Forests and water yield: A synthesis of disturbance effects on streamflow and snowpack in western coniferous forests

SA Goeking, DG Tarboton - Journal of Forestry, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract In coniferous western forests, recent widespread tree mortality provided
opportunities to test the long-held theory that forest cover loss increases water yield. We …

UAV lidar and hyperspectral fusion for forest monitoring in the southwestern USA

T Sankey, J Donager, J McVay, JB Sankey - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Forest vegetation classification and structure measurements are fundamental steps for
planning, monitoring, and evaluating large-scale forest changes including restoration …

Parameterizations of Snow Cover, Snow Albedo and Snow Density in Land Surface Models: A Comparative Review

WY Lee, HJ Gim, SK Park - Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 2024 - Springer
Snow plays a vital role in the interaction between land and atmosphere in the state-of-the-art
land surface models (LSMs) and the real world. While snow plays a crucial role as a …

Thinning increases forest resiliency during unprecedented drought

T Sankey, J Tatum - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Regional droughts are now widespread and are projected to further increase. Semi-arid
ponderosa pine forests across the western USA, which occupy> 56 million ha, are …

[HTML][HTML] On the need for a time-and location-dependent estimation of the NDSI threshold value for reducing existing uncertainties in snow cover maps at different …

S Härer, M Bernhardt, M Siebers, K Schulz - The Cryosphere, 2018 - tc.copernicus.org
Knowledge of current snow cover extent is essential for characterizing energy and moisture
fluxes at the Earth's surface. The snow-covered area (SCA) is often estimated by using …

Regional‐scale forest restoration effects on ecosystem resiliency to drought: a synthesis of vegetation and moisture trends on Google Earth Engine

T Sankey, A Belmonte, R Massey… - Remote Sensing in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale changes in forest structure and ecological function throughout western North
America have led to increased frequency, size, and severity of wildfires. The US Forest …

Soil moisture response to seasonal drought conditions and post‐thinning forest structure

A Belmonte, T Ts. Sankey, J Biederman… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Prolonged drought conditions in semi‐arid forests can lead to widespread vegetation stress
and mortality. However, the distribution of these effects is not spatially uniform. We …

Interactions between thresholds and spatial discretizations of snow: insights from estimates of wolverine denning habitat in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

JM Pflug, Y Fang, SA Margulis… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2023 - hess.copernicus.org
Thresholds can be used to interpret environmental data in a way that is easily
communicated and useful for decision-making purposes. However, thresholds are often …

Forest fire, thinning, and flood in wildland-urban interface: UAV and lidar-based estimate of natural disaster impacts

TT Sankey, L Tango, J Tatum, JB Sankey - Landscape Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Context Wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas are facing increased forest fire risks and
extreme precipitation events due to climate change, which can lead to post-fire flood events …

Integrating airborne and mobile lidar data with UAV photogrammetry for rapid assessment of changing forest snow depth and cover

J Donager, TT Sankey, AJS Meador, JB Sankey… - Science of Remote …, 2021 - Elsevier
Forest structure and topography can influence the ecohydrologic function and resiliency to
drought and changing climate. It is, therefore, important to understand how forest restoration …