Charles H. Luce

Charles H. Luce

Research Hydrologist

Rocky Mountain Research Station

322 East Front Street, Suite 401
Boise, ID 83702
United States

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208-373-4382

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Charles H. Luce, Daniele Tonina, Frank Gariglio, Ralph Applebee. 2013. Solutions for the diurnally forced advection-diffusion equation to estimate bulk fluid velocity and diffusivity in streambeds from temperature time series
Jaime R. Goode, Charles H. Luce, John M. Buffington. 2012. Enhanced sediment delivery in a changing climate in semi-arid mountain basins: Implications for water resource management and aquatic habitat in the northern Rocky Mountains
Joel W. Homan, Charles H. Luce, James P. McNamara, Nancy F. Glenn. 2011. Improvement of distributed snowmelt energy balance modeling with MODIS-based NDSI-derived fractional snow-covered area data
Zachary A. Holden, Charles H. Luce, Michael A. Crimmins, Penelope Morgan. 2011. Wildfire extent and severity correlated with annual streamflow distribution and timing in the Pacific Northwest, USA (1984-2005)
Seth J. Wenger, Charles H. Luce, Alan F. Hamlet, Daniel J. Isaak, Helen M. Neville. 2010. Macroscale hydrologic modeling of ecologically relevant flow metrics
Henry D. Adams, Charles H. Luce, David D. Breshears, Craig D. Allen, Markus Weiler, V. Cody Hale, Alistair M. S. Smith, Travis E. Huxman. 2012. Ecohydrological consequences of drought- and infestation-triggered tree die-off: Insights and hypotheses

Other Publications

Joy Drohan, Daniel Isaak, Charlie Luce, Michael K. Young, Dona Horan, David Nagel, Sherry Wollrab, Gwynne Chandler, Scott Barndt, Yvette Converse, Sean Finn, Scott Spaulding, Brian Staab. 2024. Some good news on climate change: High mountain streams act as strongholds for cold-water species
Andrea Watts, Charlie Luce, Tom Black, Nathan Nelson. 2024. GRAIP-lite: Taking the easy street to road erosion estimates
Amanda D. Alvis, Charles H. Luce, Erkan Istanbulluoglu, Thomas Black, Julie Dieu, Jenelle Black. 2024. Using additional roughness to characterize erosion control treatment effectiveness in roadside ditch lines
Arvin Farid, Md Khorshed Alam, Venkata Siva Naga Sai Goli, Idil Deniz Akin, Taiwo Akinleye, Xiaohui Chen, Qing Cheng, Peter Cleall, Sabatino Cuomo, Vito Foresta, Shangqi Ge, Luca Iervolino, Pierrette Iradukunda, Charles H. Luce, et. al. 2024. A review of the occurrence and causes for wildfires and their impacts on the geoenvironment
Daniel J. Isaak, Charles H. Luce. 2023. Elevation-dependent warming of streams in mountainous regions: implications for temperature modeling and headwater climate refugia
Jason Dunham, Christine Hirsch, Sean Gordon, Rebecca Flitcroft, Nathan Chelgren, Marcia Snyder, David Hockman-Wert, Gordon Reeves, Heidi Andersen, Scott Anderson, William Battaglin, Tom Black, Jason Brown, Shannon Claeson, Lauren Hay, Emily Heaston, Charles Luce, Nathan Nelson, Colin Penn, Mark Raggon. 2023. Northwest Forest Plan—the first 25 years (1994–2018): watershed condition status and trends
Amanda D. Alvis, Charles H. Luce, Erkan Istanbulluoglu. 2023. How does traffic affect erosion of unpaved forest roads?
Amy East, Kouchak Amir.Agha, Graziella Caprarelli, Gabriel Filippelli, Fabio Florindo, Charles Luce, Harihar Rajaram, Lynn Russell, Cristina Santin, Isaac Santos. 2023. Fire in the earth system: Introduction to the special collection
Kevin S. McKelvey, William M. Block, Theresa B. Jain, Charles H. Luce, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Bryce A. Richardson, Victoria A. Saab, Anna W. Schoettle, Carolyn H. Sieg, Daniel R. Williams. 2021. Adapting research, management, and governance to confront socioecological uncertainties in novel ecosystems
Mohammad Reza Alizadeha, John T. Abatzoglou, Charles H. Luce, Jan F. Adamowski, Arvin Farid, Mojtaba Sadegh. 2021. Warming enabled upslope advance in western US forest fires
Martyn P. Clark, Charles H. Luce, Amir AghaKouchak, Wouter Berghuijs, Cedric H. David, Qingyun Duan, Shemin Ge, Ilja van Meerveld, Chunmiao Zheng, Marc B. Parlange, Scott W. Tyler. 2021. Open science: Open data, open models, … and open publications?
Tom Black, Charlie Luce, Nathan Nelson. 2021. Prioritizing road restoration for aquatic ecosystems using inventories and models
Gabrielle Roesch-McNally, Michael Chang, Meghan Dalton, Scott Lowe, Charlie Luce, Christine May, Gary Morishima, Philip Mote, Alexander “Sascha” Petersen, Emily York. 2020. Beyond climate impacts: Knowledge gaps and process-based reflection on preparing a regional chapter for the Fourth National Climate Assessment
Shelley D. Crausbay, Julio Betancourt, John Bradford, Jennifer Cartwright, William C. Dennison, Jason Dunham, Carolyn A. F. Enquist, Abby G. Frazier, Kimberly R. Hall, Jeremy S. Littell, Charles H. Luce, Richard Palmer, Aaron R. Ramirez, Imtiaz Rangwala, Laura Thompson, Brianne M. Walsh, Shawn Carter. 2020. Unfamiliar territory: Emerging themes for ecological drought research and management
Mohammad Sadegh Khorshidi, Philip E. Dennison, Mohammad Reza Nikoo, Amir AghaKouchak, Charles H. Luce, Mojtaba Sadegh. 2020. Increasing concurrence of wildfire drivers tripled megafire critical danger days in Southern California between 1982 and 2018
Helen M. Neville, Douglas R. Leasure, Daniel C. Dauwalter, Jason B. Dunham, Robin Bjork, Kurt A. Fesenmyer, Nathan D. Chelgren, Mary M. Peacock, Charles H. Luce, Daniel J. Isaak, Lee Ann Carranza, Jon Sjoberg, Seth J. Wenger. 2020. Application of multiple-population viability analysis to evaluate species recovery alternatives
Brian Cooke, Kristen Pelz, Chris Witt, Katelyn Driscoll, Charlie Luce, David Anderson, Jamie Barbour, Renate Bush, Mary Friberg, Carolyn Perovich. 2020. Making sense of big data: Putting Forest Inventory and Analysis to work in forest planning
Daniel J. Isaak, Charles H. Luce, Dona L. Horan, Gwynne L. Chandler, Sherry P. Wollrab, William B. Dubois, David E. Nagel. 2020. Thermal regimes of perennial rivers and streams in the western United States
James M. Vose, David L. Peterson, Charles H. Luce, Toral Patel-Weynand. 2019. Effects of drought on forests and rangelands in the United States: translating science into management responses
James M. Vose, David L. Peterson, Charles H. Luce, Toral Patel-Weynand. 2019. Executive Summary
Charles H. Luce, James M. Vose, David L. Peterson, Toral Patel-Weynand. 2019. Managing Effects of Drought: Introduction and Definition of Key Terms and Concepts
James M. Vose, David L. Peterson, Charles H. Luce. 2019. Managing Effects of Drought: Key Messages and Conclusions
Mohammad M. Sohrabi, Daniele Tonina, Rohan Benjankar, Mukesh Kumar, Patrick Kormos, Danny Marks, Charlie Luce. 2019. On the role of spatial resolution on snow estimates using a process-based snow model across a range of climatology and elevation
Charles Luce, Dan Isaak. 2018. Fishing for climate data: How recent research is helping to forecast changes in salmon and trout habitat
Charles Luce, Zachary Holden, W. Matt Jolly. 2018. Consequences of an endless summer: Untangling the link between summer precipitation and western wildfires
Daniel J. Isaak, Charles H. Luce, Dona L. Horan, Gwynne Chandler, Sherry Wollrab, David E. Nagel. 2018. Global warming of salmon and trout rivers in the northwestern U.S.: Road to ruin or path through purgatory?
Mark J. Muir, Charles H. Luce, Joseph T. Gurrieri, Marek Matyjasik, Jeffrey L. Bruggink, Stacey L. Weems, James C. Hurja, David B. Marr, Sarah D. Leahy. 2018. Effects of climate change on hydrology, water resources, and soil [Chapter 4]
Brooke E. Penaluna, Gordon H. Reeves, Zanethia Barnett, Peter A. Bisson, John M. Buffington, Andy Dolloff, Rebecca Flitcroft, Charles H. Luce, Keith Nislow, John Rothlisberger, Mel. Warren. 2018. Using natural disturbance and portfolio concepts to guide aquatic-riparian ecosystem management
Zachary A. Holden, Alan Swanson, Charles H. Luce, W. Matt Jolly, Marco Maneta, Jared W. Oyler, Dyer A. Warren, Russell Parsons, David Affleck. 2018. Decreasing fire season precipitation increased recent western US forest wildfire activity
Daniel J. Isaak, Charles H. Luce, Gwynne L. Chandler, Dona L. Horan, Sherry P. Wollrab. 2018. Principal components of thermal regimes in mountain river networks
Douglas R. Leasure, Seth J. Wenger, Nathan D. Chelgren, Helen M. Neville, Daniel C. Dauwalter, Robin Bjork, Kurt A. Fesenmyer, Jason B. Dunham, Mary M. Peacock, Charlie H. Luce, Abby C. Lute, Daniel J. Isaak. 2018. Hierarchical multi-population viability analysis
J.M. Vose, D.L. Peterson, G.M. Domke, C.J. Fettig, L.A. Joyce, R.E. Keane, C.H. Luce, J.P Prestemon, L.E. Band, J.S. Clark, N.E. Cooley, A. D’Amato, J.E. Halofsky. 2018. Forests
A. C. Lute, Charles H. Luce. 2017. Are model transferability and complexity antithetical? Insights from validation of a variable-complexity empirical snow model in space and time
Caty F. Clifton, Kate T. Day, Kathie Dello, Gordon E. Grant, Jessica E. Halofsky, Daniel J. Isaak, Charles H. Luce, Mohammad Safeeq, Brian P. Staab, John Stevenson. 2017. Climate change and hydrology in the Blue Mountains [Chapter 3]
Caty F. Clifton, Kate T. Day, Gordon E. Grant, Jessica E. Halofsky, Charles H. Luce, Brian P. Staab. 2017. Climate change, water resources, and roads in the Blue Mountains [Chapter 4]
Daniel J. Isaak, Seth J. Wenger, Erin E. Peterson, Jay M. Ver Hoef, David E. Nagel, Charles H. Luce, Steven W. Hostetler, Jason B. Dunham, Brett B. Roper, Sherry P. Wollrab, Gwynne L. Chandler, Dona L. Horan, Sharon Parkes-Payne. 2017. The NorWeST summer stream temperature model and scenarios for the western U.S.: A crowd-sourced database and new geospatial tools foster a user community and predict broad climate warming of rivers and streams
James Vose, J.S. Clark, Charlie Luce, Toral eds..Patel-Weynand. 2016. Effects of drought on forests and rangelands in the United States: a comprehensive science synthesis
Brian Cooke, Charlie Luce, Tom Black, David Tarboton. 2016. Road scholars for the western states: Protecting natural areas by improving road management research
Daniel J. Isaak, Michael K. Young, Charlie Luce, Steven W. Hostetler, Seth J. Wenger, Erin E. Peterson, Jay M. Ver Hoef, Matthew C. Groce, Dona L. Horan, David E. Nagel. 2016. Slow climate velocities of mountain streams portend their role as refugia for cold-water biodiversity
Jeremy S. Littell, David L. Peterson, Karin L. Riley, Yongqiang Liu, Charlie H. Luce. 2016. A review of the relationships between drought and forest fire in the United States
Charlie Luce, James M. Vose, Neil Pederson, John Campbell, Connie Millar, Patrick Kormos, Ross Woods. 2016. Contributing factors for drought in United States forest ecosystems under projected future climates and their uncertainty
Charlie Luce, Neil Pederson, John Campbell, Connie Millar, Patrick Kormos, James M. Vose, Ross Woods. 2016. Characterizing drought for forested landscapes and streams
Patrick R. Kormos, Charlie Luce, Seth J. Wenger, Wouter R. Berghuijs. 2016. Trends and sensitivities of low streamflow extremes to discharge timing and magnitude in Pacific Northwest mountain streams
James M. Vose, Chelcy Ford Miniat, Charlie Luce. 2016. Ecohydrological implications of drought
Charles H. Luce, Viviana Lopez-Burgos, Zachary Holden. 2014. Sensitivity of snowpack storage to precipitation and temperature using spatial and temporal analog models
Michael G. Ryan, James M. Vose, Paul J. Hanson, Louis R. Iverson, Chelcy F. Miniat, Charles H. Luce, Lawrence E. Band, Steven L. Klein, Don McKenzie, David N. Wear. 2014. Forest processes [Chapter 3]
Charles Luce, Brian Staab, Marc Kramer, Seth Wenger, Dan Isaak, Callie McConnell. 2014. Sensitivity of summer stream temperatures to climate variability in the Pacific Northwest
Sarah Hines, Dan Isaak, Charles Luce, Michael K. Young. 2014. Climate change, crowd-sourcing, and conserving aquatic biotas in the Rocky Mountains this century
David Eiriksson, Michael Whitson, Charles H. Luce, Hans Peter Marshall, John Bradford, Shawn G. Benner, Thomas Black, Hank Hetrick, James P. McNamara. 2013. An evaluation of the hydrologic relevance of lateral flow in snow at hillslope and catchment scales
Jaime R. Goode, John M. Buffington, Daniele Tonina, Daniel J. Isaak, Russell F. Thurow, Seth Wenger, David Nagel, Charlie Luce, Doerthe Tetzlaff, Chris Soulsby. 2013. Potential effects of climate change on streambed scour and risks to salmonid survival in snow-dominated mountain basins
Thomas A. Black, Charles H. Luce. 2013. Measuring water and sediment discharge from a road plot with a settling basin and tipping bucket
Seth J. Wenger, Nicholas A. Som, Daniel C. Dauwalter, Daniel J. Isaak, Helen M. Neville, Charles H. Luce, Jason B. Dunham, Michael K. Young, Kurt D. Fausch, Bruce E. Rieman. 2013. Probabilistic accounting of uncertainty in forecasts of species distributions under climate change
Frank P. Gariglio, Daniele Tonina, Charles H. Luce. 2013. Spatio-temporal variability of hyporheic exchange through a pool-riffle-pool sequence
Oscar Maturana, Daniele Tonina, James A. McKean, John M. Buffington, Charles H. Luce, Diego Caamano. 2013. Modeling the effects of pulsed versus chronic sand inputs on salmonid spawning habitat in a low-gradient gravel-bed river
C. H. Luce, J. T. Abatzoglou, Z. A. Holden. 2013. The missing mountain water: Slower westerlies decrease orographic enhancement in the Pacific Northwest USA
Megan Matonis, Charles Luce, Zack Holden, Penny Morgan, Emily Heyerdahl. 2013. Our forests in the [water] balance
Thomas A. Black, Richard M. Cissel, Charles H. Luce. 2012. The Geomorphic Road Analysis and Inventory Package (GRAIP) Volume 1: Data Collection Method
Richard M. Cissel, Thomas A. Black, Kimberly A. T. Schreuders, Ajay Prasad, Charles H. Luce, David G. Tarboton, Nathan A. Nelson. 2012. The Geomorphic Road Analysis and Inventory Package (GRAIP) Volume 2: Office Procedures
James M. Vose, Chelcy R. Ford, Stephanie Laseter, Salli Dymond, Ge Sun, Mary Beth Adams, Stephen Sebestyen, John Campbell, Charlie Luce, Devendra Amatya, Kelly Elder, Tamara Heartsill Scalley. 2012. Can forest watershed management mitigate climate change effects on water resources
Charles Luce, Penny Morgan, Kathleen Dwire, Daniel Isaak, Zachary Holden, Bruce Rieman. 2012. Climate change, forests, fire, water, and fish: Building resilient landscapes, streams, and managers
Michael G. Ryan, James M. Vose, Matthew Ayers, Lawrence Band, Chelcy Ford, Paul Hanson, Jeffrey Hick, Louis Iverson, Becky Kerns, Steven Klein, Jeremy Littell, Charlie Luce, Don McKenzie, David Wear, Aaron Weed. 2012. Effects of climatic variability and change
James M. Vose, Chelcy R. Ford, Stephanie Laseter, Salli Dymond, GE Sun, Mary Beth Adams, Stephen Sebestyen, John Campbell, Charles Luce, Devendra Amatya, Kelly Elder, Tamara Heartsill-Scalley. 2012. Can forest watershed management mitigate climate change impacts on water resources?
Zachary A. Holden, John T. Abatzoglou, Charles H. Luce, L. Scott Baggett. 2011. Empirical downscaling of daily minimum air temperature at very fine resolutions in complex terrain
Seth J. Wenger, Daniel J. Isaak, Jason B. Dunham, Kurt D. Fausch, Charlie Luce, Helen M. Neville, Bruce E. Rieman, Michael K. Young, David E. Nagel, Dona L. Horan, Gwynne L. Chandler. 2011. Role of climate and invasive species in structuring trout distributions in the interior Columbia River Basin, USA
Seth J. Wenger, Daniel J. Isaak, Charlie Luce, Helen M. Neville, Kurt D. Fausch, Jason B. Dunham, Daniel C. Dauwalter, Michael K. Young, Marketa M. Elsner, Bruce E. Rieman, Alan F. Hamlet, Jack E. Williams. 2011. Flow regime, temperature, and biotic interactions drive differential declines of trout species under climate change [includes Supporting Information]
Gregory K. Dillon, Zachery A. Holden, Penelope Morgan, Michael A. Crimmins, Emily K. Heyerdahl, Charles H. Luce. 2011. Both topography and climate affected forest and woodland burn severity in two regions of the western US, 1984 to 2006
Charles A. Troendle, Lee H. MacDonald, Charles H. Luce, I. J. Larsen. 2010. Fuel management and water yield
Charles H. Luce, Bruce E. Rieman. 2010. Landscape scale effects of fuel management or fire on water resources: The future of cumulative effects analysis?
C. H. Luce, D. G. Tarboton. 2010. Evaluation of alternative formulae for calculation of surface temperature in snowmelt models using frequency analysis of temperature observations
Bruce E. Rieman, Paul F. Hessburg, Charles Luce, Matthew R. Dare. 2010. Wildfire and management of forests and native fishes: Conflict or opportunity for convergent solutions?
Daniel J. Isaak, Charles H. Luce, Bruce E. Rieman, David E. Nagel, Erin E. Peterson, Dona L. Horan, Sharon Parkes, Gwynne L. Chandler. 2010. Effects of climate change and wildfire on stream temperatures and salmonid thermal habitat in a mountain river network
C. H. Luce, Z. A. Holden. 2009. Declining annual streamflow distributions in the Pacific Northwest United States, 1948-2006
Daniele Tonina, Charles H. Luce, Bruce Rieman, John M. Buffington, Peter Goodwin, Stephen R. Clayton, Shawkat Md. Ali, Jeffrey J. Barry, Charles Berenbrock. 2008. Hydrological response to timber harvest in northern Idaho: Implications for channel scour and persistence of salmonids
Bruce E. Rieman, Daniel Isaak, Susan Adams, Dona Horan, David Nagel, Charles Luce, Deborah Myers. 2007. Anticipated climate warming effects on bull trout habitats and populations across the interior Columbia River basin
Jason B. Dunham, Amanda E. Rosenberger, Charlie H. Luce, Bruce E. Rieman. 2007. Influences of wildfire and channel reorganization on spatial and temporal variation in stream temperature and the distribution of fish and amphibians
Ajay Prasad, David G. Tarboton, Charles H. Luce, Thomas A. Black. 2005. A GIS tool to analyze forest road sediment production and stream impacts
Charles H. Luce, Thomas A. Black. 2001. Spatial and temporal patterns in erosion from forest roads
Charles H. Luce, Thomas A. Black. 2001. Effects of traffic and ditch maintenance on forest road sediment production
Thomas Black, Charles Luce. 1999. Changes in erosion from gravel surfaced forest roads through time
William J. Elliot, Randy B. Foltz, Charles H. Luce. 1999. Modeling low-volume road erosion
Laurie M. Tysdal, William J. Elliot, Charles H. Luce, Thomas A. Black. 1999. Modeling erosion from insloping low-volume roads with WEPP watershed model
Charlie Luce, Thomas A. Black. 1999. Sediment production from forest roads in western Oregon
Charles H. Luce. 1997. Effectiveness of road ripping in restoring infiltration capacity of forest roads
W. J. Elliot, R. B. Foltz, C. H. Luce, T. E. Koler. 1996. Computer-aided risk analysis in road decommissioning
William Elliot, R. B. Foltz, Charlie Luce. 1995. Validation of Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model for low-volume forest roads
Charles H. Luce, Terrance W. Cundy. 1994. Parameter identification for a runoff model for forest roads
Charles H. Luce, Terrance W. Cundy. 1992. Modification of the kinematic wave-Philip infiltration overland flow model

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

Chandler, G.L.; Wollrab, S.P.; Horan, D. L.; Nagel, D. E.; Parkes, S.L.; Isaak, D.J.; Wenger, S.J.; Peterson, E.E.; Ver Hoef, J.M.; Hostetler, S.W.; Luce, C.H.; Dunham, J.B.; Kershner, J.L.; Roper, B.B. 2016. NorWeST stream temperature data summaries for the western U.S. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2016-0032.
Isaak, D.J.; Wenger, S.J.; Peterson, E.E.; Ver Hoef, J.M.; Hostetler, S.W.; Luce, C.H.; Dunham, J.B.; Kershner, J.L.; Roper, B.B.; Nagel, D.E.; Chandler, G.L.; Wollrab, S.P.; Parkes, S.L.; Horan, D.L. 2016. NorWeST modeled summer stream temperature scenarios for the western U.S. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2016-0033.