A W Nolin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3584337 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A W Nolin |
| GIVEN NAMES | A W |
| FAMILY NAME | Nolin |
| SIGNATURE | NOLIN A W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oregon State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1506-0087 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Science with society
Widespread warming trends in storm temperatures and snowpack fate across the Western United States
Western United States snowpacks are generated by cold-season storms, yet the vast majority of snow trend studies utilize undifferentiated air temperature records. Previous studies do not distinguish between days with and without precipitation, which effectively dilutes temperature trends relevant for snowpack monitoring. We examined trends in cold-season precipitation and impacts on snow in nine mountain regions across the western United States. …
An integrated community and ecosystem-based approach to disaster risk reduction in mountain systems
Tree-Ring Carbon Isotope Records from the Western Oregon Cascade Mountains Primarily Record Summer Maximum Temperatures
Here we examine climatic influences on inter-annual variation in latewood tree growth (i.e. ring-width indices, RWILW) and stable-carbon isotope discrimination (Δ13CLW) from 1950 to 2013 at two SNOTEL snowpack monitoring sites in the Oregon Cascade Mountains. Douglas-fir and mountain hemlock trees were sampled at the lower and upper elevation sites where annual peak snow water equivalent (SWE) averaged 467 and 1128 mm, respectively. RWILW chronol…
Integrating snow science and wildlife ecology in Arctic-boreal North America
Snow covers Arctic and boreal regions (ABRs) for approximately 9 months of the year, thus snowscapes dominate the form and function of tundra and boreal ecosystems. In recent decades, Arctic warming has changed the snowcover's spatial extent and distribution, as well as its seasonal timing and duration, while also altering the physical characteristics of the snowpack. Understanding the little studied effects of changing snowscapes on its wildlife…
Range-wide variation in the effect of spring snow phenology on Dall sheep population dynamics
Understanding the underlying mechanisms of species distributions and range limits is critical to predicting species responses to climate change. The relationship between climate factors and population performance is often assumed to be constant across species’ ranges, but factors that limit the persistence and abundance of species may vary spatially. We examined the consistency of climate effects on population performance across the global range …
Cryosphere
The frozen realm of the cryosphere consists of snow, ice sheets and glaciers, sea ice, and permafrost and frozen ground. Snow and ice have bright reflectance characteristics in the visible spectrum, enabling space‐borne measurements of their spatial extent since the 1960s. Passive microwave sensors have measured sea ice and snow extent for several decades. They also map melt on the ice sheets and detect soil freeze–thaw status. Multispectral and …
Impacts of Glacier Recession and Declining Meltwater on Mountain Societies
Glacierized mountains are often referred to as our world's water towers because glaciers both store water over time and regulate seasonal stream flow, releasing runoff during dry seasons when societies most need water. Ice loss thus has the potential to affect human societies in diverse ways, including irrigation, agriculture, hydropower, potable water, livelihoods, recreation, spirituality, and demography. Unfortunately, research focusing on the…
Testing the recent snow drought as an analog for climate warming sensitivity of Cascades snowpacks
Record low snowpack conditions were observed at Snow Telemetry stations in the Cascades Mountains, USA during the winters of 2014 and 2015. We tested the hypothesis that these winters are analogs for the temperature sensitivity of Cascades snowpacks. In the Oregon Cascades, the 2014 and 2015 winter air temperature anomalies were approximately +2 °C and +4 °C above the climatological mean. We used a spatially distributed snowpack energy balance mo…
Mountains of Our Future Earth
The Perth conferences, held every 5 years in Perth, Scotland, bring together people who identify as mountain researchers and who are interested in issues related to global change in mountain social-ecological systems. These conferences provide an opportunity to evaluate the evolution of research directions within the mountain research community, as well as to identify research priorities. The Future Earth Strategic Research Agenda provides a usef…
Perspectives on Climate Change, Mountain Hydrology, and Water Resources in the Oregon Cascades, USA
From both social and environmental perspectives, water is the main connection between highland and lowland processes in mountain watersheds: Water flows downhill while human impacts flow uphill. For example, in the Oregon Cascades mountain range, geology, vegetation, and climate influence the hydrologic connections within watersheds. Geology determines which watersheds are surface runoff-dominated and which are groundwater-dominated. In this Medi…
Science with society
Impacts of Glacier Recession and Declining Meltwater on Mountain Societies
Glacierized mountains are often referred to as our world's water towers because glaciers both store water over time and regulate seasonal stream flow, releasing runoff during dry seasons when societies most need water. Ice loss thus has the potential to affect human societies in diverse ways, including irrigation, agriculture, hydropower, potable water, livelihoods, recreation, spirituality, and demography. Unfortunately, research focusing on the…
An integrated community and ecosystem-based approach to disaster risk reduction in mountain systems
Perspectives on Climate Change, Mountain Hydrology, and Water Resources in the Oregon Cascades, USA
From both social and environmental perspectives, water is the main connection between highland and lowland processes in mountain watersheds: Water flows downhill while human impacts flow uphill. For example, in the Oregon Cascades mountain range, geology, vegetation, and climate influence the hydrologic connections within watersheds. Geology determines which watersheds are surface runoff-dominated and which are groundwater-dominated. In this Medi…
Testing the recent snow drought as an analog for climate warming sensitivity of Cascades snowpacks
Record low snowpack conditions were observed at Snow Telemetry stations in the Cascades Mountains, USA during the winters of 2014 and 2015. We tested the hypothesis that these winters are analogs for the temperature sensitivity of Cascades snowpacks. In the Oregon Cascades, the 2014 and 2015 winter air temperature anomalies were approximately +2 °C and +4 °C above the climatological mean. We used a spatially distributed snowpack energy balance mo…
Mountains of Our Future Earth
The Perth conferences, held every 5 years in Perth, Scotland, bring together people who identify as mountain researchers and who are interested in issues related to global change in mountain social-ecological systems. These conferences provide an opportunity to evaluate the evolution of research directions within the mountain research community, as well as to identify research priorities. The Future Earth Strategic Research Agenda provides a usef…
Cryosphere
The frozen realm of the cryosphere consists of snow, ice sheets and glaciers, sea ice, and permafrost and frozen ground. Snow and ice have bright reflectance characteristics in the visible spectrum, enabling space‐borne measurements of their spatial extent since the 1960s. Passive microwave sensors have measured sea ice and snow extent for several decades. They also map melt on the ice sheets and detect soil freeze–thaw status. Multispectral and …
Impacts of Glacier Recession and Declining Meltwater on Mountain Societies
Glacierized mountains are often referred to as our world's water towers because glaciers both store water over time and regulate seasonal stream flow, releasing runoff during dry seasons when societies most need water. Ice loss thus has the potential to affect human societies in diverse ways, including irrigation, agriculture, hydropower, potable water, livelihoods, recreation, spirituality, and demography. Unfortunately, research focusing on the…
Tree-Ring Carbon Isotope Records from the Western Oregon Cascade Mountains Primarily Record Summer Maximum Temperatures
Here we examine climatic influences on inter-annual variation in latewood tree growth (i.e. ring-width indices, RWILW) and stable-carbon isotope discrimination (Δ13CLW) from 1950 to 2013 at two SNOTEL snowpack monitoring sites in the Oregon Cascade Mountains. Douglas-fir and mountain hemlock trees were sampled at the lower and upper elevation sites where annual peak snow water equivalent (SWE) averaged 467 and 1128 mm, respectively. RWILW chronol…
Integrating snow science and wildlife ecology in Arctic-boreal North America
Snow covers Arctic and boreal regions (ABRs) for approximately 9 months of the year, thus snowscapes dominate the form and function of tundra and boreal ecosystems. In recent decades, Arctic warming has changed the snowcover's spatial extent and distribution, as well as its seasonal timing and duration, while also altering the physical characteristics of the snowpack. Understanding the little studied effects of changing snowscapes on its wildlife…
Range-wide variation in the effect of spring snow phenology on Dall sheep population dynamics
Understanding the underlying mechanisms of species distributions and range limits is critical to predicting species responses to climate change. The relationship between climate factors and population performance is often assumed to be constant across species’ ranges, but factors that limit the persistence and abundance of species may vary spatially. We examined the consistency of climate effects on population performance across the global range …
An integrated community and ecosystem-based approach to disaster risk reduction in mountain systems
Widespread warming trends in storm temperatures and snowpack fate across the Western United States
Western United States snowpacks are generated by cold-season storms, yet the vast majority of snow trend studies utilize undifferentiated air temperature records. Previous studies do not distinguish between days with and without precipitation, which effectively dilutes temperature trends relevant for snowpack monitoring. We examined trends in cold-season precipitation and impacts on snow in nine mountain regions across the western United States. …
Science with society
Geography (9 works) · Environmental Science (8 works) · Climate change (7 works) · Cryospheric studies and observations (7 works) · Climatology (6 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Geology (6 works) · Snow (6 works) · Meteorology (5 works) · Snowpack (5 works)