Kelly J. Elder, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Svetlana L. Stuefer, Katherine Hale, Lora D. May, Megan Mason, Carrie Vuyovich, Hans-Peter Marshall, Dragos Vas, Kelly J. Elder. 2025. Snow depth measurements from Arctic tundra and boreal forest collected during NASA SnowEx Alaska campaign
• Devendra M. Amatya, S. Mukherjee, Elizabeth Keppeler, Peter V. Caldwell, Sherri Johnson, Stephen D. Sebestyen, John Campbell, Benjamin Rau, Kelly J. Elder, D.A. Misra, Pete M. Wohlgemuth. 2025. Trends and characteristics of hydroclimatic extremes on reference watersheds in experimental forests in the USA
• Katherine B. Gura, Glen E. Liston, Adele K. Reinking, Bryan Bedrosian, Kelly J. Elder, Anna D. Chalfoun. 2025. Heterogeneity of locked-pasture snow conditions modulate habitat and movement choices of a facultative migrant
• Sourav Mukherjee, Sudhanshu Panda, Devendra M. Amatya, Mariana Dobre, John Campbell, Roger Lew, Peter V. Caldwell, Kelly J. Elder, Johnny M. Grace, Sherri Johnson. 2025. Hydro-geomorphological assessment of culvert vulnerability to flood-induced soil erosion using an ensemble modeling approach
• Sourav Mukherjee, Devendra M. Amatya, John Campbell, Landon Gryczkowski, Sudhanshu Panda, Sherri Johnson, Kelly J. Elder, Anna M. Jalowska, Peter V. Caldwell, Johnny M. Grace, Dariusz Młyński, Andrzej Wałęga. 2024. A watershed-scale multi-approach assessment of design flood discharge estimates used in hydrologic risk analyses for forest road stream crossings and culverts
• Wyatt Reis, Daniel McGrath, Kelly J. Elder, Stephanie Kampf, David Rey. 2024. Quantifying aspect-dependent snowpack response to high-elevation wildfire in the Southern Rocky Mountains
• R. Bonnell, Kelly J. Elder, D. McGrath, H. P. Marshall, B. Starr, N. Adebisi, R. T. Palomaki, Z. Hoppinen. 2024. L-band InSAR snow water equivalent retrieval uncertainty increases with forest cover fraction
• Tate G. Meehan, Ahmad Hojatimalekshah, Hans-Peter Marshall, Elias J. Deeb, Shad O’Neel, Daniel McGrath, Ryan W. Webb, Randall Bonnell, Mark S. Raleigh, Christopher Hiemstra, Kelly J. Elder. 2024. Spatially distributed snow depth, bulk density, and snow water equivalent from ground-based and airborne sensor integration at Grand Mesa, Colorado, USA
• Zachary Hoppinen, Shadi Oveisgharan, Hans-Peter Marshall, Ross Mower, Kelly J. Elder, Carrie Vuyovich. 2024. Snow water equivalent retrieval over Idaho - Part 2: Using L-band UAVSAR repeat-pass interferometry
• Sourav Mukherjee, Devendra M. Amatya, Anna M. Jalowska, John Campbell, Sherri Johnson, Kelly J. Elder, Sudhanshu Panda, Johnny M. Grace, Duncan Kikoyo. 2023. Comparison of on-site versus NOAA’s extreme precipitation intensity-duration-frequency estimates for six forest headwater catchments across the continental United States
• JuhaJuha Cohen Lemmetyinen, Anna Kontu, Juho Vehvilainen, Henna-Reetta Hannula, Ioanna Merkouriadi, Stefan Scheiblauer, Helmut Rott, Thomas Nagler, Elisabeth Ripper, Kelly J. Elder, Hans-Peter Marshall, Reinhard Fromm, Marc Adams, Chris Derksen, Joshua King, Adriano Meta, Alex Coccia, Nick Rutter, Melody Sandells, Giovanni Macelloni, Emanuele Santi, Marion Leduc-Leballeur, Richard Essery, Cecile Menard, Michael Kern. 2022. Airborne SnowSAR data at X and Ku bands over boreal forest, alpine and tundra snow cover
• Timothy Fegel, Claudia M. Boot, Timothy P. Covino, Kelly J. Elder, Edward K. Hall, Banning J. Starr, James Stegen, Charles C. Rhoades. 2021. Amount and reactivity of dissolved organic matter export are affected by land cover change from old‐growth to second‐growth forests in headwater ecosystems
• Stine Højlund Pedersen, Torsten W. Bentzen, Adele K. Reinking, Glen E. Liston, Kelly J. Elder, Elizabeth A. Lenart, Alexander K. Prichard, Jeffrey M. Welker. 2021. Quantifying effects of snow depth on caribou winter range selection and movement in Arctic Alaska
• Charles C. Rhoades, Timothy Fegel, Timothy P. Covino, Kathleen A. Dwire, Kelly J. Elder. 2021. Sources of variability in springwater chemistry in Fool Creek, a high-elevation catchment of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA
• R. W. Webb, M. S. Raleigh, D. McGrath, N. P. Molotch, Kelly J. Elder, C. Hiemstra, L. Brucker, H. P. Marshall. 2020. Within‐stand boundary effects on snow water equivalent distribution in forested areas
• Glen E. Liston, Polona Itkin, Julienne Stroeve, Mark Tschudi, J. Scott Stewart, Stine H. Pedersen, Adele K. Reinking, Kelly J. Elder. 2020. A Lagrangian snow‐evolution system for sea‐ice applications (SnowModel‐LG): Part I - Model description
• Charles C. Rhoades, Robert M. Hubbard, Paul R. Hood, Banning J. Starr, Daniel B. Tinker, Kelly J. Elder. 2020. Snagfall the first decade after severe bark beetle infestation of high elevation forests in Colorado, USA
• Charles C. Rhoades, Robert M. Hubbard, Kelly J. Elder, Paula J. Fornwalt, Elizabeth Schnackenberg, Paul R. Hood, Daniel B. Tinker. 2020. Tree regeneration and soil responses to management alternatives in beetle-infested lodgepole pine forests
• Daniel McGrath, Ryan Webb, David Shean, Randall Bonnell, Hans‐Peter Marshall, Thomas H. Painter, Noah P. Molotch, Kelly J. Elder, Christopher Hiemstra, Ludovic Brucker. 2019. Spatially extensive ground‐penetrating radar snow depth observations during NASA's 2017 SnowEx campaign: Comparison with In situ, airborne, and satellite observations
• Anthony G. Vorster, Paul H. Evangelista, Thomas J. Stohlgren, Sunil Kumar, Charles C. Rhoades, Robert M. Hubbard, Antony S. Cheng, Kelly J. Elder. 2017. Severity of a mountain pine beetle outbreak across a range of stand conditions in Fraser Experimental Forest, Colorado, United States
• Charles C. Rhoades, Robert M. Hubbard, Kelly J. Elder. 2017. A decade of streamwater nitrogen and forest dynamics after a mountain pine beetle outbreak at the Fraser Experimental Forest, Colorado
• Nicole M. Herman-Mercer, Elli Matkin, Melinda J. Laituri, Ryan C. Toohey, Maggie Massey, Kelly J. Elder, Paul F. Schuster, Edda A. Mutter. 2016. Changing times, changing stories: Generational differences in climate change perspectives from four remote indigenous communities in Subarctic Alaska
• Devendra M. Amatya, John Campbell, Pete M. Wohlgemuth, Kelly J. Elder, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Sherri Johnson, Elizabeth Keppeler, Mary Beth Adams, Peter V. Caldwell, D. Misra. 2016. Hydrological processes of reference watersheds in Experimental Forests, USA
• Irena F. Creed, Adam T. Spargo, Julia A. Jones, Jim M. Buttle, Mary Beth Adams, Fred D. Beall, Eric G. Booth, John Campbell, Dave Clow, Kelly J. Elder, Mark B. Green, Nancy B. Grimm, Chelcy F. Miniat, Patricia Ramlal, Amartya Saha, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Dave Spittlehouse, Shannon Sterling, Mark W. Williams, Rita Winkler, Huaxia Yao. 2014. Changing forest water yields in response to climate warming: results from long-term experimental watershed sites across North America
• Rob Hubbard, Kelly J. Elder, Charles C. Rhoades, Polly Hays, Bruce Sims. 2014. Small bugs with big impacts: Ecosystem and watershed-level responses to the MPB epidemic [Chapter 7]
• David J. P. Moore, Nicole A. Trahan, Phil Wilkes, Tristan Quaife, Britton B. Stephens, Kelly J. Elder, Ankur R. Desai, Jose Negron, Russell K. Monson. 2013. Persistent reduced ecosystem respiration after insect disturbance in high elevation forests
• Robert M. Hubbard, Charles C. Rhoades, Kelly J. Elder, Jose Negron. 2013. Changes in transpiration and foliage growth in lodgepole pine trees following mountain pine beetle attack and mechanical girdling
• Kelly J. Elder, Ilkoo Angutikjuak, Jessica Baker, Matt Belford, Tom Bennett, Karl Birkeland, Daniel Bowker, Doug Chabot, April Cheuvront, Mark Dixon, Dylan Elder, Lee Elder, Shari Gearheard, Greg Giedt, Kim Grant, Sam Green, Ethan Greene, Nick Houfek, Caleb Huntington, Henry Huntington, Thomas Huntington, Daniel Janigian, Crane Johnson, Glen Liston, Rob Maris, Andrea Marsh, Hans-Peter Marshall, Aidan Meiners, Alex Meiners, Theo Meiners, Limakee Palluq, Josh Pope, Esa Qillaq, Joelli Sanguya, Sam Sehnert, Ron Simenhois, Banning J. Starr, Roger Tyler. 2012. Meteorological tower design for severe weather and remote locations
• Karl Malcolm, Charles C. Rhoades, Michael A. Battaglia, Paula J. Fornwalt, Robert M. Hubbard, Kelly J. Elder, Byron Collins. 2012. From death comes life: Recovery and revolution in the wake of epidemic outbreaks of mountain pine beetle
• James Vose, Chelcy R. Ford, Stephanie H. Laseter, Salli Dymond, Ge Sun, Mary Beth Adams, Stephen D. Sebestyen, John Campbell, Charlie H. Luce, Devendra M. Amatya, Kelly J. Elder, Tamara Heartsill Scalley. 2012. Can forest watershed management mitigate climate change impacts on water resources?
• Charles C. Rhoades, Carl Chambers, Kelly J. Elder, Derek Pierson, Banning Starr. 2012. Nutrient and carbon retention in riparian and hillslope forests after mountain pine beetle infestation and timber harvesting in Colorado (Abstract)
• James Vose, Chelcy F. Miniat, Stephanie H. Laseter, Salli Dymond, Ge Sun, Mary Beth Adams, Stephen D. Sebestyen, John Campbell, Charlie H. Luce, Devendra M. Amatya, Kelly J. Elder, Tamara Heartsill Scalley. 2012. Can forest watershed management mitigate climate change effects on water resources
• Julia A. Jones, Irena F. Creed, Kendra L. Hatcher, Robert J. Warren, Mary Beth Adams, Melinda H. Benson, Emery Boose, Warren A. Brown, John Campbell, Alan Covich, David W. Clow, Clifford N. Dahm, Kelly J. Elder, Chelcy F. Miniat, Nancy B. Grimm, Don Henshaw, Kelli L. Larson, Evan S. Miles, Kathleen M. Miles, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Adam T. Spargo, Asa B. Stone, James Vose, Mark W. Williams. 2012. Ecosystem processes and human influences regulate streamflow response to climate change at long-term ecological research sites
• Charles C. Rhoades, Kelly J. Elder, E. Greene. 2010. The influence of an extensive dust event on snow chemistry in the southern Rocky Mountains
• Thomas E. Lisle, Mary Beth Adams, Leslie M. Reid, Kelly J. Elder. 2010. Hydrologic influences of forest vegetation in a changing world: Learning from Forest Service experimental forests, ranges, and watersheds
• Emanuel Dutra, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Pedro Viterbo, Pedro M. A. Miranda, Anton Beljaars, Christoph Schar, Kelly J. Elder. 2010. An improved snow scheme for the ECMWF land surface model: Description and offline validation
• Simon H. Yueh, Steve J. Dinardo, Ahmed Akgiray, Richard West, Donald W. Cline, Kelly J. Elder. 2009. Airborn Ku-band polarimetric radar remote sensing of terrestrial snow cover
• Richard Essery, Nick Rutter, John Pomeroy, Robert Baxter, Manfred Stahli, David Gustafsson, Alan Barr, Paul Bartlett, Kelly J. Elder. 2009. SNOWMIP2: An evaluation of forest snow process simulations
• Nick Rutter, Richard Essery, John Pomeroy, Nuria Altimir, Kostas Andreadis, Ian Baker, Alan Barr, Paul Bartlett, Aaron Boone, Huiping Deng, Herve Douville, Emanuel Dutra, Kelly J. Elder, others. 2009. Evaluation of forest snow processes models (SnowMKIP2)
• Kelly J. Elder, Don Cline, Angus Goodbody, Paul Houser, Glen E. Liston, Larry Mahrt, Nick Rutter. 2009. NASA Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX 2002/03): Ground-based and near-surface meteorological observations
• Don Cline, Simon Yueh, Bruce Chapman, Boba Stankov, Al Gasiewski, Dallas Masters, Kelly J. Elder, Richard Kelly, Thomas H. Painter, Steve Miller, Steve Katzberg, Larry Mahrt. 2009. NASA Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX 2002/03): Airborne remote sensing
• Kelly J. Elder, Don Cline, Glen E. Liston, Richard Armstrong. 2009. NASA Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX 2002/03): Field measurements of snowpack properties and soil moisture
• Jeffrey S. Deems, Steven R. Fassnacht, Kelly J. Elder. 2008. Interannual consistency in fractal snow depth patterns at two Colorado mountain sites
• Glen E. Liston, Daniel L. Birkenheuer, Christopher A. Hiemstra, Donald W. Cline, Kelly J. Elder. 2008. NASA Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX 2002/03): Atmospheric analyses datasets
• Glen E. Liston, Christopher A. Hiemstra, Kelly J. Elder, Donald W. Cline. 2008. Mesocell study area snow distributions for the Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX)
• Janet Hardy, Robert Davis, Yeohoon Koh, Don Cline, Kelly J. Elder, Richard Armstrong, Hans-Peter Marshall, Thomas Painter, Gilles Castres Saint-Martin, Roger DeRoo, Kyle McDonald, Kamal Sarabandi, Tobias Graf, Toshio Koike. 2008. NASA Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX 2002/03): Local scale observation site
• Robert E. Davis, Thomas H. Painter, Don Cline, Richard Armstrong, Terry Haran, Kyle McDonald, Rick Forster, Kelly J. Elder. 2008. NASA Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX 2002/03): Spaceborne remote sensing
• Ernesto Trujillo, Jorge A. Ramirez, Kelly J. Elder. 2007. Topographic, meteorologic, and canopy controls on the scaling characteristics of the spatial distribution of snow depth fields
• Jeffrey S. Deems, Steven R. Fassnacht, Kelly J. Elder. 2006. Fractal distribution of snow depth from LiDAR data
• Kelly J. Elder, Kate Dwire, Robert M. Hubbard, Charles C. Rhoades, Sandra Ryan, Mike Young, Laurie Porth, Mark Dixon, Angue Goodbody. 2006. Second interagency conference on research in the watersheds
• Glen E. Liston, Kelly J. Elder. 2006. A distributed snow-evolution modeling system (SnowModel)
• Glen E. Liston, Kelly J. Elder. 2006. A meteorological distribution system for high-resolution terrestrial modeling (MicroMet)
• Robert M. Hubbard, Michael G. Ryan, Kelly J. Elder, Charles C. Rhoades. 2005. Seasonal patterns in soil surface CO2 flux under snow cover in 50 and 300 year old subalpine forests

• Program
  

  Water and Watersheds

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

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Experimental Forest or Range
  

  Fraser Experimental Forest

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

  Rocky Mountain Research Station

Articles

• Article
  

  Still standing: Snagfall the first decade after severe bark beetle infestation

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/still-standing-snagfall-first-decade-after-severe-bark-beetle-infestation

Multimedia

• Video

  Meet Dr. Kelly Elder, Research Hydrologist

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/multimedia/videos/meet-dr-kelly-elder-research-hydrologist

• University of Colorado, B.A., Physical Geopraphy, 1985
• University of California, Santa Barbara, M.A., Physical Geography Hydrology, 1988
• University of California, Santa Barbara, Ph.D., Physical Geography Hydrology Statistics, 1995