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Overview

Noah P. Molotch is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their research focuses on several main topics, which include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing

Frequent publication venues for Noah P. Molotch include:

  • Water Resources Research
  • Hydrological Processes
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Earth system science data
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

They have coauthored extensively with several researchers, notably:

  • K. N. Musselman
  • Ben Livneh
  • K. Hale
  • Nels R. Bjarke
  • Eve-Lyn S. Hinckley

Recent significant research papers by Noah P. Molotch include:

  • Winter melt trends portend widespread declines in snow water resources (2021, Nature Climate Change)
  • Extreme Runoff Generation From Atmospheric River Driven Snowmelt During the 2017 Oroville Dam Spillways Incident (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • Recent decreases in snow water storage in western North America (2023, Communications Earth & Environment)
  • The Counteracting Effects of Snowmelt Rate and Timing on Runoff (2020, Water Resources Research)
  • Signatures of Hydrologic Function Across the Critical Zone Observatory Network (2020, Water Resources Research)

Best Publications

  • Mountain hydrology of the western United States

    Roger C. Bales;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Thomas H. Painter;Michael D. Dettinger

  • Spatial variation of the rain-snow temperature threshold across the Northern Hemisphere.

    Keith Jennings;Taylor Scott Winchell;Ben Livneh;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch

  • 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

  • Extreme snowfall events linked to atmospheric rivers and surface air temperature via satellite measurements

    Bin Guan;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Duane E. Waliser;Eric J. Fetzer

  • GRACE Groundwater Drought Index: Evaluation of California Central Valley groundwater drought

    Brian F. Thomas;Brian F. Thomas;James S. Famiglietti;James S. Famiglietti;Felix W. Landerer;David N. Wiese

  • Winter melt trends portend widespread declines in snow water resources

    Keith N. Musselman;Nans Addor;Julie A. Vano;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch

  • Large near-term projected snowpack loss over the western United States

    John C. Fyfe;Chris Derksen;Lawrence Mudryk;Gregory M. Flato

  • Elevation-dependent influence of snow accumulation on forest greening

    Ernesto Trujillo;Ernesto Trujillo;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Michael L. Goulden;Anne E. Kelly

  • Scaling snow observations from the point to the grid element: Implications for observation network design

    Noah P. Molotch;Roger C. Bales

  • Estimating the spatial distribution of snow water equivalent in an alpine basin using binary regression tree models: the impact of digital elevation data and independent variable selection

    N. P. Molotch;M. T. Colee;R. C. Bales;J. Dozier

  • Effects of vegetation on snow accumulation and ablation in a mid‐latitude sub‐alpine forest

    K. N. Musselman;N. P. Molotch;P. D. Brooks

  • Snowpack regimes of the Western United States

    Ernesto Trujillo;Ernesto Trujillo;Noah P. Molotch

  • Ecohydrological controls on snowmelt partitioning in mixed‐conifer sub‐alpine forests

    Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Paul D. Brooks;Sean P. Burns;Sean P. Burns;Marcy Litvak

  • Estimating the distribution of snow water equivalent using remotely sensed snow cover data and a spatially distributed snowmelt model: A multi-resolution, multi-sensor comparison

    Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Steven A. Margulis

  • Does the Madden–Julian Oscillation Influence Wintertime Atmospheric Rivers and Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada?

    Bin Guan;Duane E. Waliser;Noah P. Molotch;Eric J. Fetzer

  • The 2010/2011 snow season in California's Sierra Nevada: Role of atmospheric rivers and modes of large‐scale variability

    Bin Guan;Bin Guan;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Duane E. Waliser;Eric J. Fetzer

  • 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

  • Estimating sublimation of intercepted and sub-canopy snow using eddy covariance systems

    Noah P. Molotch;Peter D. Blanken;Mark W. Williams;Andrew A. Turnipseed

  • ‘Quantifying the effects of forest canopy cover on net snow accumulation at a continental, mid‐latitude site’

    W. Veatch;P. D. Brooks;J. R. Gustafson;N. P. Molotch

  • Subgrid variability of snow water equivalent at operational snow stations in the western USA

    Leah Meromy;Noah P. Molotch;Noah P. Molotch;Timothy E. Link;Steven R. Fassnacht

  • Contact spectroscopy for determination of stratigraphy of snow optical grain size

    Thomas H. Painter;Noah P. Molotch;Maureen Cassidy;Mark Flanner

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven A. Margulis
Steven A. Margulis University of California, Los Angeles
Michael Durand
Michael Durand The Ohio State University
Roger C. Bales
Roger C. Bales University of California, Merced
Ben Livneh
Ben Livneh University of Colorado Boulder
Mark W. Williams
Mark W. Williams Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Paul D. Brooks
Paul D. Brooks University of Utah
Thomas H. Painter
Thomas H. Painter University of California, Los Angeles
Adrian A. Harpold
Adrian A. Harpold University of Nevada Reno
Bin Guan
Bin Guan California Institute of Technology
Sean P. Burns
Sean P. Burns University of Colorado Boulder

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