Steven R. Fassnacht

Steven R. Fassnacht
ESS - Watershed Science
Colorado State University
NESB B260
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1476
United States of America


Phone: +1.970.491.5454
E-mail: steven.fassnacht(at)colostate.edu
URL Institution: colostate.edu
Personal URL: link


Key Publications of Steven R. Fassnacht (up to ten) :
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, [doi: 10.1007/s11707-018-0714-z].

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, [doi:10.3390/w10050562].

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, [doi:10.5194/tc-10-329-2016].

Fassnacht, S.R., and R.M. Records, 2015. Large Snowmelt versus Rainfall Events in the Mountains. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 120, 2375-2381 [doi:10.1002/2014JD022753].

Fernandez-Gimenez, 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.

Fassnacht, S.R., J.D. Stednick, J.S. Deems, and M.V. Corrao, 2009. Metrics for assessing snow surface roughness from digital imagery. Water Resources Research, 45, W00D31, [doi:10.1029/2008WR006986].

Deems, J.S., S.R. Fassnacht, and K.J. Elder, 2006. Fractal distribution of snow depth from LiDAR data. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 7(2), 285-297, [doi:10.1175/JHM487.1].

Fassnacht, S.R., 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, [doi:10.1002/hyp.5806].

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 [doi: 10.3137/ao.400402].


Expertise of Steven R. Fassnacht:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
Topic HydrosphereHydrosphere
Fresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes
Topic CryosphereCryosphere
Snow Cover
Time FrameRecent / Today
Statistical FocusVariability
Time ScaleSeasonal / Annual

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