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Cryosphere and Surface Processes Lab
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CRYSP Lab
We study snow, glaciers and ice and how they impact landscapes and hydrology. We employ a range of field and laboratory approaches to measure and model the many surface processes that are involved.
Irina Overeem
Group organizer, faculty fellow
Bob Anderson
Faculty fellow
Suzanne Anderson
Faculty fellow
Josie Arcuri
Grad student
Noah Molotch
Faculty fellow
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Irina Overeem SEEC C160A (enter through C170A)
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News
The search for solutions to Colorado’s water crisis (5280)
An extensive essay in 5280 outlines the history, status, and potential responses to Colorado's ongoing--and growing--water shortage. Noah Molotch describes his work calculating snow-water equivalent using remote sensing as part of the piece. Read more
How the winter storm could impact California reservoirs (Newsweek)
Southern California is bracing for a cold winter storm that is expected to bring up to 5 feet of snow accumulation in certain areas. Noah Molotch and other LTER hydrologists are interviewed about the state of California's snowpack and water supply. Read more
Announcing the Colorado Art Science Environment Fellows and Colorado State Capitol Exhibition (CU Boulder Community Outreach and Engagement)
The Office for Outreach and Engagement announces the CASE Fellows program. The program pairs Colorado artists with CU Boulder scientists to produce art that will be exhibited at the Colorado State Capitol in an exhibition about how Coloradans are experiencing interrelated challenges of fire, drought, and water and air quality. Lisa Schwartz from OOE is leading the program in partnership with Shelly Sommer at INSTAAR, Boulder County Arts Alliance and with exhibition and curatorial support from Amy Hoagland. Read more
Publications
Publications for CRYSP faculty members R. Anderson, S. Anderson, Molotch, and Overeem are shown below
Observations and simulations of the seasonal evolution of snowpack cold content and its relation to snowmelt and the snowpack energy budget
CU Boulder Authors:
Kittel, Timothy; Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Jennings KS; Kittel TGF; Molotch NP
Published in: The CryospherePublication Date: 2018-05-03
Type: Journal Article
Strong variation in weathering of layered rock maintains hillslope-scale strength under high precipitation
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob; Anderson, Suzanne Prestrud
All Authors:
Von Voigtlander J; Clark MK; Zekkos D; Greenwood WW; Anderson SP; Anderson RS; Godt JW
Published in: Earth Surface Processes and LandformsPublication Date: 2018-05-01
Type: Journal Article
Continent-wide estimates of Antarctic strain rates from Landsat 8-derived velocity grids
CU Boulder Authors:
Scambos, Theodore A; Anderson, Bob
All Authors:
Alley KE; Scambos TA; Anderson RS; Rajaram H; Pope A; Haran TM
Published in: Journal of GlaciologyPublication Date: 2018-04-01
Type: Journal Article
A model of water and sediment balance as determinants of relative sea level rise in contemporary and future deltas
CU Boulder Authors:
Syvitski, Jaia; Overeem, Irina
All Authors:
Tessler ZD; Voeroesmarty CJ; Overeem I; Syvitski JPM
Published in: GeomorphologyPublication Date: 2018-03-15
Type: Journal Article
The Role of Frozen Soil in Groundwater Discharge Predictions for Warming Alpine Watersheds
CU Boulder Authors:
Ge, Shemin; Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Evans SG; Ge S; Voss CI; Molotch NP
Published in: Water Resources ResearchPublication Date: 2018-03-01
Type: Journal Article
Elevating the biogeosciences within environmental research networks
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Suzanne Prestrud
All Authors:
Publication Date: 2018-02-22Richter DD; Billings SA; Groffman PM; Kelly EF; Lohse KA; McDowell WH; Riebe C; Silver WL; White TS; Anderson S...
- Richter DD
- Billings SA
- Groffman PM
- Kelly EF
- Lohse KA
- McDowell WH
- Riebe C
- Silver WL
- White TS
- Anderson S
Type: Journal Article
Evapotranspiration sensitivity to air temperature across a snow-influenced watershed: Space-for-time substitution versus integrated watershed modeling
CU Boulder Authors:
Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Jepsen SM; Harmon TC; Ficklin DL; Molotch NP; Guan B
Published in: Journal of HydrologyPublication Date: 2018-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Quasi-Steady Evolution of Hillslopes in Layered Landscapes: An Analytic Approach
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob
All Authors:
Glade RC; Anderson RS
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth SurfacePublication Date: 2018-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Estimating Change in Flooding for the 21st Century Under a Conservative RCP Forcing: A Global Hydrological Modeling Assessment
All Authors:
Kettner AJ; Cohen S; Overeem I; Fekete BM; Brakenridge GR; Syvitski JPM
Published in: Geophysical MonographPublication Date: 2018-01-01
Type: Chapter
Topographic heterogeneity explains patterns of vegetation response to climate change (1972–2008) across a mountain landscape, Niwot Ridge, Colorado
CU Boulder Authors:
Molotch, Noah Paul; Suding, Katharine Nash
All Authors:
Bueno de Mesquita CP; Tillmann LS; Bernard CD; Rosemond KC; Molotch NP; Suding KN
Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine ResearchPublication Date: 2018-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Designing a network of critical zone observatories to explore the living skin of the terrestrial Earth
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Suzanne Prestrud
All Authors:
Published in: Earth Surface DynamicsBrantley SL; McDowell WH; Dietrich WE; White TS; Kumar P; Anderson SP; Chorover J; Lohse KA; Bales RC; Richter DD...
- Brantley SL
- McDowell WH
- Dietrich WE
- White TS
- Kumar P
- Anderson SP
- Chorover J
- Lohse KA
- Bales RC
- Richter DD
Publication Date: 2017-12-18
Type: Journal Article
Snowmelt response to simulated warming across a large elevation gradient, southern Sierra Nevada, California
CU Boulder Authors:
Musselman, Keith N; Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Musselman KN; Molotch NP; Margulis SA
Published in: The CryospherePublication Date: 2017-12-11
Type: Journal Article
Greenland: Build an economy on sand
CU Boulder Authors:
Overeem, Irina
All Authors:
Bendixen M; Iversen LL; Overeem I
Published in: SciencePublication Date: 2017-11-17
Type: Journal Article
Episodic Neoglacial expansion and rapid 20th century retreat of a small ice cap on Baffin Island, Arctic Canada, and modeled temperature change
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob; Jahn, Alexandra
All Authors:
Pendleton SL; Miller GH; Anderson RA; Crump SE; Zhong Y; Jahn A; Geirsdottir A
Published in: Climate of the PastPublication Date: 2017-11-16
Type: Journal Article
Doomed to drown? Sediment dynamics in the human-controlled floodplains of the active Bengal Delta
CU Boulder Authors:
Rogers, Kimberly Gay; Overeem, Irina
All Authors:
Rogers KG; Overeem I
Published in: Elementa: Science of the AnthropocenePublication Date: 2017-11-10
Type: Journal Article
Interpreting exposure ages from ice-cored moraines: a Neoglacial case study on Baffin Island, Arctic Canada
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob
All Authors:
Crump SE; Anderson LS; Miller GH; Anderson RS
Published in: Journal of Quaternary SciencePublication Date: 2017-11-01
Type: Journal Article
Dating of river terraces along Lefthand Creek, western High Plains, Colorado, reveals punctuated incision
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob
All Authors:
Foster MA; Anderson RS; Gray HJ; Mahan SA
Published in: GeomorphologyPublication Date: 2017-10-15
Type: Journal Article
GRACE Groundwater Drought Index: Evaluation of California Central Valley groundwater drought
CU Boulder Authors:
Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Thomas BF; Famiglietti JS; Landerer FW; Wiese DN; Molotch NP; Argus DF
Published in: Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journalPublication Date: 2017-09-01
Type: Journal Article
Critical zone properties control the fate of nitrogen during experimental rainfall in montane forests of the Colorado Front Range (vol 132, pg 213, 2017)
CU Boulder Authors:
Hinckley, Eve-Lyn; Anderson, Suzanne Prestrud
All Authors:
Hinckley E-LS; Ebel BA; Barnes RT; Murphy SF; Anderson SP
Published in: Biogeochemistry: an international journalPublication Date: 2017-08-01
Type: Journal Article
A FIRST OVERVIEW OF SNOWEX GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING ACTIVITIES DURING THE WINTER 2016-2017
All Authors:
Publication Date: 2017-07-23Brucker L; Hiemstra C; Marshall H-P; Elder K; De Roo R; Mousavi M; Bliven F; Peterson W; Deems J; Gadomski P...
- Brucker L
- Hiemstra C
- Marshall H-P
- Elder K
- De Roo R
- Mousavi M
- Bliven F
- Peterson W
- Deems J
- Gadomski P
Type: Conference Proceeding
Morphological response to flooding in a human controlled fluvial system, the Indus River.
All Authors:
KETTNER A; overeem I; Brakenridge GR; Syvitski JPM
Publication Date: 2017-07-17Type: Conference Proceeding
Sources of streamflow along a headwater catchment elevational gradient
CU Boulder Authors:
Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Cowie RM; Knowles JF; Dailey KR; Williams MW; Mills TJ; Molotch NP
Published in: Journal of HydrologyPublication Date: 2017-06-01
Type: Journal Article
On the use of a snow aridity index to predict remotely sensed forest productivity in the presence of bark beetle disturbance
CU Boulder Authors:
Lestak, Leanne; Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Knowles JF; Lestak LR; Molotch NP
Published in: Water Resources ResearchPublication Date: 2017-06-01
Type: Journal Article
Topoclimate effects on growing season length and montane conifer growth in complex terrain
CU Boulder Authors:
Barnard, Holly Rene; Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Barnard DM; Barnard HR; Molotch NP
Published in: Environmental Research LettersPublication Date: 2017-05-01
Type: Journal Article
Present and past glaciation on Pluto
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob
All Authors:
Published in: IcarusHoward AD; Moore JM; Umurhan OM; White OL; Anderson RS; McKinnon WB; Spencer JR; Schenk PM; Beyer RA; Stern SA...
- Howard AD
- Moore JM
- Umurhan OM
- White OL
- Anderson RS
- McKinnon WB
- Spencer JR
- Schenk PM
- Beyer RA
- Stern SA
Publication Date: 2017-05-01
Type: Journal Article