Physical Geography

Faculty teaching and/or performing research in physical geography

	Waleed Abdalati	Remote Sensing of Earth’s Ice Cover	Physical
	Suzanne Anderson	Geomorphology; Weathering; Hydrology; Glaciology	Physical
	Holly R. Barnard	Ecohydrology; Stable Isotope Geochemistry; Forest Hydrology; Tree Physiology	Physical
	Peter Blanken	Climatology;  Biometeorology	Physical
	Noah Molotch	Surface Water and Snow Hydrology; Remote Sensing; Ecohydrology	Physical
	John Pitlick	Geomorphology; Water Resources; Natural Hazards	Physical
	Mark Serreze	Arctic climate; global implications; and climate warming in the Arctic	Physical
	Tom Veblen	Biogeography; Conservation	Physical
	Mark Williams	Alpine Biogeochemistry; Hydrology; Snow Hydrology; and Nutrient Cycling.	Physical

Graduate Students in physical geography

37 students total. TIP: To sort by more than one column, hold down the shift key while clicking an additional column header.

Name	Degree	Specialties	Advisor
Adams, Hallie	M.A.	forest ecology; ecohydrology	Barnard
Alvarez, Claudio	M.A.	forest ecology on tree line	Veblen
Amante, Christopher	Ph.D.	Sea ice; glacier melt; climate change	Abdalati
Arcand, Naomi	Ph.D.	biogeography, forest ecology and restoration, population genetics, political ecology	Beatty
Bayou, Nicolas	Ph.D.	Arctic ice sheet and tide influence	Steffen
Brayden, Benjamin	M.A.	Forest ecosystems; climate change; invasive species; human impact	Beatty
Burns, Sean	Ph.D.	Subalpine Forest Carbon and Water Cycling	Blanken
Burns, Margaret	M.A.	carbon cycling; soils; hydrology	Barnard
Byers, Anya	M.A.	Biogeography; forest changes; sustainable land management	Barnard
Chapman, Teresa	Ph.D.	Biogeography	Veblen
Cowie, Rory	Ph.D.	Mountain Hydrology	Williams
Crawford, Alexander	M.A.	climate change; polar research; snow and ice	Serreze
Cumming, William	Ph.D.	Vegetation Dynamics, Invasive Species, Biogeography, and Soils	Beatty
Gartner, Meredith	Ph.D.	Fire/Beetle Interaction	Veblen
Hafich, Katya	M.A.	alpine hydrology, climate change, snowmelt timing	Williams
Hart, Sarah	Ph.D.	Biogeography, Dendrochronology	Veblen
Hicks, Julia	Ph.D.	Biogeography, Conservation Biology, Forest Ecology, Avian Diversity	Veblen
Hurley, Allison	M.A.	Cyrosphere science; soils; spatial analysis	Serreze
Knowles, John	Ph.D.	Biogeochemistry; Hydrology; Ecosystem ecology	Blanken
Krupicka, Anton	M.A.	Alpine/Mountain Watersheds; Acid Mine Drainage	Williams
Longenecker, H.E.	Ph.D.	Climatology; Climate Change; Hazard/Risk Vulnerability	Travis
MacFerrin, Michael	Ph.D.	Cryosphere-sea, earth, ice interactions; remote sensing; GIS	Abdalati
Malmberg, Julie	Ph.D.	Human Biometeorology	Blanken
McGrath, Daniel	Ph.D.	Glaciology; ice sheet hydrology; ice shelf stability	Steffen
McIntyre, Heather	M.A.	Mountain Weather, climate; Climate Change; Remote Sensing	Barry
Mills, Taylor	Ph.D.	Small-scale hydrologic systems; water chemistry	Anderson
Moukomla, Sitthisak	Ph.D.	Remote sensing; Ocean-land-atmosphere interaction	Blanken
Moussavi, Mahsa	Ph.D.	Remote sensing; earth ice cover	Abdalati
Naficy, Cameron	Ph.D.	Disturbance ecology; tree ecophysiology; climate variability; restoration; remote sensing	Veblen
Perrot, Danielle	Ph.D.	Alpine processes; snow hydrology; remote sensing; modeling	Molotch
Petchprayoon, Pakorn	Ph.D.	Remote Sensing & Surface Energy Balance	Blanken
Rother , Monica	Ph.D.	Biogeography; wildfire; climate; dendrochronology	Veblen
Schneider, Dominik	Ph.D.	mountain and snow hydrology, interaction between vegetation and snowmelt runoff, water resources	Molotch
Wilson, Alana	M.A.	climate change, water resources and the cryosphere	Williams
Wolf, Eric	Ph.D.	GIS; Remote Sensing	Foote
Zeliff, Morgan	M.A.	Hydrology of alpine watersheds; groundwater-surface water interaction; isotopes; water resources	Williams
Zhang, Qinghuan	Ph.D.	hydrology and water resources	Williams

GEOG courses related to physical geography.

Caution: These lists are incomplete.

Summer 2013

Num	Num	Sect	Title	Hrs	Instructor
1001		100	Env Systems 1 - Climate and Vegetation	4	Chapman
1011		200	Env Systems 2 - Landscapes and Water	4	Amante
3251		001	Mountain Geography	3	Rother
3251		200	Mountain Geography	3	McGrath

 

Spring 2013

Num	Num	Sect	Title	Hrs	Instructor
1001			Env Systems 1 - Climate and Vegetation	4	Chapman
1011			Env Systems 2 - Landscapes and Water	4	Anderson
3511			Introduction to Hydrology	4	Serreze
3601			Principles of Climate	3	Blanken
4023	5023		Quantitative Methods	4	Spielman
4093			Remote Sensing of the Environment LAB	4	Hart
4241			Principles of Geomorphology	3	Anderson, Robert
4321	5321		Snow Hydrology	4	Williams
4501	5501		Wtr Resources/Mgmt in the US West	3	Lander
5100		001	Special Topics: Earth's Critical Zone	3	Barnard
5100		002	Special Topics: Surface Process Modeling	2	Overeem, Irina
5100		003	Special Topics: Snow Measurements	3	Molotch
5161		002	Research Design in Physical Geog	3	Veblen
6211			Reading in Climatology	1	Abdalati & Blanken

 

Fall 2012

Num	Num	Sect	Title	Hrs	Instructor
1001			Env Systems 1 - Climate and Vegetation	4	Barnard
1011			Env Systems 2 - Landscapes and Water	4	Cumming
3023			Statistics for Geography	4	Spielman
3251			Mountain Geography	3	Williams
3351			Biogeography	3	Naficy
3511			Introduction to Hydrology	4	Williams
3601			Principles of Climate	3	Weiss
3930	5930		Internship	3	Travis
4093	5093		Remote Sensing of the Environment	4	Molotch
4201			Biometeorology	3	Molotch
4241			Principles of Geomorphology	4	Anderson
4271	5271		The Arctic Climate System	3	Serreze
4371	5371		Forest Geography Principles & Dynamics	3	Barnard
5152			History and Theory of Geography	3	Travis
5241			Topics in Physical Geog:	3	Veblen

 

Undergrad Courses Applicable to a Concentration in Physical Geography

The following two courses are prerequisites to all upper division courses listed further below.  
GEOG 1001  Environmental Systems: Climate and Vegetation** 
GEOG 1011  Environmental Systems 2: Landscapes and Water**

Among upper division courses, the following sequences are suggested:   
Climatology:  GEOG 3301; 3601; 4211; 4231; 4331 
Biogeography:  GEOG 3351; 4351; 4371; 4401 
Hydrology and Geomorphology: GEOG 3511; 4241; 4321; 4401 

In addition, you will find it important to complete one course in statistics at the time you commence upper division work in physical geography. Students considering graduate school in physical geography are strongly encouraged to complete a year of coursework in general chemistry, physics, calculus, and statistics. 

Upper Division Courses: 
GEOG 3301  Analysis of  Climate and Weather Observations**  (Prereq: GEOG 1001 or ATOC 1050/1060, 3600 and a statistics course) 
GEOG 3601  Principles of Climate**  (Prereq: 1 semester calculus or instructor approval) 
GEOG 3351  Biogeography  (Prereq: GEOG 1001) 
GEOG 3511  Introduction to Hydrology**  (Prereq:  GEOG 1011) 
GEOG 4211  Physical Climatology - Principles  (Prereq:  GEOG 1001) 
GEOG 4231  Physical Climatology/Field Methods (Prereq: GEOG 1001 and 4211 or 5211) 
GEOG 4241  Principles of Geomorphology**   (Prereq: GEOG 1011)  (Restricted to Jr/Sr GEOG/GEOL/ENVS majors) 
GEOG 4261  Glaciers and Permafrost   (Recommended Prereq:  GEOG 4241)  
GEOG 4271  The Arctic Climate System   (Prereq:  GEOG 1001) 
GEOG 4311  Watershed Biogeochemistry   (Prereq:  GEOG 1011, 3511) 
GEOG 4321  Snow Hydrology (Prereq: GEOG 1001 and 1011; any statistics course)   
GEOG 4331  Mountain Climatology  (Prereq GEOG 1001 or ATOC 1050/1060) 
GEOG 4371  Forest Geography: Principles and Dynamics  (Prereq: GEOG 1001) 
GEOG 4383  Methods of Vegetation Analysis (Prereq or Coreq GEOG 4371) 
GEOG 4401  Soils Geography  (Prereq 1011; Recommended Prereq inorganic chemistry) 
GEOG 4411  Methods of Soil Analysis  (Prereq: GEOG 1001 or 1011; Prereq/Coreq GEOG 4401/5401) 

**core curriculum course 

 

Undergrad Courses in other Departments Related to Physical Geography

Caution: These courses do not count as hours in the Geography Major.
Check with the appropriate department for the prerequisites for these courses. 

ATOC  1050   Weather and the Atmosphere (and 1070 lab)**  
ATOC  1060   Our Changing Environment: El Nino, Ozone, and Climate** 
CHEM  1111   General Chemistry 1** 
CHEM  1131   General Chemistry 2** 
EBIO  1210   General Biology 1** 
EBIO  1220   General Biology 2** 
EBIO  2040   Principles of Ecology 
EBIO  3040   Conservation Biology 
EBIO  3160   Paleoecology 
EBIO  3180   Global Ecology** 
EBIO 4060 Landscape Ecology 
GEOL 3030 Introduction to Hydrogeology 
GEOL  3040   Global Change: The Recent Geological Record** 
GEOL  3520   Environmental Issues in Geosciences 
GEOL  4360   Glacial Geology   
MATH  1300   Analytic Geometry & Calculus 1** 
MATH  2300   Analytic Geometry & Calculus 2 
MATH  2510   Introduction to Statistics   
PHYS  1110   General Physics 1**  
PHYS  1120   General Physics 2** 
PHYS  1140   Experimental Physics 1** 

**core curriculum course 

Selected Publications by Faculty and Graduate Students associated with physical geography

Faculty

 Waleed Abdalati

Abdalati, W. (2006). Recent changes in high-latitude glaciers and ice caps. Weather, Vol. 61, No. 4, 95-101.

Luthcke, S.B., H.J. Zwally, W. Abdalati, D.D. Rowlands, R.D. Ray, R.S., Nerem, F.G. Lemoine, J.J. McCarthy and D.S. Chinn. (2006). Recent Greenland Ice Mass Loss by Drainage System from Satellite Gravity, Observations. Science, Vol. 314, no. 5803, 1286-1289.

Abdalati, W. W.B. Krabill, E.B. Frederick, S. Manizade, C. Martin, J. Sonntag, R. Swift, R.H. Thomas, J. Yungel, and R. Koerner. (2004). Elevation changes of ice caps in the Canadian archipelago. Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, Vol. 109, No. F4, F00407.

Joughin, I., W. Abdalati, and M. Fahenstock. (2004). Large fluctuations in speed on Greenland’s Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier. Nature, Vol. 432, 608-610.

Zwally, H.J., W. Abdalati, T. Herring, K. Larson, J. Saba, K. Steffen. (2002). Surface melt acceleration of Greenland ice sheet flow. Science, Vol. 297, No. 5579, 218-222.

 Suzanne Anderson

Bartholomaus, TC, Anderson, RS, and Anderson, SP . (2011). Growth and collapse of the distributed subglacial hydrologic system of Kennicott Glacier, Alaska, USA, and its effects on basal motion. J Glaciology 57 (206): 985-1002.

Befus, K.M., Sheehan, A.F., Leopold, M., Anderson, S.P. and Anderson, R.S. (2011). Seismic constraints on critical zone architecture, Boulder Creek watershed, Front Range, Colorado. Vadose Zone Journal 10: 915-927.

Frederick, ZA, Anderson, SP, and Striegl, R. (2011). Annual estimates of water and solute export from 42 tributaries to the Yukon River. Hydrological Processes. 10.1002/hyp.8255

Riggins, SG, Anderson, RS, Anderson, SP, and Tye, AM. (2011). Solving a conundrum of a steady-state hillslope with variable soil depths and production rates, Bodmin Moor, UK. Geomorphology, 128: 73-84.

Anderson, RS, and Anderson, SP . (2010). Geomorphology: The Mechanics and Chemistry of Landscapes. Cambridge University Press, 340 pp.

 Holly R. Barnard

Barnard, H.R., C.B. Graham, W.J. Van Verseveld, J.R. Brooks, B.J. Bond, and J.J. McDonnell. (2010). Mechanistic assessment of hillslope transpiration controls of diel sub-surface flow: a steady-state irrigation approach. Ecohydrology 3: 133–142 . doi:10.1002/eco.114

Brooks, J.R., H. Barnard, R. Coulombe, and J. McDonnell. (2010). Ecohydrologic separation of water between trees and streams in a Mediterranean climate. Nature Geoscience. doi:10.1038/NGEO722

Graham, C.B., H.R. Barnard, W.J. Van Verseveld, and J.J. McDonnell. (2010). Closing the Water Balance: a hillslope scale sprinkling experiment. Hydrological Processes . doi:10.1002/hyp.7788

Pypker, T.G., H.R. Barnard, M. Hauck, E.W. Sulzman, M.H. Unsworth, A.C. Mix, A. Kennedy, and B.J. Bond. (2009). Can carbon isotopes be used to predict watershed scale transpiration? . Water Resources Research 45, W00D35. doi:10.1029/2008WR007050

Pypker, T.G., M. Hauck, E.W. Sulzman, M.H. Unsworth, A.C. Mix, Z. Kayler, D. Conklin, A. Kennedy, H.R. Barnard and B.J. Bond. (2008). Toward using δ13C of ecosystem respiration to monitor canopy physiology in complex terrain. Oecologia, 158, 399-410.

 Peter Blanken

Knowles, J.F., Blanken, P.D., Williams, M.W., and Chowanski, K.M. (2012). Energy and surface moisture seasonally limit evaporation and sublimation from snow-free alpine tundra. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 157, 106-115.

Blanken, P.D., Spence, C., Hedstrom, N., and Lenters, J. (2011). Evaporation from Lake Superior: 1. Physical controls and processes. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 37(4), 707-716.

Liu, H., Blanken, P.D., Weidinger, T., Nordbo, A., and Vesala, T. (2011). Variability in cold front activities modulating cool-season evaporation from a southern inland water in the USA. Environmental Research Letters, 6(2). DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/6/2/024022

Petchprayoon, P., Blanken, P.D., Ekkawatpanit, C., and Hussein, K. (2010). Hydrological impacts of land use/land cover change in a large river basin in central-northern Thailand. International Journal of Climatology, 30(13), 1917-1930. DOI:10.1002/joc.2131

Alfieri, J.G., Blanken, P.D., Smith, D. and Morgan, J.A. (2009). Concerning the measurement and magnitude of heat, water vapor and carbon dioxide exchange from a semiarid grassland. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 48(5), 982-996.

 Noah Molotch

Guan, B., N. P. Molotch, D. E. Waliser, E. J. Fetzer, and P. J. Neiman . (2010). Extreme snowfall events linked to atmospheric rivers and surface air temperature via satellite measurements. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L20401 (http://www.agu.org/journals/gl/gl1020/2010GL044696/). doi:10.1029/2010GL044696

Molotch, N.P.,. (2009). Reconstructing snow water equivalent in the Rio Grande headwaters using remotely sensed snow cover data and a spatially distributed snowmelt model. Hydrological Processes, Vol. 23. doi:10.1002/hyp.7206

Molotch, N.P., P.D. Brooks, S.P. Burns, M. Litvak, J.R. McConnell, R.K. Monson, and K.Musselman. (2009). Ecohydrological controls on snowmelt partitioning in mixed-conifer sub-alpine forests. Ecohydrology, Vol. 2, 129 - 142. doi:10.1002/eco.48

Molotch, N.P., T. Meixner, and M.W. Williams. (2008). Estimating stream chemistry during the snowmelt pulse using a spatially distributed, coupled snowmelt and hydrochemical modeling approach. Water Resources Research, Vol. 44. doi:10.1029/2007WR006587

Molotch, N.P., and R.C. Bales. (2005). Scaling snow observations from the point to the grid element: implications for observation network design. Water Resources Research, VOL. 41. doi:10.1029/2005WR004229

 Brian O'Neill

Melnikov N.B., B.C. O'Neill and M.G. Dalton . (2010). Consumer aggregation in dynamic general equilibrium models with CES utility functions. Proceedings of the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics 16(5), 289-296.

O’Neill, B.C., Dalton, M., Fuchs, R., Jiang, L., Pachauri, S., and K. Zigova. (2010). Global demographic trends and future carbon emissions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – USA 107 (41), 17521-17526.

O’Neill, B.C., Riahi, K., and Keppo, I. (2010). Mitigation implications of mid-century targets that preserve long-term climate policy options. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – USA 107(3), 1011-1016.

Krey, V., Canadell, J.G., Nakicenovic, N., Abe, Y., Andruleit, H., Archer, D., Grubler, A., Hamilton, N.T.M., Johnson, A., Kostov, V., Lamarque, J.-F., Langhorne, N., Nisbet, E.G., O'Neill, B., Riahi, K., Riedel, M., Wang, W., and V. Yakushev. (2009). Gas hydrates: entrance to a methane age or climate threat?. Environmental Research Letters 4, 034007. 10.1088/1748-9326/4/3/034007

Tanaka, K., Raddatz, T., O'Neill, B.C. and C.H. Reick. (2009). Insufficient forcing uncertainty underestimates the risk of high climate sensitivity. Geophysical Research Letters 36, L16709. 10.1029/2009GL039642

 John Pitlick

Segura C., J. H. McCutchan, W. M. Lewis, and J. Pitlick. (2011). The influence of channel bed disturbance on algae biomass in a Colorado mountain stream. Ecohydrology, v. 4, p. 411-421. doi:10.1002/eco.142

Segura, C. and J. Pitlick. (2010). Scaling frequency of channel-forming flows in snowmelt-dominated streams. Scaling frequency of channel-forming flows in snowmelt-dominated streams. doi:10.1029/2009WR008336

Pitlick, J., Y. Cui, and P. R. Wilcock. (2009). Manual for computing bed load transport using BAGS (Bedload Assessment for Gravel-bed Streams). Software, Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-223, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO, 45 pp.

Rosenberry, D. and J. Pitlick. (2009). Local-scale variability of seepage and hydraulic conductivity in a shallow gravel-bed river. Hydrological Processes, v. 23, p. 3306-3318. doi:10.1002/hyp.7433

Wilcock, P.R., J. Pitlick, and Y. Cui. (2009). Sediment transport primer: estimating bed-material transport in gravel-bed rivers. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-226, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO, 78 pp.

 Tania Schoennagel

Krasnow, K. T. Schoennagel, T.T. Veblen. (2009). Forest fuel mapping and validation of LANDFIRE fuel maps in Boulder County, Colorado. Forest Ecology and Management. 257: 1603- 1612.

Schoennagel, T., C.R. Nelson, D.M. Theobald, G. Carnwath, T.B. Chapman. (2009). Schoennagel, T., C.R. Nelson, D.M. Theobald, G. Carnwath, T.B. Chapman. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In press.

Nelson, C.R., Schoennagel T., and E. Gregory. (2008). Opportunities for academic training in the science and practice of restoration within the United States and Canada. Restoration Ecology 16(2): 125-230.

Schoennagel, T., E.A. Smithwick, M.G. Turner. (2008). Landscape heterogeneity following large fires: Insights from Yellowstone National Park, USA. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 17: 742-753.

Schoennagel, T., T.T. Veblen, D. Kulakowski, and A. Holz. (2007). Multidecadal climate variability and interactions among Pacific and Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies affect subalpine fire occurrence, western Colorado (USA). Ecology 88(11): 2891-2902.

 Mark Serreze

Serreze, M.C., A.P. Barrett, J.C. Stroeve, D.N. Kindig and M.M. Holland. (2009). The emergence of surface-based Arctic amplification. The Cryosphere, 3, 11-19.

Serreze.,M.C. and A.P. Barrett. (2008). The summer cyclone maximum over the central Arctic Ocean. J. Climate, 21, 1048-1065.

Serreze, M.C., A.P. Barrett, A.G. Slater, M. Steele, J. Zhang and K.E. Trenberth. (2007). The large-scale energy budget of the Arctic. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D11122. doi:10.1029/2006JD008230

Serreze, M.C., M.M. Holland and J. Stroeve. (2007). Perspectives on the Arctic's rapidly shrinking sea-ice cover. Science, 315, 1533-1536.

Serreze, M.C., A.P. Barrett, A.G. Slater, R.A. Woodgate, K. Aagaard, R.B. Lammers, M. Steele, R. Moritz, M. Meredith and C.M. Lee. (2006). The large-scale freshwater cycle of the Arctic. J. Geophys. Res., 111, C11010. doi:10.1029/2005JC003424

 Tom Veblen

Schoennagel, T., T.T. Veblen, J.F. Negron, J. M. Smith. (2012). Effects of mountain pine beetle on fuels and expected fire behavior in lodgepole pine forests, Colorado, USA. PLoSONE, 7:1-14.

Holz, A., and T. T. Veblen. (2011). Variability in the Southern Annular Mode determines wildfire activity in Patagonia. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L14710. doi:10.1029/2011GL047674

Veblen, T.T., A.H. Holz, J. Paritsis, E. Raffaele, T. Kitzberger, and M. Blackhall. (2011). Adapting to global environmental change in Patagonia: What role for disturbance ecology? . Austral Ecology, 36:891-903.

Mantgem, P.J. van, N. L. Stephenson, J.C. Byrne, L. D. Daniels, J. F. Franklin, P.Z. Fulé, M.E. Harmon, A.J. Larson, J.M.Smith, A.H. Taylor, T.T. Veblen. (2009). Widespread increase in tree mortality rates in the western United States. Science, 323: 521-524.

Veblen, T.T., T. Kitzberger, E. Raffaele, M. Mermoz, M. E. González, J. S. Sibold, and A. Holz. (2008). The historical range of variability of fires in the Andean Patagonian Nothofagus forest region. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 17:724 741.

 Mark Williams

Leopold M, Williams MW, Caine N, Volkel J, Dethier D. (2011). Internal Structure of the Green Lake 5 Rock Glacier, Colorado Front Range, USA. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI:10.1002/ppp.706

Freppaz M, D Godone, G Filippa, M Maggioni, S Lunardi, MW Williams, E Zanini. (2010). Soil Erosion Caused by Snow Avalanches: A Case Study in the Aosta Valley (NW-ITALY). Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 412-421.

Schmidt S.K., R.C. Lynch, A.J. King, D. Karki, M.S. Robeson, L. Nagy, M.W. Williams, M.S. Mitter, and K.R. Freeman. (2010). Phylogeography of microbial phototrophs in the dry valleys of the high Himalayas and Antarctica. Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, pp 1-7. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1254

Williams MW, TA Erickson, and JL Petrzelka. (2010). Visualizing meltwater flow through snow at the centimetre-to-metre scale using a snow guillotine. Hydrological Processes. DOI:10.1002/hyp.7630

Filippa G, M Freppaz, MW Williams, E Zanini. (in press). Major Element Chemistry in inner-alpine Snowpacks (Aosta Valley Region, North Western Italy). Cold Regions Science and Technology. doi:10.1016/j.coldregions.2010.07.005

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Grad Students

Naomi Arcand

Arcand, N. N. and T. A. Ranker. (2008). Conservation Biology. T. A. Ranker and C. H. Haufler (Eds), Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes. Cambridge University Press: pp. 257-283.

Arcand, N., Kagawa, A.K., Sack, L. and Giambelluca, T.W. (2008). Scaling of frond form in Hawaiian tree fern Cibotium glaucum: compliance with global trends, and application for field estimation. Biotropica, 40 : 686-691.

Sarah Hart

Hart, S.J. . (2011). A Review of Fundamentals of Tree-Ring Research -- James H. Speer. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2010. xxii and 360 pp., 99 b/w photos, 58 illustrations, 9 tables, and 1 map. $59.95 cloth (ISBN - 978-0-8165-2684-0). The Professional Geographer 63:150. 10.1080/00330124.2010.536466

John Knowles

Knowles JF, Blanken PD, Williams MW, Chowanski KM. (2012). Energy and surface moisture seasonally limit evaporation and sublimation from snow-free alpine tundra. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 157: 106-115.

Blanken PD, Williams MW, Burns SP, Monson RK, Knowles J, Chowanski K, Ackerman T . (2009). A comparison of water and carbon dioxide exchange at a windy alpine tundra and subalpine forest site near Niwot Ridge, Colorado. Biogeochemistry 95(1): 61-76.

Daniel McGrath

McGrath, D. and K. Steffen. (2012). ). Recent cooler conditions on the Northern Antarctic Peninsula [In “State of the Climate in 2011”]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 93(7), S154-S155.

McGrath, D., K. Steffen, H. Rajaram, T. Scambos, W. Abdalati, and E. Rignot. (2012). Basal-crevasse-induced surface crevassing on the Larsen C Ice Shelf: Implications for hydrofracture and ice shelf stability. Geophysical Research Letter, 39, L16504. doi:10.1029/2012GL052413

McGrath, D., K. Steffen, T. Scambos, H. Rajaram, G. Casassa and J. Rodriguez Lagos. (2012). Basal crevasses and associated surface crevassing on the Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctica, and their role in ice-shelf instability. Annals of Glaciology, 58(60), 10-18. doi:10.3189/2012AoG60A005

McGrath, D., W. Colgan, K. Steffen, P. Lauffenburger, and J. Balog. (2011). Assessing the summer water budget of a moulin basin in the Sermeq Avannarleq region, Greenland ice sheet. Journal of Glaciology, 57(205), 954-964.

McGrath, D., K. Steffen, I. Overeem, S.H. Mernild, B. Hasholt and M. van den Broeke. (2010). Sediment plumes as proxy for local ice-sheet runoff in Kangerlussuaq Fjord, West Greenland. Journal of Glaciology 56(199), 813-821.

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