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Dr. Sarah Boon

BSc UVic (1999)
PhD UAlberta (2005)



Rm WE2048
Water & Environ. Sci. Bldg
Dept. of Geography
University of Lethbridge
4401 University Drive
Lethbridge, Alberta
Canada T1K 3M4

T: (403) 332-4569
F: (403) 332-4039
E: sarah.boon {at} uleth.ca

Publications

MacDonald R, Boon S, Byrne J, Silins U. A comparison of surface and subsurface controls on summer stream temperature in a headwater system. Hydrological Processes, in review.

Winkler R, Boon S, Zimonick B, Spittlehouse D. Snow accumulation and ablation response to changes in forest structure and snow surface albedo after attack by mountain pine beetle. Hydrological Processes, in review.

Boon S, Winkler R, Zimonick B. Effects of post-mountain pine beetle forest litter on snow surface reflectance. Ecohydrology, in review.

Dixon D, Boon S. Watershed-scale controls on snow accumulation in a small montane watershed, southwestern Alberta, Canada. Hydrological Processes, under revision.

McGee D, Boon S, van Meerveld I. 2012. Rural activity impacts on prairie streamflow. Canadian Water Resources Journal, in press.

Buttle J, Boon S, Peters D, Spence C, van Meerveld I, Whitfield P. 2012. An overview of temporary stream hydrology in Canada. Canadian Water Resources Journal, doi 10.4296/cwrj3703903.

MacDonald RJ, Byrne J, Boon S, Kienzle SW. 2012. Modelling the potential impacts of climate change on snowpack in the North Saskatchewan River watershed, Alberta. Water Resources Management, doi 10.1007/s11269-012-0016-2.

Dixon D, Boon S. 2012. Comparison of the SnowHydro snow sampler with existing snow tube designs. Hydrological Processes, doi:10.1002/hyp.9317.

Boon S. 2011. Snow accumulation following forest disturbance. Ecohydrology, doi 10.1002/eco.212.

Burles K, Boon S. 2011. Snowmelt energy balance in a burned forest plot, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada. Hydrological Processes, 25(19): 3012-3029.

Boon S, Burles K. 2011. Snow hydrology. In Singh V, Singh P, Haritashya UK, Eds. Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1300 pp.

Boon S. 2011. Impact of snow cover and glaciers on runoff. In Singh V, Singh P, Haritashya UK, Eds. Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1300 pp.

Coops NC, Varhola A, Bater CW, Teti P, Boon S, Goodwin NR, Weiler M. 2010. Assessing differences in tree and stand structure following beetle infestation using LiDAR data. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 35(6): 497-508.

Peddle DR, Boon S, Glover AP, Hall FG. 2010. Forest structure without ground data: adaptive full-blind multiple forward-mode canopy reflectance model inversion with applications in a mountain pine beetle damaged forest. International Journal of Remote Sensing 31(8): 2123-2128.

Varhola A, Coops NC, Bater CW, Teti P, Boon S, Weiler M. 2010. The influence of ground and LiDAR-derived forest structure metrics on snow accumulation and ablation in disturbed forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40: 812-821.

Winkler R, Boon S, Zimonick B, Baleshta K. 2010. Assessing the effects of post pine beetle forest litter on snow albedo. Hydrological Processes 24(6): 803-812.

Winkler R, Boon S. 2010. The effects of mountain pine beetle attack on snow accumulation and ablation: a synthesis of ongoing research in British Columbia. Streamline Watershed Management Bulletin 13(2): 25-31

Boon S, Burgess DO, Koerner RM, Sharp MJ. 2010. 47 years of research on the Devon Island ice cap, Arctic Canada. Arctic 63(1): 13-29.

Boon S, Flowers GE, Munro DS. 2009. Canadian glacier hydrology 2003-2007. Canadian Water Resources Journal 34(2): 195-204.

Boon S. 2009. Snow ablation energy balance in a dead forest stand. Hydrological Processes 23: 2600-2610.

Gardner AS, Sharp MJ, Koerner RM, Labine C, Boon S, Marshall SJ, Burgess DO, Lewis D. 2009. Near-surface temperature lapse rates over Arctic glaciers and their implications for temperature downscaling. Journal of Climate 22: 4281-4298.

Silins U, Bladon KD, Anderson A, Diiwu J, Emelko MB, Stone M, Boon S. 2009. Alberta's Southern Rockies Watershed Project: How wildfire and salvage logging affect water quality and aquatic ecology. Streamline Watershed Management Bulletin 12(2): 1-7.

Boon S, Davis R, Bladon K, Wagner M. 2009. Comparison of field techniques for measuring snow density at a point. Streamline Watershed Management Bulletin 12(2): 8-12.

Bladon KD, Silins U, Wagner MJ, Stone M, Emelko MB, Devito KJ, Mendoza CA, Boon S. 2008. Wildfire impacts on nitrogen concentration and production from headwater streams in southern Alberta's Rocky Mountains. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38(9): 2359-2371.

Boon S. 2007. Snow accumulation and ablation in a beetle-killed pine stand, northern Interior British Columbia. BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 8(3): 1-13.

Bingham RG, Nienow PW, Sharp MJ, Boon S. 2005. Subglacial drainage processes at a High Arctic polythermal valley glacier. Journal of Glaciology 51(172): 15-24.

Boon S, Sharp M. 2003. The role of hydrologically-driven ice fracture in drainage system evolution on an Arctic glacier. Geophysical Research Letters 30(18): 1916.

Boon S, Sharp MJ, Nienow PW. 2003. Impact of an extreme melt event on the hydrology and runoff of a high Arctic glacier. Hydrological Processes 17(6): 1051-1072.