J. S. Deems

5.0k citations

57 papers · 3.2k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 25

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.5%
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Climate change and permafrost
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Water Science and Technology top 1%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 51
- Cryospheric studies and observations 51
- Climate change and permafrost 12
Water Science and Technology 23
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies 23

Co-authors: T. H. Painter D. C. Finnegan Steven R. Fassnacht Christopher C. Landry S. McKenzie Skiles Kelly Elder Alan F. Hamlet Annie Burgess
Journals: Water Resources Research (8 papers)Hydrological Processes (4 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (4 papers)Remote Sensing of Environment (3 papers)The cryosphere (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Switzerland France

In The Last Decade

J. S. Deems

53 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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The Airborne Snow Observatory: Fusion of scanning lidar, imaging spectrometer, and physically-based modeling for mapping snow water equivalent and snow albedo 2016 · 367 citations

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it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Remote Sensing of Environment
2013 Journal of Glaciology

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1	Bias correction for near-real-time estimation of snow water equivalent using machine learning algorithms: A case study in the Tuolumne River basin, California Remote Sensing of Environment ·Kehan Yang, T. H. Painter, J. S. Deems, N. P. Molotch	2025	0
2	Fractional snow-covered area: scale-independent peak of winter parameterization The cryosphere ·Nora Helbig, Yves Bühler, Urtė Reimorytė, César Deschamps‐Berger, Simon Gascoin, Marie Dumont, Jesús Revuelto, J. S. Deems, Tobias Jonas	2021	11
3	A seasonal algorithm of the snow-covered area fraction for mountainous terrain The cryosphere ·Nora Helbig, Michael Schirmer, Jan Magnusson, Maha Mohammad Saud Alrasheed, Alec van Herwijnen, Louis Quéno, Yves Bühler, J. S. Deems, Simon Gascoin	2021	10
4	Quantifying the Spatial Variability of a Snowstorm Using Differential Airborne Lidar Water Resources Research ·W. Tyler Brandt, K. J. Bormann, Forest Cannon, J. S. Deems, T. H. Painter, Daniel F. Steinhoff, Jeff Dozier	2020	17
5	Interannual and Seasonal Variability of Snow Depth Scaling Behavior in a Subalpine Catchment Water Resources Research ·Pablo A. Mendoza, K. N. Musselman, Jesús Revuelto, J. S. Deems, Juan Ignacio López‐Moreno, James McPhee	2020	24
6	Snow depth mapping from stereo satellite imagery in mountainous terrain: evaluation using airborne lidar data César Deschamps‐Berger, Simon Gascoin, Étienne Berthier, J. S. Deems, E. D. Gutmann, Amaury Dehecq, David Shean, Marie Dumont	2020	5
7	Interannual variation of snowmelt runoff hydrographs in the Eastern Colorado River Basin controlled by dust radiative forcing EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·T. H. Painter, S. McKenzie Skiles, J. S. Deems, Jennifer Makas, Jeff Dozier	2018	1
8	Per-pixel uncertainty for the Airborne Snow Observatory's SWE products AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·K. J. Bormann, A. R. Hedrick, Adam Mangold, J. S. Deems, Danny Marks, T. H. Painter	2018	2
9	Variation in Rising Limb of Colorado River Snowmelt Runoff Hydrograph Controlled by Dust Radiative Forcing in Snow Geophysical Research Letters ·T. H. Painter, S. McKenzie Skiles, J. S. Deems, W. Tyler Brandt, Jeff Dozier	2017	91
10	Through the Looking Glass: Droughtorama to Snowpocalypse in the Sierra Nevada as studied with the NASA Airborne Snow Observatory AGUFM ·T. H. Painter, K. J. Bormann, J. S. Deems, A. R. Hedrick, Danny Marks, J. B. Brombaugh, Greg M. Stock	2017	2
11	Assessing the spatial variability of mountain precipitation in California's Sierra Nevada using the Airborne Snow Observatory AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Timothy D. Brandt, J. S. Deems, T. H. Painter, Jeff Dozier	2016	1
12	Fusing enhanced radar precipitation, in-situ hydrometeorological measurements and airborne LIDAR snowpack estimates in a hyper-resolution hydrologic model to improve seasonal water supply forecasts 2015 AGU Fall Meeting ·David Gochis, Jastria Pusmarani, Ken Howard, J. Mickey, J. S. Deems, T. H. Painter, M. Richardson, A. L. Dugger, Arturo Moncayo, Lin Tang	2015	1
13	NASA Airborne Snow Observatory: Measuring Spatial Distribution of Snow Water Equivalent and Snow Albedo AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Michael Joyce, T. H. Painter, 赵开骏, Serdar BİLGEN, Joseph W. Boardman, K. J. Bormann, S. McKenzie Skiles, J. S. Deems, Daniel Berisford, Martin Richardson	2015	1
14	Quantifying Snow Volume Uncertainty from Repeat Terrestrial Laser Scanning Observations AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Haseeb Amjad, Preston Hartzell, D. C. Finnegan, Craig Glennie, J. S. Deems	2014	1
15	Interannual Variability in Dust Deposition, Radiative Forcing, and Snowmelt Rates in the Colorado River Basin AGUFM ·J. B. Brombaugh, T. H. Painter, J. S. Deems, A. P. Barrett	2011	1
16	Climate change impacts on snowmelt hydrology in small Sierra Nevada basins for ecological applications AGUFM ·J. S. Deems, Jessica D. Lundquist, Steven P. Loheide	2009	1
17	Spatial Variability of the Snowpack: Experiences with Measurements at a Wide Range of Length Scales With Several Different High Precision Instruments Hans‐Peter Marshall, Gary Koh, Matthew Sturm, Jerome Β. Johnson, Stefany Dian Nugraheni, Alphonse de Koster, J. S. Deems, 竜太奈良	2006	7
18	Lidar Measurement of Snow Depth: Accuracy and Error Sources J. S. Deems, T. H. Painter	2006	38
19	Interannual consistency in fractal snow depth patterns at two Colorado mountain sites AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·J. S. Deems, Steven R. Fassnacht, Kelly Elder	2005	1
20	Topographic Influence on the Spatial Patterns of Snow Temperature Gradients in a Mountain Snowpack J. S. Deems, Karl W. Birkeland, Eugène Roditi	2002	2

About J. S. Deems

J. S. Deems is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 57 papers that have together received 3.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cryospheric studies and observations (51 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (23 papers), Landslides and related hazards (13 papers), Climate change and permafrost (12 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (11 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (6 papers), Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (6 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (2.3k citations), Water Science and Technology (983 citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.3k citations), Environmental Engineering (692 citations) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (515 citations). J. S. Deems has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and France. Frequent co-authors include T. H. Painter, D. C. Finnegan, Steven R. Fassnacht, Christopher C. Landry, S. McKenzie Skiles, Kelly Elder, Alan F. Hamlet, Annie Burgess, Jayne Belnap and B. Udall. Their work appears in journals such as Water Resources Research, Hydrological Processes, Geophysical Research Letters, Remote Sensing of Environment and The cryosphere.

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