Publications

Peer-reviewed research spanning remote sensing, scientific machine learning, distributed environmental modeling, and Earth system prediction.

Evaluating Scalable Sentinel-1 Melt Progression Across Space and Time in a Warm Alpine Snowpack

In review

Mower, R., Pflug, J., Gagliano, E., Gutmann, E., Cristea, N., Lundquist, J.

Water Resources Research

Tests how well an automated Sentinel-1 SAR processing pipeline tracks snowmelt timing across a warm, high-elevation alpine snowpack.

Snowscapes of fear: Snow conditions mediate interactions between apex- and meso-predators

In review

Ganz, T., Mower, R., Sullender, B., Lundquist, D., Cunningham, C., Kertson, B., Wirsing, A., Prugh, L.

Journal of Animal Ecology

Examines how snow conditions shape encounter and avoidance dynamics between apex and mesopredators.

Apex predators exploit advantageous snow conditions across hunting modes

October 2025

Sullender, B., Ganz, T., Mower, R., Lundquist, J.D., Kertson, B., Newsome, T., Wirsing, A., Prugh, L.

Journal of Animal Ecology

Shows how apex predators use varying snow conditions to their advantage across different hunting strategies.

Mapping 1 April SWE in the Western US Using Standardized Anomalies and Quantiles From SWE Reanalysis and In Situ Stations

January 2026

Besso, H., Mower, R., Pflug, J.M., Lundquist, J.D.

Water Resources Research

Builds standardized-anomaly maps of peak snow water equivalent across the Western US from reanalysis and station data.

Parallel SnowModel (v1.0): a parallel implementation of a distributed snow-evolution modeling system (SnowModel)

2024

Mower, R., Gutmann, E. D., Liston, G. E., Lundquist, J., and Rasmussen, S.

Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 4135–4154

Introduces a distributed-memory, MPI/Coarray Fortran parallelization of SnowModel enabling continental-scale, high-resolution snow simulation.

Snow Water Equivalent Retrieval Over Idaho, Part B: Using L-band UAVSAR Repeat-Pass Interferometry

2023

Hoppinen, Z. M., Oveisgharan, S., Marshall, H.-P., Mower, R., Elder, K., Vuyovich, C.

The Cryosphere Discussions, 1-24

Evaluates L-band repeat-pass InSAR for retrieving snow water equivalent over Idaho test sites.