Each week we share the latest publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the holiday weeks, five new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science or published online.

1. TitleGround-based testing of MODIS fractional snow cover in subalpine meadows and forests of the Sierra Nevada (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Raleigh, Mark S.; Rittger, Karl[ 2 ] ; Moore, Courtney E.[ 3 ] ; Henn, Brian; Lutz, James A.[ 1 ] ; Lundquist, Jessica D.

[ 1 ] Univ Washington, College of the Environment
[ 2 ] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab
[ 3 ] US Dept Fish & Wildlife

Journal: REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

 

2. TitlePopulation trends of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) with respect to remote sensing measures of chlorophyll-a in critical habitat (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Lander, Michelle E.[ 1 ] ; Fritz, Lowell W.[ 1 ] ; Johnson, Devin S.[ 1 ] ; Logsdon, Miles G.[ 2 ]

[ 1 ] NOAA, Natl Marine Mammal Lab, Alaska Fisheries Sci Ctr, Natl Marine Fisheries Serv
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, Sch Oceanography

Journal: MARINE BIOLOGY

 

3. TitleMapped versus actual burned area within wildfire perimeters: Characterizing the unburned (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Kolden, Crystal A.[ 1 ] ; Lutz, James A.[ 2 ] ; Key, Carl H.[ 3 ] ; Kane, Jonathan T.[ 2 ] ; van Wagtendonk, Jan W.[ 4 ]

[ 1 ] Univ Idaho, Dept Geog
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, College of the Environment
[ 3 ] US Geol Survey, No Rockies Sci Ctr
[ 4 ] US Geol Survey, Western Ecol Res Ctr

Journal: FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

 

4. TitleDissipation of Turbulent Kinetic Energy Inferred from Seagliders: An Application to the Eastern Nordic Seas Overflows (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Beaird, Nicholas[ 1 ] ; Fer, Ilker[ 2 ] ; Rhines, Peter[ 1 ] ; Eriksen, Charles[ 1 ]

[ 1 ] Univ Washington, Sch Oceanography
[ 2 ] Univ Bergen, Inst Geophys

Journal: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

 

5. TitleInternal Tides and Mixing in a Submarine Canyon with Time-Varying Stratification (Abstract only; subscription required for full text)

Authors: Zhao, Zhongxiang[ 1 ] ; Alford, Matthew H.[ 1,2 ] ; Lien, Ren-Chieh[ 1,2 ] ; Gregg, Michael C.[ 1,2 ] ; Carter, Glenn S.[ 3 ]

[ 1 ] Univ Washington, Appl Phys Lab
[ 2 ] Univ Washington, Sch Oceanography
[ 3 ] Univ Hawaii Manoa, Dept Oceanog

Journal: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY