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