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Peer-reviewed Journals and Book Chapters

2023

Chen H, Niu Q, Mendieta A, Bradford J, and McNamara J, 2023. Geophysics-informed hydrologic modeling of a mountain headwater catchment for studying hydrological partitioning in the critical zone. Water Resources Research, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR035280.
Fallon K, Wheelock SJ, Sadegh M, Pierce JL, McNamara JP, Cattau M, and Baker VR. 2023. Postfire hydrologic analysis: a tale of two severities. Hydrological Sciences Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2023.2284306
Webb BW, Foster IDL, and McNamara JP, 2023. Understanding sediment in river systems – Building on a 50-year contribution. Hydrological Processes, 37:1, e14792. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14792
Hale K, Kiewiet L, Trujillo E, Krohe C, Hedrick A, Marks D, Kormos P, Havens S, McNamara J, Link T, and Godsey SE, 2023. Drivers of spatiotemporal patterns of surface water inputs in a catchment at the rain-snow transition zone of the water-limited western United States. Journal of Hydrology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128699.

2022

Kraft M, McNamara JP, Marshal HP, and Glenn NF, 2022. Forest impacts on snow accumulation and melt in a semit-arid mountain environment. Frontiers in Water, 4: 1004123, https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2022.1004123
Gordon BL, Brooks PD, Krogh SA, Boisrame GFS, Carroll RWH, McNamara JP, and Harpold AA, 2022. Why does snowmelt-driven streamflow response to warming vary? A data-driven review and predictive framework. Environmental Research Letters, 17 053004, DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ac64b4
Kraft M and McNamara JP, 2022. Evapotranspiration across the rain-snow transition zone. Hydrological Processes, 36(3): e 14519. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14519

2021

Poulos MJ, Smith TJ, Benner SG, Pierce JL, Flores AN, Seyfried MS, and McNamara JP, 2021. Topographically moderated soil water seasons impact vegetation dynamics in semiarid mountain catchments: Illustrations from the Dry Creek Experimental Watershed, Idaho, USA. Hydrological Processes, 35(12), e14421 https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14421
Seyfried M, Flerchinger G, Bryden S, Link T, Marks D, and McNamara J, 2021. Slope and aspect controls on soil climate: Field documentation and implications for large-scale simulation of critical zone processes. Vadose Zone Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20158.
Hojatimalekshah A, Uhlmann Z, Glen NF, Hiemstra CA, Tennant CJ, Graham JD, Spaete L, Marshapp HP, McNamara JP, and Enterkine J, 2021. Tree canopy and snow depth relationships at fine scales with terrestrial laser scanning. The Cryosphere, 15, 2187–2209, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2187-2021, 2021
Tetzlaff D, Buttle J, Carey SK, Kohn MJ, Laudon H, McNamara JP, Smith A, Sprenger M, and Soulsby C, 2021. Stable isotopes reveal differences in plant-soil water relationships across northern environments. Hydrological Processes, 35(12), e14023, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14023.
Rudisill W, Flores A, and McNamara J, 2021. The impact of initial snow conditions on the numerical weather simulation of a Northern Rockies atmospheric river. Journal of Hydrometeorology, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-20-0018.1

2020

Piovano T , Tetzlaff D , Maneta M, Buttle JM, Carey SK, Laudon H, McNamara JP , and Soulsby C, 2020. Contrasting storage-flux-age interactions revealed by catchment inter-comparison using a tracer-aided runoff model. Journal of Hydrology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125226
Hedrick AR, Marks D, Marshall HP, McNamara J, Havens S, Trujillo E, Sandusky M, Robertson M, Johnson M, Bormann KJ, and Painter TH, 2020. From drought to flood: A water balance analysis of the Tuolumne River Basin during extreme conditions (2015-2017). Hydrological Processes, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13749.
Gregory A, Chen C, Wu R, Miller S, Ahmad S, Anderson JW, Barret H, Benedict K, Cadol D, Dascalu M, Delparte D, Erickson J, Fenstermaker L, Godsey SE, Harris FC, McNamara JP, Savickas J, Sheneman L, Stone M, and Turner MA, 2020. Efficient model-data integration for flexible modeling, parameter analysis and visualization, and data management. Frontiers in Water, 2, p.2.

2019

Nanda A, Sen S, and McNamara JP, 2019. How spatiotemporal variation of soil moisture can explain hydrological connectivity of an infiltration-excess dominated hillslope: Observations from a Lesser Himalayan Landscape. Journal of Hydrology, V579, 124146
Fullhart AT, Kelleners TJ, Chandler DG, McNamara JP, and Seyfried MS, 2019. Bulk density optimization to determine subsurface hydraulic properties in Rocky Mountain catchments using the GEOtop model. Hydrological Processes, 2019, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13471
Fan Y, Clark M, Lawrence DM, Swenson S, Band LE, Brantley S, Brooks PD, Dietrich WE, Flores A, Grant G, Kirchner JW, Mackay DS, McDonnell JJ, Milly PCD, Sullivan PL, Tague C, Ajami H, Chanay N, Hartmann A, Hazenberg P, McNamara J, Pelletier J, Perket J, Rouholahnejad-Freund E, Wagener T, Zeng X, Beighley E, Buzan J, Huang M, Livneh B, Mohanty B, Nijssen B, Safeeq M, Shen C, van Verseveld W, Volk J, and Yamazaki D, 2019. Hillslope hydrology in global change research and earth system modeling. Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR023903
Wang H, Tetzlaff D, Buttle J, Carey SK, laudon H, McNamara J, Spence C, and Soulsby C, 2019. Climate-vegetation-hydrology in northern high latitudes: assessing the influence of scale on the value of assimilation data in catchment ecohydrological studies. Science of the Total Environment, 656: 19-28, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.361

2018

Shojaeezadeh SA, Nikoo MR, McNamara J, AghaKouchak A, Sadegh M, 2018. Stochastic modeling of suspended sediment load in alluvial rivers. Advances in Water Resources. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.06.006
Godsey SE, Marks D, Kormos PR, Seyfried MS, Enslin CL, Winstral AH, McNamara JP, and Link TE, 2018. Eleven years of mountain weather, snow, soil moisture and streamflow data from the rain-snow transition zone-the Johnston Draw catchment, Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed and Critical Zone Observatory, USA. Earth System Science Data, 10, 1207-1216, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1207-2018.
Sprenger M, Tetzlaff D, Buttle J, Carey SK, McNamara JP, Laudon J, Shatilla NF, and Soulsby C, 2018. Storage, Mixing and fluxes of water in the critical zone across northern environments inferred by stable isotopes of soil water. Hydrological Processes, 32: 1720-1737. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13135
Fullhart AT, Kelleners TJ, Chandler DG, McNamara JP, and Seyfried MS, 2018. Water flow modeling with dry bulk density optimization to determine hydraulic properties in mountain soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal.
McNamara JP, Benner SG, Poulos MJ, Pierce JP, Chandler D, Kormos PR, Marshall HP, Flores A, Seyfried M, Glenn N, and Aishlin P, 2018. Form and function relationships revealed by long-term research in a semiarid mountain catchment. WIREsWater. DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1267.

2017

Ala-aho P, Tetzlaff D, McNamara JP, Laudon H, and Soulsby C, 2017. Using isotopes to constrain water flux and age estimates in snow-influenced catchments using the STARR (Spatially Distributed Tracer-Aided Rainfall-Runoff) model. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 5089-5110, 2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5089-2017
Ala-aho P, Tetzlaff D, McNamara JP, Laudon H, Kormos P, and Soulsby C, 2017. Modeling the isotopic evolution of snowpack and snowmelt: testing a spatially distributed parsimonious approach. Water Resources Research,Volume 53, Issue 7Pages 5813–5830 DOI: 10.1002/2017WR020650.
Laudon H, Spence C, Buttle J, Carey SK, McDonnell JJ, McNamara JP, Soulsby C, and Tetzlaff D, 2017. Save northern high-latitude catchments, Nature Geoscience 10, 324-325. doi:10.1038/ngeo2947.
Tetzlaff D, Carey SK, McNamara JP, Laudon H, and Soulsby C, 2017. The essential value of long-term experimental data for hydrology and water management. Water Resources Research, doi: 10.1002/2017WR020838.
Chandler DG, Seyfried M, McNamara JP, and Hwang K, 2017. Inference of soil hydrologic parameters from soil moisture monitoring records. Frontiers in Earth Science 5:25, doi:10.3389/feart.2017.00025.
McCutcheon RJ, McNamara JP, Kohn MJ, and Evans SL, 2017. An evaluation of the ecohydrological separation hypothesis in a semiarid catchment. Hydrological Processes, 31:4, pp 783-799. doi: 10.1002/hyp.11052
Harpold AA, Kaplan M, Klos PZ, Link T, McNamara JP, Rajagopal S, Shumer R, and Steele M, 2017. Rain or snow: Hydrologic processes, observations, and research needs. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21, 1-22, doi: 10.5194/hess-2016-436.

2016

Tappa D, Kohn M, McNamara JP, Benner SG, and Flores A, 2016. Isotopic composition of precipitation in a topographically steep, seasonally snow-dominated watershed and implications of variations from the Global Meteoric Water Line. Hydrologic Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10940
Soulsby C, Bradford J, Dick J, McNamara J, Geris J, Lessels J, Blumstock M, and Tetzlaff D, 2016. Using geophysical surveys to test tracer-based storage estimates in headwater catchments. Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10889.
Evans S, , Flores A, Heilig A, Kohn M, Marshall HP, and McNamara J, 2016. Isotopic evidence for lateral flow and diffusive transport , but not sublimation, in a sloped seasonal snowpack, Idaho, USA. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, doi: 10.1002/2015GL067605.

2015

Tetzlaff D, Buttle J, Carey SK, van Huijgevoort M, Laudon H, McNamara JP, Mitchell CPJ, Spence C, Gabor RS, and Soulsby C, 2015. A preliminary assessment of water partitioning and ecohydrological coupling in northern headwaters using stable isotopes and conceptual runoff models, Hydrological Processes. doi: 10.1002/hyp.10515.
Brooks PD, Chorover J, Reinfelder YF, Godsey SE, Maxwell RM, McNamara JP, and Tague NC, 2015. Hydrological partitioning in the critical zone: Recent advances and opportunities for developing transferrable understanding of water cycle dynamics, Water Resources Research, 51, doi:10.1002/2015WR017039.
Kormos PR, McNamara JP, Seyfried MS, Marshal HP, Marks D, and Flores AN, 2015. Bedrock infiltration estimates from a catchment water storage-based modeling approach in the rain snow transition zone, Journal of Hydrology 525: 231-248. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.032.

2014

Walters RD, Watson KA, Marshall HP, McNamara JP, and Flores AN, 2014. A physiographic approach to downscaling fractional snow cover data in mountainous regions, Remote Sensing of Environment, 152, 213-425. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2014.07.001.
Kormos PR, Marks D, McNamara JP, Marshal HP, Winstral A, and Flores AN, 2014. Snow distribution, melt and surface water inputs to the soil in the mountain rain-snow transition zone, Journal of Hydrology, 519A, 190-204. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.06.051.
Anderson BT, McNamara JP, Marshall HP, and Flores AN. 2014. Insights into the physical processes controlling correlations between snow distribution and terrain properties, Water Resources Research, 50, doi: 10.1002/2013WR013714.
Kormos PR, Marks D, Williams CJ, Marshall HP, Aishlin P, Chandler DG, and McNamara JP, 2013. Soil, snow, weather and sub-surface storage data from a mountain catchment in the rain-snow transition zone. Earth System Science Data, 6, 165-173. doi:10.5194/essd-6-165-2014. [Data DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.819837].

2013

Graham CB, Barnard HR., Kavanagh KL, and McNamara JP, 2013. Catchment scale controls temporal connection of transpiration and diel fluctuations in streamflow. Hydrological Processes, 27: 2541-2556. 10.1002/hyp.9334.
Gould SB, Glenn NF, Sankey T, and McNamara JP. 2013. Influence of a dense, low-height shrub species on the accuracy of a LiDAR-derived DEM. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 79: 5, 421-431.
Eiriksson D, Whitson M, Luce CH, Marshall HP, Bradford J, Benner SG, Black T, Hetrick H, and McNamara JP. 2013. An evaluation of the hydrologic relevance of lateral flow in snow at hillslope and catchment scales. Hydrological Processes, 27, 640-654, doi 10.1002/hyp.966.
Kane DL, Yoshikawa K, and McNamara JP. 2013. Regional groundwater flow in an area mapped as continuous permafrost, NE Alaska (USA). Hydrogeology Journal, 21: 41-52, DOI 10.1007/s10040-012-0937-0.

2012

McNamara JP. 2012. Is there a northern signature on fluvial form? In: Gravel-bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environments, First Edition. Edited by Michael Church, Pascale M. Biron and Andre Roy. Chichester, John Wiley and Sons: 563 pp. ISBN 978-0-470-68890-8

2011

Prowse T, Alfredsen K, Beltoas S, Bonsal B, Duguay C, Korhola A, McNamara JP, Warwick V, Vuglinsky V, and Weyhenmeyer G. 2011. Arctic freshwater ice and its climatic role. 2012. Ambio, 40:46-52, doi:10.1007/s13280-011-0214-9.
Prowse T, Alfredsen K, Beltoas S, Bonsal B, Duguay C, Korhola A, McNamara JP, Warwick V, Vuglinsky V, and Weyhenmeyer G. 2011. Past and future changes in arctic lake and river ice. 2012. Ambio, 40:53-62, doi:10.1007/s13280-011-0216-7.
Prowse T, Alfredsen K, Beltoas S, Bonsal B, Duguay C, Korhola A, McNamara JP, Warwick V, Vuglinsky V, and Weyhenmeyer G. 2011. Effects of changes in arctic lake and river ice. Ambio, 40:63-74, doi:10.1007/s13280-011-0217-6.
Tetzlaff D, McNamara JP, and Carey SK. 2011. Preface: Measurements and modelling of storage dynamics across spatial scales. Hydrological Processes, 25: 3831-3835, doi.1002/hyp.8396.
Geroy IJ, Gribb MM, Marshall HP, Chandler DG, Benner SG, and McNamara JP, 2011. Aspect influences on soil water retention and storage. Hydrological Processes, 25: 3836-3842, doi.1002/hyp.8281
Smith TJ, McNamara JP, Flores AN, Gribb MM, Aishlin PS, Benner SG, 2011. Limited soil storage capacity constrains upland benefits of winter snowpack. Hydrological Processes, 25: 3858-3865, doi.1002/hyp.8340.
Kunkel, M. L., A. N. Flores, T. J. Smith, J. P. McNamara, and S. G. Benner, 2011. A simplified approach for estimating soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in semi-arid complex terrain, Geoderma, 165(1), 1-11, doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.06.011
McNamara, J.P. Tetzlaff, D., Bishop, K., Soulsby, C., Seyfried, M., Peters, N.E., Aulenbach, B., and Hooper, R., 2011. Storage as a metric of catchment comparison. Hydrological Processes, 25: 3364-3371, doi:10.1002/hyp.8113.
Thoma, M., McNamara, J.P., Benner, S.G., and Gribb, M.M., 2011. Investigating recharge using noble gas thermometry and an infiltration-weighted temperature approach in a agricultural, mount-front aquifer system. Journal of Hydrology, doi:10.1016/j.hydrol.2011.08.003.
Prowse et al., Chapter 6 Changing Lake and River Ice: Trends, Effects and Implications. In: Snow, Water, Ice, Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) assessment coordinated by AMAP and produced in coordination with IASC, WMO/Clic and IASSA.
Aishlin, P., and McNamara, J.P., 2011. Bedrock infiltration and mountain block recharge accounting using chloride mass balance. Hydrological Processes DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7950.
Homan, J.W, Luce, C.H., McNamara, J.P., and Glenn, N.F., 2011. Improvement of distributed snowmelt energy balance modeling with MODIS-based NDSI-derived fractional snow-covered area data. Hydrological Processes 25: 650-660, doi: 10.1002/hyp.7857.

2010

Rowland, J. C., Jones, C. E., Altmann, G., Bryan, R., Crosby, B. T., Geernaert, G. L., et al. (2010). Arctic landscapes in transition: Responses to thawing permafrost. Eos, 91(GEOBASE), 229-230.
Kelleners, T.J., Chandler, D.G., McNamara, J.P., Gribb, M.M., and Seyfried, M.S., 2010. Modeling runoff generation in a small snow-dominated mountainous catchment. Vadose Zone Journal, 9:517-527. doi.10.213/vzj2009.0033.

2009

Stratton, B.T., Sridhar, V., Gribb, M.M., McNamara, J.P., and Narasimhan, B., 2009. Modeling the spatially varying water balance processes in a semi-arid mountainous watershed of Idaho. DOI.10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.0037.x. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 45(6):1390-1408.
Kelleners, T.J., Chandler, D.G., McNamara, J.P., Gribb, M.M., and Seyfried, M.S., 2009. Modeling the water and energy balance of vegetated areas with snow accumulation. doi:2136/vzj2008.0183. Vadose Zone Journal Nov 17 2009: 1013-1030.
Tesfa, T.K., Tarboton, D.G., Chandler, D.G., and McNamara, J.P., 2009. Modeling soil depth from topographic and land cover attributes. Water Resources Research, 45, W10438,doi10.1029/2008WR007474.
Williams, C.J., McNamara, J.P., and Chandler, D.G.,2009. Controls on the spatial and temporal variation of soil moisture in a mountainous landscape: the signatures of snow and complex terrain. Hydrology and Earth System Science, 13: 1325-1336.
Brosten, T.R., Bradford, J.H., McNamara, J.P., Zarnetske, J., Bowden, W.B., and Johnston, M.E., 2009. Estimating 3D variation in active-layer thickness beneath arctic streams using ground-penetrating radar. Journal of Hydrology 373: 479-486
Brosten, T.R., Bradford, J.H., McNamara, J.P., Gooseff, M.N., Zarnetske, J.P., Bowden, B.W., and Johnston, M.E., 2009. Multi-offset GPR methods for hyporheic zone investigations. Near Surface Geophysics, 247-257.
Gribb, M., Forkutsa, I., Hansen, A., Chandler, D., and McNamara, J., 2009. The effect of various soil hydraulic property estimates on soil moisture simulations. Vadose Zone Journal, 8(2): 321-331. doi:10.2136/vzj2008.0088.
Seyfried, M.S., Grant, L.E., Marks, D., Winstral, A., and McNamara, J., 2009. Simulated soil water storage effects on streamflow generation in a mountainous snowmelt environment, Idaho, USA. Hydrological Processes 23, 858-873.
McNamara, J.P., and Kane, D.L., 2009. The impact of a shrinking cryosphere on the form of arctic alluvial channels. Hydrological Processes 23, 159-186.

2008

Bowden, W.B., Greenwald, M.J., Gooseff, M.N., Zarnetske, J.P., McNamara, J.P., Bradford, J., and Brosten, T. 2008. Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus interactions in the hyporheic zone of arctic stream that drain areas of continuous permafrost. In D.L. Kane and K.M. Hinkel (Eds.), Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, University of Alaska Fairbanks, June 29-july 3, 2008, pp 165-170.
Kane, D.L., Hinzman, L.D., Gieck, R.E., McNamara, J.P., and Youcha, E., 2008. Contrasting extreme runoff events in areas of continuous permafrost, arctic Alaska. Hydrology Research, 39:4, 287-298, doi:10.2166/nh.2008.005.
Nayak, A., Chandler, D.G., Marks, D., McNamara, J.P., and Seyfried, M. 2008. Correction of electronic weighing bucket precipitation gauge measurements. Water Resources Research, 44, W00D11, doi:10.1029/2008WR006875.
Tyler, S.W., Burak, S.A., McNamara, J.P., Lamontagne, A., Selker, J.S, and Dozier, J. 2008. Spatially distributed temperatures at the base of two mountain snowpacks measured with fiber optic sensors. Journal of Glaciology, 54(187): 673-679.
McNamara, J.P., Oatley, J.A., Kane, D.L., and Hinzman, L.D., 2008 Case study of a large summer flood on the North Slope of Alaska: bedload transport. Hydrology Research, 39.4: 299-308, doi:10.2166/nh.2008.006.
McNamara, J.P., Kane, D.L., Hobbie, J., and Kling, G.W. 2008. Hydrologic and biogeochemical controls on the spatial and temporal patterns of nitrogen and phosphorus in an Arctic river. Hydrological Processes, 17: 3294-3309.
Gooseff, M.N., Payn, R.A., Zarnetske, J.P., Bowden, W.B., McNamara, J.P., and Bradford, J.H., 2008. Comparison of in-channel mobile-immobile zone exchange during instantaneous and constant rate stream tracer additions: Implications for design and interpretation of non-conservative tracer experiments. Journal of Hydrology, 357: 112-124.
Greenwald, M.J., Bowden, W.B., Gooseff, M.N., Zarnetske, J.P., McNamara, J.P., Bradford, J.H., and Brosten, T.R., 2008. Hyporheic exchange and water chemistry of two arctic tundra streams of contrasting geomorphology. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 113, G02029, doi:10.1029/2007JG000549.
Payn, R.A., Gooseff, M.N., Benson, D.A., Cirpka, O.A., Zarnetske, J.P., Bowden, W.B., McNamara, J.P., and Bradford, J.H., 2008. Comparison of instantaneous and constant-rate stream tracer experiments through non-parametric analysis of residence time distributions. Water Resources Research, 44, W06404, doi:10.1029/2007WR006274.
Miller, C., Routh, P., Brosten, T. and McNamara, J.P, 2008. Application of time-lapse ERT to watershed characterization. Geophysics 73(3), G7-G17, DOI:10.1190/1.2907156.
Zarnetske, J.P., Gooseff, M.N., Bowden, W.B., Greenwald, M.J., Brosten, T.R., Bradford, J.H., McNamara, J. P., 2008. Influence of morphology and permafrost dynamics on hyporheic exchange in Arctic headwater streams under warming climate conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L02501, doi:10.1029/2007GL0320 CORRECTION

2007

Bradford, J.H, Johnson, C.R., Brosten, T., McNamara, J.P., and Gooseff, M.N., 2007. Imaging thermal stratigraphy in freshwater lakes using georadar. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L24405, doi: 10.1029/2007GL032488.
Zarnetske, J.P., Gooseff, M.N., Brosten, T.R., Bradford, J.H., McNamara, J.P., and Bowden, W. 2007. Transient storage as a function of geomorphology, discharge, and permafrost active layer conditions in arctic tundra stream. Water Resources Research, 43(7), WO7410 10.1029/2005WR004816.

2006

Hasholt, B., Bobrovitshaya, N. Bogen, J, McNamara, J., Mernild, S.H., Milburn, D., and Walling, D.E. 2006. Sediment transport to the Arctic Ocean and adjoining cold oceans. Nordic Hydrology, 37(4-5): 413-432.
Brosten, T,R., Bradford, J.H., McNamara, J.P., Zarnetske, J.P., Gooseff, M.N., and Bowden, W.B. 2006. Profiles of temporal thaw depth beneath two arctic stream types using ground-penetrating radar. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 17:341-355.
McNamara, J. P., Ziegler, A. D., Wood, S., and Vogler, J.B. 2006. Channel head locations with respect to geomorphologic thresholds derived from a digital elevation model: a case study in northern Thailand. Forest Ecology and Management, 224(1-2): 147-156.

2005

McNamara, J. P., Chandler, D. G., Seyfried, M., and Achet, S. 2005. Soil moisture states, lateral flow, and streamflow generation in a semi-arid, snowmelt-driven catchment. Hydrological Processes, 19, 4023-4038.
Bradford, J., McNamara, J. P. Bowden, W., and Gooseff, M. 2005. Measuring seasonal thaw depth beneath arctic streams using ground penetrating radar. Hydrological Processes, 19, 2689-2699.
Best, H., McNamara J.P., and Liberty, L. 2005. Association of ice and river channel morphology determined using ground penetrating radar in the Kuparuk River, Alaska. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 37(2): 157-162.

2004

Grant, L, Seyfried, M, and McNamara, J. P. 2004. Spatial variation and temporal stability of soil water in a snow-dominated, semi-arid region. Hydrological Processes, 18: 3493-3511.
Kane, D. K., Gieck, R. L., Kitover, D. L., Hinzman, L. D., McNamara, J.P., and Yang, D. 2004. Hydrological cycle on the north slope of Alaska. In: Northern Research Basins Water Balance, IAHS Publication 290(224-236).
Chandler, D. G., Seyfried. M, Murdock, M., and McNamara, J. P. 2004. Field calibration of water content reflectometers. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 68(5): 1501-1507.
McNamara, J. P., and Borden J. C. 2004. Observations on the movement of coarse gravel using implanted motion-sensing radio transmitters. Hydrological Processes, 18(10): 1871-1884.

2003

Stieglitz, M., Shaman, J., McNamara, J., Kling, G. and Engel, V. 2003. An approach to understanding hydrologic connectivity on the hillslope and the implications for nutrient transport. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 17(4): 1105, doi: 10.1029/2003GB002041.
Kane, D. L., McNamara, J. P., Yang, D., Olson, P.Q., and Gieck, R. E. 2003. An extreme rainfall event in Arctic Alaska. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 4(6):1220-1228.
Taylor, S., Feng, X., Williams, M, and McNamara, J. 2002. How isotopic fractionation of snowmelt affects hydrograph separation. Hydrological Processes, 16(18): 3683-3690.

2000

Kane, D. L, Hinzman, L. D., McNamara, J. P., Zhang, Z., and Benson, C. S. 2000. An overview of a nested watershed study in Arctic Alaska. Nordic Hydrology 4/5; 245-266.
Hinzman, L. D., Nolan, M., Carr, A., Kane, D. L. Benson, C. S., Sturm, M., Liston, G. E., McNamara, J. P., and Yang, D. 2000. Estimating snowpack distribution over a large arctic watershed. Proceedings of American Water Resources Spring Specialty Conference: Water Resources in Extreme Environments. Anchorage, Alaska, May 1-3, 2000.
McNamara, J. P. 2000. Bankfull flow, hydraulic geometry, and river ice in a northern river. Proceedings of American Water Resources Spring Specialty Conference: Water Resources in Extreme Environments. Anchorage, Alaska, May 1-3, 2000.
Yang, D., Kane, D. L., Hinzman, L. D., Gieck, R. E., and McNamara, J. P. 2000. Hydrologic response of a nest of watersheds to an extreme rainfall event in Northern Alaska. Proceedings of American Water Resources Spring Specialty Conference: Water Resources in Extreme Environments. Anchorage, Alaska, May 1-3, 2000.

1990’s

McNamara, J.P., Kane, D.L., and Hinzman, L.D.1999. An Analysis of Arctic Channel Networks Using a Digital Elevation Model. Geomorphology, 29: 339-353.
McNamara, J.P, D.L. Kane, and L.D. Hinzman, 1998. An analysis of stream flow hydrology in an Arctic drainage basin: a nested watershed approach. Journal of Hydrology, 206: 39-57.
McNamara, J.P., D.L. Kane, and L.D. Hinzman, 1997. Hydrograph separations in an Arctic watershed using mixing model and graphical techniques. Water Resources Research, 33(70): 1707-1720.
McNamara, J.P., D. I. Siegel, P. H. Glaser, and R. M. Beck. 1992. Hydrogeologic controls on peatland development in the Malloryville wetland complex, Malloryville, New York. Journal of Hydrology, 140:279-296.

Other Publications

Hasholt, B., Bobrovitshaya, N. Bogen, J, McNamara, J., Mernild, S.H., Milburn, D., and Walling, D.E. 2005. Sediment transport tot he Arctic Ocean and Adjoining cold oceans. Proceedings of the 15^th Northern Research Basins Conference, Sweden, August 29 – September 2.
Oatley, J. A., Hinzman, L. D., Kane, D. L., and McNamara, J. P. 2003. Case study of a large summer flood on the North Slope of Alaska: bedload transport. Proceedings of the 14^th Northern Research Basins Conference, Strømfjord, Greenland, August 25-29.
Kane, D. L., Hinzman, L. D., Gieck, R. E., Oatley, J. A., and McNamara, J. P. 2003. An extreme summer mixed snow/rain event, Arctic Alaska. Proceedings of the 14^th Northern Research Basins Conference, Strømfjord, Greenland, August 25-29.
Taylor, S., Feng, X., Williams, M, and McNamara, J. 2002. How isotopic fractionation of snowmelt affects hydrograph separation. Proceedings of the 59th Eastern Snow Conference, Stowe, Vermont, USA.
McNamara, J. P. 2001. Radio-tracking of cobbles in a mountain stream in Southwest Idaho. Proceedings of the 7^th Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, Reno, Nevada. March, 2001.
Fitzgerald, J. Borden, J. C., and McNamara, J. P. 2001. Use of direct fluvial sediment monitoring to develop a total maximum daily load for the Middle Fork Payette River sub-basin in Central Idaho. Proceedings of the 7^th Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, Reno, Nevada. March, 2001.
Borden, J. C., Fitzgerald, J. and McNamara, J. P. 2001. Use of indirect fluvial sediment monitoring to develop a total maximum daily load for the Middle Fork Payette River subbasin in Central Idaho. Proceedings of the 7^th Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, Reno, Nevada. March, 2001.
McNamara , J. P., and Steiglitz, M. 2001. The Geomorphic and Hydrologic Response of a Permafrost-dominated Watershed to a Warmer Climate. Proceedings of the 13^th Northern Research Basins Conference, Saariselka, Finland, August 20-24.
Kane, D. L, Hinzman, L. D. McNamara, J. P., Zhang, Z., and Benson, C. S. 1999. Nested watershed study in the Kuparuk River basin, Arctic Alaska. Proceedings of the Northern Research Basins Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, August 23-28.
McNamara, J. P. 1999. Anomalous characteristics of bankfull flow in an arctic river. Proceedings of the Northern Research Basins Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, August 23-28.
McNamara, J.P., Kane, D.L., and Hinzman, L.D. 1997. What are water tracks? A Geomorphic analysis of an Arctic drainage basin using a DEM. Proceedings of Northern Research Basins, Fairbanks, Alaska, August 18-22
McNamara, J. P. 1991. Hydrogeology, Water Chemistry, and Vegetation in the Malloryville Wetland Complex. Master’s Thesis, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
McNamara, J. P. 1997. A Nested Watershed Study in the Kuparuk River Basin, Arctic Alaska. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK.

Student Theses and Dissertations

Theses and dissertations indicated in the following table are for former students who McNamara was the primary adviser (or co-adviser). For a complete listing of theses and dissertations, please visit the Department of Geosciences Theses & Dissertations.\

Table of Theses and Dissertations

Name	Year	Degree	Title [Call #]	Major Adviser(s)
Ferguson, Kara	2018	M.S. Hydrologic Science	From snow to flow: Exploring relationships between SNOTEL ablation curves and peak streamflow timing	James McNamara
Shuler, John	2018	M.S. Hydrologic Science	Evaporation depth controls the relationship between soil water mobility and soil water isotope composition	James McNamara
Garst, Rebecca	2017	M.S. Hydrologic Science	Using Mountain Snowpack to Predict Summer Water Availability in Semiarid Mountain Watersheds	James McNamara
Rey, Kellie	2016	M.S Hydrologic Science	Using Stable Isotope Hyrdology to Partition Evapotranspiration in the Sage Steppe	Matt Germino (Co-advisor James McNamara)
Geisler, Ethan	2016	M.S. Hydrologic Science	Riparian Zone Evapotranspiration Using Streamflow Diel Signals	James McNamara
McCutcheon, Ryan	2015	M.S. Hydrologic Sciences	Stable Isotopes Reveal a Disconnect Between Biotic and Abiotic Hydrological Processes in a Seasonally-Dry, Semi-Arid Watershed	James McNamara
Parham, William	2015	M.S. Hydrologic Sciences	Spatial and Temporal Storage Dynamics Moderate the Ecohydrologic Significance of Evapotranspiration in Semi-Arid, Mountainous Terrain	James McNamara
Boe, Erik	2013	M.S. Hydrologic Sciences	Assessing Local Snow Variability Using a Network of Ultrasonic Snow Depth Sensors	James McNamara
Frye, Alex	2013	M.S. Hydrologic Sciences	The Persistence of Losing and Gaining Streams	James McNamara
Kormos, Patrick	2013	Ph.D. Geoscience	Estimating Deep Percolation in the Mountain Rain-Snow Transition Zone	James McNamara
Burnop, Alison C.	2012	M.S. Hydrologic Sciences	Assessing the Value of Improved Snow Information in Operational Hydrologic Models	James McNamara
Eiriksson, David P.	2012	M.S. Hydrologic Sciences	The Hydrologic Significance of Lateral Water Flow through Snow	James McNamara
Shallcross, Alden T.	2012	M.S. Hydrologic Sciences	LiDAR Investigations of Snow Distribution in Mountainous Terrain	James McNamara
Anderson, Brian T.	2011	M.S. Hydrologic Sciences	Spatial Distribution and Evolution of a Seasonal Snowpack in Complex Terrain: An Evaluation of the Snodas Modeling Project	James McNamara
Warden, Ryan E.	2011	M.S. Hydrologic Sciences	Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Stream and Groundwater Interactions	James McNamara
LaMontagne, Aurele	2009	M.S. Hydrologic Sciences	Characterization and Quantification of Ground Heat Flux for Late Season Shallow Snow. [GB 2603.2 .L36]	James McNamara
Whitson, Michael D.	2009	M.S. Hydrologic Sciences	Lateral water redistribution during spring snowmelt and simulated rain-on-snow events. [GB 0991 I2 W55]	James McNamara
Wilson, Jennifer S.	2009	M.S. Hydrologic Sciences	A geochemical investigation of groundwater sources, Blackfoot River, Idaho. [GB 0705 .I2 W55]	James McNamara
Hoffman, Bernadette A.	2008	M.S. Geology	Scale and heterogeneity in hydraulic properties of the fractured granitic Boise front, Boise, Idaho. [GB 1025 .I2 H64]	James McNamara
Homan, Joel W.	2008	M.S. Hydrologic Sciences	The Development and Evaluation of Ground, Model, and Satellite-based Snowmelt Depletion Curves. [GB 0980 H65]	James McNamara
Stratton, Benjamin T.	2008	M.S. Hydrologic Sciences	Evaluation of the spatially varying water balance process in a semi-arid mountainous watershed of Idaho using the soil water assessment tool (SWAT) model. [GB 0705 .I2 s77]	Sridhar Venkataramana (McNamara Co-Advisor)
Thoma, Michael	2008	M.S. Geology	Investigating Recharging Routes to the Treasure Valley Aquifer System, Idaho using Noble Gas Thermometry. [GB 1197.77 .T48]	James McNamara
Abdelmasih, Daniella Makram Morgos	2006	M.S. Hydrologic Sciences	Influence of Saturated Wedge Hydrodynamics on Hillslope-Stream Connectivity. [GB 0705 .I2 M67]	James McNamara
Aishlin, Pamella Sarah	2006	M.S. Hydrologic Sciences	Groundwater Recharge Estimation Using Chloride Mass Balance Dry Creek Experimental Watershed. [GB 1197.7 A39]	James McNamara
Grant, Laura	2005	M.S. Geophysics	Distribution of Soil Water Dynamics in a Small Mountain Catchment. [S 0594 G73]	James McNamara
Kormos, Patrick	2005	M.S. Geology	Accounting for time and space variations of [delta]¹⁸O in a snowmelt isotopic hydrograph separation in the Boise Front. [GB 0991 I2 K67]	James McNamara
Procsal, Michael	2005	M.S. Geology	Development of an areal snow depletion curve in the Dry Creek Experimental Watershed using MODIS Satellite Imagery and the Utah Energy Balance Snow Accumulation and Melt Model. [GB 0991 I2 P76]	James McNamara
Ragan, Brian	2005	M.S. Geology	Rill Erosion: Evidence for Adjustments in Hill-Slope Hydrology After Wildfire. [S 0623 R34]	James McNamara
Rothwell, Eric	2005	M.S. Geology	The Influence of Hyporheic Flow on the Temperature of a Riffle-Step-Pool Stream. [GB 1398.8 I2 R68]	James McNamara
Williams, Christopher J.	2005	M.S. Geology	Characterization of the Spatial and Temporal Controls on Soil Moisture and Streamflow Generation in a Semi-arid Headwater Catchment. [GB 1197.7 W525]	James McNamara
Yenko, Melissa	2003	M.S. Geology	Hydrometric and Geochemical Evidence of Streamflow Sources in the Upper Dry Creek Experimental Watershed, Southwestern Idaho. [GB 0991 I2 Y46]	James McNamara
Best, Heather R.	2002	M.S. Geophysics	The Influence of Ice on Channel Morphology of the Kuparuk River, Alaska	James McNamara
Borden, John	2001	M.S. Geology	A Comparison of Sediment Monitoring to Sediment Facies Mapping in the Middle Fork Payette River, Central Idaho. [TC 0425 P39 B67]	James McNamara
Kraft, Maggi	2023	Ph.D Geoscience	Hydrologic Implications of Snow-Vegetation Interactions	James McNamara

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