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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
Contact
Irina Overeem SEEC C160A (enter through C170A)
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News
Humans want stable landscapes; but rivers need to move (Univ. of Texas at Austin)
River deltas change over time, and the freedom to shift river location is important to maintaining a healthy ecosystem. However, humans are used to the stability of fixed infrastructure, so they struggle dealing with dynamic landforms like river deltas. But rivers changing course and evolving over time is a good sign for the delta and the environment around it. In a new commentary published in Earth’s Future, a national team of experts including Irina Overeem examines the ongoing conflict between stability and sustainability in heavily populated river deltas, such as the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna in India/Bangladesh and Mississippi in the U.S. Read more
Two CU Boulder profs elected to National Academy of Sciences (Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine)
Geologist (and INSTAAR) Robert S. Anderson and astrophysicist Fran Bagenal recognized for ‘distinguished and continuing achievements in original research’. Read more
Researchers find that heavy snowmelt plus usually warm temperatures amped up Oroville Dam incident
In February 2017, failures in the spillways of Oroville Dam forced the evacuation of 188,000 people and caused $1 billion in damage repairs. According to scientists, including INSTAARs Keith Musselman, Leanne Lestak, and Noah Molotch, a warmer climate might create more dangerous events like this. Read more
Publications
Publications for CRYSP faculty members R. Anderson, S. Anderson, Molotch, and Overeem are shown below
A sediment budget for the lower Yellow River during the years 1580-1849
All Authors:
Chen Y; Overeem I; Gao S; Syvitski JPM; KETTNER A
Publication Date: 2016-04-29Type: Conference Proceeding
Optimizing Available Network Resources to Address Questions in Environmental Biogeochemistry
CU Boulder Authors:
Fierer, Noah; SanClements, Michael; Suding, Katharine Nash; Neff, Jason C; Bowman, Bill; Blanken, Peter David; Anderson, Suzanne Prestrud; Wieder, Will; Elmendorf, Sarah Claire; Hinckley, Eve-Lyn
All Authors:
Published in: BioscienceHinckley E-LS; Anderson SP; Baron JS; Blanken PD; Bonan GB; Bowman WD; Elmendorf SC; Fierer N; Fox AM; Goodman KJ...
- Hinckley E-LS
- Anderson SP
- Baron JS
- Blanken PD
- Bonan GB
- Bowman WD
- Elmendorf SC
- Fierer N
- Fox AM
- Goodman KJ
Publication Date: 2016-04-01
Type: Journal Article
Energy budget increases reduce mean streamflow more than snow-rain transitions: using integrated modeling to isolate climate change impacts on Rocky Mountain hydrology
CU Boulder Authors:
Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Foster LM; Bearup LA; Molotch NP; Brooks PD; Maxwell RM
Published in: Environmental Research LettersPublication Date: 2016-04-01
Type: Journal Article
Mapping the future expansion of Arctic open water (vol 6, pg 280, 2016)
All Authors:
Barnhart KR; Miller CR; Overeem I; Kay JE
Published in: Nature Climate ChangePublication Date: 2016-03-01
Type: Journal Article
Recent acceleration in coastal retreat rates revealed with cosmogenic 10Be
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob
All Authors:
ANDERSON RS; Hurst, M.D., D.H. Rood, M.A. Ellis,
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USAPublication Date: 2016-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Designing a suite of measurements to understand the critical zone
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Suzanne Prestrud
All Authors:
Brantley SL; DiBiase RA; Russo TA; Shi Y; Lin H; Davis KJ; Kaye M; Hill L; Kaye J; Eissenstat DM
Published in: Earth Surface DynamicsPublication Date: 2016-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Modeling debris-covered glaciers: response to steady debris deposition
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob
All Authors:
Anderson LS; Anderson RS
Published in: The CryospherePublication Date: 2016-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Spatio-temporal variability of snow water equivalent in the extra-tropical Andes Cordillera from distributed energy balance modeling and remotely sensed snow cover
CU Boulder Authors:
Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Cornwell E; Molotch NP; McPhee J
Published in: Hydrology and Earth System SciencesPublication Date: 2016-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Case study of spatial and temporal variability of snow cover, grain size, albedo and radiative forcing in the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountain snowpack derived from imaging spectroscopy
CU Boulder Authors:
Molotch, Noah Paul; Rittger, Karl E
All Authors:
Seidel FC; Rittger K; Skiles SM; Molotch NP; Painter TH
Published in: The CryospherePublication Date: 2016-01-01
Type: Journal Article
The 2016 Kirk Bryan field trip
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob; Pitlick, John
All Authors:
Publication Date: 2016-01-01Type: Journal Article
A novel technique to detect turbid water and mask clouds in Greenland fjords
CU Boulder Authors:
Overeem, Irina; Syvitski, Jaia
All Authors:
Hudson BD; Overeem I; Syvitski JPM
Published in: International Journal of Remote SensingPublication Date: 2016-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Flood Risk and Climate Change: The Contributions of Remote Sensing
All Authors:
Brakenridge GR; Slayback DA; KETTNER A; Cohen S; Syvitski JPM; Overeem I; de Groeve T
Publication Date: 2015-12-14Type: Conference Proceeding
Exposing earth surface process model simulations to a larger audience
CU Boulder Authors:
Overeem, Irina; Kettner, Albert
All Authors:
Overeem I; KETTNER A; Borkowski L
Publication Date: 2015-12-14Type: Conference Proceeding
The 'teflon basin' myth: hydrology and hydrochemistry of a seasonally snow-covered catchment
CU Boulder Authors:
Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Williams MW; Hood E; Molotch NP; Caine N; Cowie R; Liu F
Published in: Plant Ecology and DiversityPublication Date: 2015-11-02
Type: Journal Article
Pinched topography initiates the critical zone
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob
All Authors:
Anderson RS
Published in: SciencePublication Date: 2015-10-30
Type: Journal Article
Sensitivity of soil water availability to changing snowmelt timing in the western US
CU Boulder Authors:
Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Harpold AA; Molotch NP
Published in: Geophysical Research LettersPublication Date: 2015-10-16
Type: Journal Article
Interpreting climate-modulated processes of terrace development along the Colorado Front Range using a landscape evolution model
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob; Tucker, Greg
All Authors:
Langston AL; Tucker GE; Anderson RS
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth SurfacePublication Date: 2015-10-01
Type: Journal Article
Decoding potential effects of climate and vegetation change on mineral weathering in alpine soils: An experimental study in the Wind River Range (Wyoming, USA)
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Suzanne Prestrud
All Authors:
Mavris C; Furrer G; Dahms D; Anderson SP; Blum A; Goetze J; Wells A; Egli M
Published in: GeodermaPublication Date: 2015-10-01
Type: Journal Article
Particle trajectories on hillslopes: Implications for particle age and 10Be structure
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob
All Authors:
Anderson RS
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth SurfacePublication Date: 2015-09-01
Type: Journal Article
Quantifying the effects of vegetation structure on snow accumulation and ablation in mixed-conifer forests
CU Boulder Authors:
Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Broxton PD; Harpold AA; Biederman JA; Troch PA; Molotch NP; Brooks PD
Published in: EcohydrologyPublication Date: 2015-09-01
Type: Journal Article
Morphological changes due to flooding: the Indus River
All Authors:
KETTNER A; Syvitski JPM; Overeem I; Brakenridge GR
Publication Date: 2015-08-30Type: Conference Proceeding
Evidence for climatic and hillslope-aspect controls on vadose zone hydrology and implications for saprolite weathering
All Authors:
Langston AL; Tucker GE; Anderson RS; Anderson SP
Published in: Earth Surface Processes and LandformsPublication Date: 2015-07-01
Type: Journal Article
Modeling flood dynamics along the superelevated channel belt of the Yellow River over the last 3000 years
All Authors:
Chen Y; Overeem I; Kettner AJ; Gao S; Syvitski JPM
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth SurfacePublication Date: 2015-07-01
Type: Journal Article
Soil moisture response to snowmelt timing in mixed-conifer subalpine forests
CU Boulder Authors:
Musselman, Keith N; Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Harpold AA; Molotch NP; Musselman KN; Bales RC; Kirchner PB; Litvak M; Brooks PD
Published in: Hydrological ProcessesPublication Date: 2015-06-15
Type: Journal Article
Bringing earth surface processes simulations to large audiences
All Authors:
Overeem I; Borkowski L; KETTNER A; Russell B; Peddicord H
Publication Date: 2015-05-26Type: Conference Proceeding