Eric E. Small
Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0399
[email protected]
http://geode.colorado.edu/~small/
Department of Geological Sciences
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0399
[email protected]
http://geode.colorado.edu/~small/
Current Research
Remote sensing of the terrestrial water cycle
Sensor development: Using ground-based GPS reflections to measure soil moisture and snow depth
Validation of soil moisture estimates from SMOS and SMAP
Estimating soil hydraulic properties for use in land surface hydrologic models
Effects of rock weathering on bedrock erosion in rivers
Sensor development: Using ground-based GPS reflections to measure soil moisture and snow depth
Validation of soil moisture estimates from SMOS and SMAP
Estimating soil hydraulic properties for use in land surface hydrologic models
Effects of rock weathering on bedrock erosion in rivers
Education
Ph.D., Earth Sciences Department, University of California Santa Cruz, June 1998.
B.A., Geology, Williams College, June 1993.
B.A., Geology, Williams College, June 1993.
Academic Appointments
2011 to present, Professor, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder.
2006 to 2011, Associate Professor, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder.
2002 to 2006, Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder.
2000 to 2003, Adjunct Professor, Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
1999 to 2002, Assistant Professor of Hydrology, Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico
Tech, Socorro, New Mexico.
1998, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1998, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center for
Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado.
2006 to 2011, Associate Professor, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder.
2002 to 2006, Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder.
2000 to 2003, Adjunct Professor, Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
1999 to 2002, Assistant Professor of Hydrology, Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico
Tech, Socorro, New Mexico.
1998, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1998, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center for
Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado.
Awards and Fellowships
Gamma Phi Beta “Professor of the Month Award”, University of Colorado, October 2004.
Academic Life Teaching Award, University of Colorado, Fall 2003.
Department of Energy, Alexander Hollaender Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1998.
Earth Science Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of California Santa Cruz, 1998.
Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU Hydrology Section, 1997.
Horton Research Grant, AGU Hydrology Section, 1996.
Univ. California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Dissertation Fellowship, 1996.
Geological Society of America Graduate Research Grant, 1996.
University of California White Mountain Research Station Fellowship, 1995.
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 1993-1996.
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1993.
Academic Life Teaching Award, University of Colorado, Fall 2003.
Department of Energy, Alexander Hollaender Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1998.
Earth Science Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of California Santa Cruz, 1998.
Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU Hydrology Section, 1997.
Horton Research Grant, AGU Hydrology Section, 1996.
Univ. California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Dissertation Fellowship, 1996.
Geological Society of America Graduate Research Grant, 1996.
University of California White Mountain Research Station Fellowship, 1995.
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 1993-1996.
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1993.
Current and Past Research Funding
Current Funding
Validation of SMOS and SMAP soil moisture and vegetation products using ground-based GPS
reflections data (PI)
NASA Terrestrial Hydrology Program $522,000.
Jan 2013 – Dec 2015.
Validation of Satellite Snow Data Products Using Co-Located GPS and in situ Observations
(CoI). PI Edward Kim, NASA GSFC.
NASA Terrestrial Hydrology Program $92,000 (CU Boulder component).
Jan 2013 – Dec 2015.
GPS Ground Networks: An International Resource for Earth System Science Studies (CoI)
NASA Earth Science Division $554,185.
May 2012 – April 2015.
PBO H2O: Using EarthScope GPS Data to Generate Water Cycle Products (CoI)
NSF Earthscope Program, $442,336.
March 2012 – February 2015.
Validation of AMSR-E Soil Moisture and Snow Data Products Using Co-Located GPS and in situ
Observations (PI)
NASA Terra/Aqua, $91,935.
April 2011 – March 2014.
Development of GPS as a Snow Sensor (CoI)
NSF EAR, $380,051
January 2010 – December 2012.
Development of GPS as an Instrument for a Continental-Scale Soil Moisture Network (CoI)
NSF Atmospheric Sciences, $631,258,
January 2010 – December 2012.
Past Funding
GPS-hydrology installation at SMAP in situ sensor test bed site (PI)
NASA Terrestrial Hydrology, $108,356.
June 2010 – May 2012.
The effects of weathering on bedrock channel erosion and form (PI)
NSF Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics, $282,710
September 2009 – August 2012.
Ecosystem consequences of precipitation extremes in semiarid grassland and shrubland (CoI)
DOE National Institute for Climate Change Research, $150,000
January 2008-December 2010.
Sustainability of semiArid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA participant).
NSF Science and Technology Center, $238,590
January 2004-December 2009.
Development of GPS as a Soil Moisture Instrument (CoI)
NSF Atmospheric Sciences, $170,000
January 2008 – June 2009.
Groundtruth of soil moisture estimates from GPS SNR data (CoI)
University of Colorado Innovative Grant Program, $41,676,
July 2007-December 2008.
Impact of pine-beetle tree death on water quantity and quality in Colorado (PI)
University of Colorado Innovative Grant Program, $48,000,
July 2007-December 2008.
Modeling the influence of plant cover on water and energy cycling at the land-atmosphere interface:
constraints from satellite and ground data (PI)
NASA IDS, $350,000
January 2004-December 2006.
Use of soil moisture observations for improved prediction of the North American Monsoon
Precipitation (PI)
NOAA CPPA, $165,000
May 2004-June 2007. 4
Impact of rainfall variability and woody encroachment on productivity in a semiarid grassland
New Mexico (CoI)
DOE-NIGEC, $289,498
January 2004-December 2006.
Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) III: Long term ecological research in a biome
transition zone (CoI)
NSF Environmental Biology
November 2002 – October 2006
Hydrological applications of remote sensing: Natural resource analysis and management in New
Mexico (PI)
NSF EPSCoR, $710,000 to New Mexico Tech Hydrology Program
January 2002-December 2005
Influence of shrub invasion on water and nutrient cycling (PI)
NSF Hydrology, $173,000 to NMT
January 2001-December 2003.
The influence of land-atmosphere interactions on variability of the North American Monsoon (PI)
NASA IDS, $245,000
May 2000-April 2003.
Estimation of regional soil moisture and evapotranspiration using Landsat TM (CoI)
Los Alamos National Laboratory NUCOR program, $165,000.
Aug 1999 - July 2002.
The influence of land surface forcing on variability of the North American Monsoon (PI)
NOAA OGP, $157,500
June 2000-May 2003.
Undergraduate research opportunities in semiarid hydrology (PI)
NSF REU via SAHRA STC. $15,500.
June 2001-December 2001.
Cosmogenic dating of old, high pluvial shorelines in the western Great Basin (CoI)
NSF Geology and Paleontology Program. $149,961.
June 2000-May 2002.
Soil moisture-rainfall feedbacks in New Mexico (PI)
New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute, $25,000.
June 1999-May 2000.
Validation of SMOS and SMAP soil moisture and vegetation products using ground-based GPS
reflections data (PI)
NASA Terrestrial Hydrology Program $522,000.
Jan 2013 – Dec 2015.
Validation of Satellite Snow Data Products Using Co-Located GPS and in situ Observations
(CoI). PI Edward Kim, NASA GSFC.
NASA Terrestrial Hydrology Program $92,000 (CU Boulder component).
Jan 2013 – Dec 2015.
GPS Ground Networks: An International Resource for Earth System Science Studies (CoI)
NASA Earth Science Division $554,185.
May 2012 – April 2015.
PBO H2O: Using EarthScope GPS Data to Generate Water Cycle Products (CoI)
NSF Earthscope Program, $442,336.
March 2012 – February 2015.
Validation of AMSR-E Soil Moisture and Snow Data Products Using Co-Located GPS and in situ
Observations (PI)
NASA Terra/Aqua, $91,935.
April 2011 – March 2014.
Development of GPS as a Snow Sensor (CoI)
NSF EAR, $380,051
January 2010 – December 2012.
Development of GPS as an Instrument for a Continental-Scale Soil Moisture Network (CoI)
NSF Atmospheric Sciences, $631,258,
January 2010 – December 2012.
Past Funding
GPS-hydrology installation at SMAP in situ sensor test bed site (PI)
NASA Terrestrial Hydrology, $108,356.
June 2010 – May 2012.
The effects of weathering on bedrock channel erosion and form (PI)
NSF Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics, $282,710
September 2009 – August 2012.
Ecosystem consequences of precipitation extremes in semiarid grassland and shrubland (CoI)
DOE National Institute for Climate Change Research, $150,000
January 2008-December 2010.
Sustainability of semiArid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA participant).
NSF Science and Technology Center, $238,590
January 2004-December 2009.
Development of GPS as a Soil Moisture Instrument (CoI)
NSF Atmospheric Sciences, $170,000
January 2008 – June 2009.
Groundtruth of soil moisture estimates from GPS SNR data (CoI)
University of Colorado Innovative Grant Program, $41,676,
July 2007-December 2008.
Impact of pine-beetle tree death on water quantity and quality in Colorado (PI)
University of Colorado Innovative Grant Program, $48,000,
July 2007-December 2008.
Modeling the influence of plant cover on water and energy cycling at the land-atmosphere interface:
constraints from satellite and ground data (PI)
NASA IDS, $350,000
January 2004-December 2006.
Use of soil moisture observations for improved prediction of the North American Monsoon
Precipitation (PI)
NOAA CPPA, $165,000
May 2004-June 2007. 4
Impact of rainfall variability and woody encroachment on productivity in a semiarid grassland
New Mexico (CoI)
DOE-NIGEC, $289,498
January 2004-December 2006.
Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) III: Long term ecological research in a biome
transition zone (CoI)
NSF Environmental Biology
November 2002 – October 2006
Hydrological applications of remote sensing: Natural resource analysis and management in New
Mexico (PI)
NSF EPSCoR, $710,000 to New Mexico Tech Hydrology Program
January 2002-December 2005
Influence of shrub invasion on water and nutrient cycling (PI)
NSF Hydrology, $173,000 to NMT
January 2001-December 2003.
The influence of land-atmosphere interactions on variability of the North American Monsoon (PI)
NASA IDS, $245,000
May 2000-April 2003.
Estimation of regional soil moisture and evapotranspiration using Landsat TM (CoI)
Los Alamos National Laboratory NUCOR program, $165,000.
Aug 1999 - July 2002.
The influence of land surface forcing on variability of the North American Monsoon (PI)
NOAA OGP, $157,500
June 2000-May 2003.
Undergraduate research opportunities in semiarid hydrology (PI)
NSF REU via SAHRA STC. $15,500.
June 2001-December 2001.
Cosmogenic dating of old, high pluvial shorelines in the western Great Basin (CoI)
NSF Geology and Paleontology Program. $149,961.
June 2000-May 2002.
Soil moisture-rainfall feedbacks in New Mexico (PI)
New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute, $25,000.
June 1999-May 2000.
Publications
Refereed
* denotes graduate student author
*Chew, C.C., Small, E.E., Larson, K.M., Zavorotny, V. Effects of near-surface soil moisture on GPS SNR data: Development of a retrieval algorithm for volumetric soil moisture, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, in press.
*Pugh, E. T. and Small, E. E., The impact of beetle-induced conifer death on stand-scale canopy snow interception, Hydrology Research, in press.
Báez, S., Collins, S.L., Pockman, W.T., Johnson, J.E., and Small, E.E. (2012), Effects of experimental rainfall manipulations on Chihuahuan Desert grassland and shrubland plant communities. Oecologia doi: 10.1007/s00442-012-2552-0.
*Pugh, E.T. and Small, E.E. (2012), The impact of pine beetle infestation on snow accumulation and melt in the headwaters of the Colorado River. Ecohydrology 4: n/a. doi: 10.1002/eco.239
Hancock, G., Small, E.E., and Wobus, C. (2011), Modeling the effects of weathering on bedrock-floored channel geometry. Journal of Geophysical Research 16: n/a. doi: 10.1029/2010JF001908
Lakshmi, V., *Hong, S., Small, E.E., and F. Chen (2011), The influence of the land surface on hydrometeorology and ecology: new advances from modeling and satellite remote sensing. Hydrology Research, 42(2-3): 95-112.
Small, E. E., K. M. Larson, and J. J. Braun (2010), Sensing vegetation growth with reflected GPS signals. Geophysical Research Letters, L12401, doi:10.1029/2010GL042951.
*Gutmann, E. D., and E. E. Small (2010), A Method for the Determination of the Hydraulic Properties of Soil from MODIS Surface Temperature for use in Land Surface Models. Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2009WR008203.
Pockman, W. T. and E. E. Small (2010), The influence of spatial patterns of soil moisture on the grass and shrub responses to a summer rainstorm in a Chihuahuan Desert ecotone. Ecosystems, 13(4), 511-525.
Larson, K. M., J. J. Braun, E. E. Small, V. U. Zavorotny, E. D. Gutmann, and A. L. Bilich (2010), GPS Multipath and Its Relation to Near-Surface Soil Moisture Content, Ieee Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 3(1), 91-99.
Zavorotny, V. U., K. M. Larson, J. J. Braun, E. E. Small, *E. D. Gutmann, and A. L. Bilich (2010), A Physical Model for GPS Multipath Caused by Land Reflections: Toward Bare Soil Moisture Retrievals, Ieee Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 3(1), 100-110.6
*Hong, S. B., V. Lakshmi, E. E. Small, F. Chen, M. Tewari, and K. W. Manning (2009), Effects of vegetation and soil moisture on the simulated land surface processes from the coupled WRF/Noah model, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 114.
*Bedford, D. R., and E. E. Small (2008), Spatial patterns of ecohydrologic properties on a hillslope-alluvial fan transect, central New Mexico, Catena, 73(1), 34-48.
Larson, K. M., E. E. Small, *E. D. Gutmann, A. L. Bilich, J. J. Braun, and V. U. Zavorotny (2008), Use of GPS receivers as a soil moisture network for water cycle studies, Geophysical Research Letters, 35(24).
Larson, K. M., E. E. Small, *E. Gutmann, A. Bilich, P. Axelrad, and J. Braun (2008), Using GPS multipath to measure soil moisture fluctuations: initial results, GPS Solutions, 12(3), 173-177.
*Mayor, A. G., S. Bautista, E. E. Small, M. Dixon, and J. Bellot (2008), Measurement of the connectivity of runoff source areas as determined by vegetation pattern and topography: A tool for assessing potential water and soil losses in drylands, Water Resources Research, 44(10).
*Montandon, L. M., and E. E. Small (2008), The impact of soil reflectance on the quantification of the green vegetation fraction from NDVI, Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(4), 1835-1845.
Small, E. E., and J. R. McConnell (2008), Comparison of soil moisture and meteorological controls on pine and spruce transpiration, Ecohydrology, 1(3), 205-214.
*Kurc, S. A., and E. E. Small (2007), Soil moisture variations and ecosystem-scale fluxes of water and carbon in semiarid grassland and shrubland, Water Resources Research, 43(6).
*Gutmann, E. D., and E. E. Small (2007), A comparison of land surface model soil hydraulic properties estimated by inverse modeling and pedotransfer functions, Water Resources Research, 43(5).
*Hong, S., V. Lakshmi, and E. E. Small (2007), Relationship between vegetation biophysical properties and surface temperature using multisensor satellite data, Journal of Climate, 20(22), 5593-5606.
Peters, D. P. C., J. R. Gosz, W. T. Pockman, E. E. Small, R. R. Parmenter, S. L. Collins, and E. Muldavin (2006), Integrating patch and boundary dynamics to understand and predict biotic transitions at multiple scales, Landscape Ecology, 21(1), 19-33.
Turner, D. P., W. D. Ritts, M. S. Zhao, *S. A. Kurc, A. L. Dunn, S. C. Wofsy, E. E. Small, and S. W. Running (2006), Assessing interannual variation in MODIS-based estimates of gross primary production, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 44(7), 1899-1907.
Xie, H. J., X. B. Zhou, J. M. H. Hendrickx, E. R. Vivoni, H. D. Guan, Y. Q. Tian, and E. E. Small (2006), Evaluation of NEXRAD Stage III precipitation data over a semiarid region, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 42(1), 237-256.
Small, E. E. (2005), Climatic controls on diffuse groundwater recharge in semiarid environments of the southwestern United States, Water Resources Research, 41(4).7
Turner, D. P., et al. (2005), Site-level evaluation of satellite-based global terrestrial gross primary production and net primary production monitoring, Global Change Biology, 11(4), 666-684.
Xie, H. J., X. B. Zhou, E. R. Vivoni, J. M. H. Hendrickx, and E. E. Small (2005), GIS-based NEXRAD Stage III precipitation database: automated approaches for data processing and visualization, Computers & Geosciences, 31(1), 65-76.
*Gutmann, E. D., and E. E. Small (2005), The effect of soil hydraulic properties vs. soil texture in land surface models, Geophysical Research Letters, 32(2).
Huxman, T. E., B. P. Wilcox, D. D. Breshears, R. L. Scott, K. A. Snyder, E. E. Small, K. Hultine, W. T. Pockman, and R. B. Jackson (2005), Ecohydrological implications of woody plant encroachment, Ecology, 86(2), 308-319.
*Matsui, T., V. Lakshmi, and E. E. Small (2005), The effects of satellite-derived vegetation cover variability on simulated land-atmosphere interactions in the NAMS, Journal of Climate, 18(1), 21-40.
Phillips F. M., Walvoord M. A., and Small E. E. (2004) Effects of environmental change on groundwater recharge in the Desert Southwest, Groundwater Recharge in a Desert Environment: The Southwestern United States (F. M. Phillips, J. F. Hogan, and B. R. Scanlon; eds.), American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., p. 273-294.
Huxman, T. E., et al. (2004), Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency, Nature, 429(6992), 651-654.
*Kurc, S. A., and E. E. Small (2004), Dynamics of evapotranspiration in semiarid grassland and shrubland ecosystems during the summer monsoon season, central New Mexico, Water Resources Research, 40(9).
Xu, J. J., W. J. Shuttleworth, X. Gao, S. Sorooshian, and E. E. Small (2004), Soil moisture-precipitation feedback on the North American monsoon system in the MM5-OSU model, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 130(603), 2873-2890.
Xu, J. J., X. Gao, J. Shuttleworth, S. Sorooshian and E. E. Small (2004), Model Climatology of the North American Monsoon Onset Period during 1980–2001. Journal of Climate, 17(20), 3892–3906.
Small, E. E., and *S. A. Kurc (2003), Tight coupling between soil moisture and the surface radiation budget in semiarid environments: Implications for land-atmosphere interactions, Water Resources Research, 39(10).
*Matsui, T., V. Lakshmi, and E. Small (2003), Links between snow cover, surface skin temperature, and rainfall variability in the North American monsoon system, Journal of Climate, 16(11), 1821-1829.8
*Bhark, E. W., and E. E. Small (2003), Association between plant canopies and the spatial patterns of infiltration in shrubland and grassland of the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico, Ecosystems, 6(2), 185-196.
Weltzin, J. F., et al. (2003), Assessing the response of terrestrial ecosystems to potential changes in precipitation, Bioscience, 53(10), 941-952.
Xu, J. J., and E. E. Small (2002), Simulating summertime rainfall variability in the North American monsoon region: The influence of convection and radiation parameterizations, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 107(D23).
Small, E. E., L. C. Sloan, and D. Nychka (2001), Changes in surface air temperature caused by desiccation of the Aral Sea, Journal of Climate, 14(3), 284-299.
Small, E. E., F. Giorgi, L. C. Sloan, and S. Hostetler (2001), The effects of desiccation and climatic change on the hydrology of the Aral Sea, Journal of Climate, 14(3), 300-322.
Morrill, C., E. E. Small, and L. C. Sloan (2001), Modeling orbital forcing of lake level change: Lake Gosiute (Eocene), North America, Global and Planetary Change, 29(1-2), 57-76.
Small, E. E. (2001), The influence of soil moisture anomalies on variability of the North American monsoon system, Geophysical Research Letters, 28(1), 139-142.
Pal, J. S., E. E. Small, and E. A. B. Eltahir (2000), Simulation of regional-scale water and energy budgets: Representation of subgrid cloud and precipitation processes within RegCM, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 105(D24), 29579-29594.
Hostetler, S. W., P. J. Bartlein, P. U. Clark, E. E. Small, and A. M. Solomon (2000), Simulated influences of Lake Agassiz on the climate of central North America 11,000 years ago, Nature, 405(6784), 334-337.
Hostetler, S. W., and E. E. Small (1999), Response of North American freshwater lakes to simulated future climates, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 35(6), 1625-1637.
Small, E. E., F. Giorgi, and L. C. Sloan (1999), Regional climate model simulation of precipitation in central Asia: Mean and interannual variability, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 104(D6), 6563-6582.
Small, E. E., R. S. Anderson, and G. S. Hancock (1999), Estimates of the rate of regolith production using Be-10 and Al-26 from an alpine hillslope, Geomorphology, 27(1-2), 131-150.
Small, E. E., L. C. Sloan, S. Hostetler, and F. Giorgi (1999), Simulating the water balance of the Aral Sea with a coupled regional climate-lake model, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 104(D6), 6583-6602.
Small, E. E., and R. S. Anderson (1998), Pleistocene relief production in Laramide mountain ranges, western United States, Geology, 26(2), 123-126.9
Abbott, L. D., E. A. Silver, R. S. Anderson, R. Smith, J. C. Ingle, S. A. Kling, D. Haig, E. Small, J. Galewsky, and W. Sliter (1997), Measurement of tectonic surface uplift rate in a young collisional mountain belt, Nature, 385(6616), 501-507.
Small, E. E., R. S. Anderson, J. L. Repka, and R. Finkel (1997), Erosion rates of alpine bedrock summit surfaces deduced from in situ Be-10 and Al-26, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 150(3-4), 413-425.
Small, E. E., and R. S. Anderson (1995), Geomorphically driven late Cenozoic rock uplift in the Sierra Nevada, California, Science, 270(5234), 277-280.
Small, E. E. (1995), Hypsometric forcing of stagnant ice margins: Pleistocene valley glaciers, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, Geomorphology, 14(2), 109-121.
Other Publications
Larson, K. M., E. E. Small, J. J. Braun, and V. U. Zavorotny (2011), Using GPS to measure soil moisture, snow depth and vegetation growth, inSights the EarthScope Newsletter, Fall 2010.
Vizcarra, N. 2011. Looking for mud. NASA Earth Science Research Features, Sensing our Planet.
Small, E. E. and Kurc, S., 2001. The influence of soil moisture on the surface energy balance in semiarid environments. New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute Technical Completion Report No. 318.
Small, E. E., 1999. News and Views: Global cooling reduces relief: Nature, 401: 31-33.
Small, E. E. and Anderson, R. S., 1998, Reply: Pleistocene relief production in Laramide mountain ranges, western United States, Geology, 26: 1151-1152.
* denotes graduate student author
*Chew, C.C., Small, E.E., Larson, K.M., Zavorotny, V. Effects of near-surface soil moisture on GPS SNR data: Development of a retrieval algorithm for volumetric soil moisture, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, in press.
*Pugh, E. T. and Small, E. E., The impact of beetle-induced conifer death on stand-scale canopy snow interception, Hydrology Research, in press.
Báez, S., Collins, S.L., Pockman, W.T., Johnson, J.E., and Small, E.E. (2012), Effects of experimental rainfall manipulations on Chihuahuan Desert grassland and shrubland plant communities. Oecologia doi: 10.1007/s00442-012-2552-0.
*Pugh, E.T. and Small, E.E. (2012), The impact of pine beetle infestation on snow accumulation and melt in the headwaters of the Colorado River. Ecohydrology 4: n/a. doi: 10.1002/eco.239
Hancock, G., Small, E.E., and Wobus, C. (2011), Modeling the effects of weathering on bedrock-floored channel geometry. Journal of Geophysical Research 16: n/a. doi: 10.1029/2010JF001908
Lakshmi, V., *Hong, S., Small, E.E., and F. Chen (2011), The influence of the land surface on hydrometeorology and ecology: new advances from modeling and satellite remote sensing. Hydrology Research, 42(2-3): 95-112.
Small, E. E., K. M. Larson, and J. J. Braun (2010), Sensing vegetation growth with reflected GPS signals. Geophysical Research Letters, L12401, doi:10.1029/2010GL042951.
*Gutmann, E. D., and E. E. Small (2010), A Method for the Determination of the Hydraulic Properties of Soil from MODIS Surface Temperature for use in Land Surface Models. Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2009WR008203.
Pockman, W. T. and E. E. Small (2010), The influence of spatial patterns of soil moisture on the grass and shrub responses to a summer rainstorm in a Chihuahuan Desert ecotone. Ecosystems, 13(4), 511-525.
Larson, K. M., J. J. Braun, E. E. Small, V. U. Zavorotny, E. D. Gutmann, and A. L. Bilich (2010), GPS Multipath and Its Relation to Near-Surface Soil Moisture Content, Ieee Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 3(1), 91-99.
Zavorotny, V. U., K. M. Larson, J. J. Braun, E. E. Small, *E. D. Gutmann, and A. L. Bilich (2010), A Physical Model for GPS Multipath Caused by Land Reflections: Toward Bare Soil Moisture Retrievals, Ieee Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 3(1), 100-110.6
*Hong, S. B., V. Lakshmi, E. E. Small, F. Chen, M. Tewari, and K. W. Manning (2009), Effects of vegetation and soil moisture on the simulated land surface processes from the coupled WRF/Noah model, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 114.
*Bedford, D. R., and E. E. Small (2008), Spatial patterns of ecohydrologic properties on a hillslope-alluvial fan transect, central New Mexico, Catena, 73(1), 34-48.
Larson, K. M., E. E. Small, *E. D. Gutmann, A. L. Bilich, J. J. Braun, and V. U. Zavorotny (2008), Use of GPS receivers as a soil moisture network for water cycle studies, Geophysical Research Letters, 35(24).
Larson, K. M., E. E. Small, *E. Gutmann, A. Bilich, P. Axelrad, and J. Braun (2008), Using GPS multipath to measure soil moisture fluctuations: initial results, GPS Solutions, 12(3), 173-177.
*Mayor, A. G., S. Bautista, E. E. Small, M. Dixon, and J. Bellot (2008), Measurement of the connectivity of runoff source areas as determined by vegetation pattern and topography: A tool for assessing potential water and soil losses in drylands, Water Resources Research, 44(10).
*Montandon, L. M., and E. E. Small (2008), The impact of soil reflectance on the quantification of the green vegetation fraction from NDVI, Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(4), 1835-1845.
Small, E. E., and J. R. McConnell (2008), Comparison of soil moisture and meteorological controls on pine and spruce transpiration, Ecohydrology, 1(3), 205-214.
*Kurc, S. A., and E. E. Small (2007), Soil moisture variations and ecosystem-scale fluxes of water and carbon in semiarid grassland and shrubland, Water Resources Research, 43(6).
*Gutmann, E. D., and E. E. Small (2007), A comparison of land surface model soil hydraulic properties estimated by inverse modeling and pedotransfer functions, Water Resources Research, 43(5).
*Hong, S., V. Lakshmi, and E. E. Small (2007), Relationship between vegetation biophysical properties and surface temperature using multisensor satellite data, Journal of Climate, 20(22), 5593-5606.
Peters, D. P. C., J. R. Gosz, W. T. Pockman, E. E. Small, R. R. Parmenter, S. L. Collins, and E. Muldavin (2006), Integrating patch and boundary dynamics to understand and predict biotic transitions at multiple scales, Landscape Ecology, 21(1), 19-33.
Turner, D. P., W. D. Ritts, M. S. Zhao, *S. A. Kurc, A. L. Dunn, S. C. Wofsy, E. E. Small, and S. W. Running (2006), Assessing interannual variation in MODIS-based estimates of gross primary production, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 44(7), 1899-1907.
Xie, H. J., X. B. Zhou, J. M. H. Hendrickx, E. R. Vivoni, H. D. Guan, Y. Q. Tian, and E. E. Small (2006), Evaluation of NEXRAD Stage III precipitation data over a semiarid region, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 42(1), 237-256.
Small, E. E. (2005), Climatic controls on diffuse groundwater recharge in semiarid environments of the southwestern United States, Water Resources Research, 41(4).7
Turner, D. P., et al. (2005), Site-level evaluation of satellite-based global terrestrial gross primary production and net primary production monitoring, Global Change Biology, 11(4), 666-684.
Xie, H. J., X. B. Zhou, E. R. Vivoni, J. M. H. Hendrickx, and E. E. Small (2005), GIS-based NEXRAD Stage III precipitation database: automated approaches for data processing and visualization, Computers & Geosciences, 31(1), 65-76.
*Gutmann, E. D., and E. E. Small (2005), The effect of soil hydraulic properties vs. soil texture in land surface models, Geophysical Research Letters, 32(2).
Huxman, T. E., B. P. Wilcox, D. D. Breshears, R. L. Scott, K. A. Snyder, E. E. Small, K. Hultine, W. T. Pockman, and R. B. Jackson (2005), Ecohydrological implications of woody plant encroachment, Ecology, 86(2), 308-319.
*Matsui, T., V. Lakshmi, and E. E. Small (2005), The effects of satellite-derived vegetation cover variability on simulated land-atmosphere interactions in the NAMS, Journal of Climate, 18(1), 21-40.
Phillips F. M., Walvoord M. A., and Small E. E. (2004) Effects of environmental change on groundwater recharge in the Desert Southwest, Groundwater Recharge in a Desert Environment: The Southwestern United States (F. M. Phillips, J. F. Hogan, and B. R. Scanlon; eds.), American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., p. 273-294.
Huxman, T. E., et al. (2004), Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency, Nature, 429(6992), 651-654.
*Kurc, S. A., and E. E. Small (2004), Dynamics of evapotranspiration in semiarid grassland and shrubland ecosystems during the summer monsoon season, central New Mexico, Water Resources Research, 40(9).
Xu, J. J., W. J. Shuttleworth, X. Gao, S. Sorooshian, and E. E. Small (2004), Soil moisture-precipitation feedback on the North American monsoon system in the MM5-OSU model, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 130(603), 2873-2890.
Xu, J. J., X. Gao, J. Shuttleworth, S. Sorooshian and E. E. Small (2004), Model Climatology of the North American Monsoon Onset Period during 1980–2001. Journal of Climate, 17(20), 3892–3906.
Small, E. E., and *S. A. Kurc (2003), Tight coupling between soil moisture and the surface radiation budget in semiarid environments: Implications for land-atmosphere interactions, Water Resources Research, 39(10).
*Matsui, T., V. Lakshmi, and E. Small (2003), Links between snow cover, surface skin temperature, and rainfall variability in the North American monsoon system, Journal of Climate, 16(11), 1821-1829.8
*Bhark, E. W., and E. E. Small (2003), Association between plant canopies and the spatial patterns of infiltration in shrubland and grassland of the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico, Ecosystems, 6(2), 185-196.
Weltzin, J. F., et al. (2003), Assessing the response of terrestrial ecosystems to potential changes in precipitation, Bioscience, 53(10), 941-952.
Xu, J. J., and E. E. Small (2002), Simulating summertime rainfall variability in the North American monsoon region: The influence of convection and radiation parameterizations, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 107(D23).
Small, E. E., L. C. Sloan, and D. Nychka (2001), Changes in surface air temperature caused by desiccation of the Aral Sea, Journal of Climate, 14(3), 284-299.
Small, E. E., F. Giorgi, L. C. Sloan, and S. Hostetler (2001), The effects of desiccation and climatic change on the hydrology of the Aral Sea, Journal of Climate, 14(3), 300-322.
Morrill, C., E. E. Small, and L. C. Sloan (2001), Modeling orbital forcing of lake level change: Lake Gosiute (Eocene), North America, Global and Planetary Change, 29(1-2), 57-76.
Small, E. E. (2001), The influence of soil moisture anomalies on variability of the North American monsoon system, Geophysical Research Letters, 28(1), 139-142.
Pal, J. S., E. E. Small, and E. A. B. Eltahir (2000), Simulation of regional-scale water and energy budgets: Representation of subgrid cloud and precipitation processes within RegCM, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 105(D24), 29579-29594.
Hostetler, S. W., P. J. Bartlein, P. U. Clark, E. E. Small, and A. M. Solomon (2000), Simulated influences of Lake Agassiz on the climate of central North America 11,000 years ago, Nature, 405(6784), 334-337.
Hostetler, S. W., and E. E. Small (1999), Response of North American freshwater lakes to simulated future climates, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 35(6), 1625-1637.
Small, E. E., F. Giorgi, and L. C. Sloan (1999), Regional climate model simulation of precipitation in central Asia: Mean and interannual variability, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 104(D6), 6563-6582.
Small, E. E., R. S. Anderson, and G. S. Hancock (1999), Estimates of the rate of regolith production using Be-10 and Al-26 from an alpine hillslope, Geomorphology, 27(1-2), 131-150.
Small, E. E., L. C. Sloan, S. Hostetler, and F. Giorgi (1999), Simulating the water balance of the Aral Sea with a coupled regional climate-lake model, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 104(D6), 6583-6602.
Small, E. E., and R. S. Anderson (1998), Pleistocene relief production in Laramide mountain ranges, western United States, Geology, 26(2), 123-126.9
Abbott, L. D., E. A. Silver, R. S. Anderson, R. Smith, J. C. Ingle, S. A. Kling, D. Haig, E. Small, J. Galewsky, and W. Sliter (1997), Measurement of tectonic surface uplift rate in a young collisional mountain belt, Nature, 385(6616), 501-507.
Small, E. E., R. S. Anderson, J. L. Repka, and R. Finkel (1997), Erosion rates of alpine bedrock summit surfaces deduced from in situ Be-10 and Al-26, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 150(3-4), 413-425.
Small, E. E., and R. S. Anderson (1995), Geomorphically driven late Cenozoic rock uplift in the Sierra Nevada, California, Science, 270(5234), 277-280.
Small, E. E. (1995), Hypsometric forcing of stagnant ice margins: Pleistocene valley glaciers, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, Geomorphology, 14(2), 109-121.
Other Publications
Larson, K. M., E. E. Small, J. J. Braun, and V. U. Zavorotny (2011), Using GPS to measure soil moisture, snow depth and vegetation growth, inSights the EarthScope Newsletter, Fall 2010.
Vizcarra, N. 2011. Looking for mud. NASA Earth Science Research Features, Sensing our Planet.
Small, E. E. and Kurc, S., 2001. The influence of soil moisture on the surface energy balance in semiarid environments. New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute Technical Completion Report No. 318.
Small, E. E., 1999. News and Views: Global cooling reduces relief: Nature, 401: 31-33.
Small, E. E. and Anderson, R. S., 1998, Reply: Pleistocene relief production in Laramide mountain ranges, western United States, Geology, 26: 1151-1152.
Seminars and Invited Talks (last 3 years)
2012 November, SMAP Cal/Val meeting, Oxnard, CA
2012 September, Phenology 2012 Meeting, Milwaukee, WI
2012 May, SMAP in situ Sensor Test Bed meeting, Oklahoma State University, OK
2012 January, NSF Earthscope Meeting, Boulder, CO
2011 October, Soil Science Society of America Meeting, Austin, TX
2011 July, NASA JPL working group on GPS reflections
2010 June, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Boulder, CO
2010 May SMAP Cal/Val meeting, Oxnard, CA
2010 October, Geological Sciences Seminar, Boulder, CO10
2012 September, Phenology 2012 Meeting, Milwaukee, WI
2012 May, SMAP in situ Sensor Test Bed meeting, Oklahoma State University, OK
2012 January, NSF Earthscope Meeting, Boulder, CO
2011 October, Soil Science Society of America Meeting, Austin, TX
2011 July, NASA JPL working group on GPS reflections
2010 June, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Boulder, CO
2010 May SMAP Cal/Val meeting, Oxnard, CA
2010 October, Geological Sciences Seminar, Boulder, CO10
Teaching
Courses Taught
The Terrestrial Water Cycle CU Boulder (graduate class)
Numerical Simulation of Earth Surface Processes, CU Boulder (graduate class)
Vadose Zone Hydrology, CU Boulder (graduate class)
Writing in the Geosciences, CU Boulder (undergraduate)
Physical Geology, CU Boulder (undergraduate)
Surface Hydrology, New Mexico Tech (undergraduate)
Desert Vadose Zone Hydrology, New Mexico Tech (graduate)
Hydroclimatology, New Mexico Tech (graduate)
Plant-Water Interactions, New Mexico Tech (graduate)
Other teaching activities
2010-2011: Lead effort to revise format and curriculum of the Geological Sciences senior writing class.
2006-2007: Participation in CU Boulder’s SEI program: Working with other geology faculty and postdocs to develop learning goals and clicker-questions for Physical Geology intro course.
2004: I quantified the impact of clickers on student attendance, in-class participation, and overall performance by comparing two sections of Physical Geology: one with clickers and the other without.
2003: Implementation of “clicker” technology into geology classes at CU Boulder. I led an effort to enhance interactive learning in large lecture classes using personal infrared transmitters.
Graduate and undergraduate students supervised
(degree completed at CU Boulder unless noted otherwise)
Current Ph.D. students: Clara Chew, Shahen Huda, Sarah Evans, Peter Shellito
Completed Ph.D.: Evan Pugh (2011), Shirley Kurc (2007), Ethan Gutmann (2008), David Bedford (2008), Laure Montandon (2009)
Completed M.S.: Tevis Blom (2012), Phillip Jacobson (2007), Andrew Schmidt (2005), James Elliott (2004, New Mexico Tech), John Boulanger (2001, New Mexico Tech), Eric Bhark (2001, New Mexico Tech),
Postdocs supervised: James McCreight, Karen Boniface, Cheney Shreve, Hongjie Xi, Janjun Xu
Undergraduates advised: Will Gallon, Evan Posdamer, David Yin, Natalie Burris, Ronn Friedlander, Isaac Vimont, Andrew Hattel, Tevis Blom, Jason Sauer, Maria Rocco11
The Terrestrial Water Cycle CU Boulder (graduate class)
Numerical Simulation of Earth Surface Processes, CU Boulder (graduate class)
Vadose Zone Hydrology, CU Boulder (graduate class)
Writing in the Geosciences, CU Boulder (undergraduate)
Physical Geology, CU Boulder (undergraduate)
Surface Hydrology, New Mexico Tech (undergraduate)
Desert Vadose Zone Hydrology, New Mexico Tech (graduate)
Hydroclimatology, New Mexico Tech (graduate)
Plant-Water Interactions, New Mexico Tech (graduate)
Other teaching activities
2010-2011: Lead effort to revise format and curriculum of the Geological Sciences senior writing class.
2006-2007: Participation in CU Boulder’s SEI program: Working with other geology faculty and postdocs to develop learning goals and clicker-questions for Physical Geology intro course.
2004: I quantified the impact of clickers on student attendance, in-class participation, and overall performance by comparing two sections of Physical Geology: one with clickers and the other without.
2003: Implementation of “clicker” technology into geology classes at CU Boulder. I led an effort to enhance interactive learning in large lecture classes using personal infrared transmitters.
Graduate and undergraduate students supervised
(degree completed at CU Boulder unless noted otherwise)
Current Ph.D. students: Clara Chew, Shahen Huda, Sarah Evans, Peter Shellito
Completed Ph.D.: Evan Pugh (2011), Shirley Kurc (2007), Ethan Gutmann (2008), David Bedford (2008), Laure Montandon (2009)
Completed M.S.: Tevis Blom (2012), Phillip Jacobson (2007), Andrew Schmidt (2005), James Elliott (2004, New Mexico Tech), John Boulanger (2001, New Mexico Tech), Eric Bhark (2001, New Mexico Tech),
Postdocs supervised: James McCreight, Karen Boniface, Cheney Shreve, Hongjie Xi, Janjun Xu
Undergraduates advised: Will Gallon, Evan Posdamer, David Yin, Natalie Burris, Ronn Friedlander, Isaac Vimont, Andrew Hattel, Tevis Blom, Jason Sauer, Maria Rocco11
Service (since 2005)
Department and University
2012: Geological Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee (Greg Tucker).
2011, 2012: Geological Sciences Executive Committee
2010 – present: Member of proposal review panel for CU’s Innovative Seed Grant Program.
2009 – present: Member of Geological Sciences graduate admissions committee
2009 – present: Dean's Fund for Excellence committee member
2009: Geological Sciences Ph.D. entry interview committee.
2008 – present: Geological Sciences faculty representative to CU’s Hydrologic Sciences Program.
2007: Geological Sciences graduate curriculum committee.
2006: Geological Sciences space reallocation committee.
2006: Geological Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee (Greg Tucker).
2005 to 2007: Geological Sciences representative to Boulder Faculty Assembly (BFA). Participation in BFA Technology Committee.
2005: Geological Sciences search committee for faculty position (hydrogeochemist).
Profession
NASA SMAP Cal/Val Team Member
NASA review panels, Energy and Water Cycle.
AGU Outstanding Student Paper judge
Review of manuscripts and proposals for the following journals and funding agencies
Journals: Water Resources Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Climate, Remote Sensing of Environment, Ecosystems, Journal of Geophysical Research
Funding Agencies: NSF (EAR/IF, Hydrological Sciences, Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics), NASA (Water and Energy Cycle, Interdisciplinary Science), NOAA
2012: Geological Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee (Greg Tucker).
2011, 2012: Geological Sciences Executive Committee
2010 – present: Member of proposal review panel for CU’s Innovative Seed Grant Program.
2009 – present: Member of Geological Sciences graduate admissions committee
2009 – present: Dean's Fund for Excellence committee member
2009: Geological Sciences Ph.D. entry interview committee.
2008 – present: Geological Sciences faculty representative to CU’s Hydrologic Sciences Program.
2007: Geological Sciences graduate curriculum committee.
2006: Geological Sciences space reallocation committee.
2006: Geological Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee (Greg Tucker).
2005 to 2007: Geological Sciences representative to Boulder Faculty Assembly (BFA). Participation in BFA Technology Committee.
2005: Geological Sciences search committee for faculty position (hydrogeochemist).
Profession
NASA SMAP Cal/Val Team Member
NASA review panels, Energy and Water Cycle.
AGU Outstanding Student Paper judge
Review of manuscripts and proposals for the following journals and funding agencies
Journals: Water Resources Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Climate, Remote Sensing of Environment, Ecosystems, Journal of Geophysical Research
Funding Agencies: NSF (EAR/IF, Hydrological Sciences, Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics), NASA (Water and Energy Cycle, Interdisciplinary Science), NOAA