2026 Adrian A. Harpold: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	42	7432	7141	2649	2466	139	6410

Overview

Adrian A. Harpold is affiliated with the University of Nevada Reno in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant concentration in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Water Science and Technology. Additional subfields include Environmental Chemistry and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics including:

Cryospheric studies and observations
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Fire effects on ecosystems
Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
Climate change and permafrost
Fish Ecology and Management Studies

Harpold has published extensively, with notable papers such as:

From Hydrometeorology to River Water Quality: Can a Deep Learning Model Predict Dissolved Oxygen at the Continental Scale? (2021), Environmental Science & Technology
Temperature controls production but hydrology regulates export of dissolved organic carbon at the catchment scale (2020), Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Streams as Mirrors: Reading Subsurface Water Chemistry From Stream Chemistry (2021), Water Resources Research
Why does snowmelt-driven streamflow response to warming vary? A data-driven review and predictive framework (2022), Environmental Research Letters
Climate Controls on River Chemistry (2022), Earth's Future

Their frequent co-authors include Gary Sterle, Sebastian A. Krogh, Li Li, Julia Perdrial, and Kristen L. Underwood. Collaborations with these researchers have contributed to a consistent output of publications.

Harpold's research has been published frequently in venues such as Water Resources Research, SSRN Electronic Journal, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Earth's Future, and Ecohydrology. Water Resources Research stands out as the most common venue for their work.

Best Publications

Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective

Günter Blöschl;Marc F.P. Bierkens;Antonio Chambel;Christophe Cudennec

1009
Citations
Snowmelt rate dictates streamflow

Theodore B. Barnhart;Theodore B. Barnhart;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Ben Livneh;Ben Livneh;Adrian A. Harpold

384
Citations
From Hydrometeorology to River Water Quality: Can a Deep Learning Model Predict Dissolved Oxygen at the Continental Scale?

Wei Zhi;Dapeng Feng;Wen Ping Tsai;Gary Sterle

277
Citations
Changes in snowpack accumulation and ablation in the intermountain west

Adrian Harpold;Adrian Harpold;Paul Brooks;Seshadri Rajagopal;Seshadri Rajagopal;Ingo Heidbuchel

241
Citations
Rain or Snow: Hydrologic Processes, Observations, Prediction, and Research Needs

Adrian A. Harpold;Michael L. Kaplan;P. Zion Klos;Timothy Link

223
Citations
Humidity determines snowpack ablation under a warming climate

Adrian A. Harpold;Paul D. Brooks

183
Citations
Quantifying the effects of vegetation structure on snow accumulation and ablation in mixed-conifer forests

P. D. Broxton;A. A. Harpold;J. A. Biederman;P. A. Troch

183
Citations
Changes in snow accumulation and ablation following the Las Conchas Forest Fire, New Mexico, USA

Adrian A. Harpold;Adrian A. Harpold;Joel A. Biederman;Katherine Condon;Manuel Merino

151
Citations
Defining snow drought and why it matters

Adrian Harpold;Michael D. Dettinger;Seshadri Rajagopal

147
Citations
Recent tree die-off has little effect on streamflow in contrast to expected increases from historical studies

Joel A. Biederman;Andrew J. Somor;Adrian A. Harpold;Ethan D. Gutmann

144
Citations
Soil moisture response to snowmelt timing in mixed‐conifer subalpine forests

Adrian A. Harpold;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Keith N. Musselman;Roger C. Bales

139
Citations
How Water, Carbon, and Energy Drive Critical Zone Evolution: The Jemez–Santa Catalina Critical Zone Observatory

Jon Chorover;Peter A. Troch;Craig Rasmussen;Paul D. Brooks

139
Citations
Variation in root density along stream banks.

Theresa M. Wynn;Saied Mostaghimi;James A. Burger;Adrian A. Harpold

132
Citations
Multiscale observations of snow accumulation and peak snowpack following widespread, insect-induced lodgepole pine mortality

Joel A Biederman;Paul D Brooks;Adrian A Harpold;Adrian A Harpold;David J Gochis

122
Citations
Increased evaporation following widespread tree mortality limits streamflow response

J. A. Biederman;A. A. Harpold;D. J. Gochis;B. E. Ewers

120
Citations
Sensitivity of soil water availability to changing snowmelt timing in the western U.S.

Adrian A. Harpold;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch

116
Citations
LiDAR‐derived snowpack data sets from mixed conifer forests across the Western United States

A. A. Harpold;Q. Guo;N. Molotch;N. Molotch;P. D. Brooks

115
Citations
Streams as mirrors: reading subsurface water chemistry from stream chemistry

Bryn Stewart;James B. Shanley;James W. Kirchner;James W. Kirchner;David Norris

112
Citations
Temperature controls production but hydrology regulates export of dissolved organic carbon at the catchment scale

Hang Wen;Julia Perdrial;Benjamin W. Abbott;Susana Bernal

110
Citations
Rare earth elements as reactive tracers of biogeochemical weathering in forested rhyolitic terrain

Angélica Vázquez-Ortega;Julia Perdrial;Adrian Harpold;Adrian Harpold;Xavier Zapata-Ríos

101
Citations
Topographically driven differences in energy and water constrain climatic control on forest carbon sequestration

Tyson L. Swetnam;Paul D. Brooks;Holly R. Barnard;Adrian A. Harpold

90
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul D. Brooks University of Utah

Joel A. Biederman United States Department of Agriculture

Noah P. Molotch University of Colorado Boulder

Jon Chorover University of Arizona

Peter Troch University of Arizona

Thomas Meixner University of Arizona

James W. Kirchner ETH Zurich

Brent E. Ewers University of Wyoming

David Gochis National Center for Atmospheric Research

Jennifer C. McIntosh University of Arizona

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