Education
| 2000 | Ph.D. | Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 1995 | M.A.Sc. | Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo |
| 1992 | B.A.Sc. | Civil Engineering (Water Resources), University of Waterloo |
Employment
| 2014-present | Professor | ESS-Watershed Science, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University |
| 2008-2014 | Associate Professor | Watershed Science Program, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University |
| 2002-2008 | Assistant Professor | Watershed Science Program, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University |
| 2000-2002 | Research Associate | Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson |
| 1995-1999 | Graduate Research Engineer | Hydrology Group, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo |
| 1993-1994 | Research Assistant | Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo |
| 1991-1993 | Engineer-in-Training | Environment Canada, Yellowknife, NT |
| 1991 | Assistant Hydrometric Technician | Water Survey of Canada, Nepean, Ontario |
| 1990 | Assistant Information Broker | Fraunhofer Institute, Stuttgart, Germany |
| 1989 | Researcher | Centre de Technologie Noranda, Pointe Claire, Quebec |
Appointments
| November 2023 – March 2024 | Fulbright Visiting Research Scientist | Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME) |
| October 2023 | Fulbright Visiting Professor | Universidad de Playa Ancha (UPLA) |
| October 2022 | Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Short-term Fellow / Visiting Scientist | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) |
| fall 2016 – spring 2017 | Visiting Professor | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (GAUG) |
| 2016-2020 | Water and Environmental Sustainability Coordinator | Confucius Institute at Colorado State University (CICSU) |
| 2015-2023 | Associate Director | Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program at Colorado State University |
| 2014-present | Fellow | Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere |
| 2014-2017 | Associate Director | Geospatial Centroid at Colorado State University |
| 2010-present | Senior Research Scientist | Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory |
| fall 2009 | Research Scientist | CEDEX, Madrid and IPE/CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain |
| 2002-2010 | Adjunct Assistant/Associate Professor | Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo |
Awards and Activities
| 2024 | Colorado State University Career Impact Award Nominee |
| 2023 | Fulbright Global Scholar Awardee |
| 2023 | Harry E. Troxell Distinguished Service to Students Faculty Award |
| 2023 | Outstanding Publication Award (department) (for Kampf et al., 2022) |
| 2022 | Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory Most Proposals Submitted |
| 2022 | Fellowship, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science |
| 2021 | Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory Graduate Student Advisor of the Year |
| 2021 | Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory Most Publications of the Year (with two others) |
| 2020 | Warner College of Natural Resources Recognition of Creative, Innovative, and Impactful Instruction During the Pandemic (part of the NR220 Teaching Team) |
| 2019 | Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory Most Proposals Submitted |
| 2018 | Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory Graduate Student Advisor of the Year |
| 2018 | Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory Most Publications of the Year |
| 2018 | Confucius Institute at Colorado State University Outstanding Faculty Award |
| 2017 | Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory Most Publications of the Year |
| 2017 | Colorado State University Provost’s N. Preston Davis Award for Instructional Innovation |
| 2013 | Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory Outstanding Advisor Award |
| 2009-present | Eastern Snow Conference Past President |
| 2008-2009 | Eastern Snow Conference President |
| 2008 | Eastern Snow Conference SnoFoo Award |
| 2007-2008 | Eastern Snow Conference Vice President |
| 2006-2007 | Eastern Snow Conference Steering Committee chair |
| 2005-2006 | Eastern Snow Conference Research Committee chair |
| 2003-2005 | Eastern Snow Conference Research Committee member |
| 2003 | International Union of Geophysics and Geodesy Young Scientist’s Travel Award to IUGG 2003 |
| 2001 | American Geophysical Union Young Scientist’s Travel Award to IAHS 2001 |
| 2000 | Invited participant: American Geophysical Union special session on Monitoring, Measuring and Modeling Snow Processes |
| 1999-2003 | Eastern Snow Conference Technical Committee member |
| 1999 | American Geophysical Union Student Travel Award to IUGG 1999 |
| 1995-1998 | University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship |
| 1994-1998 | Faculty of Engineering Graduate Scholarship |
| 1990 | University Of Waterloo Engineering Society President’s Award |
| 1989 | NSERC Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Award |
| 1987 | Faculty of Engineering Entrance Scholarship |
Professional Affiliations
- Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario
- American Geophysical Union
- Canadian Geophysical Union
- European Geophysical Union
- International Association of Hydrological Sciences
- International Association of Cryospheric Sciences
- Western Snow Conference
- Eastern Snow Conference
- Arctic Institute of North America
Popular Press/Newspaper Articles
Fassnacht, S.R., and S.A. Swetnam, 2022. How climate change threatens the Winter Olympics’ future – even snowmaking has limits for saving the Games. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/how-climate-change-threatens-the-winter-olympics-future-177040
Fassnacht, S.R., 2021. Snow can disappear straight into the atmosphere in hot, dry weather. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/snow-can-disappear-straight-into-the-atmosphere-in-hot-dry-weather-162910
Refereed Publications
2024
Giovando, J., J.D. Niemann, and S.R. Fassnacht, 2024. Wildfire Impacts for Temperature Index Snowpack Model Parameters. Hydrological Processes, 38(11), e15334. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.15334
Hidalgo-Hidalgo, J.-D., A.-J. Collados-Lara, D. Pulido-Velazquez, S.R. Fassnacht, and C. Husillos, 2024. Synergistic Potential of Optical and Radar Remote Sensing for Snow Cover Monitoring. Remote Sensing, 16(19), 3705. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16193705
Sanow, J.E., S.R. Fassnacht, and K. Suzuki, 2024. How does a dynamic surface roughness affect snowpack modeling? Polar Science, 41, 101110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2024.101110 [Special Issue on The Seventh International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR-7)]
Flynn, H., S.R. Fassnacht, M.S. MacDonald, and A.K.D. Pfohl, 2024. Baseflow from Snow and Rain in Mountain Watersheds. Water, 16(12), 1665. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16121665 [Special Issue Cold Region Hydrology and Hydraulics]
Fassnacht, S.R., 2024. Glacies—A New Open Access Journal. Glacies, 1, 17-18. https://doi.org/10.3390/glacies1010002
Fassnacht, S.R., K. Suzuki, M. Nemoto, J.E. Sanow, K. Kosugi, M.E. Tedesche, and M.M. Frey, 2024. Location Dictates Snow Aerodynamic Roughness. Glacies, 1, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/glacies1010001 [video abstract]
2023
Hendricks Dietrich, A., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2023. Integrated Spatial Trend Analysis for Climate Change Assessment Using Station Data and Gridded Climate Normals / Integrierte Räumliche Trendbewertung unter Verwendung von Stationsdaten und gerasterten Klimanormalen. Geoöko XLIV(3-4), 177-200.
Bonnell, R., D. McGrath, A.R. Hedrick, E. Trujillo, T.G. Meehan, K. Williams, H.P. Marshall, G. Sexstone, J. Fulton, M.J. Ronayne, S.R. Fassnacht, R.W. Webb, and K.E. Hale, 2023. Snowpack relative permittivity and density derived from near-coincident lidar and L-band ground-penetrating radar. Hydrological Processes, 37 (10), e14996. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14996
Fassnacht, S.R., K. Suzuki, J.E. Sanow, G.A. Sexstone, A.K.D. Pfohl, M.E. Tedesche, B.M. Simms, and E.S. Thomas, 2023. Snow Surface Roughness across Spatio-Temporal Scales. Water, 15(12), 2196. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15122196 [video abstract]
Barnard, D.M., T.R. Green, K.R. Mankin, K.C. DeJonge, C.C. Rhoades, S.K. Kampf, J. Giovando, M.J. Wilkins, A.L. Mahood, M.G. Sears, L.H. Comas, S.M. Gleason, H. Zhang, S.R. Fassnacht, R.D. Harmel, and J. Altenhofen, 2023. Wildfire and climate change amplify knowledge gaps linking mountain source-water systems and agricultural water supply in the western United States. Agricultural Water Management, 286, 108377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108377
Pfohl, A.K.D., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2023. Evaluating Methods of Streamflow Timing to Approximate Snowmelt Contribution in High-Elevation Mountain Watersheds. Hydrology, 10(4), 75. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10040075
Hammond, J.C., G.A. Sexstone, A. Putman, T.B Barnhart, D. Rey, J.M. Driscoll, G.E. Liston, K.L. Rasmussen, D. McGrath, S.R. Fassnacht, S.K. Kampf, 2023. High resolution SnowModel simulations reveal future elevation dependent snow loss and earlier, flashier surface water input for the Upper Colorado River Basin. Earth’s Future, 11(2), e2022EF003092. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF003092
Kampf, S.K., D. McGrath, S.R. Fassnacht, J.C. Hammond, and M.G. Sears, 2023. Reply to You and Xu: Delayed wildfires in 2020 promote snowpack melting in the western United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(2), e2218754120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2218754120
2022
Suo, Y., Z. Wang, Z. Zhang, and S.R. Fassnacht, 2022. Accessible Remote Sensing Data Mining Based Dew Estimation. Remote Sensing, 14(22), 5653. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14225653
Kampf, S.K., D. McGrath, M.G. Sears, S.R. Fassnacht, L. Kiewiet, and J.C. Hammond, 2022. Increasing wildfire impacts on snowpack in the western U.S. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(39), e2200333119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2200333119
Sexstone, G.A., S.R. Fassnacht, J.I. López-Moreno, and C.A. Hiemstra, 2022. Subgrid snow depth coefficient of variation spanning alpine to sub-alpine mountainous terrain. Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica/Geographical Research Letters, 48(1), 79-96. https://doi.org/10.18172/cig.4951
Fassnacht, S.R., C.R. Duncan, A.K.D. Pfohl, R.W. Webb, J.E. Derry, W.E. Sanford, D.C. Reimanis, and L.G. Doskocil, 2022. Drivers of Dust-Enhanced Snowpack Melt-out and Streamflow Timing. Hydrology, 9(3), 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology9030047 [video abstract]
Alonso-González, E., J. Revuelto, S.R. Fassnacht, and J.I. López-Moreno, 2022. Combined influence of maximum accumulation and melt rates on the duration of the seasonal snowpack over temperate mountains. Journal of Hydrology, 608, 127574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127574
Hultstrand, D.M., S.R Fassnacht, J.D Stednick, and C.A. Hiemstra, 2022. Snowpack Distribution Using Topographical, Climatological and Winter Season Index Inputs. Atmosphere 13(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13010003
Special issue on Recent Progress and Future Prospects of Subseasonal and Seasonal Climate Prediction.
2021
Vova, O., M. Kappas, P. Groisman, T. Renchin, and S.R. Fassnacht, 2021. Development of a new Drought index using SMOS satellite soil moisture products: Case Study in Southwestern Mongolia / Entwicklung eines neuen Dürreindex unter Verwendung von SMOS-Satelliten-Bodenfeuchte-Produkten: Fallstudie in der südwestlichen Mongolei. Geoöko, XLII, 142-179.
Bonnell, R., D. McGrath, K. Williams, R. Webb, S.R. Fassnacht, and H.-P. Marshall, 2021. Spatiotemporal Variations in Liquid Water Content in a Seasonal Snowpack: Implications for Radar Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing, 13(21), 4223. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13214223
Fassnacht, S.R., 2021. A Call for More Snow Sampling. Geosciences, 11(11), 435. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11110435
Schrock, I.J.Y., S.R. Fassnacht, A.-J. Collados-Lara, W.E. Sanford, A.K.D. Pfohl, and E. Morán-Tejeda, 2021. Snow Water Equivalent Accumulation Patterns from a Trajectory Approach over the U.S. Southern Rocky Mountains. Hydrology, 8(3), 124. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8030124
Webb, R.W., K.S. Jennings, S. Finsterle, and S.R. Fassnacht, 2021. Two-Dimensional Liquid Water Flow through Snow at the Plot Scale in Continental Snowpacks: Simulations and Field Data Comparisons. The Cryosphere, 15, 1423-1434. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1423-2021
Collados-Lara, A.-J., S.R. Fassnacht, D. Pulido-Velazquez, A.K.D. Pfohl, E. Morán-Tejeda, N.B.H. Venable, E. Pardo-Igúzquiza, and K. Puntenney-Desmond, 2021. Intra-day variability of temperature and its near-surface gradient with elevation over mountainous terrain: comparing MODIS Land Surface Temperature data with coarse and fine scale near-surface measurements. International Journal of Climatology, 41(S1), E1435-E1449. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6778
Collados-Lara, A.-J., S.R. Fassnacht, E. Pardo-Igúzquiza, and D. Pulido-Velazquez, 2021. Assessment of high resolution air temperature fields at Rocky Mountain National Park by combining scarce point measurements with elevation and remote sensing data. Remote Sensing, 13(1), 113. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13010113
2020
Vova, O., M. Kappas, T. Renchin, and S.R. Fassnacht, 2020. Extreme climate event and its impact on landscape resilience in Gobi region of Mongolia. Remote Sensing, 12(18), 2881. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12182881
Fassnacht, S.R., and J.I. López-Moreno, 2020. Patterns of Trends in Niveograph Characteristics across the Western United States from Snow Telemetry Data. Frontiers of Earth Science, 14(2), 315-325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-020-0813-5
Tumenjargal, S., S.R. Fassnacht, N.B.H. Venable, A.P. Kingston, M.E. Fernández-Giménez, B. Batbuyan, M.J. Laituri, M. Kappas, and G. Adyabadam, 2020. Variability and Change of Climate Extremes from Indigenous Herder Knowledge and at Meteorological Stations across Central Mongolia. Frontiers of Earth Science, 14(2), 286-297. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-019-0812-6
Fassnacht, S.R., and M. Ma, 2020. Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Water Systems: introduction to the special column. Frontiers of Earth Science, 14(2), 251-255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-020-0824-2
Fassnacht, S.R., G.G. Patterson, N.B.H. Venable, M.L. Cherry, A.K.D. Pfohl, J.E. Sanow, and M.E. Tedesche, 2020. How Do We Define Climate Change? Considering the Temporal Resolution of Niveo-Meteorological Data. Hydrology, 7(3), 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology7030038
López-Moreno, J.I., L. Leppänen, B. Luks, L. Holko, G. Picard, A. Sanmiguel-Vallelado, E. Alonso-González, D.C. Finger, A. Nadir-Arslan, K. Gillemot, A. Sensoy, A. Sorman, M. Cansaran Ertaş, S.R. Fassnacht, C. Fierz, and C. Marty, 2020. Intercomparison of measurements of bulk snow density and water equivalent of snow cover with snow core samplers: instrumental bias and variability induced by observers. Hydrological Processes, 34(14), 3120-3133. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13785
Carleton, T.J., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2020. Linking Hydrologic and Hydraulic Data with Models to Assess Flow and Channel Alteration at Hog Park, Wyoming USA. Hydrology, 7(2), 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology7020029 [issue cover story]
2019
Ma, C., S.R. Fassnacht, and S.K. Kampf, 2019. How Temperature Sensor Change Affects Warming Trends and Modeling – An Evaluation across the State of Colorado. Water Resources Research, 55(11), 9748-9764. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR025921
Morán-Tejeda, E., S.R. Fassnacht, J. Lorenzo-Lacruz, J.I. López-Moreno, C. García, E. Alonso-González, and A.J. Collados-Lara, 2019. Hydro-meteorological characterization of major floods in Spanish mountain rivers. Water, 11(12), 2641. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11122641
Follum, M.L., J.D. Niemann, and S.R. Fassnacht, 2019. A Comparison of Snowmelt-derived Streamflow Estimates from Temperature-Index and Modified-Temperature-Index Snow Models. Hydrological Processes, 33(23), 3030-3045. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13545
Tedesche, M.E., E.D. Trochim, S.R. Fassnacht, and G.J. Wolken, 2019. Extent changes in the perennial snowfields of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Hydrology, 6(2), 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology6020053
Fernández-Giménez, M.E., J. Angerer, B. Batkhishig, B. Batbuyan, S.R. Fassnacht, J. Chantsallkham, J. Khishigbayar, M.J. Laituri, A. Mendezona Allegretti, R.S. Reid, J. Thompson, U. Tungalag Ulambayar, and N.B.H. Venable, 2019. Sustaining Interdisciplinary Collaboration across Continents and Cultures: Lessons from the Mongolian Rangelands and Resilience Project. Chapter 6 (ed. S.G. Perz) in Collaboration Across Boundaries for Social-Ecological Systems Science Experiences Around the World, Palgrave Macmillan, Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, p185-225. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13827-1_6
2018
Sanow, J.E., S.R. Fassnacht, D.J. Kamin, G.A. Sexstone, W.L. Bauerle, and I. Oprea, 2018. Geometric Versus Anemometric Surface Roughness for a Shallow Accumulating Snowpack. Geosciences, 8(12), 463. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences8120463
Hultstrand, D.M., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2018. The Sensitivity of Snowpack Sublimation Estimates to Instrument and Measurement Uncertainty Perturbed in a Monte Carlo Framework. Frontiers of Earth Science, 12(4), 728-738. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-018-0721-0
Fassnacht, S.R., K.S. Brown, E.J. Blumberg, J.I. López Moreno, T.P. Covino, M. Kappas, Y. Huang, V. Leone, and A.H. Kashipazha, 2018. Distribution of Snow Depths Variability. Frontiers of Earth Science, 12(4), 683-692. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-018-0714-z
Rafiei Emam, A., M. Kappas, S.R. Fassnacht, and N.H.K. Linh, 2018. Uncertainty analysis of hydrological modeling in a tropical area using different algorithms. Frontiers of Earth Science, 12(4), 661-671. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-018-0695-y
Fassnacht, S.R., R.W. Webb, and M. Ma, 2018. Uncertainty in water resources: introduction to the special column. Frontiers of Earth Science, 12(4), 649-652. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-018-0737-5
Fassnacht, S.R., A.M. Allegretti, N.B.H. Venable, M.E. Fernández-Giménez, S. Tumenjargal, M. Kappas, M.J. Laituri, B. Batbuyan, and A.K.D. Pfohl, 2018. Merging Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Station Observations to Estimate Uncertainty of Precipitation Change in Central Mongolia. Hydrology, 5(3), 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology5030046
Zheng, Y., J. Han, Y. Huang, S.R. Fassnacht, S. Xie, E. Lv, and M. Chen, 2018. Vegetation response to climate conditions based on NDVI simulations using stepwise cluster analysis for the Three-River Headwaters region of China. Ecological Indicators, 92, 18-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.06.040
Webb, R.W., S.R. Fassnacht, M.N. Gooseff, and S.W. Webb, 2018. The Presence of Hydraulic Barriers in Layered Snowpacks: TOUGH2 Simulations and Estimated Diversion Lengths. Transport in Porous Media, 123, 457-476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-018-1079-1
Fassnacht, S.R., N.B.H. Venable, D. McGrath, and G.G. Patterson, 2018. Sub-seasonal Snowpack Trends in the Rocky Mountain National Park Area, Colorado USA. Water, 10(5), 562. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10050562 [issue cover story]
Sexstone, G.A., D.W. Clow, S.R. Fassnacht, G.E. Liston, C.A. Hiemstra, J.F. Knowles, and C.A. Penn, 2018. Snow sublimation in mountain environments and its sensitivity to forest disturbance and climate warming. Water Resources Research, 54(2), 1191-1211. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR021172
Fassnacht, S.R., J.T. Heath, N.B.H. Venable, and K.J. Elder, 2018. Snowmobile Impacts on Snowpack Physical and Mechanical Properties. The Cryosphere, 12, 1121-1135. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1121-2018
Saavedra, F.A., S.K. Kampf, S.R. Fassnacht, and J.S. Sibold, 2018. Changes in Andes Mountains snow cover from MODIS data 2000-2014. The Cryosphere, 12, 1027-1046. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1027-2018
Webb, R.W., S.R. Fassnacht, and M. Gooseff, 2018. Hydrologic Flowpath Development Varies by Aspect during Spring Snowmelt in Complex Subalpine Terrain. The Cryosphere, 12, 287-300. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-287-2018
2017
Fassnacht, S.R., D. Wyss, and S.M. Heering, 2017. Räumliches Denken – ein Beispiel im Schnee / A Spatial Thinking Research-Didactic Example in Snow. Geoöko, 37(3-4), 231-247.
Fassnacht, S.R., J.I. López-Moreno, C. Ma, A.N. Weber, A.K.D. Pfohl, S.K. Kampf, and M. Kappas, 2017. Spatio-temporal Snowmelt Variability across the Headwaters of the Southern Rocky Mountains. Frontiers of Earth Science, 11(3), 505-514. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-017-0641-4
Tedesche, M.E., S.R. Fassnacht, and P.J. Meiman, 2017. Scales of Snow Depth Variability in High Elevation Rangeland Sagebrush. Frontiers of Earth Science, 11(3), 469-481. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-017-0662-z
Fassnacht, S.R., R.W. Webb and W.E. Sanford, 2017. Headwater Regions – Physical, Ecological, and Social Approaches to Understand These Areas: Introduction to the Special Issue Papers. Frontiers of Earth Science, 11(3), 443-446. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-017-0667-7
Webb, R.W., S.R. Fassnacht, and M.N. Gooseff, 2017. Defining the Diurnal Pattern of Snowmelt using a Beta Distribution Function. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 53(3), 684–696. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12522
López-Moreno, J.I., J. Revuelto-Benedí, E. Alonso-González, A. Sanmiguel-Vallelado, S.R. Fassnacht, J.E. Deems, and E. Morán-Tejeda, 2017. Using Very Long-range Terrestrial Laser Scanner to Analyse the Temporal Consistency of the Snowpack Distribution in a High Mountain Environment. Journal of Mountain Science, 14(5), 823-842. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-016-4086-0
Fernández-Giménez, M.E., N.H. Venable, J. Angerer, S.R. Fassnacht, R. Reid, and K. Jamyansharav, 2017. Exploring Linked Ecological and Cultural Tipping Points in Mongolia. Anthropocene, 17, 46-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2017.01.003
Saavedra, F., S.K. Kampf, S.R. Fassnacht, and J. Sibold, 2017. A snow climatology of the Andes Mountains from MODIS snow cover data. International Journal of Climatology, 37(3), 1526-1539. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4795
2016
Kampf, S.K. and S.R. Fassnacht, 2016. Snow. Colorado Encyclopedia. https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/snow
Fernandez-Gimenez, M.E., N.B.H. Venable, J. Angerer, S.R. Fassnacht, and K. Jamyansharav, 2016. Ecological-Cultural Feedbacks in Mongolian Social-Ecological Systems. Proceedings of the 10th International Rangeland Congress (eds. A. Iwaasa, H.A. Lardner, W. Willms, M. Schellenberg, K. Larson), Saskatoon, SK, July 16-22, 2016, p515-517.
Sexstone, G.A., D. Clow, D. Stannard, and S.R. Fassnacht, 2016. Comparison of methods for quantifying surface sublimation over seasonally snow-covered terrain. Hydrological Processes, 30(19), 3373-3389. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10864
Fassnacht, S.R., G.A. Sexstone, A.H. Kashipazha, J.I. López-Moreno, M.F. Jasinski, S.K. Kampf, and B.C. Von Thaden, 2016. Deriving Snow-cover Depletion Curves for Different Spatial Scales from Remote Sensing and Snow Telemetry Data. Hydrological Processes, 30(11), 1708-1717. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10730
Fassnacht, S.R., M.L. Cherry, N.B.H. Venable, and F. Saavedra, 2016. Snow and albedo climate change impacts across the United States Northern Great Plains. The Cryosphere, 10, 329-339. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-329-2016
2015
Toro, M., A. Quesada, A. Camacho, M. Oliva, A. Alcamí, D. Antoniades, M. Bañón, S.R. Fassnacht, E. Fernández-Valiente, L. Galan, S. Giralt, I. Granados, A. Justel, E.J. Liu, A. López-Bueno, A. Martínez-Cortizas, S. Pla-Rabes, A. Rastrojo, E. Rico, C. Rochera, B. Van de Vijver, D. Velazquez, J.A. Villaescusa, and W.F. Vincent, 2015. CEDEX research activities in Antarctica. Aquatic ecosystems in Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, maritime Antarctica). Ingeniería Civil, 179, 175-191.
Webb, R.W., S.R. Fassnacht, and M.N. Gooseff, 2015. Wetting and drying variability of the shallow subsurface beneath a snowpack in California’s Southern Sierra Nevada. Vadose Zone Journal, 14(8). https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2014.12.0182
Fassnacht, S.R., and M. Hultstrand, 2015. Snowpack Variability and Trends at Long-term Stations in Northern Colorado, USA. Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (Hydrologic Non-Stationarity and Extrapolating Models to Predict the Future), 371, 131-136. https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-371-131-2015
López-Moreno, J.I., J. Revuelto, S.R. Fassnacht, C. Azorín-Molina, S.M. Vicente-Serrano, E. Morán-Tejeda, and G.A. Sexstone, 2015. Snowpack variability across various spatio-temporal resolutions. Hydrological Processes, 29(6), 1213-1224. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10245
Fassnacht, S.R., and R.M. Records, 2015. Large Snowmelt versus Rainfall Events in the Mountains. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 120, 2375-2381. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD022753
Fernández-Giménez, M.E., B. Batkhishig, S.R. Fassnacht, and D. Wilson (eds.) 2015. Монголын бэлчээрийн нөхөн сэргэх чадамжийг бэхжүүлэх нь: Салбар хөрвөсөн эрдэм шинжилгээний судалгааны хурлын бүтээл. Колорадо Мужийн Их Сургууль and Нутаг Түншлэл, Улаанбаатар хот, Монгол Улс, 265pp [in Mongolian]. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/181739
Fernández-Giménez, M.E., B. Batkhishig, S.R. Fassnacht, and D. Wilson (eds.), 2015. Building Resilience of Mongolian Rangelands: A Trans-disciplinary Research Conference. Colorado State University and Nutag Partners, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 243pp. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/181739
Fernández-Giménez, M.E., S.R. Fassnacht, and B. Batkhishig, 2015. Салбар хөрвөсөн эрдэм шинжилгээний судалгааны хурлын бүтээл: Монголын бэлчээрийн нөхөн сэргэх чадамжийг бэхжүүлэх нь – Preface. Монголын бэлчээрийн нөхөн сэргэх чадамжийг бэхжүүлэх нь: Салбар хөрвөсөн эрдэм шинжилгээний судалгааны хурлын бүтээл (eds. M.E. Fernández-Giménez, B. Batkhishig, S.R. Fassnacht, D. Wilson), Улаанбаатар хот, Монгол Улс, 2015 оны 6-р сарын 9-10, p9-16. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/181739
Fernández-Giménez, M.E., S.R. Fassnacht, and B. Batkhishig, 2015. Trans-disciplinary Research Conference: Building Resilience of Mongolian Rangelands – Preface. Building Resilience of Mongolian Rangelands: A Trans-disciplinary Research Conference (eds. M.E. Fernández-Giménez, B. Batkhishig, S.R. Fassnacht, D. Wilson), Ulaanbaatar Mongolia, June 9-10, 2015, p9-15. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/181739
Venable, N.B.H., S.R. Fassnacht, and A.D. Hendricks, 2015. Монгол орны хэмжээнд цаг уурын орон зайн өөрчлөлтүүд. Монголын бэлчээрийн нөхөн сэргэх чадамжийг бэхжүүлэх нь: Салбар хөрвөсөн эрдэм шинжилгээний судалгааны хурлын бүтээл (eds. M.E. Fernández-Giménez, B. Batkhishig, S.R. Fassnacht, D. Wilson), Улаанбаатар хот, Монгол Улс, 2015 оны 6-р сарын 9-10, p77-83. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/181739
Venable, N.B.H., S.R. Fassnacht, and A.D. Hendricks, 2015. Spatial Changes in Climate across Mongolia. Building Resilience of Mongolian Rangelands: A Trans-disciplinary Research Conference (eds. M.E. Fernández-Giménez, B. Batkhishig, S.R. Fassnacht, D. Wilson), Ulaanbaatar Mongolia, June 9-10, 2015, p73-79. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/181739
Fassnacht, S.R., N.B.H. Venable, J. Odgarav, J. Sukhbaatar, and G. Adyabadam, 2015. Түйн голын эхээс адаг хүртэл: Хангайн нуруунаас Говь цөлд хүрдэг гадагш урсгалгүй голын гидравлик. Монголын бэлчээрийн нөхөн сэргэх чадамжийг бэхжүүлэх нь: Салбар хөрвөсөн эрдэм шинжилгээний судалгааны хурлын бүтээл (eds. M.E. Fernández-Giménez, B. Batkhishig, S.R. Fassnacht, D. Wilson), Улаанбаатар хот, Монгол Улс, 2015 оны 6-р сарын 9-10, p106-111. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/181739
Fassnacht, S.R., N.B.H. Venable, J. Odgarav, J. Sukhbaatar, and G. Adyabadam, 2015. A Journey Down the Tuin: the Hydraulics of an Internal Draining River from the Khangai Mountains to the Gobi Desert. Building Resilience of Mongolian Rangelands: A Trans-disciplinary Research Conference (eds. M.E. Fernández-Giménez, B. Batkhishig, S.R. Fassnacht, D. Wilson), Ulaanbaatar Mongolia, June 9-10, 2015, p99-103. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/181739
Laituri, M.J., S.E. Linn, S.R. Fassnacht, N.B.H. Venable, J. Khishigbayar, Tungalag Ulambayar, A. Allegretti, R. Reid, M.E. Fernández-Giménez, 2015. MOR2 судалгааны өгөгдлийн сан: Нийгэм-экологийн судалгааг гүйцэтгэх явцад соёл ба шинжлэх ухааны ялгаатай байдлуудын нэгтгэсэн нэгдмэл өгөгдлийн сан байгуулах. Монголын бэлчээрийн нөхөн сэргэх чадамжийг бэхжүүлэх нь: Салбар хөрвөсөн эрдэм шинжилгээний судалгааны хурлын бүтээл (eds. M.E. Fernández-Giménez, B. Batkhishig, S.R. Fassnacht, D. Wilson), Улаанбаатар хот, Монгол Улс, 2015 оны 6-р сарын 9-10, p227-234. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/181739
Laituri, M.J., S.E. Linn, S.R. Fassnacht, N.B.H. Venable, J. Khishigbayar, Tungalag Ulambayar, A. Allegretti, R. Reid, M.E. Fernández-Giménez, 2015. The MOR2 Database: Building integrated datasets for social-ecological analysis across cultures and disciplines. Building Resilience of Mongolian Rangelands: A Trans-disciplinary Research Conference (eds. M.E. Fernández-Giménez, B. Batkhishig, S.R. Fassnacht, D. Wilson), Ulaanbaatar Mongolia, June 9-10, 2015, p209-215. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/181739
Fernández-Giménez, M.E., J.P. Angerer, A. Allegretti, S.R. Fassnacht, A. Byamba, J. Chantsallkham, R. Reid, and N.B.H. Venable, 2015. Малчдын ажиглалтыг ус цаг уур ба хиймэл дагуулын мэдээтэй нэгтгэн уур амьсгалын өөрчлөлтийн шинж тэмдэг ба нөлөөллийг таньж мэдэх нь. Монголын бэлчээрийн нөхөн сэргэх чадамжийг бэхжүүлэх нь: Салбар хөрвөсөн эрдэм шинжилгээний судалгааны хурлын бүтээл (eds. M.E. Fernández-Giménez, B. Batkhishig, S.R. Fassnacht, D. Wilson), Улаанбаатар хот, Монгол Улс, 2015 оны 6-р сарын 9-10, p249-256. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/181739
Fernández-Giménez, M.E., J.P. Angerer, A. Allegretti, S.R. Fassnacht, A. Byamba, J. Chantsallkham, R. Reid, and N.B.H. Venable, 2015. Integrating Herder Observations, Meteorological Data and Remote Sensing to Understand Climate Change Patterns and Impacts across an Eco-Climatic Gradient in Mongolia. Building Resilience of Mongolian Rangelands: A Trans-disciplinary Research Conference (eds. M.E. Fernández-Giménez, B. Batkhishig, S.R. Fassnacht, D. Wilson), Ulaanbaatar Mongolia, June 9-10, 2015, p228-234. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/181739
2014
Records, R.M., M. Arabi, S.R. Fassnacht, W.G. Duffy, M. Ahmadi, and K.C. Hegewisch, 2014. Climate change and wetland loss impacts on a Western river’s water quality. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18, 4509-4527. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-4509-2014
Fassnacht, S.R., D.C. Deitemeyer, and N.B.H. Venable, 2014. Capitalizing on the daily time step of snow telemetry data to model the snowmelt components of the hydrograph for small watersheds. Hydrological Processes, 28(16), 4654-4668. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10260
Sexstone, G.A., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2014. What drives basin scale spatial variability of snowpack properties in the Front Range of Northern Colorado? The Cryosphere, 8, 329-344. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-329-2014
2013
Meromy, L., N.P. Molotch, T.E. Link, S.R. Fassnacht, and R. Rice, 2013. Subgrid variability of snow water equivalent at operational snow stations in the western United States. Hydrological Processes, 27(17), 2383-2400. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9355
Fassnacht, S.R., N.B.H. Venable, J. Khishigbayar, and M.L. Cherry, 2013. The Probability of Precipitation as Snow Derived from Daily Air Temperature for High Elevation Areas of Colorado, United States. Cold and Mountain Region Hydrological Systems Under Climate Change: Towards Improved Projections (Proceedings of symposium H02, IAHS-IAPSO-IASPEI Assembly, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 2013) IAHS, 360, 65-70.
Fassnacht, S.R., and G.G. Patterson, 2013. Niveograph Interpolation to Estimate Peak Accumulation at Two Mountain Sites. Cold and Mountain Region Hydrological Systems Under Climate Change: Towards Improved Projections (Proceedings of symposium H02, IAHS-IAPSO-IASPEI Assembly, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 2013) IAHS, 360, 59-64.
Richer, E.E., S.K. Kampf, S.R. Fassnacht, and C.C. Moore, 2013. Spatiotemporal index for analyzing controls on snow climatology: application in the Colorado Front Range. Physical Geography, 34, 85-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723646.2013.787578
López-Moreno, J.I., S.R. Fassnacht, J.T. Heath, K. Musselman, J. Revuelto, J. Latron, E. Morán, and T. Jonas, 2013. Spatial variability of snow density over complex alpine terrain: implications for estimating snow water equivalent. Advances in Water Resources, 55, 40-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.08.010
Fassnacht, S.R., J.I. López-Moreno, M. Toro, and D.M. Hultstrand, 2013. Mapping Snow Cover and Snow Depth across the Lake Limnopolar Watershed on Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island) in Maritime Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 25(2), 157-166. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102012001216
2012
Fassnacht, S.R., K.A. Dressler, D.M. Hultstrand, R.C. Bales, and G. Patterson, 2012. Temporal Inconsistencies in Coarse-scale Snow Water Equivalent Patterns: Colorado River Basin Snow Telemetry-Topography Regressions. Pirineos, 167, 167-186. https://doi.org/10.3989/Pirineos.2012.167008
Venable, N.B.H., S.R. Fassnacht, G. Adyabadam, Tumenjargal S., M. Fernández-Giménez, and B. Batbuyan, 2012. Does the Length of Station Record Influence the Warming Trend That is Perceived by Mongolian Herders near the Khangai Mountains? Pirineos, 167, 71-88. https://doi.org/10.3989/Pirineos.2012.167004
2011
Dorligsuren, D., B. Batbuyan, D. Bulgamaa and S.R. Fassnacht, 2011. Lessons from a Territory-based Community Development Approach in Mongolia: Ikhtamir Pasture User Groups. Chapter 9 in: Restoring Community Connections to the Land: Building Resilience through Community-based Rangeland Management in China and Mongolia (ed. M.E. Fernández-Giménez, X. Wang, B. Baival, J. Klein, R. Reid), CABI Press Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, 260pp. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781845938949.0000
López-Moreno, J.I., S.R. Fassnacht, S. Beguería, and J.B.P. Latron, 2011. Variability of snow depth at the plot scale: implications for mean depth estimation and sampling strategies. The Cryosphere, 5, 617-629. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-5-617-2011
Fassnacht, S.R., T. Sukh, M. Fernández-Giménez, B. Batbuyan, N.B.H. Venable, M. Laituri and G. Adyabadam, 2011. Local understanding of hydro-climatic changes in Mongolia. Cold Region Hydrology in a Changing Climate (Proceedings of symposium H02 held during IUGG2011 in Melbourne, Australia, July 2011), IAHS, 346, 120-129. [online access]
Fassnacht, S.R., 2011. Snow density. In (eds. V.P. Singh, P. Singh, U.K. Haritashya), Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers, Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, Dordrecht Heidelberg, Springer, p502. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2642-2_502
2010
Fassnacht, S.R., M. Toro Velasco, P.J. Meiman, and Z.C. Whitt, 2010. A Local Aeolian Influence in the Surface Roughness of Melting Snow, Byers Peninsula, Antarctica. Hydrological Processes, 24(14), 2007-2013. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7661
López-Moreno, J.I., B. Alvera, J. Latron, and S.R. Fassnacht, 2010. Instalación y Uso de un Colchón de Nieve para la Monitorización del Manto de Nieve, Cuenca Experimental de Izas (Pirineo Central). Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica/Geographical Research Letters, 36(1), 73-85. https://doi.org/10.18172/cig.1228
Fassnacht, S.R., C.M. Heun, J.I. López-Moreno, and J.B.P. Latron, 2010. Variability of Snow Density Measurements in the Rio Esera Valley, Pyrenees Mountains, Spain. Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica/Geographical Research Letters, 36(1), 59-72. https://doi.org/10.18172/cig.1227
Fassnacht, S.R., 2010. Temporal changes in small scale snowpack surface roughness length for sublimation estimates in hydrological modeling. Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica/Geographical Research Letters, 36(1), 43-57. https://doi.org/10.18172/cig.1226
Fassnacht, S.R., and J.E. Derry, 2010. Defining similar regions of snow in the Colorado River Basin using self-organizing maps. Water Resources Research, 46, W04507. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009WR007835
2009
Fassnacht, S.R., M.W. Williams, and M.V. Corrao, 2009. Changes in the surface roughness of snow from millimetre to metre scales. Ecological Complexity, 6(3), 221-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2009.05.003
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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JHM901.1
Ryan, W.A., N.J. Doesken, and S.R. Fassnacht, 2008. Preliminary results of ultrasonic snow depth sensor testing for National Weather Service (NWS) snow measurements in the US. Hydrological Processes, 22(15), 2748-2757. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7065
Ryan, W.A., N.J. Doesken, and S.R. Fassnacht, 2008. Evaluation of ultrasonic snow depth sensors for U.S. snow measurements. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 25(5), 667-684. https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JTECHA947.1
Bales, R.C., K.A. Dressler, B. Imam, S.R. Fassnacht, and D. Lampkin, 2008. Fractional snow cover in the Colorado and Rio Grande basins, 1995-2002. Water Resources Research, 44, W01425. https://doi.org/10.1029/2006WR005377
2007
Fassnacht, S.R., 2007. Data time step to estimate snowpack accumulation at select United States meteorological stations. Hydrological Processes, 21(12), 1608-1615. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6723
2006
Dressler, K.A., S.R. Fassnacht, and R.C. Bales, 2006. A comparison of snow telemetry (SNOTEL) and snow course measurements in the Colorado River Basin. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 7(4), 705-712. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM506.1
Fassnacht, S.R., 2006. Upper versus Lower Colorado River sub-basin streamflow: characteristics, runoff estimation and model simulation. Hydrological Processes, 20, 2187-2205. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6202
Fassnacht, S.R., Z.-L. Yang, K.R. Snelgrove, E.D. Soulis, and N. Kouwen, 2006. Effects of averaging and separating soil moisture and temperature in the presence of snow cover in a SVAT and hydrological model. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 7(2), 298-304. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM489.1
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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6119
Dressler, K.A., G.H. Leavesley, R.C. Bales, and S.R. Fassnacht, 2006. Evaluation of gridded snow water equivalent and satellite snow cover products for mountain basins in a hydrologic model. Hydrological Processes, 20, 673-688. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6130
2005
Fassnacht, S.R., and W.A. Brazenec, 2005. Discussion of ‘Simple Snowdrift Model for Distributed Hydrological Modeling’ by M. Todd Walter, Donald K. McCool, Larry G. King, Myron Molnau, and Gaylon S. Campbell, J. Hydrologic Engrg., July/August 2004, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 280-287 https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2004)9:4(280). Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 10(6), 522-524. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2005)10:6(522)
2004
Fassnacht, S.R., 2004. Estimating alter-shielded gauge snowfall undercatch, snowpack sublimation, and blowing snow transport at six sites in the coterminous United States. Hydrological Processes, 18(18), 3481-3492. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.5806
Molotch, N.P., S.R. Fassnacht, R.C. Bales, and S.R. Helfrich, 2004. Estimating the distribution of snow water equivalent and snow extent beneath cloud cover in the Salt-Verde River basin, Arizona. Hydrological Processes, 18(9), 1595-1611. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.1408
Fassnacht, S.R., F. Yusuf, and N. Kouwen, 2004. Paralysing January 1999 snowstorms produced minimal streamflow for Southern Ontario. Canadian Water Resources Journal, 29(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.4296/cwrj1
2003
Fassnacht, S.R., K.A. Dressler, and R.C. Bales, 2003. Snow water equivalent interpolation for the Colorado River Basin from snow telemetry (SNOTEL) data. Water Resources Research, 39(8), 1208. https://doi.org/10.1029/2002WR001512
Fassnacht, S.R., E.D. Soulis, and N. Kouwen, 2003. Radar precipitation for winter hydrological modelling. Information from Weather Radar and Hydrological Modelling (Proceedings IUGG 2003 Symposium HS02, Sapporo Japan, July 2003), IAHS, 282, 35-42, paper.
2002
Fassnacht, S.R., and E.D. Soulis, 2002. Implications during transitional periods of improvements to the snow processes in the Land Surface Scheme – Hydrological Model WATCLASS. Atmosphere-Ocean, 40(4), 389-403. https://doi.org/10.3137/ao.400402
2001
Fassnacht, S.R., N. Kouwen, and E.D. Soulis, 2001. Surface temperature adjustments to improve weather radar representation of multi-temporal winter precipitation accumulations. Journal of Hydrology, 253(1-4), 148-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1694(01)00479-6
Fassnacht, S.R., K.R. Snelgrove, and E.D. Soulis, 2001. Daytime incoming longwave radiation approximation for physical hydrological modelling. Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Transfer Schemes and Large-Scale Hydrological Models (Proceedings Sixth IAHS Scientific Assembly Symposium S5, Maastricht, July 2001), IAHS, 270, 279-286, paper.
Fassnacht, S.R., E.D. Soulis, and N. Kouwen, 2001. Enhancing weather radar winter precipitation accumulation estimates. Remote Sensing in Hydrology 2000 (Proceedings IAHS Remote Sensing and Hydrology Conference 2000, Santa Fe, April 2000), IAHS, 267, 46-49, paper.
2000
Fassnacht, S.R., 2000. Flow modelling to establish a suspended sediment sampling schedule in two Canadian Deltas. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 4(3), 425-438. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-4-425-2000
Fassnacht, S.R., and F.M. Conly, 2000. The persistence of a scour hole on the East Channel of the Mackenzie Delta, NWT. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 27(4), 798-804. https://doi.org/10.1139/l00-022
1999
Fassnacht, S.R., E.D. Soulis, and N. Kouwen, 1999. Shape characteristics of freshly fallen snowflakes and their short-term changes. Interactions between the Cryosphere, Climate and Greenhouse Gases (Proceedings IUGG 99 Symposium HS2, Birmingham, July 1999), IAHS, 256, 111-122 paper.
Fassnacht, S.R., E.D. Soulis, and N. Kouwen, 1999. Algorithm application to improve weather radar snowfall estimates for winter hydrologic modelling. Hydrological Processes, 13(18), 3017-3039. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19991230)13:183.0.CO;2-K
Fassnacht, S.R., J. Innes, N. Kouwen, and E.D. Soulis, 1999. The specific surface area of fresh dendritic snow crystals. Hydrological Processes, 13(18), 2945-2962. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19991230)13:183.0.CO;2-Z
1997
Fassnacht, S.R., 1997. A multi-channel suspended sediment transport model for the Mackenzie Delta, NWT. Journal of Hydrology, 197(1-4), 128-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03269-6
Datasets
Hultstrand, D.M., S.R. Fassnacht, and J.D. Stednick, 2022. GLEES (Glacier Lakes Ecosystem Experiments Site) Snow Depth Data Measured Annually at Peak Accumulation from 2005 to 2014. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942408
Batten, A., A. Meyers, M. Turner, M.C. Warden (data curator), and S.R. Fassnacht (data curation supervisor), 2022. Climatic data of the CSU Mountain Campus and surrounding area collected during the summers between 1959 and 1964. Colorado State University Libraries / Mountain Scholar Digital Collection of Colorado and Wyoming. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/234376
Meiman, J.R., G.H. Leavesley, M.C. Warden (data curator), and S.R. Fassnacht (data curation supervisor), 2022. Data associated with “Little South Poudre watershed climate and hydrology, 1961-1971, basic data.” Colorado State University Libraries / Mountain Scholar Digital Collection of Colorado and Wyoming. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/234374
Unknown (original data collection), M.C. Warden (data curator), and S.R. Fassnacht (data curation supervisor), 2022. Pingree Park Daily Mean Temperature Data from 1972 to 1977. Colorado State University Libraries / Mountain Scholar Digital Collection of Colorado and Wyoming. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/234375
Unknown (original data collection), M.C. Warden (data curator), and S.R. Fassnacht (data curation supervisor), 2022. Pingree Park Meteorological Data, 1977-1978. Colorado State University Libraries / Mountain Scholar Digital Collection of Colorado and Wyoming. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/234377
Fassnacht, S.R., 2022. Pingree Park Meteorological Data 2003 to 2008. Colorado State University Libraries / Mountain Scholar Digital Collection of Colorado and Wyoming. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/234378
Venable, N.B.H., S.R. Fassnacht, J. Odgarav, and J. Sukhbaatar, 2020. Mongolian Rangelands and Resilience (MOR2) – Data: MOR2 hydraulic field data. Mountain Scholar Digital Collection of Colorado and Wyoming. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/201560
Venable, N.B.H., S.R. Fassnacht, J. Odgarav, and J. Sukhbaatar, 2020. Mongolian Rangelands and Resilience (MOR2) – Data: MOR2 hydrology data. Mountain Scholar Digital Collection of Colorado and Wyoming. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/201559
Venable, N.B.H., S.R. Fassnacht, and J. Odgarav, 2020. Mongolian Rangelands and Resilience (MOR2) – Data: MOR2 hydro meteorological data. Mountain Scholar Digital Collection of Colorado and Wyoming. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/201554
Fassnacht, S.R., A.J. Collados-Lara, A.K.D. Pfohl, N.B.H. Venable, and K. Puntenney-Desmond, 2019. Fine Spatio-temporal Resolution Temperature and Humidity iButton Data at the Colorado State University Mountain Campus, August 25 to September 28, 2018. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.907034
Webb, R.W., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2016. Snow density, snow depth, and soil moisture at Dry Lake study site in northern Colorado in 2015. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864255
Webb, R.W., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2016. Snow density, snow depth, and soil moisture at Dry Lake study site in northern Colorado in 2014. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864254
Webb, R.W., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2016. Snow density, snow depth, and soil moisture at Dry Lake study site in northern Colorado in 2013. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864253
Conference Proceedings and Related
Fassnacht, S.R., A.-J. Collados-Lara, K. Xu, M.G. Sears,, D. Pulido-Velazquez, and E. Morán-Tejeda, 2022. Defining Actual Daily Snowmelt Rates from In Situ Snow Water Equivalent Measurements. Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress, 19–24 June 2022, Granada, Spain, p260-267. https://doi.org/10.3850/IAHR-39WC2521711920221464
Morán-Tejeda, E., S.R. Fassnacht, A.K.D. Pfohl, A.-J. Collados Lara, M.E. Tedesche, and D. Pulido-Velazquez, 2022. A Proposal for Studying Rain-on-Snow Events: A Case Study from SNOTEL Data in the Southern Rocky Mountains, U.S.A. Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress, 19–24 June 2022, Granada, Spain, p268-273. https://doi.org/10.3850/IAHR-39WC2521716X20221604
Sanow, J.E., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2022. Temporal and spatial effects of snow depth on snow surface roughness throughout the White River watershed. Colorado Water, 39(1), 35-37.
Kingston, A.P., S.R. Fassnacht, and J.E. Derry, 2022. Fine Scale Data Collection for Future Snowmelt Modeling near Silverton, Colorado. Colorado Water, 39(1), 31-32.
Puntenney-Desmond, K., S. Rathburn, M. Ronayne, J.C. Suhr, S. Kampf, S.R. Fassnacht, and D. McGrath, 2022. Building a Long-Term Watershed Research Site at the Colorado State University Mountain Campus. Colorado Water, 39(1), 7-9.
Doskocil, L.G., S.R. Fassnacht, and J.E. Derry, 2021. Mystery Peaks: Estimating the Unusual Double Peak Streamflow Behavior in the Uncompahgre River Basin. Colorado Water, 38(2), 28-29. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/234035
Sahaar, M., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2021. The Timing of Peak Streamflow in a Small River versus Snowpack Melt-out. Colorado Water, 38(2), 21-23. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/234035
Rice, D., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2021. Does it Get Cooler Going Down the Hill? Measuring Hillslope-Scale Temperature Gradients. Colorado Water, 38(2), 16-18. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/234035
Flynn, H., M. MacDonald, and S.R. Fassnacht, 2021. Assessing Baseflow in Snow-Dominated Watersheds. Colorado Water, 38(2), 12-13. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/234035
Duncan, C.R., S.R. Fassnacht, and J.E. Derry, 2021. Dirty Snow: Turning Qualitative Assessments into Quantitative Factors for the Effect of Dust on Snow. Colorado Water, 38(1), 29-31. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/233888
Fassnacht, S.R., E.R. Bump, J. Glenn, J.E. Carlyon, 2020. Kids Using Water as a Metaphor to Write Poetry and Experience Nature. Colorado Water, 37(3), 19-21. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/222418
Rasmussen, K.L., G.A. Sexstone, D. McGrath, G.E. Liston, S.R. Fassnacht, E. Dougherty, and A. Kingston, 2020. Peering into the future: The evolution of seasonal snow in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Colorado Water, 37(3), 9-12. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/222418
Warden, M.C., S.R. Fassnacht, and J.E. Carlyon, 2020. The Hydro-social Implications of Water Metaphors in Poetry: Transmogrification Challenges in an Example from the Medieval Spanish Romancero. Colorado Water, 37(2), 18-20. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/211068
Meinhardt, M., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2020. Fresh Snow Density from the Fort Collins Colorado Meteorological Station and New Measurements. Colorado Water, 37(2), 7-9. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/211068
Conrad, L. M.-L., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2019. A hydrologic analysis of Big Bear Creek watershed in Iowa. Colorado Water, 36(3), 16-17. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/198519
Simms, B.M., S.R. Fassnacht, and E.S. Thomas, 2019. Snow Surface Roughness across Two Scales Considering Canopy Characteristics. Colorado Water, 36(3), 10-11. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/198519
Fassnacht, S.R., N.B.H. Venable, and W.J. Milligan IV, 2018. Public Use of Snow Data to Guide Winter Recreation. Colorado Water, 35(4), 22-24. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/198506
Gilbert, R.A. Jr., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2017. Comparing Fine Scale Snow Depth Measurements Using LiDAR and Photogrammetry. Colorado Water, 34(3), 2-4. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/198515
Patterson, G.G., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2017. A Long-Term Context for Snow Water Equivalent Trends in Rocky Mountain National Park. Proceedings of the 37th Annual American Geophysical Union Hydrology Days Conference, (ed., J.A. Ramirez) Fort Collins, Colorado, p12-22.
Fassnacht, S.R., and A.N. Weber, 2016. How Much Data Do We Need? A Fine Scale Precipitation Example. Colorado Water, 33(3), 17-18. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/198510
Von Thaden, B.C., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2016. Snowpack Accumulation Patterns across the Southern Rocky Mountains. Colorado Water, 33(2), 2-3. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/198509
Kamin, D.J., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2015. Exploration of a geometric Approach for Estimating Snow Surface Roughness. Colorado Water, 32(2), 14-15. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/198491
Fassnacht, S.R., I. Oprea, P. Shipman, J. Kirkpatrick, G. Borleske, F. Motta, and D. Kamin, 2015. Geometric Methods in the Study of the Snow Surface Roughness. Proceedings of the 35th Annual American Geophysical Union Hydrology Days Conference, (ed., J.A. Ramirez) Fort Collins, Colorado, p41-50.
Patterson, G.G., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2014. Niveograph Interpolation to Estimate Peak Accumulation of Snow Water Equivalent in Rocky Mountain National Park. Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Western Snow Conference, Durango, Colorado, 7pp.
Fassnacht, S.R., I. Oprea, G. Borleske, and D. Kamin, 2014. Comparing Snowpack Surface Roughness Metrics with a Geometric-based Roughness Length. Proceedings of the 34th Annual American Geophysical Union Hydrology Days Conference, (ed., J.A. Ramirez) Fort Collins, Colorado, p44-52.
Venable, N.B.H., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2013. Reconstructing a water balance for North Crestone Creek: Streamflow variability and extremes in a snowmelt-dominated internal drainage basin. Colorado Water, 32(2), 14-15. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/198482
Fassnacht, S.R., D. Brogan, G.A. Sexstone, M. Jasinski, J.-I. López-Moreno, and M. Skordahl, 2012. Spatio-Temporal Variability of Snowpack Properties: Comparing Operational, Field, and ICESat Remote Sensing Data over Northern Colorado, United States. Proceedings of the IGARSS (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium) 2012, Munich, 1576-1577.
Simonson, S.E., S. Toepfer, E.M. Greene, S.R. Fassnacht, T.J. Stohlgren, and H. Hartman, 2012. Rapid Assessment of a Large-Magnitude Snow Avalanche Event in Colorado. International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings, Anchorage AK, September 2012, 666-673.
Simonson, S.E., E.M. Greene, S.R. Fassnacht, T.J. Stohlgren, and C.C. Landry, 2010. Practical methods for using vegetation patterns to estimate avalanche frequency and magnitude. International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings, Squaw Valley CA, September 2010, 548-555.
Fassnacht, S.R., C.M. Heun, J.I. Lopez-Moreno and J. Latron, 2010. Variability of Snow Density Measurements in the Rio Esera Valley, Pyrenees Mountains, Spain. Proceedings of the 30th Annual American Geophysical Union Hydrology Days Conference, (ed., J.A. Ramirez) Fort Collins, CO, p37-47.
Fassnacht, S.R., and M.E. Skordahl, 2008. Variability at Colorado Snowcourse Stations. Colorado Water, 25(6), 12-13. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/198458
Fassnacht, S.R., M. Laituri, M.E. Fernandez-Gimenez, and R. Reid, 2008. CSU Team Visits Mongolia to Scope Climate and Water Resources Research. Colorado Water, 25(5), 22. https://doi.org/10.25675/10217/198457
Fassnacht, S.R., M. Skordahl, and S. Simonson, 2008. Variability and Consistency in Select Colorado Snowcourses. International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings, Whistler BC, September 21-27 2008, p964-966.
Simonson, S., T. Stohlgren, C. Landry, and S.R. Fassnacht, 2008. Snow avalanche path ecology: examples from the San Juan Mountains, Colorado. International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings, Whistler BC, September 21-27 2008, p800-801.
Fassnacht, S.R., M.E. Skordahl and J.E. Derry, 2008. Variability at Colorado Operational Snow Measurement Sites: Snowcourse Stations at Collocated Snow Telemetry Stations. Proceedings of the Eastern Snow Conference (Fairlee, VT, June 2007), 65, 141-145.
Ewing, P.J., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2007. From the tree to the forest: the influence of a sparse canopy on stand scale snow water equivalent. Proceedings of the Eastern Snow Conference (St. John’s NF, June 2007), 64, 149-163.
Derry, J.E., and S.R. Fassnacht, 2006. Regional Patterns of Snow Water Equivalent in the Colorado River Basin Using Snow Telemetry (SNOTEL) data. Proceedings of the 74th Annual Western Snow Conference, (Las Cruces NM), 135-142.
Hicks, D.M., J.D. Stednick, S.R. Fassnacht, and R. Musselman, 2006. Annual Hydrochemical Fluxes from Alpine Sub-alpine Catchments in the Snowy Range, Wyoming. Proceedings of the 74th Annual Western Snow Conference, (Las Cruces NM),143-146.
Hultstrand, D.M., S.R. Fassnacht, and J.D. Stednick, 2006. Geostatistical Methods for Estimating Snowmelt Contribution to the Alpine Water Balance. Proceedings of the 74th Annual Western Snow Conference, (Las Cruces NM), 149-154.
Mace, A.I., E.K. Bentley, and S.R. Fassnacht, 2006. Spatial Similarities in Snowpack Profile Characteristics. International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings, (Telluride, Colorado, October 2006), 1 page.
Fassnacht, S.R., M. Toro, S. Simonson, and E.K. Bentley, 2006. From the Tree to the Forest – Investigating Snow Accumulation Around Individual Trees. International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings, (Telluride, Colorado, October 2006), 4 pages.
Brazenec, W.A., N.J. Doesken, and S.R. Fassnacht, 2006. Ultrasonic Snow Depth Sensors for Measuring Snow in the U.S. 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), the 86th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, (Atlanta, GA, January 28-February 3, 2006), 4 pages.
Fassnacht, S.R., and J.S. Deems, 2005. Scaling associated with averaging and resampling of LiDAR-derived montane snow depth data. Proceedings of the Eastern Snow Conference (Waterloo ON, June 2005), 62, 163-172.
Fassnacht, S.R., and E.B. Foster, 2004. The Relationship between Introductory Snow Hydrology Field Methods and Level One Avalanche Courses. International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings, (Jackson, Wyoming, September 2004), 721.
Fassnacht, S.R., 2004. Streamflow Predictability in the Upper versus Lower Colorado River Sub-basins. Proceedings of the Eastern Snow Conference (Portland ME, June 2004), 61, 115-123.
Fassnacht, S.R., 2003. Teaching snow hydrology to science and non-science majors. Proceedings of the Eastern Snow Conference (Sherbrooke PQ, June 2003), 60, 37-40.
Fassnacht, S.R., F. Yusuf, and N. Kouwen, 2002. January 1999 storms dumped snow on Southern Ontario yet limited streamflow resulted. Proceedings of the Eastern Snow Conference (Stowe VT, June 2002), 59, 223-233.
Fassnacht, S.R., K.A. Dressler, D.J. Lampkin, S.R. Helfrich, R.C. Bales, and B. Imam, 2001. Comparing AVHRR and hydrologically modelled discontinuous alpine snow-covered area estimates. Proceedings of the IGARSS (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium) 2001, (Sydney, July 2001), 3 pages.
Fassnacht, S.R., S.R. Helfrich, D.J. Lampkin, K.A. Dressler, R.C. Bales, E.B. Halper, D. Reigle, and B. Imam, 2001. Snowpack modelling of the Salt Basin with water management implications. Proceedings of the 69th Annual Western Snow Conference, (Sun Valley ID, 2001), 65-76.
Fassnacht, S.R., E.D. Soulis, K.R. Snelgrove, and N. Kouwen, 1998. Application of weather radar to model the snow hydrology of southern Ontario. Proceedings of the Eastern Snow Conference (Jackson NH, June 1998), 55, 115-123.
Fassnacht, S.R., E.D. Soulis, and N. Kouwen, 1998. Local snow sampling with grade school children. Proceedings of the Eastern Snow Conference (Jackson NH, June 1998), 55, 131-136.
Fassnacht, S.R., 1997. Suspended sediment travel time estimates for the Mackenzie Delta. In Mackenzie Basin Impact Study Final Report (ed. S.J. Cohen), Environment Canada, p92-99.
Music
Fassnacht, S.R., and M. Viramontes, 2002. Elephant Farm. Full-length 12 track CD written and recorded for Ukermann Records.