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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
After wildfires, scorched trees could disrupt water supplies (AP News)
As climate change fuels the spread of wildfires across the West, researchers want to know how the dual effect might disrupt water supplies. Noah Molotch is among those interviewed. Read more
Q&A with an expert: Winter Olympics in a warming world (CU Boulder Today)
When the 2022 Winter Olympics kick off in and around Beijing, China, this Friday it will mark the first time in the history of the Winter Games that outdoor events rely almost entirely on artificial snow. Noah Molotch speaks to the science of human-made snow, its use at the Olympics, and how climate change may impact the future of snow sports around the world and here in Colorado. Read more
CU Boulder team granted $2.56M to transform Earth surface science (CIRES)
The National Science Foundation has awarded a highly competitive grant to a team of scientists building OpenEarthScape, a set of models and simulations to help anticipate changes in river flow, beach erosion, landslides and more. The $2.56M grant will support five years of work by earth surface scientists, including modelers, who are determined to better understand the forces that re-shape our landscapes over hours to epochs. Eric Hutton, Albert Kettner, Irina Overeem, Mark Piper are co-PIs on the grant. Read more
Publications
Publications for CRYSP faculty members R. Anderson, S. Anderson, Molotch, and Overeem are shown below
Designing a network of critical zone observatories to explore the living skin of the terrestrial Earth
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Suzanne Prestrud
All Authors:
Publication Date: 2017-06-19Brantley SL; McDowell WH; Dietrich WE; White TS; Kumar P; Anderson S; Chorover J; Lohse KA; Bales RC; Richter D...
- Brantley SL
- McDowell WH
- Dietrich WE
- White TS
- Kumar P
- Anderson S
- Chorover J
- Lohse KA
- Bales RC
- Richter D
Type: Journal Article
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:
Molotch, Noah Paul; Lestak, Leanne
All Authors:
Knowles JF; Lestak LR; Molotch NP
Published in: Water Resources ResearchPublication Date: 2017-06-01
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
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
Large near-term projected snowpack loss over the western United States
CU Boulder Authors:
Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Fyfe JC; Derksen C; Mudryk L; Flato GM; Santer BD; Swart NC; Molotch NP; Zhang X; Wan H; Arora VK
Published in: Nature CommunicationsPublication Date: 2017-04-18
Type: Journal Article
Block-controlled hillslope form and persistence of topography in rocky landscapes
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob; Tucker, Greg
All Authors:
Glade RC; Anderson RS; Tucker GE
Published in: Geology (Boulder)Publication Date: 2017-04-01
Type: Journal Article
Colloidal transport in the Gordon Gulch catchment of the Boulder Creek CZO and its effect on C-Q relationships for silicon
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Suzanne Prestrud
All Authors:
Aguirre AA; Derry LA; Mills TJ; Anderson SP
Published in: Water Resources ResearchPublication Date: 2017-03-01
Type: Journal Article
Characterizing the transient geomorphic response to base-level fall in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau
CU Boulder Authors:
Pitlick, John; Anderson, Bob
All Authors:
Zhang H; Kirby E; Pitlick J; Anderson RS; Zhang P
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth SurfacePublication Date: 2017-02-01
Type: Journal Article
Design with nature: Causation and avoidance of catastrophic flooding, Myanmar
All Authors:
Brakenridge GR; Syvitski JPM; Niebuhr E; Overeem I; Higgins SA; Kettner AJ; Prades L
Published in: Earth-Science ReviewsPublication Date: 2017-02-01
Type: Journal Article
Critical zone properties control the fate of nitrogen during experimental rainfall in montane forests of the Colorado Front Range
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: 2017-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Colloid Mobilization and Seasonal Variability in a Semiarid Headwater Stream
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Suzanne Prestrud
All Authors:
Mills TJ; Anderson SP; Bern C; Aguirre A; Derry LA
Published in: Journal of Environmental QualityPublication Date: 2017-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Quantifying insect-related forest mortality with the remote sensing of snow
CU Boulder Authors:
Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Baker EH; Painter TH; Schneider D; Meddens AJH; Hicke JA; Molotch NP
Published in: Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journalPublication Date: 2017-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Impacts of increasing aridity and wildfires on aerosol loading in the intermountain Western US
CU Boulder Authors:
Molotch, Noah Paul; Livneh, Ben
All Authors:
Published in: Environmental Research LettersHallar AG; Molotch NP; Hand JL; Livneh B; McCubbin IB; Petersen R; Michalsky J; Lowenthal D; Kunkel KE...
- Hallar AG
- Molotch NP
- Hand JL
- Livneh B
- McCubbin IB
- Petersen R
- Michalsky J
- Lowenthal D
- Kunkel KE
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Type: Journal Article
Episodic Neoglacial expansion and rapid 20th Century retreat of a small ice cap on Baffin Island. Arctic Canada
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob
All Authors:
Pendleton S; Miller GH; Anderson RS; Crump AE
Published in: Climate of the PastPublication Date: 2017-01-01
Type: Journal Article
A numerical analyzes on how climate change affects riverine flooding
All Authors:
KETTNER A; Cohen S; Overeem I; Fekete BM; Brakenridge GR; Syvitski JPM
Publication Date: 2016-12-12Type: Conference Proceeding
Recent acceleration in coastal cliff retreat rates on the south coast of Great Britain
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob
All Authors:
Hurst MD; Rood DH; Ellis MA; Anderson RS; Dornbusch U
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USAPublication Date: 2016-11-22
Type: Journal Article
Real-time estimation of snow water equivalent in the Upper Colorado River Basin using MODIS-based SWE Reconstructions and SNOTEL data
CU Boulder Authors:
Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Schneider D; Molotch NP
Published in: Water Resources ResearchPublication Date: 2016-10-01
Type: Journal Article
Measuring spatiotemporal variation in snow optical grain size under a subalpine forest canopy using contact spectroscopy
CU Boulder Authors:
Burns, Sean; Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Molotch NP; Barnard DM; Burns SP; Painter TH
Published in: Water Resources ResearchPublication Date: 2016-09-01
Type: Journal Article
Earlier snowmelt reduces atmospheric carbon uptake in midlatitude subalpine forests
CU Boulder Authors:
Burns, Sean; Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Winchell TS; Barnard DM; Monson RK; Burns SP; Molotch NP
Published in: Geophysical Research LettersPublication Date: 2016-08-16
Type: Journal Article
Snowmelt rate dictates streamflow
CU Boulder Authors:
Livneh, Ben; Molotch, Noah Paul
All Authors:
Barnhart TB; Molotch NP; Livneh B; Harpold AA; Knowles JF; Schneider D
Published in: Geophysical Research LettersPublication Date: 2016-08-16
Type: Journal Article
Modeling the WorldView-derived seasonal velocity evolution of Kennicott Glacier, Alaska
CU Boulder Authors:
Rajaram, Harihar; Anderson, Bob
All Authors:
Armstrong WH; Anderson RS; Allen J; Rajaram H
Published in: Journal of GlaciologyPublication Date: 2016-08-01
Type: Journal Article
Assessing the effect of a major storm on (BE)-B-10 concentrations and inferred basin-averaged denudation rates
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob
All Authors:
Foster MA; Anderson RS
Published in: Quaternary GeochronologyPublication Date: 2016-08-01
Type: Journal Article
Gophers as geomorphic agents in the Colorado Front Range subalpine zone
CU Boulder Authors:
Doak, Daniel F.; Anderson, Bob
All Authors:
Winchell EW; Anderson RS; Lombardi EM; Doak DF
Published in: GeomorphologyPublication Date: 2016-07-01
Type: Journal Article
Hillslope-derived blocks retard river incision
CU Boulder Authors:
Anderson, Bob; Tucker, Greg
All Authors:
Shobe CM; Tucker GE; Anderson RS
Published in: Geophysical Research LettersPublication Date: 2016-05-28
Type: Journal Article