Carolyn Hunsaker

Dr. Carolyn Hunsaker
research ecologist
Pacific Southwest Research Station
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
2081 E. Sierra Avenue
Fresno, CA, 93710
United States of America


Phone: +1 559 323 3211
Fax: +1 559 297 3355
E-mail: chunsaker(at)fs.fed.us
URL Institution: www.fs.fed.us/psw/topics/water/kingsriver/


Additional functions:
Climate Change Technical Advisory Group, California Department of Water Resources


Key Publications of Carolyn Hunsaker (up to ten) :
Hunsaker, C.T., T.W. Whitaker, and R.C. Bales. 2012. Snowmelt runoff and water yield along elevation and temperature gradients in California’s southern Sierra Nevada. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 1-12. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2012.00641.x

Hunsaker, C.T., and D.G. Neary. 2012. Sediment loads and erosion in forest headwater streams of the Sierra Nevada, California. IN Webb, A.A., M. Bonell, L. Bren, P.N.J. Lane, D. McGuire, D.G. Neary, J. Nettles, D.F. Scott, J.D. Stednick, and Y. Wang (eds), Revisiting Experimental Catchment Studies in Forest Hydrology, IAHS Publ. 353 (ISSN 0144-7815).

Liu, F., C. Hunsaker, and R.C. Bales. 2012. Controls of streamflow generation in small catchments across the snow-rain transition in the Southern Sierra Nevada, California. Hydrological Processes. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9304.

Johnson, D.W., C.T. Hunsaker, D.W. Glass, B.M. Rau, and B.A. Roath. 2011. Carbon and nutrient contents in soils from the Kings River Experimental Watersheds, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. Geoderma 160:490-502.

Hyde, P., R. Dubayah, W. Walker, J.B. Blair, M. Hofton, C. Hunsaker. 2006. Mapping forest structure for wildlife habitat analysis using multi-sensor (LiDAR, SAR/InSAR, ETM+, Quickbird) synergy. Remote Sensing of Environment 102: 63-73.


•Hunsaker, C.T., and S.M. Eagan. 2003. Small stream ecosystem variability in the Sierra Nevada of California. pp. 716-721 IN K.G. Renard, S.A. McElroy, W.J. Gburek, H.E. Canfield, and R.L. Scott (eds.), First Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, October 27-30, 2003. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. http://www.tucson.ars.ag.gov/icrw/Proceedings/Hunsaker.pdf

•Hunsaker, C.T., M.F. Goodchild, M.A. Friedl, and T.J. Case. 2001. Spatial Uncertainty in Ecology: Implications for Remote Sensing and GIS Applications. Springer-Verlag, New York.

•Hunsaker, C.T., and D.A. Levine. 1995. Hierarchical approaches to the study of water quality in rivers. BioScience 45(3):193-203.

•Hunsaker, C.T., R.L. Graham, L.W. Barnthouse, R.H. Gardner, R.V. O'Neill, and G.W. Suter. 1990. Assessing ecological risk on a regional scale. Environmental Management 14(3):325 332.



Expertise of Carolyn Hunsaker:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
Topic AtmosphereAir Pollution
Topic HydrosphereFresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes
Topic PedosphereSoil Degradation / Erosion / Desertification
Topic Integrated SystemsBiogeochemical Cycles except Carbon
Topic Economy/ResourceUseLand Cover / Land Use / Landscape
Topic SustainabilityEcological Sustainability
Time FrameRecent / Today
Statistical FocusVariability
Time ScaleSeasonal / Annual
Decadal / Centennial
MethodsData Collection - Measurement
Data Analysis
Integrated Assessment
Mountain Research InitiativeProcess studies along altitudinal gradients and in associated headwater basins
Sustainable land use and natural resources management
North America

Specialties of Carolyn Hunsaker:
Paired-watershed study for forest restoration in Sierra Nevada California

Last update: 11/22/19
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