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William L. Quinton

William L. Quinton

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Environmental Sciences

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57
Citations
10381
World Ranking
3507
National Ranking
144

Overview

William L. Quinton is affiliated with Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on atmospheric science and ecological studies related to climate and hydrology.

The scientist's work addresses various topics, including:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Peatlands and wetlands ecology
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research

Frequent publication venues for William L. Quinton include:

  • Ecohydrology
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Hydrological Processes
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Some recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Quinton are:

  • "Representativeness of Eddy-Covariance flux footprints for areas surrounding AmeriFlux sites" (2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
  • "Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate" (2020, Nature Climate Change)
  • "Pore-scale controls on hydrological and geochemical processes in peat: Implications on interacting processes" (2020, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • "The biophysical climate mitigation potential of boreal peatlands during the growing season" (2020, Environmental Research Letters)
  • "The ABCflux database: Arctic-boreal CO 2 flux observations and ancillary information aggregated to monthly time steps across terrestrial ecosystems" (2022, Earth System Science Data)

William L. Quinton has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Oliver Sonnentag
  • Manuel Helbig
  • Elyn Humphreys
  • Masahito Ueyama
  • Ryan Connon

The scientist has contributed to book publications as well, with a notable work titled Groundwater in Peat and Peatlands published in 2022 by The Groundwater Project eBooks.

Best Publications

  • The cold regions hydrological model: a platform for basing process representation and model structure on physical evidence

    J. W. Pomeroy;D. M. Gray;T. Brown;N. R. Hedstrom

  • Structure of peat soils and implications for water storage, flow and solute transport: A review update for geochemists

    Fereidoun Rezanezhad;Jonathan S. Price;William L. Quinton;Bernd Lennartz

  • Representativeness of Eddy-Covariance flux footprints for areas surrounding AmeriFlux sites

    Housen Chu;Xiangzhong Luo;Xiangzhong Luo;Zutao Ouyang;W. Stephen Chan

  • Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region

    Susan M. Natali;Jennifer D. Watts;Brendan M. Rogers;Stefano Potter

  • Wildfire as a major driver of recent permafrost thaw in boreal peatlands

    Carolyn M. Gibson;Laura E. Chasmer;Dan K. Thompson;William L. Quinton

  • 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

  • Forests on thawing permafrost: fragmentation, edge effects, and net forest loss

    Jennifer L. Baltzer;Tyler Veness;Laura E. Chasmer;Anastasia E. Sniderhan

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

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

  • 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

  • Methane flux from drained northern peatlands: Effect of a persistent water table lowering on flux

    Nigel T. Roulet;Rosemary Ash;William L. Quinton;Tim Moore

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

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

  • Subsurface drainage from hummock-covered hillslopes in the Arctic tundra

    W.L. Quinton;D.M. Gray;P. Marsh

  • Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate

    Manuel Helbig;Manuel Helbig;James Michael Waddington;Pavel Alekseychik;Brian D. Amiro

  • A conceptual framework for runoff generation in a permafrost environment

    W. L. Quinton;P. Marsh

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

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

  • 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

  • Evaluating runoff generation during summer using hydrometric, stable isotope and hydrochemical methods in a discontinuous permafrost alpine catchment

    S. K. Carey;W. L. Quinton

  • Peatland Hydrology of Discontinuous Permafrost in the Northwest Territories: Overview and Synthesis

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

  • Evaluation of the algorithms and parameterizations for ground thawing and freezing simulation in permafrost regions

    Yinsuo Zhang;Sean K. Carey;William L. Quinton

  • A decision-tree classification for low-lying complex land cover types within the zone of discontinuous permafrost

    L. Chasmer;L. Chasmer;C. Hopkinson;T. Veness;W. Quinton

  • The Influence of Shallow Taliks on Permafrost Thaw and Active Layer Dynamics in Subarctic Canada

    Ryan Connon;Élise Devoie;Masaki Hayashi;Tyler Veness

  • Monthly gridded data product of northern wetland methane emissions based on upscaling eddy covariance observations

    Olli Peltola;Timo Vesala;Yao Gao;Olle Räty

  • Spring and Summer Runoff Hydrology of a Subarctic Patterned Wetland

    William L. Quinton;Nigel T. Roulet

  • Effects of freezing on soil temperature, freezing front propagation and moisture redistribution in peat: laboratory investigations

    Ranjeet M. Nagare;Robert A. Schincariol;William L. Quinton;Masaki Hayashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver Sonnentag
Oliver Sonnentag University of Montreal
David Olefeldt
David Olefeldt University of Alberta
Laura Chasmer
Laura Chasmer University of Lethbridge
Donatella Zona
Donatella Zona San Diego State University
Elyn R. Humphreys
Elyn R. Humphreys Carleton University
Masaki Hayashi
Masaki Hayashi University of Calgary
Philip Marsh
Philip Marsh Wilfrid Laurier University
Lars Kutzbach
Lars Kutzbach Universität Hamburg
Jonathan S. Price
Jonathan S. Price University of Waterloo
Jennifer L. Baltzer
Jennifer L. Baltzer Wilfrid Laurier University

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