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Jeffrey Deems
Research Scientist II
PhD, Colorado State University, 2007
Snow properties; snow hydrology; snow depth mapping; climate change impacts on snow and water resources; LIDAR remote sensing; avalanche formation; hydrologic modeling
- Integrated Hydrologic Response to Extreme Deposition of the Snow Cover of the Colorado River Basin
Activities
Science Liaison, Operation Ice Bridge
Member, NASA Snow Working Group-Remote Sensing, Steering Committee
Member, American Geophysical Union
Member, American Avalanche Association
Publications
2016
Painter, T. H., D. F. Berisford, J. W. Boardman, K. J. Bormann, J. S. Deems, F. Gehrke, A. Hedrick, M. Joyce, R. Laidlaw, D. Marks, C. Mattmann, B. McGurk, P. Ramirez, M. Richardson, S. M Skiles, F. C. Seidel, and A. Winstral. 2016. The Airborne Snow Observatory: Fusion of scanning lidar, imaging spectrometer, and physically-based modeling for mapping snow water equivalent and snow albedo. Remote Sensing of the Environment 184: 139-152. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2016.06.018.
2015
Deems, J. S., P. J. Gadomski, D. Vellone, R. Evanczyk, A. L. LeWinter, K. W. Birkeland, and D. C. Finnegan. 2015. Mapping start zone snow depth with a ground-based lidar to assist avalanche control and forecasting. Cold Regions Science and Technology 120: 197-204, doi:10.1015/j.coldregions.2015.09.002.
Livneh, B., J. S. Deems, B. Buma, J. J. Barsugli, D. Schneider, N. P. Molotch, K. Wolter, and C. A. Wessman. 2015. Catchment response to bark beetle outbreak and dust-on-snow in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Journal of Hydrology 523: 196-210, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.01.039.
2014
Tedesco, M., C. Derksen, J. S. Deems, and J. L. Foster. 2014. Remote sensing of snow depth and snow water equivalent. In Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere, ed. M. Tedesco. Chichester, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., doi:10.1002/9781118368909.ch5.
Livneh, B., J. S. Deems, D. Schneider, J. J. Barsugli, and M. P. Molotch. 2014. Filling in the gaps: Inferring spatially distributed precipitation from gauge observations over complex terrain. Water Resources Research 50(11): 8,589-8,610, doi:10.1002/2014WR015442.
2013
Bryant, A. C., T. H. Painter, J. S. Deems, and S. M. Bender. 2013. Impact of dust radiative forcing in snow on accuracy of operational runoff prediction in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Geophysical Research Letters 40(15): 3,945-3,949, doi:10.1002/grl.50773.
Deems, J. S., T. H. Painter, J. J. Barsugli, J. Belnap, and B. Udall. 2013. Combined impacts of current and future dust deposition and regional warming on Colorado River Basin snow dynamics and hydrology. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 17(11): 4,401-4,413, doi:10.5194/hess-17-4401-2013.
Deems, J. S., T. H. Painter, and D. C. Finnegan. 2013. Lidar measurement of snow depth: a review. Journal of Glaciology 59(215): 467-479, doi:10.3189/2013JoG12J154.
2012
Painter, T. H., S. M. Skiles, J. S. Deems, A. C. Bryant, and C. C. Landry. 2012. Dust radiative forcing in snow of the Upper Colorado River Basin: 1. A 6 year record of energy balance, radiation, and dust concentrations. Water Resources Research 48, W07521, doi:10.1029/2012WR011985.
Skiles, S. M., T. H. Painter, J. S. Deems, A. C. Bryant, and C. C. Landry. 2012. Dust radiative forcing in snow of the Upper Colorado River Basin: 2. Interannual variability in radiative forcing and snowmelt rates. Water Resources Research 48, W07522, doi:10.1029/2012WR011986.
2010
Elsner, M. M., L. Cuo, N. Voisin, J. S. Deems, A. F. Hamlet, J. A. Vano, K. E. B. Mickelson, S.-Y. Lee, and D. P. Lettenmaier. 2010. Implications of 21st century climate change for the hydrology of Washington State. Climatic Change 102: 225-260, doi:10.1007/s10584-010-9855-0.
Lowry, C. S., J. S. Deems, S. P. Loheide II, and J. D. Lundquist. 2010. Linking snowmelt-derived fluxes and groundwater flow in a high elevation meadow system, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. Hydrological Processes 24(20): 2,821-2,833, doi:10.1002/hyp.7714.
Painter, T. H., J. S. Deems, J. Belnap, A. F. Hamlet, C. C. Landry, B. Udall, B. 2010. Response of Colorado River runoff to dust radiative forcing in snow. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(40): 17,125-17,130, doi:10.1073/pnas.0913139107.
2009
Fassnacht, S. R., J. D. Stednick, J. S. Deems, and M. V. Corrao. 2009. Metrics for assessing snow surface roughness from digital imagery. Water Resources Research 45, W00D31, doi:10.1029/2008WR006986.
2008
Deems, J. S., S. R. Fassnacht, and K. J. Elder. 2008. Interannual consistency in fractal snow depth patterns at two Colorado mountain sites. Journal of Hydrometeorology 9(5): 977-988, doi:10.1175/2008JHM901.1.
2006
Deems, J. S., S. R. Fassnacht, and K. J. Elder. 2006. Fractal distribution of snow depth from LiDAR data. Journal of Hydrometeorology 7(2): 285-297, doi:10.1175/JHM487.1.
Fassnacht, S. R., and J. S. Deems. 2006. Measurement Sampling and Scaling for Deep Montane Snow Depth Data. Hydrological Processes 20: 829-838, doi:10.1002/hyp.6119.
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