K. J. Bormann

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

K. J. Bormann is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, K. J. Bormann has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Atmospheric Science, 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 9 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in K. J. Bormann's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (29 papers), Climate change and permafrost (11 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (9 papers). K. J. Bormann is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (29 papers), Climate change and permafrost (11 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (9 papers). K. J. Bormann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Saudi Arabia. K. J. Bormann's co-authors include T. H. Painter, Jason P. Evans, Ross Brown, Chris Derksen, Daniel Argüeso, Lluís Fita, Matthew F. McCabe, Karl Rittger, Danny Marks and A. R. Hedrick and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Water Resources Research and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

K. J. Bormann

34 papers receiving 1.7k 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 T. H. Painter, Daniel Berisford et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
Estimating snow-cover trends from space

2018 274 citations K. J. Bormann, T. H. Painter et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. J. Bormann

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Evaluation of high-resolution snowpack simulations from global datasets and comparison with Sentinel-1 snow depth retrievals in the Sierra Nevada, USA 2025 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·(unknown), Simon Gascoin, Lionel Jarlan, (unknown), K. J. Bormann, Mohamed Wassim Baba	1
2	Improved aboveground biomass estimation and regional assessment with aerial lidar in California’s subalpine forests 2024 ·Carbon Balance and Management ·(unknown), Chad Babcock, Van R. Kane, K. J. Bormann, Hugh D. Safford, Yufang Jin	4
3	Sources of seasonal water supply forecast uncertainty during snow drought in the Sierra Nevada 2024 ·JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association ·(unknown), Carl E. Renshaw, Robert K. Shriver, (unknown), B. J. McGurk, T. H. Painter, J. S. Deems, K. J. Bormann, (unknown), Evan N. Dethier, A. A. Harpold	2
4	Paths to research-driven decision making in the realms of environment and water 2022 ·Technology in Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Blake A. Schaeffer, K. J. Bormann, Adel Abdallah, Forrest Melton, Stephanie Granger, (unknown)	3
5	Mapping snow depth and volume at the alpine watershed scale fromaerial imagery using Structure from Motion 2021 ·(unknown), S. McKenzie Skiles, J. S. Deems, K. J. Bormann, David Shean	0
6	Evaluation of VIIRS and MODIS Snow Cover Fraction in High-Mountain Asia Using Landsat 8 OLI 2021 ·Frontiers in Remote Sensing ·Karl Rittger, K. J. Bormann, Edward H. Bair, Jeff Dozier, T. H. Painter	34
7	Quantifying the Spatial Variability of a Snowstorm Using Differential Airborne Lidar 2020 ·Water Resources Research ·W. Tyler Brandt, K. J. Bormann, Forest Cannon, J. S. Deems, T. H. Painter, Daniel F. Steinhoff, Jeff Dozier	17
8	From Drought to Flood: A Water Balance Analysis of the Tuolumne River Basin during Extreme Conditions (2015 – 2017) 2020 ·Hydrological Processes ·A. R. Hedrick, Danny Marks, Hans‐Peter Marshall, J. P. McNamara, S. Havens, Ernesto Trujillo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), K. J. Bormann, T. H. Painter	18
9	Dust dominates high-altitude snow darkening and melt over high-mountain Asia 2020 ·Nature Climate Change ·Chandan Sarangi, Yun Qian, Karl Rittger, L. Ruby Leung, D. Chand, K. J. Bormann, T. H. Painter	129
10	Impact of light-absorbing particles on snow albedo darkening and associated radiative forcing over high-mountain Asia: high-resolution WRF-Chem modeling and new satellite observations 2019 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Chandan Sarangi, Yun Qian, Karl Rittger, K. J. Bormann, Ying Liu, Hailong Wang, Hui Wan, Guangxing Lin, T. H. Painter	52
11	Airborne snow accumulation estimates from L-Band InSAR during the NASA SnowEx 2017 campaign and validation with airborne LiDAR and in-situ observations 2019 ·Hans‐Peter Marshall, E. J. Deeb, Marco Lavalle, Kelly Elder, Ludovic Brucker, C. A. Hiemstra, K. J. Bormann, T. H. Painter, R. R. Forster, Cathleen E. Jones	1
12	Tangible use of Airborne Snow Observatory SWE Products for enhanced runoff forecasting 2019 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·K. J. Bormann, Patrick R. Kormos, (unknown), W. P. Miller, (unknown), J. S. Deems, T. H. Painter	1
13	Per-pixel uncertainty for the Airborne Snow Observatory's SWE products 2018 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·K. J. Bormann, A. R. Hedrick, (unknown), J. S. Deems, Danny Marks, T. H. Painter	2
14	Ecosystem responses to elevated CO ₂ using airborne remote sensing at Mammoth Mountain, California 2018 ·Biogeosciences ·Kerry Cawse‐Nicholson, Joshua B. Fisher, (unknown), Amy Braverman, F. M. Schwandner, Jennifer L. Lewicki, Philip A. Townsend, David Schimel, Ryan Pavlick, K. J. Bormann, António Ferraz, Emily L. Kang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), David C. Pieri	9
15	High‐Elevation Evapotranspiration Estimates During Drought: Using Streamflow and NASA Airborne Snow Observatory SWE Observations to Close the Upper Tuolumne River Basin Water Balance 2018 ·Water Resources Research ·Brian Henn, T. H. Painter, K. J. Bormann, B. J. McGurk, Alan L. Flint, Lorraine E. Flint, (unknown), Jessica D. Lundquist	27
16	Watershed-scale mapping of fractional snow cover under conifer forest canopy using lidar 2018 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Tihomir S. Kostadinov, R. Schumer, Mark B. Hausner, K. J. Bormann, (unknown), Kenneth C. McGwire, T. H. Painter, S. W. Tyler, A. A. Harpold	39
17	Through the Looking Glass: Droughtorama to Snowpocalypse in the Sierra Nevada as studied with the NASA Airborne Snow Observatory 2017 ·AGUFM ·T. H. Painter, K. J. Bormann, J. S. Deems, A. R. Hedrick, Danny Marks, (unknown), Greg M. Stock	2
18	Evaluation and time series analysis of mountain snow from MODIS and VIIRS fractional snow cover products 2016 ·AGUFM ·K. J. Bormann, Karl Rittger, T. H. Painter	1
19	NASA Airborne Snow Observatory: Measuring Spatial Distribution of Snow Water Equivalent and Snow Albedo 2015 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Michael Joyce, T. H. Painter, (unknown), (unknown), Joseph W. Boardman, K. J. Bormann, S. McKenzie Skiles, J. S. Deems, Daniel Berisford, Martin Richardson	1
20	Satellite based observations for seasonal snow cover detection and characterisation in Australia 2012 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·K. J. Bormann, Matthew F. McCabe, Jason P. Evans	42

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