{"id":6,"date":"2016-11-22T18:32:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T18:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:19:12","slug":"fassnacht-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/fassnacht-news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>2026<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>May 5, 2026: Our paper <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/feart.2026.1564035\"><b>Spatial and temporal variability of snow in the Andes using MODIS snow product 2000\u20132025<\/b><\/a> was just published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/earth-science\"><i>Frontiers in Earth Science<\/i><\/a>. This is exciting work, <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=7gNGVmUAAAAJ&amp;hl=es\">Dr. Saavedra<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>April 30, 2026: Well done Yanisa Wongveerakul, on your poster at the SURE symposium.<\/li>\n<li>April 27, 2026: Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akita-pu.ac.jp\/kenkyuseika\/kenkyuseika2026\/9297\">Professor Yuto Tashiro<\/a>. Our paper <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2025GB008825\"><b>Long-term increases in Ca<sup>2=<\/sup>, Mg<sup>2+<\/sup>, and SO4<sup>2-<\/sup>&#8211; concentrations in the Kolyma River (1980\u20132022) due to Yedoma degradation<\/b><\/a> is being highlighted by the AGU on May 1st.<\/li>\n<li>April 26, 2026: Our paper <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ejrh.2026.103478\"><b>A hybrid NARX\u2013LSTM neural network for predicting climate change impacts on snow cover area<\/b><\/a> was just published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/journal\/journal-of-hydrology-regional-studies\"><i>Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies<\/i><\/a>. Well done Jose-David Hidalgo-Hidalgo.<\/li>\n<li>April 23, 2026: Congratulations to <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#shefa_al_mansour\">Shefa Almansour<\/a> for being selected as a <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability.colostate.edu\/training\/sustainability-leadership-fellows\/\">SoGES 2026-2027 Diana Wall Sustainability Leadership Fellows<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>April 20, 2026: Our paper <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02626667.2025.2536020\"><i>Research that has shaped the thinking of mid-career snow hydrologists<\/i><\/a> was the Warner College of Natural Resources Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability 2026 Outstanding Publication.<\/li>\n<li>April 8, 2026: Well done all those who presented at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/ce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HydrologyDays_Program2026.pdf\">AGU Hydrology Days<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>March 8, 2026: Our paper <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2025WR040065\"><b>Variogram time series analysis applied to the spatial structure of snow accumulation<\/b><\/a> was just published in <a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/journal\/19447973\"><i>Water Resources Research<\/i><\/a>. A thank you to all the co-authors.<\/li>\n<li>March 5, 2026: Our paper <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/glacies3010004\"><b>Snow Surface Roughness at a Ski Resort During Melt<\/b><\/a> was just published in <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/glacies\">Glacies<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li>February 18, 2026: Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/jglobal.jst.go.jp\/en\/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=202301014999618765\">Professor Yuto Tashiro<\/a> for leading the effort to understand <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2025GB008825\"><b>Long-term increases in Ca<sup>2=<\/sup>, Mg<sup>2+<\/sup>, and SO4<sup>2-<\/sup>&#8211; concentrations in the Kolyma River (1980\u20132022) due to Yedoma degradation<\/b><\/a> with the study published in <a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/journal\/19449224\"><i>Global Biogeochemical Cycles<\/i><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>February 2-6, 2026: A very successful 5<sup>th<\/sup> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/snowhydro.unirioja.es\/pages\/conference\">Snow Hydrology 2026 Conference<\/a><\/strong> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turismodearagon.com\/en\/ficha\/jaca\/\">Jaca, Spain<\/a>. Thanks to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/cryopyr.csic.es\/en\/cryopyr-en\/\">CYROPYR<\/a><\/em> of IPE, CSIC for hosting.<\/li>\n<li>January 5, 2026: Oliver Smock, Samantha Nauman, Casandra Lange, and Yanisa Wongveerakul have joined the Snow Lab as undergraduate researchers.<\/li>\n<li>January 5, 2026: <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#alyssa_hendricks\">Alyssa H. Dietrich<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#tyler_lampard\">Tyler Lampard<\/a> have joined the CSU Watershed Science PhD Program and the Snow Lab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2025<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>December 19, 2025: <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#alicia_tyson\">Dr. Alicia F. Tyson<\/a> graduated from the Watershed Science Program at CSU with her PhD.<\/li>\n<li>November 3, 2025: (Dr.) Alicia F. Tyson&#8217;s dissertation &#8220;Advancing Climate-adaptive Watershed Health by Integrating Socio-ecological Systems and Team Science&#8221; has been accepted by the Graduate School.<\/li>\n<li>October 31, 2025: Our paper <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/cli13110226\"><i>Let Us Change the Aerodynamic Roughness Length as a Function of Snow Depth<\/i><\/a> was just published in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/climate\"><i>Climate<\/i><\/a>. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XpoNCxceU-k\">video abstract<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>October 22, 2025: Congratulations to <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#marin_macdonald\">Marin MacDonald<\/a> who successfully defended her M.S. thesis.<\/li>\n<li>October 5, 2025: Our paper <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/hydrology12100263\"><i>Outdoor Ice Rinks in Ontario, Canada\u2014An Oversimplified Model for Ice Water Equivalent and Operational Duration to Evaluate Changing Climate<\/i><\/a> was just published in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/hydrology\"><i>Hydrology<\/i><\/a>. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BnR8LjuzMr0\">video abstract<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>August 28, 2025: Our paper <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/cli13090177\"><i>Snowmelt Streamflow Trends over Colorado (U.S.A.) Mountain Watersheds<\/i><\/a> was just published in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/climate\"><i>Climate<\/i><\/a>. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yYSIgmld28Q\">video abstract<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>August 25, 2025: the official start of the fall semester. Welcome <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#karenth_dworksy\">Karenth Dworsky<\/a> to the the Snow Hydrology Lab<\/li>\n<li>August 17-22, 2025: Had a great 6-day Watershed Practicum (WR486) to the Rio Grande and San Luis Valley in southern Colorado. Thanks to the 17 great students, backup from <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#christina_chow\">Christina Chow<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#niah_venable\">Niah Venable<\/a>. A big thanks for Heather Dutton of the <a href=\"https:\/\/slvwcd.org\/\">San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District<\/a> for all the extensive organization, coordination, etc. for the trip.<\/li>\n<li>July 4, 2025: Our paper <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/w17132017\"><i>Twin Peaks in Streamflow Dictated by Snow Melt-out Response in Forest and Alpine Zones<\/i><\/a> was just published in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/water\"><i>Water<\/i><\/a>. Congratulations Lenka Doskocil <em>et al<\/em>. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-0p_Kksi40k\">video abstract<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>June 30, 2025: Our paper <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02626667.2025.2536020\"><i>Research that has shaped the thinking of mid-career snow hydrologists<\/i><\/a> was just accepted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/journals\/thsj20\"><i>Hydrological Sciences Journal<\/i><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>June 10-12, 2025: Steven Fassnacht attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easternsnow.org\/\">Eastern Snow Conference<\/a> and presented a <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/06\/2025ESC_poster-Fassnacht_etal_v1.pdf\">poster<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>June 8, 2025: Our paper of a <i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/rs17121984\">geometric-based aerodynamic roughness length (z0) formulation and code<\/a><\/i> was just published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/remotesensing\"><i>Remote Sensing<\/i><\/a>. The code is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/rneville\/Z0-Lettau-LiDAR-Watershed\">CODE<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>May 27, 2025: Congratulations to <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#alicia_tyson\">Alicia Tyson<\/a> for successfully defending her PhD dissertation.<\/li>\n<li>May 19-22, 2025: <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#marin_macdonald\">Marin MacDonald<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#christina_chow\">Christina Chow<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#helen_flynn\">Helen Flynn<\/a> and Steven Fassnacht attend the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westernsnowconference.org\/\">Western Snow Conference<\/a>. Marin, Christina and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/05\/2025WSC_Fassnacht_poster_v1.pdf\">Steven<\/a> presented posters.<\/li>\n<li>May 16, 2025: Congratulations to Master <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#jack_reuland\">Jack Reuland<\/a> who just graduated with a MS in Watershed Science.<\/li>\n<li>April 8-9, 2025: Many from the lab presented papers at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/ce\/events\/hydrology-days\/\">Hydrology Days<\/a><\/li>\n<li>January 20, 2025: Steven Fassnacht&#8217;s editorial &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/glacies2010001\"><i>Ice and Snow Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities<\/i><\/a>&#8221; was just published in the journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/glacies\">Glacies<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>January 21, 2025: First day of class for CSU students. All the best for S2025 students and instructors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2024<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>December 13, 2024: Congratulations to all CSU graduates, including <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#darya_lilie\">Darya Lilie<\/a> who just graduated with a MS in Watershed Science.<\/li>\n<li>November 8, 2024: Our paper &#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.15334\">Wildfire Impacts for Temperature Index Snowpack Model Parameters&#8221;<\/a><\/em> was just published in <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/journal\/10991085\"><i>Hydrological Processes<\/i><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>October 22, 2024: Our paper &#8220;<em>Wildfire Impacts for Temperature Index Snowpack Model Parameters&#8221;<\/em> was just accepted to <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/journal\/10991085\"><i>Hydrological Processes<\/i><\/a>. Congratulations Jeremy!<\/li>\n<li>October 15-17, 2024: Steven R. Fassnacht participated in very successful research hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akita-pu.ac.jp\/language\/EN\/\"> Akita Prefectural University<\/a> and sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamstec.go.jp\/e\/\">JAMSTEC<\/a>. He gave a talk on <em>Snowpack Process Formulation:\u200b Collecting Sensical Data<\/em>. We had a very fun and informative post-meeting to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hachir%C5%8Dgata\">Lake Hachir\u014dgata<\/a><\/li>\n<li>October 9, 2024: Steven R. Fassnacht gives a seminar at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/plains-area\/fort-collins-co\/center-for-agricultural-resources-research\/water-management-and-systems-research\/\">USDA ARS Water Management and Systems Research group <\/a> in Fort Collins, Colorado on <em>Chasing Water through the Hills! Challenges of Measuring Moisture in the Mountains.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>October 5, 2024: Our paper &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/rs16193705\"><em>Synergistic Potential of Optical and Radar Remote Sensing for Snow Cover Monitoring&#8221;<\/em><\/a> was just published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/remotesensing\"><i>Remote Sensing<\/i><\/a>. Congratulations Jos\u00e9 David!<\/li>\n<li>September 29, 2024: Successful trip to the San Juan Mountains with Christina Chow, supported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/snowstudies.org\/\">Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies<\/a>, to do pre-snow sampling.<\/li>\n<li>August 27, 2024: <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#jessica_sanow\">Dr. Jessica Sanow<\/a> is the lead author on our paper &#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.polar.2024.101110\">How does a dynamic surface roughness affect snowpack modeling?<\/a><\/em>&#8221; was just published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/journal\/polar-science\">Polar Science<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>August 16, 2024: New M.S. student and Cross Country\/Track and Field athlete <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#madison_king\">Madison King<\/a> just started her degree program and athletic career at CSU.<\/li>\n<li>August 11-16, 2024: Just completed another successful Watershed Practicum (WR486) course, this year examining the Uncompahgre River.<\/li>\n<li>July 9, 2024: Steven R. Fassnacht gives a seminar for the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/urban-engineering-cities\/turkstra-talks\">Turkstra Talks<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/\">University of Waterloo<\/a> on <em>Snow, Climate Change, and Humans<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>June 12, 2024: <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#helen_flynn\">Helen Flynn<\/a> is the lead author on our paper &#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/w16121665\">Baseflow from Snow and Rain in Mountain Watersheds<\/a><\/em>&#8221; was just published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/water\">Water<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>June 6, 2024: My editorial &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/glacies1010002\"><i>Glacies\u2014A New Open Access Journal<\/i><\/a>&#8221; was just published in the new journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/glacies\">Glacies<\/a>. I am the founding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/glacies\/editors\">Editor-in-Chief<\/a> for this new journal.<\/li>\n<li>May 28, 2024: <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#jack_reuland\">Jack Reuland<\/a> successfully defended his M.S. thesis on <i>&#8220;Landscape &amp; Climate Drivers of Burn Severity: Southern Rockies Ecoregion.&#8221;<\/i><\/li>\n<li>May 23, 2024: Steven R. Fassnacht gives a seminar at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.igme.es\/\">Instituto Geol\u00f3gico y Minero de Espa\u00f1a<\/a> on snowpack sublimation, as part of his Fulbright research.<\/li>\n<li>May 11, 2024: Congratulations to <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#brian_steen\">Brian Steen<\/a>, a new M.S. in Watershed Science.<\/li>\n<li>April 25-28, 2024: Steven R. Fassnacht attends the <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.es\/\">Fulbright<\/a> Spain and Fulbright Morocco <span class=\"kma42e\"><span id=\"rAECCd\" role=\"heading\">Crossing the Strait Seminar in C\u00f3rdoba, Spain.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>March 29, 2024: Our paper &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/glacies1010001\"><i>Location Dictates Snow Aerodynamic Roughness<\/i><\/a>&#8221; was just published in the new journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/glacies\">Glacies<\/a> (100<sup>th<\/sup> refereed journal paper published; first paper in the first issue of a new journal).<\/li>\n<li>March 25, 2024: Our paper &#8220;<i>Integrated Spatial Trend Analysis for Climate Change Assessment Using Station Data and Gridded Climate Normals \/ Integrierte R\u00e4umliche Trendbewertung unter Verwendung von Stationsdaten und gerasterten Klimanormalen<\/i>&#8221; was just published in the new journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-goettingen.de\/de\/153334.html\">Geo\u00f6ko<\/a><\/li>\n<li>March 20, 2024: <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#brian_steen\">Brian Steen<\/a> successfully defended his M.S. thesis on <i>&#8220;Interdaily Temperature Variability in the Southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado.&#8221;<\/i><\/li>\n<li>March 11-14, 2024: A successful Snow Hydrology Field Methods course in the Pyrenees (Candanch\u00fa and Formigal) co-sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipe.csic.es\/\">CSIC-IPE<\/a><\/li>\n<li>February 28 to March 1, 2024: Helen Flynn (Fulbright Pre-doctoral Fellow at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipe.csic.es\/\">CSIC-IPE<\/a>), Dr. Jes\u00fas Revuelto (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipe.csic.es\/\">CSIC-IPE<\/a>), Steven R. Fassnacht and work with colleagues from Granada in the Sierra Nevada (Spain) to measure the snowpack. Check out the summary video in <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ANe8Z-LQ5tU\">English<\/a> y en <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TfbkdEwBQ4Y\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/li>\n<li>February 27, 2024: Steven R. Fassnacht gives a lecture and leads a data analysis exercise with MS students in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cehiuma.uma.es\/rhyma-master\/\">RHYMA<\/a> program at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uma.es\/\">University of M\u00e1laga<\/a> with the assistance of Helen Flynn (Fulbright Pre-doctoral Fellow at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipe.csic.es\/\">CSIC-IPE<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>January 29 to February 2, 2024: Dr. Jessica E. Sanow (now with USGS), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamstec.go.jp\/e\/\">Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology<\/a> JAMSTEC collaborator Dr. Kazuyoshi Suzuki, and Steven R. Fassnacht travel to Shinjo, Japan to work at the NIED <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bosai.go.jp\/e\/about\/access\/shinjyo.html\">Cryospheric Environment Simulator<\/a> with snow in the wind tunnel<\/li>\n<li>January 24, 2024: Steven R. Fassnacht gives a seminar at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamstec.go.jp\/e\/\">JAMSTEC<\/a> on the Fulbright experience<\/li>\n<li>January 18, 2024: Steven R. Fassnacht gives a lecture\/seminar at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ugr.es\/en\">University of Granada<\/a><\/li>\n<li>January 17, 2024: Steven R. Fassnacht and colleagues from Granada travel to the Sierra Nevada (Spain) to test a new field sensor array<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2023<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>November 16-19, 2023: Helen Flynn (Fulbright Pre-doctoral Fellow at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipe.csic.es\/\">CSIC-IPE<\/a>) and Steven R. Fassnacht attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.es\/\">Fulbright<\/a> Spain Mediterranean Research Seminar in Alicante, Spain<\/li>\n<li>November 4, 2023: Steven R. Fassnacht starts <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.es\/\">Fulbright<\/a> in Spain with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.igme.es\/\">Instituto Geol\u00f3gico y Minero de Espa\u00f1a<\/a> (IGME) in Granada<\/li>\n<li>October 1, 2023: Steven R. Fassnacht starts <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbrightchile.cl\/\">Fulbright<\/a> in Chile with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upla.cl\/\">Universidad de Playa Ancha<\/a> (UPLA) in Valpara\u00edso<\/li>\n<li>September 29, 2023: <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#anna_pfohl\">Anna Pfohl<\/a> successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation on <i>&#8220;Recent and Future Colorado Water: Snow Drought, Streamflow, and Winter Recreation.&#8221;<\/i><\/li>\n<li>July 11, 2023: <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#alex_olsen-mikitowicz\">Alex Olsen-Mikitowicz<\/a> successfully defended his M.S. thesis on <i>&#8220;Impact of Dynamic Topography on Snow Distribution Patterns.&#8221;<\/i><\/li>\n<li>June 11, 2023: Our paper &#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/w15122196\">Snow Surface Roughness across Spatio-Temporal Scales<\/a><\/em> was just published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/water\">Water<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>May 26, 2023: Our paper &#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.agwat.2023.108377\">Wildfire and climate change amplify knowledge gaps linking mountain source-water systems and agricultural water supply in the western United States<\/a>&#8220;<\/em> led by Dr. David M. Barnard was just published in Agricultural Water Management.<\/li>\n<li>April 27, 2023: The paper by <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2200333119\">Kampf et al. (2022)<\/a> was awarded as the Outstanding Publication Award (department) for 2023.<\/li>\n<li>April 26, 2023: Watershed Science Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/\"> Steven R. Fassnacht<\/a> was awarded the Harry E. Troxell Distinguished Service to Students Faculty Award for 2023.<\/li>\n<li>April 14, 2023: Watershed Science Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/\"> Steven R. Fassnacht<\/a>\u00a0was selected as a <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbrightscholars.org\/us-scholar-awards\">Fulbright U.S. Scholar<\/a> for 2023-2024 for Fulbright Global Scholar Award.<\/li>\n<li>March 31, 2023: Ecosystem Science and Sustainability (and Watershed Science minor) undergraduate student <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#helen_flynn\"> Helen Flynn<\/a>\u00a0was selected as a <a href=\"https:\/\/us.fulbrightonline.org\/\">Fulbright<\/a> student scholar.<\/li>\n<li>March 25, 2023: Our paper &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/hydrology10040075\"><i>Evaluating Methods of Streamflow Timing to Approximate Snowmelt Contribution in High-Elevation Mountain Watersheds<\/i><\/a>&#8221; by Pfohl and Fassnacht is now in print in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/hydrology\"><i>Hydrology<\/i><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>March 21-22, 2023: Alex Olsen-Mikitowicz, Brian Steen, Alexis Foster, Mark Daniels, Helen Flynn, Marin MacDonald, and Shea Slonkosky and Steven Fassnacht presented at the <a href=\"http:\/\/hydrologydays.colostate.edu\/\">AGU Hydrology Days conference<\/a> in Fort Collins, Colorado.<\/li>\n<li>March 6-10, 2023: Dr. Jessica Snow and Steven Fassnacht presented at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcar.org\/isar-7\/\">ISAR-7 conference<\/a> in Tokyo, Japan.<\/li>\n<li>January 30, 2023: Our paper &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022EF003092\"><i>High resolution SnowModel simulations reveal future elevation dependent snow loss and earlier, flashier surface water input for the Upper Colorado River Basin<\/i><\/a>&#8221; is now in print in <a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/journal\/23284277\"><i>Earth\u2019s Future<\/i><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>January 20, 2023: Our letter &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2218754120\"><i>Reply to You and Xu: Delayed wildfires in 2020 promote snowpack melting in the western United States<\/i><\/a>&#8221; is now in print in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/\"><i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America<\/i><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>December 12-16, 2022: PhD candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#anna_pfohl\">Anna Pfohl<\/a>, Bachelor&#8217;s candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#helen_flynn\">Helen Flynn<\/a>, and Bachelor&#8217;s candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/Fassnacht_students#marin_macdonald\">Marin MacDonald<\/a> attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agu.org\/Fall-Meeting\">AGU Fall Meeting<\/a> in <a>Chicago<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>September 29 to October 29, 2022: Success fellowship to Japan supported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsps.go.jp\/english\/\">Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science<\/a> working at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamstec.go.jp\/e\/\">Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology<\/a> with a week in Shinjo at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bosai.go.jp\/e\/about\/access\/shinjyo.html\">Shinjo Cryospheric Environment Laboratory<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><b>the pandemic causes delays<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 May 5, 2026: Our paper Spatial and temporal variability of snow in the Andes using MODIS snow product 2000\u20132025 was just published in Frontiers in Earth Science. 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