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Masaki Hayashi

Masaki Hayashi

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Earth Science

D-Index
53
Citations
10602
World Ranking
2856
National Ranking
135

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Masaki Hayashi is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and works primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Ecology.

The main topics covered by Hayashi's work involve cryospheric studies and observations, climate change and permafrost, hydrology and watershed management studies, groundwater flow and contamination studies, landslides and related hazards, soil erosion and sediment transport, and groundwater and isotope geochemistry.

Hayashi has published extensively, with a significant number of papers appearing in venues such as Hydrological Processes, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, Organic Process Research & Development, and Vadose Zone Journal.

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Hayashi include:

  • Rock glaciers and related cold rocky landforms: Overlooked climate refugia for mountain biodiversity, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Hydrogeological characterization of an alpine aquifer system in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, 2020, Hydrogeology Journal
  • Summary and synthesis of Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN) research in the interior of western Canada - Part 2: Future change in cryosphere, vegetation, and hydrology, 2021, Hydrology and earth system sciences
  • Synthesis of science: findings on Canadian Prairie wetland drainage, 2021, Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques
  • Dual-permeability modeling of preferential flow and snowmelt partitioning in frozen soils, 2021, Vadose Zone Journal

Frequent co-authors in Hayashi's collaborations include Benjamin Roesky, Edwin E. Cey, Garth van der Kamp, Aaron A. Mohammed, and Moritz Feigl.

Recognition of Hayashi's contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Effects of ground water exchange on the hydrology and ecology of surface water.

    Masaki Hayashi;Donald O. Rosenberry

  • Temperature-electrical conductivity relation of water for environmental monitoring and geophysical data inversion

    Masaki Hayashi

  • Groundwater-wetland ecosystem interaction in the semiarid glaciated plains of North America

    Garth van der Kamp;Masaki Hayashi

  • Comparing the hydrology of grassed and cultivated catchments in the semi‐arid Canadian prairies

    G. van der Kamp;M. Hayashi;D. Gallén

  • Focused infiltration of snowmelt water in partially frozen soil under small depressions

    Masaki Hayashi;Garth van der Kamp;Randy Schmidt

  • Water and solute transfer between a prairie wetland and adjacent uplands, 1. Water balance

    Masaki Hayashi;Garth van der Kamp;Dave L. Rudolph

  • Changing hydrologic connectivity due to permafrost thaw in the lower Liard River valley, NWT, Canada

    Ryan F. Connon;William L. Quinton;James R. Craig;Masaki Hayashi

  • Depth-area-volume and hydroperiod relationships of ephemeral (vernal) forest pools in southern New England

    Robert T. Brooks;Masaki Hayashi

  • Simple equations to represent the volume - area - depth relations of shallow wetlands in small topographic depressions.

    M Hayashi;G van der Kamp

  • Permafrost-thaw-induced land-cover change in the Canadian subarctic: implications for water resources

    W.L. Quinton;M. Hayashi;L.E. Chasmer

  • Hydrology of Prairie Wetlands: Understanding the Integrated Surface-Water and Groundwater Processes

    Masaki Hayashi;Garth van der Kamp;Donald O. Rosenberry

  • Spatial and Temporal Variations in Active Layer Thawing and Their Implication on Runoff Generation in Peat-Covered Permafrost Terrain

    Nicole Wright;Masaki Hayashi;William L. Quinton

  • Alpine hydrogeology: The critical role of groundwater in sourcing the headwaters of the world

    Masaki Hayashi;Masaki Hayashi

  • Peat hydraulic conductivity in cold regions and its relation to pore size and geometry

    William L. Quinton;Masaki Hayashi;Sean K. Carey

  • The Groundwater Recharge Function of Small Wetlands in the Semi-Arid Northern Prairies

    Garth van der Kamp;Masaki Hayashi

  • Effects of snow cover on soil freezing, water movement, and snowmelt infiltration: A paired plot experiment

    Yukiyoshi Iwata;Masaki Hayashi;Shinji Suzuki;Tomoyoshi Hirota

  • Connectivity and storage functions of channel fens and flat bogs in northern basins

    W. L. Quinton;M. Hayashi;A. Pietroniro

  • Flood processes in Canada: Regional and special aspects

    James M. Buttle;Diana M. Allen;Daniel Caissie;Bruce Davison

  • Hydrologic functions of wetlands in a discontinuous permafrost basin indicated by isotopic and chemical signatures

    Masaki Hayashi;William L. Quinton;Alain Pietroniro;John J. Gibson

  • Influence of vertical and lateral heat transfer on permafrost thaw, peatland landscape transition, and groundwater flow

    Barret L. Kurylyk;Masaki Hayashi;William L. Quinton;Jeffrey M. McKenzie

  • Water and solute transfer between a prairie wetland and adjacent uplands, 2. Chloride cycle

    Masaki Hayashi;Garth van der Kamp;Dave L. Rudolph

Frequent Co-Authors

William L. Quinton
William L. Quinton Wilfrid Laurier University
Barret L. Kurylyk
Barret L. Kurylyk Dalhousie University
Kyuya Harada
Kyuya Harada University of Tsukuba
Donald O. Rosenberry
Donald O. Rosenberry United States Geological Survey
Shusei Sato
Shusei Sato Tohoku University
John W. Pomeroy
John W. Pomeroy University of Saskatchewan
Clifford I. Voss
Clifford I. Voss United States Geological Survey
Jeffrey J. McDonnell
Jeffrey J. McDonnell University of Saskatchewan
Laura Chasmer
Laura Chasmer University of Lethbridge
Masao Ishimoto
Masao Ishimoto National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

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