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

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

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

2017

Making up for lost snow: lessons from a warming Sierra Nevada . Bales, R. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract C21H-04.

2017

Shifting Patterns of Boreal Forest Succession and Browning Over the Last 30 Years. Goulden, M.; Czimczik, C.; Randerson, J. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract B33B-2089.

2017

Effects of fire suppression under a changing climate in Pacific Northwest mixed-pine forests. Hanan, E. J.; Tague, C.; Bart, R.R.; Kennedy, M.C.; Abatzoglou, J.T.; Kolden, C.; Adam, J. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract GC51A-0794.

2017

Modeling the Effects of Drought Events on Forest Ecosystem Functioning Historically and Under Scenarios of Climate Change. Hanan, E.; Kolden, C.; Abatzoglou, J.; Tague, C.; Liu, M.; Adam, J. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract H23B-1643.

2017

Predicting Plant-Accessible Water in the Critical Zone: Mountain Ecosystems in 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.; (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract H23H-1769.

2017

Dust and chemical erosion biases in cosmogenic nuclide studies: A factor-of-ten problem that could mask strong climatic effects on landscape evolution. Riebe, C. S.; Arvin, L.; Ferrier, K.; Aciego S. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract EP32C-08.

2017

Evapotranspiration response to multi-year dry periods in the semi-arid western United States. Rungee, J. P.; Bales, R. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract H11O-07.

2017

Relative resiliency of Giant Sequoia groves to multi-year dry periods in a warming climate. Su, Y., Bales, R., Ma, Q., Nydick, K., Ray, R., Li, W., Guo, Q. (2017): 2017 AAG Annual Meeting

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

Is Soil Development Controlling Ecohydrologic Response to Climate Change in the Southern Cascade and Sierra Nevada Watersheds, CA, USA?. Devine, S.; O’geen, A.T.; Dahlke, H.E. (2016): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2016. Abstract GC13E-1235.

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

Widespread tree mortality with the ongoing California drought: the roll of water balance and temperature . Goulden, M.; Bales, R.C. (2016): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2016. Abstract GC32C-05.

2016

Sensitivities of dry season runoff to precipitation and temperature in southern Sierra Nevada streams. Safeeq, M.; Hunsaker, C.T.; Bales, R.C. (2016): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2016. Abstract H44B-03.

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 Climate and Lithology on Soil Phosphorus. Wilson, S.G.; Margenot, A.J.; O’geen, A.T.; Dahlgren, R.A. (2016): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2016. Abstract B54E-04.

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

Seeking GUTH, the Grand Unified Theory of Hillslopes: Linking weathering, erosion and landscapes. Anderson, SP, Dietrich, WE, Rempe, D, West, N, Brantley, SL, Bacon, AR, Buss, HL, Fisher, BA, Flinchum, B, Holbrook, S, Klos, PZ, Leopold, M, Moon, S, Nielson, T, Pelletier, J, and Terry, N. (2015): EP34A-01 Landscape Evolution from a Critical Zone Science Perspective III, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec. Cross-CZO

2015

Sensitivity of Hydrologic Partitioning to Snowpack Dynamics. Barnhart, T.B., Molotch, N.P., Harpold, A., Knowles, J., Livneh, B., and Schneider, D. (2015): University of Colorado Hydrologic Sciences Symposium: Water in Motion: The role of an irreplaceable resource, University of Colorado, Boulder, April 2-3. Cross-CZO

2015

Sensitivity of hydrologic partitioning to snowpack dynamics. Barnhart, T.B., Molotch, N.P., Harpold, A., Livneh, B., Knowles, J., and Anderson, S. (2015): Water Sustainability and Climate Principal Investigator Meeting at the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, February 9-11. Cross-CZO

2015

Sensitivity of Hydrologic Partitioning to Snowpack Dynamics . Barnhart, T.B., Molotch, N.P., Livneh, B., Harpold, A.A., Knowles, J.F., Anderson, S.P., Bales, R.C., and Hunsaker, C.T. (2015): Poster, presented at the Western Snow Conference, Grass Valley, CA, April 20-23. 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

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.

2015

Montane meadow evaportanspiration: implications for restoration and impacts on downstream flow. Lucas, R., Conklin, M., Goulden, M. (2015): . American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. 

2015

Patterns of Hydrologic Sensitivity to Climate in the Western US: Implications for Future Predictions. Safeeq, M., Grant, G. (2015): H21D Ecological and Hydrological Resistance and Resilience: Emerging Understanding from Interactions at Multiple Scales I, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.

2015

Climactic Controls on Soil and Deep Regolith Development in Southern Sierra CZO. Tian, Z., O’Geen, A., Hartsough, P., Deng, J. (2015): EP31B Landscape Evolution from a Critical Zone Science Perspective I Posters, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.

2014

Climate controls on ecosystem production, biomass, and water cycling. Kelly, A. (2014): Climate controls on ecosystem production, biomass, and water cycling, 2014, 95 pages

2013

Snow distribution over an elevation gradient and forest snow hydrology of the Southern Sierra Nevada, California. Kirchner, P. B. (2013): UC Merced PhD Dissertation

2012

Insects, Fires, and Climate Change: Implications for Snow Cover, Water Resources and Ecosystem Recovery in Western North America . Brooks P.D., Harpold A.A., Biederman J.A., Litvak M.E., Broxton P.D., Gochis D., Molotch N.P., Troch P.A., Ewers B.E. (2012): Abstract B21I-02 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec (Talk). Cross-CZO

2012

Hydrologic response to modeled snowmelt input in alpine catchments in the Southwestern United States . Driscoll J.M., Molotch N.P., Jepsen S.M., Meixner T., Williams M.W., Sickman J.O. (2012): Abstract H51B-1336 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec (Poster). Cross-CZO

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

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

Elevation-dependent controls on snowmelt partitioning and vegetation response inferred from satellite observations (Invited). Molotch, N.P., Guan, B., and Trujillo, E. (2012): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2012. Abstract H21B-1179.

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.

2011

How Likely Is a Large Terrestrial Feedback to Climate Change?. Goulden, M., Winston, G., Parker, S., Kelly, A.E., Fellows, A.W. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011. Abstract B23E-02.

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

Effects of evapotranspiration heterogeneity on catchment water balance in the Southern Sierra Nevada of California. Kerkez, B., Kelly, A.E., Lucas, R.G., Son, K., Glaser, S.D., Bales, R.C. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011, Room 2004, 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM. Abstract B41H-06.

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.

2011

Non-linear feedbacks between climate change, hydrologic partitioning, plant available water, and carbon cycling in montane forests . P.D. Brooks, M.E. Litvak, A.A. Harpold, N.P. Molotch, J.C. McIntosh, P.A. Troch, X. Zapata (2011): AGU Fall Meeting Presentations (Invited) Abstract GC34A-08. Cross-CZO

2011

An Assessment of Snowcover in 6 Major River Basins of Sierra Nevada and Potential Approaches for Long-term Monitoring. Rice, R., Bales, R.C. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011. Abstract C33E-0689.

2011

Optimization of hydrological parameters in a Soil-Tree- Atmosphere Continuum model of a large White Fir. Rings, J., Kamai, T., Mollaei, M., Nasta, P., Vrugt, J.A., Hartsough, P.C., Hopmans, J.W. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011. Abstract H51A-1187.

2011

Forest management for water: a hydro-ecological modeling exercise of headwater catchments in the mixed-conifer belt of the Sierra Nevada. Saksa, P.C., Bales, R.C., Ray, R.L. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011. Abstract H51D-1230.

2011

Spatial patterns of interaction among climate variability and change, soil water deficit and transpiration in small mountain catchments of Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory. Son, K., Tague, C. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011. Abstract GC31A-1020.

2011

Estimating Snow Water Equivalent over the American River in the Sierra Nevada Basin Using Wireless Sensor Networks. Welch, S.C., Kerkez, B., Glaser, S.D., Bales, R.C., Rice, R. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011. Abstract IN32A-07.

2010

Spatial distribution of snow water equivalent across the central and southern Sierra Nevada. Bales, R.C., Rice, R., Meng, X. (2010): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract C33E-0592.

2010

Spatial and temporal variations of evapotranspiration signals in Long Meadow, Sequioa National Park, California . Conklin, M.H., Lucas, R.G. (2010): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract H32C-03.

2010

Mechanisms Controlling the Effects of Weather and Climate on California's Ecosystems (Invited). Goulden, M., Kelly, A.E., Fellows, A., Winston, G. (2010): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract GC53A-01.

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

Climate controls on forest productivity along the climate gradient of the western Sierra Nevada. Kelly, A.E., Goulden, M.L. (2010): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract B23C-0405.

2010

Design and development of a wireless sensor network to monitor snow depth in multiple catchments in the American River basin, California: hardware selection and sensor placement techniques. Kerkez, B., Rice, R., Glaser, S.D., Bales, R.C., Saksa, P.C. (2010): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract IN34A-07.

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

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.

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.

2010

A Comparison of the Fractional MODIS and LANDSAT Thematic Mapper with Ground-Based Snow Surveys in the Sierra Nevada . Rice, R., Bales, R.C., Kirchner, P.B., Saksa, P.C., Rittger, K.E., Painter, T.H., Dozier, J. (2010): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract C33E-0589.

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

201

Using Three-Dimensional Passive Seismic Imaging to Capture Near-Surface Weathering and Its Influence on Overly Vegetation. Taylor, N., Dueker, K., Riebe, C., Chen, P., Flinchum, B., Holbrook, S.  (201): EP53A-0962 Earth and Planetary Surface Processes: General Contribution Posters. presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.  

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

Seasonal transitions in water and moisture patterns in a mountain meadow, Southern Sierra Nevada (Invited) . Conklin, M.H., Crook, N.P., Kirchner, P.B., Lucas, R.G. (2009): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2009. 90(52). Abstract H41H-01.

2009

Soil Moisture Tree Water Status Dynamics in a Mid-Latitude Montane Forest, Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory, CA . Hartsough, P.C., Malazian, A., Kamai, T., Roudneva, E., Hopmans, J.W., (2009): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2009. 90(52) Abstract H33A-0844.

2009

Climate controls on anomalously high productivity in the mixed conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada. Kelly, A.E., Goulden, M.L. (2009): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2009. 90(52). Abstract B33A-0359.

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

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

Controls of Stream Water Chemistry in Small catchments Across Snow/Rain Transition in the Southern Sierra, California . Liu, F., Hunsaker, C.T., Bales, R.C. (2009): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2009. 90(52). Abstract H33H-0987.

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

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

2009

An Optimized Soil Moisture Sampling Design to Represent the Impact of Climate Variability on Soil Moisture and Vegetation Water Use in Snow-Dominated Watersheds. Son, K., Tague, C. (2009): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2009. 90(52). Abstract H33D-0902.

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.

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.

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

Water Yield and Runoff Timing Across the Rain-snow Transition at the Kings River Experimental Watersheds in Californias Southern Sierra Nevada. Hunsaker, C., Bales, R. (2008): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2008. 89(53). Abstract 13C-0933

2008

Snowmelt infiltration and evapotranspiration in Red Fir forest ecosystems of the Sierra Nevada. Kirchner, P., Bales, R., North, M., Small, E. (2008): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2008. 89(53). Abstract C21C-0572.