PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Uecher, T.M., S.D. Kaspari, K.N. Musselman and S.M. Skiles (2020), The post-wildfire impact of burn severity and age on black carbon snow deposition and implications for snow water resources, Cascade Range, Washington, USA. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 21(8), 1777-1792.
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Henn, B., K.N. Musselman, L. Lestak, F.M. Ralph, and N.P. Molotch (2020), Extreme runoff generation from atmospheric river driven snowmelt during the 2017 Oroville Dam spillways incident. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(14).
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Mendoza, P.A., K.N. Musselman, J.S. Deems, J.R. Revuelto, I. Lopez-Moreno, and J. McPhee (2020), Seasonal and annual variability of snow depth fractal behavior in a sub-alpine catchment. Water Resources Research, 55(7).
Girotto, M., K.N. Musselman, and R.L. Essery (2020), Data assimilation improves estimates of climate-sensitive seasonal snow. Current Climate Change Reports, 6, 81-94.
Musselman, K.N., F. Lehner, K. Ikeda, M.P. Clark, A. Prein, C. Liu, M. Barlage and R. Rasmussen (2018), Projected increases and regime shifts in rain-on-snow flood potential over western North America. Nature Climate Change, 8, 808-812, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0236-4
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Isabelle, P.E., D.F. Nadeau, M.H. Asselin, R. Harvey, K.N. Musselman, A.N. Rousseau, F. Anctil, (2018) Solar radiation transmittance of a boreal balsam fir canopy: Spatiotemporal variability and impacts on growing season hydrology, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 263, 1-14.
Musselman, K.N., N.P. Molotch, and S.A. Margulis (2017), Snowmelt response to simulated warming across a large elevation gradient, southern Sierra Nevada, California. The Cryosphere, 11(6) 2847. DOI: 10.5194/tc-2017-123
López-Moreno, I., S. Gascoin, J. Herrero, E. Spoles, M. Pons, E. Alonso, J. Sickman, K.N. Musselman, A. Boudhar, L. Hanich, N. Molotch, J. Pomeroy (2017), Different sensitivities of snowpack to warming in Mediterranean climate mountain areas. Environmental Research Letters, 12(7), p.074006.
Musselman, K.N., M. P. Clark, C. Liu, K. Ikeda and R. Rasmussen (2017), Slower snowmelt in a warmer world. Nature Climate Change. 7(3), 214-219. DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3225
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Musselman, K.N. and J.W. Pomeroy (2017), Estimation of individual tree temperatures and longwave contribution to melting snow. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 18, 555-572. DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-16-0111.1.
Musselman, K.N., J.W. Pomeroy, N. Leroux, R. Essery (2015), Impact of windflow calculations on simulations of alpine snow accumulation, redistribution and ablation. Hydrological Processes, 29(18), 3983-3999. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10595
Musselman, K.N., J.W. Pomeroy, T.E. Link (2015), Variability in shortwave irradiance caused by forest gaps: Measurements, modelling, and implications for snow energetics. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 207, 69-82.
Harpold, A.A., J.A. Marshall, S.W. Lyon, T.B. Barnhart, B. Fisher, M. Donovan, K.M. Brubaker, C.J. Crosby, N.F. Glenn, C.L. Glennie, P.B. Kirchner, N. Lam, K.D. Mankoff, J.L. McCreight, N.P. Molotch, K.N. Musselman, J. Pelletier, T. Russo, H. Sangireddy, Y. Sjöberg, T. Swetnam, N. West (2015), Laser Vision: LiDAR as a Transformative Tool to Advance Critical Zone Science. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.
Meromy, L., N.P. Molotch, M. Williams, K.N. Musselman, L. Kueppers (2015), Snowpack-climate manipulation using infrared heaters in subalpine forests of the Southern Rocky Mountains, USA. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 203, 142-157.
Harpold, A.A., N.P. Molotch, K.N. Musselman, R.C. Bales, P.B. Kirchner, M. Litvak, and P.D. Brooks (2014), Snowmelt infiltration in mixed conifer subalpine forests. Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10400.
Harpold, A.A., Q. Guo, N. Molotch, P.D. Brooks, R. Bales, J.C. Fernandez-Diaz, K.N. Musselman, T.L. Swetnam, P. Kirchner, M. Meadows, J. Flanagan, and R. Lucas (2014), LiDAR-derived snowpack data sets from mixed conifer forests across the Western United States, Water Resour. Res., 50, DOI:10.1002/2013WR013935.
Musselman, K.N., S.A. Margulis, and N.P. Molotch (2013), Solar direct beam transmittance of conifer canopies from airborne LiDAR. Remote Sensing of Environment. 136 403-415.
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Perrot, D.O., N.P. Molotch, K.N. Musselman, and E.T. Pugh (2013), Modeling the effects of the Mountain Pine Beetle on snowmelt rates in a subalpine forest. Ecohydrology. DOI: 10.1002/eco.1329
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Huang, C., S.A. Margulis, M.T. Durand, and K.N. Musselman (2012), Assessment of snow grain‐size model and stratigraphy representation impacts on snow radiance assimilation: Forward Modeling Evaluation, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 50 (11) 4551 – 4564. ISSN 0196-2892, DOI:10.1109/TGRS.2012.2192480.
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López-Moreno, J.I., S.R. Fassnacht, J.T. Heath, K.N. Musselman, J. Revuelto, J. Latron, E. Morán-Tejeda, T. Jonas (2012), Small scale spatial variability of snow density and depth over complex alpine terrain: Implications for estimating snow water equivalent, Advances in Water Resources, ISSN 0309- 1708, DOI:10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.08.010.
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Musselman, K.N., N.P. Molotch, S.A. Margulis, M. Lehning, and D. Gustafsson (2012), Improved snowmelt simulations with a canopy model forced with photo-derived direct beam canopy transmissivity, Water Resour. Res., 48, W10509, DOI:10.1029/2012WR012285.
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Musselman, K.N., N.P. Molotch, S.A. Margulis, P.B. Kirchner, and R.C. Bales (2012), Influence of canopy structure and direct beam solar irradiance on snowmelt rates in a mixed conifer forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Volume 161, 15 August 2012, Pages 46-56, ISSN 0168-1923, DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.03.011.
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Molotch, N.P., P.D. Brooks, S.P. Burns, M. Litvak, R.K. Monson, J.R. McConnell, and K.N. Musselman (2009), Ecohydrological controls on snowmelt partitioning in mixed-conifer sub-alpine forests, Ecohydrology, 2, 129– 142, DOI:10.1002/eco.48.
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Musselman, K.N., N.P. Molotch, and P.D. Brooks, (2008), Effects of vegetation on snow accumulation and ablation in a mid-latitude sub-alpine forest, Hydrological Processes, Vol 22, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7050.