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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering experiments contributing to understanding propagation, scattering, transmission and redirection of highintensity laser beams in large scale plasmas for Inertial Confinement Fusion
  • 1962 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John A. Moody is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions across multiple related subfields including ecology, global and planetary change, soil science, management, monitoring, policy and law, and atmospheric science.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as hydrology and sediment transport processes, soil erosion and sediment transport, fire effects on ecosystems, landslides and related hazards, geology and paleoclimatology research, flood risk assessment and management, and geological formations and processes.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Brian A. Ebel, Derek M. Schook, Massimiliano Ghinassi, Max Huffman, and J. E. Pizzuto. Their collaboration has contributed to research published in various scientific venues.

Notable publication venues where John A. Moody has published include Sedimentology, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Hydrological Processes, The Science of The Total Environment, and Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by John A. Moody include:

  • The effects of discharge and bank orientation on the annual riverbank erosion along Powder River in Montana, USA, 2022, Geomorphology
  • Post-fire temporal trends in soil-physical and -hydraulic properties and simulated runoff generation: Insights from different burn severities in the 2013 Black Forest Fire, CO, USA, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Floodplain Sediment Storage Timescales of the Laterally Confined Meandering Powder River, USA, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Parameter estimation for multiple post-wildfire hydrologic models, 2020, Hydrological Processes
  • Reconstruction of an extreme flood hydrograph and morphodynamics of a meander bend in a high-peak discharge variability river (Powder River, USA), 2021, Sedimentology

John A. Moody has received recognition in the form of fellowships from notable scientific organizations. In 2013, they were named Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for pioneering contributions to understanding high-intensity laser beam behaviors in large scale plasmas related to Inertial Confinement Fusion. Earlier, in 1962, they were recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Current research issues related to post-wildfire runoff and erosion processes

    John A. Moody;Richard A. Shakesby;Peter R. Robichaud;Susan H. Cannon

  • Causes for the decline of suspended‐sediment discharge in the Mississippi River system, 1940–2007

    Robert H. Meade;John A. Moody

  • Synthesis of sediment yields after wildland fire in different rainfall regimes in the western United States

    John A. Moody;Deborah A. Martin

  • Hydrologic conditions controlling runoff generation immediately after wildfire

    Brian A. Ebel;John A. Moody;Deborah A. Martin

  • Evolution of cutoffs across meander necks in Powder River, Montana, USA

    Holly A. Martinson

  • Linking runoff response to burn severity after a wildfire

    John A. Moody;Deborah A. Martin;Sandra L. Haire;David A. Kinner

  • Linking hydraulic properties of fire-affected soils to infiltration and water repellency

    John A. Moody;David A. Kinner;Xavier Úbeda

  • Ontogeny of a flood plain

    John A. Moody;James E. Pizzuto;Robert H. Meade

  • Critical shear stress for erosion of cohesive soils subjected to temperatures typical of wildfires

    John A. Moody;J. Dungan Smith;B. W. Ragan

  • Atlas of tidal elevation and current observations on the Northeast American continental shelf and slope

    John A. Moody;Bradford Butman;R.C. Beardsley;W.S. Brown

  • Synthesis of soil‐hydraulic properties and infiltration timescales in wildfire‐affected soils

    Brian A. Ebel;John A. Moody

  • Hyper-dry conditions provide new insights into the cause of extreme floods after wildfire

    John A. Moody;Brian A. Ebel

  • Hydrological effects of soil water repellency: On spatial and temporal uncertainties

    Stefan H. Doerr;John A. Moody

  • Relations between soil hydraulic properties and burn severity

    John A. Moody;Brian A. Ebel;Petter Nyman;Deborah A. Martin

  • Characterization of the spatial variability of channel morphology

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  • Near-bottom suspended matter concentration on the Continental Shelf during storms: estimates based on in situ observations of light transmission and a particle size dependent transmissometer calibration

    John A. Moody;Bradford Butman;Michael H. Bothner

  • Post-wildfire erosion response in two geologic terrains in the western USA

    John A. Moody;Deborah A. Martin;Susan H. Cannon

  • Infiltration and runoff generation processes in fire‐affected soils

    John A. Moody;Brian A. Ebel;Brian A. Ebel

  • Hydrologic and sedimentologic response of two burned watersheds in Colorado

    John A. Moody;Deborah A. Martin

  • Rethinking infiltration in wildfire‐affected soils

    Brian A. Ebel;John A. Moody

  • Spatial structures of stream and hillslope drainage networks following gully erosion after wildfire

    John A. Moody;David A. Kinner

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian A. Ebel
Brian A. Ebel United States Geological Survey
Robert H. Meade
Robert H. Meade United States Geological Survey
Peter R. Robichaud
Peter R. Robichaud United States Department of Agriculture
Richard A. Shakesby
Richard A. Shakesby Swansea University
Patrick N.J. Lane
Patrick N.J. Lane University of Melbourne
Gary J. Sheridan
Gary J. Sheridan University of Melbourne
James E. Pizzuto
James E. Pizzuto University of Delaware
Hugh G. Smith
Hugh G. Smith Landcare Research
Massimiliano Ghinassi
Massimiliano Ghinassi University of Padua
Anton Barty
Anton Barty Universität Hamburg

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