John M. Frank, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• David E. Reed, Housen Chu, Brad G. Peter, Jiquan Chen, John M. Frank, Andrew Hill, Andrew Ouimette. 2025. Network of networks: Time series clustering of AmeriFlux sites
• Ryan William Webb, John F. Knowles, Alex Fox, Alex Fabricus, Timothy Corrie, Kori Mooney, Jocelyn Gallais, Nana Afua Gyau Frimpong, Christopher Akuka Akurugu, Greg Barron-Gafford, Peter D. Blanken, Sean P. Burns, John M. Frank, Marcy Litvak. 2024. Energy-water asynchrony principally determines water available for runoff from snowmelt in continental montane forests
• David R. Bowling, Christina Schadel, Kenneth R. Smith, Andrew D. Richardson, Michael Bahn, M. Altaf Arain, Andrej Varlagin, Andrew Ouimette, John M. Frank, et. al. 2024. Phenology of photosynthesis in winter‐dormant temperate and boreal forests: Long‐term observations from flux towers and quantitative evaluation of phenology models
• Samuel A. Marlow, John M. Frank, Matthew Burkhart, Bujidmaa Borkhuu, Shelby E. Fuller, Jefferson R. Snider. 2024. Snowfall measurements at wind-exposed and sheltered sites in the Rocky Mountains of southeastern Wyoming
• John F. Knowles, Nels R. Bjarke, Andrew M. Badger, Max Berkelhammer, Joel A. Biederman, Peter D. Blanken, Mario Bretfeld, Sean P. Burns, Brent E. Ewers, John M. Frank, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Leanne Lestak, Ben Livneh, David E. Reed, Russell L. Scott, Noah P. Molotch. 2023. Bark beetle impacts on forest evapotranspiration and its partitioning
• John M. Frank, William J. Massman. 2023. A study of the role of seven historically significant fast-response hygrometers and sensor calibration on eddy covariance H2O fluxes and surface energy balance closure
• Hanshu Wang, Yaoming Ma, William J. Massman, John M. Frank. 2023. Refinements of equations for the temperature-wind covariance in Massman and Lee (2002)
• William J. Massman, John M. Frank. 2022. Modeling gas flow velocities in soils induced by variations in surface pressure, heat, and moisture dynamics
• Kamal J. K. Gandhi, Chelsea N. Miller, Paula J. Fornwalt, John M. Frank. 2022. Bark beetle outbreaks alter biotic components of forested ecosystems [Chapter 8]
• John M. Frank. 2021. Beetle outbreaks in subalpine forests and what they mean for snowmelt
• Sean P. Burns, John M. Frank, William J. Massman, Edward G. Patton, Peter D. Blanken. 2021. The effect of static pressure-wind covariance on vertical carbon dioxide exchange at a windy subalpine forest site
• Joshua B. Fisher, Trevor F. Keenan, Christin Buechner, Gabriela Shirkey, Jorge F. Perez‐Quezada, Sara H. Knox, John M. Frank, Benjamin R. K. Runkle, Gil Bohrer. 2021. Once upon a time, in AmeriFlux
• John M. Frank, William J. Massman, W. Stephen Chan, Keith Nowicki, Scot C. R. Rafkin. 2020. Coordinate rotation-amplification in the uncertainty and bias in non-orthogonal sonic anemometer vertical wind speeds
• Gilberto Pastorello, Carlo Trotta, Eleonora Canfora, Housen Chu, Danielle Christianson, John M. Frank, William J. Massman, Shawn P. Urbanski. 2020. The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data
• John M. Frank, William J. Massman. 2020. A new perspective on the open-path infrared gas analyzer self-heating correction
• John M. Frank, William J. Massman, Brent E. Ewers, David G. Williams. 2019. Bayesian analyses of 17 winters of water vapor fluxes show bark beetles reduce sublimation
• David E. Reed, John M. Frank, Brent E. Ewers, Ankur R. Desai. 2018. Time dependency of eddy covariance site energy balance
• Erin Berryman, Melanie K. Vanderhoof, John B. Bradford, Todd J. Hawbaker, Paul D. Henne, Sean P. Burns, John M. Frank, Richard Birdsey, Michael G. Ryan. 2018. Estimating soil respiration in a subalpine landscape using point, terrain, climate, and greenness data
• Erin Berryman, John M. Frank, William J. Massman, Michael G. Ryan. 2018. Using a Bayesian framework to account for advection in seven years of snowpack CO2 fluxes in a mortality-impacted subalpine forest
• Andrew T. Fullhart, Thijs J. Kelleners, Heather N. Speckman, Daniel Beverly, Brent E. Ewers, John M. Frank, William J. Massman. 2018. Measured and modelled above- and below-canopy turbulent fluxes for a snow-dominated mountain forest using GEOtop
• Housen Chu, Dennis D. Baldocchi, Cristina Poindexter, Michael Abraha, Ankur R. Desai, Gil Bohrer, M. Altaf Arain, Timothy Griffis, Peter D. Blanken, Thomas L. O'Halloran, R. Quinn Thomas, Quan Zhang, Sean P. Burns, John M. Frank, Dold Christian, Shannon Brown, T. Andrew Black, Christopher M. Gough, Beverly E. Law, Xuhui Lee, Jiquan Chen, David E. Reed, William J. Massman, Ken Clark, Jerry Hatfield, John Prueger, Rosvel Bracho, John M. Baker, Timothy A. Martin. 2018. Temporal dynamics of aerodynamic canopy height derived from eddy covariance momentum flux data across North American flux networks
• David E. Reed, Brent E. Ewers, Elise Pendall, John M. Frank, Robert Kelly. 2018. Bark beetle-induced tree mortality alters stand energy budgets due to water budget changes
• John M. Frank, William J. Massman, Brent E. Ewers. 2016. A Bayesian model to correct underestimated 3-D wind speeds from sonic anemometers increases turbulent components of the surface energy balance
• Thijs J. Kelleners, Jeremy Koonce, Rose Shillito, Jelle Dijkema, Markus Berli, Michael H. Young, John M. Frank, William J. Massman. 2016. Numerical modeling of coupled water flow and heat transport in soil and snow
• John M. Frank, William J. Massman, Edward Swiatek, Herb A. Zimmerman, Brent E. Ewers. 2016. All sonic anemometers need to correct for transducer and structural shadowing in their velocity measurements
• Fei Chen, Guo Zhang, Michael Barlage, Ying Zhang, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Arjan Meddens, Guangsheng Zhou, William J. Massman, John M. Frank. 2015. An observational and modeling study of impacts of bark beetle-caused tree mortality on surface energy and hydrological cycles
• Heather N. Speckman, John M. Frank, John B. Bradford, Brianna L. Miles, William J. Massman, William J. Parton, Michael G. Ryan. 2015. Forest ecosystem respiration estimated from eddy covariance and chamber measurements under high turbulence and substantial tree mortality from bark beetles
• Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Brent E. Ewers, Bryan N. Shuman, David G. Williams, John M. Frank, William J. Massman, William K. Lauenroth. 2014. Terrestrial water fluxes dominated by transpiration: Comment
• John M. Frank, William J. Massman, Brent E. Ewers, Laurie Huckaby, Jose Negron. 2014. Ecosystem CO2/H2O fluxes are explained by hydraulically limited gas exchange during tree mortality from spruce bark beetles
• John Kochendorfer, Tilden P. Meyers, John M. Frank, William J. Massman, Mark W. Heuer. 2013. Reply to comment by Mauder on "How well can we measure the vertical wind speed? Implications for fluxes of energy and mass"
• John M. Frank, William J. Massman, Brent E. Ewers. 2013. Underestimates of sensible heat flux due to vertical velocity measurement errors in non-orthogonal sonic anemometers
• John Kochendorfer, Tilden P. Meyers, John M. Frank, William J. Massman, Mark W. Heuer. 2012. How well can we measure the vertical wind speed? Implications for fluxes of energy and mass
• Chuixiang Yi, Daniel Ricciuto, Runze Li, John Wolbeck, Xiyan Xu, Mats Nilsson, John M. Frank, William J. Massman. 2010. Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents
• William J. Massman, John M. Frank, Sacha J. Mooney. 2010. Advancing investigation and physical modeling of first-order fire effects on soils
• William J. Massman, John M. Frank, N. B. Reisch. 2008. Long-term impacts of prescribed burns on soil thermal conductivity and soil heating at a Colorado Rocky Mountain site: a data/model fusion study
• Aida E. Jimenez Esquilin, Mary E. Stromberger, William J. Massman, John M. Frank, Wayne D. Shepperd. 2007. Microbial community structure and activity in a Colorado Rocky Mountain forest soil scarred by slash pile burning
• William J. Massman, John M. Frank. 2006. Advective transport of CO2 in permeable media induced by atmospheric pressure fluctuations: 2. Observational evidence under snowpacks
• Robert C. Musselman, William J. Massman, John M. Frank, John L. Korfmacher. 2005. The temporal dynamics of carbon dioxide under snow in a high elevation Rocky Mountain subalpine forest and meadow
• William J. Massman, John M. Frank. 2004. Effect of a controlled burn on the thermophysical properties of a dry soil using a new model of soil heat flow and a new high temperature heat flux sensor
• William J. Massman, John M. Frank, W. D. Shepperd, M. J. Platten. 2003. In situ soil temperature and heat flux measurements during controlled surface burns at a southern Colorado forest site

• Center or Group
  

  Denver Urban Field Station

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  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Experimental Forest or Range
  

  Manitou Experimental Forest

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/forestsandranges/locations/mef
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Project
  

  The GLEES AmeriFlux Site (US-GLE)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/glees
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Experimental Forest or Range
  

  GLEES (Glacier Lakes Ecosystem Experiments Site)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/forestsandranges/locations/glees
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Program
  

  Water and Watersheds

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/programs/waterwatersheds
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station

Articles

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  Collaborative research explores water storage and movement in Front Range ponderosa pine forests

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/collaborative-research-explores-water-storage-and-movement-front-range-ponderosa-pine
• Article
  

  Improved carbon flux measurements in cold, snow-covered ecosystems

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/improved-carbon-flux-measurements-cold-snow-covered-ecosystems
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  Spruce beetles reduce sublimation, causing increasing snowpack in the Wyoming mountains

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/spruce-beetles-reduce-sublimation-causing-increasing-snowpack-wyoming-mountains

Multimedia

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  Meet John Frank, Electrical Engineer

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• University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, Ph.D., Ecology, 2016
• Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, M.S., Electrical Engineering, 1999
• Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1997