Journal Articles and Datasets (Primary Author):

Burns, S.P., V. Humphrey, E.D. Gutmann, M.S. Raleigh, D.R. Bowling, and P.D. Blanken, 2025: Using GNSS-based vegetation optical depth, tree sway motion, and eddy-covariance to examine evaporation of canopy-intercepted rainfall in a subalpine forest. EGUsphere [preprint],, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1755 . Supporting Info (PDF)

Burns, S.P., J.M Frank, W.J. Massman, E.G. Patton, and P.D. Blanken, 2021: The effect of static pressure-wind covariance on vertical carbon dioxide exchange at a windy subalpine forest site. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 306, 108402, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108402 . Supporting Info (PDF)

Burns, S.P., P.D. Blanken, and R.K. Monson, 2020: Data, Photographs, Videos, and Information for the Niwot Ridge Subalpine Forest (US-NR1) AmeriFlux site. AmeriFlux Management Project, ESS-DIVE Dataset, https://doi.org/10.15485/1671825

Burns, S.P., S.C. Swenson, W.R. Wieder, D.M. Lawrence, G.B. Bonan, J.F. Knowles, and P.D. Blanken, 2018: A comparison of the diel cycle of modeled and measured latent heat flux during the warm season in a Colorado subalpine forest. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES), 10, 617-651, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017MS001248 . Supporting Info (PDF)

Burns, S.P., G.D. Maclean, P.D. Blanken, S.P. Oncley, S.R. Semmer, and R.K. Monson, 2016: The Niwot Ridge Subalpine Forest US-NR1 AmeriFlux site – Part I: Data acquisition and site record-keeping. Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, 5, 451-471, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-451-2016 .

Burns, S.P. , P.D. Blanken, A.A. Turnipseed, J. Hu, and R.K. Monson, 2015: The influence of warm-season precipitation on the diel cycle of the surface energy balance and carbon dioxide at a Colorado subalpine forest site. Biogeosciences, 12, 7349–7377, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-7349-2015 . PDF Supplement

Burns, S.P., N.P. Molotch, M.W. Williams, J.F. Knowles, B. Seok, R.K. Monson, A.A. Turnipseed, and P.D. Blanken, 2014: Snow temperature changes within a seasonal snowpack and their relationship to turbulent fluxes of sensible and latent heat. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15, 117-142, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-13-026.1 .

Burns, S.P. , T.W. Horst, L. Jacobsen, P.D. Blanken, and R.K. Monson, 2012: Using sonic anemometer temperature to measure sensible heat flux in strong winds. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 5, 2095-2111, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-5-2095-2012 .

Burns, S.P., J. Sun, D.H. Lenschow, S.P. Oncley, B.B. Stephens, C. Yi, D.E. Anderson, J. Hu, and R.K. Monson, 2011: Atmospheric stability effects on wind fields and scalar mixing within and just above a subalpine forest in sloping terrain. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 138, 231-262, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-010-9560-6 . See the correction to Fig.1b: here

Burns, S.P., A.C. Delany, J. Sun, B.B. Stephens, S.P. Oncley, G.D. Maclean, S.R. Semmer, J. Schroter, and J. Ruppert, 2009: An evaluation of calibration techniques for in situ carbon dioxide measurements using a programmable portable trace-gas measuring system. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 26, 291-316, https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JTECHA1080.1 .

Burns, S.P. , J. Sun, A.C. Delany, S.R. Semmer, S.P. Oncley, and T.W. Horst, 2003: A field intercomparison technique to improve the relative accuracy of longwave radiation measurements and an evaluation of CASES-99 pyrgeometer data quality. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 20, 348-361, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2003)020<0348:AFITTI>2.0.CO;2 .

Burns, S.P., D. Khelif, C.A. Friehe, P. Hignett, A.G. Williams, A.L.M. Grant, J.M. Hacker, D.E. Hagan, Y.L. Serra, D.P. Rogers, E.F. Bradley, R.A. Weller, C.W. Fairall, S.P. Anderson, C.A. Paulson, and P.A. Coppin, 2000: Comparisons of aircraft, ship, and buoy radiation and SST measurements from TOGA COARE. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (D12), 15,627-15,652, https://doi.org/10.1029/2000JD900090 .

Burns, S.P., D. Khelif, C.A. Friehe, A.G. Williams, P. Hignett, A.L.M. Grant, J.M. Hacker, D.P. Rogers, E.F. Bradley, R.A. Weller, M.F. Cronin, S.P. Anderson, C.W. Fairall, and C.A. Paulson, 1999: Comparisons of aircraft, ship, and buoy meteorological measurements from TOGA COARE. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104 (D24), 30,853-30,884, https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JD900934 .

PhD and Masters Theses:

Burns, S.P. 2018: The Influence of Warm-Season Precipitation on Water Cycling and the Surface Energy Budget within and just-above a Colorado Subalpine Forest in Mountainous Terrain: Measurements and Modeling , PhD Thesis, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 307 pp. (Primary Advisor: Dr. Peter Blanken) .
Burns, S.P. 1993: The Effect of Turbulence on the Average Heat Transfer from a Cylinder in Crossflow , Masters Thesis, University of California, Irvine, 122 pp. (Primary Advisor: Dr. John LaRue)

Conference Preprints, Posters, & Misc:

Burns, S.P., G.B. Bonan, E.G. Patton, D.H. Lenschow, and P.D. Blanken, 2025: Vertical Profiles of Scalars, Wind, and Turbulence Just-Above and Within a Subalpine Forest in Complex Terrain. Talk (3.3), 36th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Denver, CO, American Meteorological Society, 12-16 May 2025.
Burns, S. P., V. Humphrey, E. D. Gutmann, M. S. Raleigh, D. R. Bowling, and P. D. Blanken, 2024: Using a pair of GPS sensors to measure vegetation optical depth (VOD) and relate it to the evaporation of intercepted rainfall in a subalpine forest. Talk, 2024 AmeriFlux Annual Meeting, Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, CA, 3-6 Sept, 2024.
Burns, S. P., H. Chu, D. Christianson, D. R. Bowling, R. K. Monson, and P. D. Blanken, 2022: Quality Control of Eddy-Covariance Fluxes Just-Above and Within the US-NR1 Subalpine Forest. Poster, 2022 AmeriFlux Annual Meeting, University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS), Pellston, MI, 7-9 Sept, 2022.
Burns, S. P., 2022: Note from the Flux site: Winter at Niwot Ridge. Blog Post, AmeriFlux LBL Website
Burns, S. P., and P. D. Blanken, 2019: Characteristics of Airflow and Turbulence Just-Above and Within a Subalpine Forest in Complex Terrain. Talk, 2019 AmeriFlux Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO, 18 September.
Burns, S.P., S.C. Swenson, W.R. Wieder, D.M. Lawrence, G.B. Bonan, J.F. Knowles, and P.D. Blanken, 2018: Using Measured Latent Heat Flux from a Colorado Subalpine Forest to Assess Modeled CLM4.5 Latent Heat Flux. Talk (4.4), 33rd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Boise, ID, American Meteorological Society, 13-16 May 2018.
Burns, S. P., J. M. Frank, W. J. Massman, E. G. Patton, and P. D. Blanken, 2017: Static Pressure-Wind Covariance and Coherent Structures at Two Subalpine Forest Sites. Poster, FLUXNET Conference 2017, Berkeley, CA, 7-9 June.
Burns, S.P., W.R. Wieder, S.C. Swenson, D.M. Lawrence, G. Bonan, J.F. Knowles, and P.D. Blanken, 2016: The Diel Cycle of Modeled and Measured Latent Heat Flux in a Colorado Subalpine Forest. Talk (7.2), 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Salt Lake City, UT, American Meteorological Society, 20-24 June 2016.
Burns, S.P., T. W. Horst, S.P. Oncley, G. Maclean, S. Semmer, D. H. Lenschow, and P.D. Blanken, 2016: Characteristics of Wind and Turbulence Just-Above and Within a Subalpine Forest in Complex Terrain. Poster 117, 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Salt Lake City, UT, American Meteorological Society, 20-24 June 2016.
Burns, S.P., S. Metzger, P. D. Blanken, G. Burba, E. Swiatek, J. Li, and B. Conrad, 2014: A comparison of infrared gas analyzers above a subalpine forest Invited Talk (B51K-03), 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, American Geophysical Union, 15-19 December.
Burns, S. P., S. Metzger, P. D. Blanken, G. Burba, E. Swiatek, J. Li, B. Conrad, H. Luo, and J. Taylor, 2014: A comparison of infrared gas analyzers above a subalpine forest in complex terrain. Preprints, 17th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation, Westminster, CO, American Meteorological Society, 9-13 June .
Burns, S. P., P. D. Blanken, D. R. Bowling, and R. K. Monson, 2013: The effect of precipitation on the surface energy budget, carbon dioxide, and environmental conditions at a Colorado subalpine forest site. Poster, The 2013 North American Carbon Program (NACP) Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, North American Carbon Program, 4-7 February.
Burns, S.P., J. Sun, D. H. Lenschow, S.P. Oncley, and P.D. Blanken, 2012: Gravity waves within and above a subalpine forest in complex terrain. Poster, 20th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society, 9-13 July.
Burns, S.P., J. Sun, S.P. Oncley, D. H. Lenschow, and R.K. Monson, 2010: The effect of tilt-corrections on fluxes and 3D wind statistics over sloping, forested terrain. Talk, 19th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Keystone, CO, American Meteorological Society, 1-6 August.
Burns, S.P., A.A. Turnipseed, D.R. Bowling, J. Hu, and R.K. Monson, 2009: Ten-year variability in fluxes, meteorology, and environmental conditions at a Colorado subalpine forest. Poster, 2009 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, American Geophysical Union, 14-18 December.
Burns, S.P., 2008: Cover Photo , Ecological Application (Sept 2008 Issue), vol 18 .
Burns, S.P., R.K. Monson, M.V. Losleben, A.A. Turnipseed, M.W. Williams, and N.P. Molotch, 2006: Measurements of snowpack temperature in a Colorado subalpine forest. Poster, 2006 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, American Geophysical Union, 11-15 December.
Burns, S.P., J. Sun, D. H. Lenschow, S.P. Oncley, B.B. Stephens, D.E. Anderson, A.C. Delany, D.S. Schimel, and R.K. Monson, 2006: Measurement of the diurnal cycle of temperature, humidity, wind, and carbon dioxide in a subalpine forest during the 2004 Carbon in the Mountains Experiment (CME04). Poster, 17th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence and 27th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, San Diego, CA, American Meteorological Society, 22-25 May.
Burns, S.P., J. Sun, S.P. Oncley, A.C. Delany, B.B. Stephens, D.E. Anderson, D.S. Schimel, D. H. Lenschow, and R.K. Monson, 2006: Measurements of the diurnal cycle of temperature, humidity, wind, and carbon dioxide in a subalpine forest during the Carbon in the Mountains Experiment (CME04). Preprints, 17th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence and 27th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, San Diego, CA, American Meteorological Society, JP4.7.
Burns, S.P., J. Sun, S.P. Oncley, A.A. Turnipseed, C. Yi, D.H. Lenschow, and R.K. Monson, 2006: An evaluation of in-canopy flux measurements. Poster, Flux Measurements in Difficult Conditions, a Specialist Workshop by ILEAPS, Boulder, CO, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, 26-28 January.
Burns, S.P., A.C. Delany, J. Sun, G. Maclean, S.P. Oncley, S.R. Semmer, and R.K. Monson, 2004: HYDRA: A programmable portable, trace-gas measuring system. Poster, 2004 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, American Geophysical Union, 13-17 December.
Burns, S.P., J. Sun, A.C. Delany, S.P. Oncley, and T.W. Horst, 2000: Radiative flux divergence measurements during CASES-99. Preprints, 14th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Snowmass, CO, American Meteorological Society, 351-354.
Burns, S.P. and J. Sun, 2000: Thermocouple temperature measurements from the CASES-99 main tower. Preprints, 14th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Snowmass, CO, American Meteorological Society, 358-361.

Journal Articles (Co-Authored):

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Pan, B., X. Xiao, L. Pan, C. Meng, P. D. Blanken, S. P. Burns , J.A. Celis, C. Zhang, and , and Y. Qin, 2025: Incorporation of needleleaf traits improves estimation of light absorption and gross primary production of evergreen needleleaf forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 368, 110526, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110526 .
Harvey, N., S. P. Burns , K. N. Musselman, H. Barnard, and P. D. Blanken, 2025: Identifying canopy snow in subalpine forests: A comparative study of methods. Water Resources Research, 61, e2023WR036996, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR036996 .
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Javadian, M., D. M. Aubrecht, J. B. Fisher, R. L. Scott, S.P. Burns , J.L. Diehl, and Coauthors, 2018: Scaling individual tree transpiration with thermal cameras reveals interspecies differences to drought vulnerability. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL111479, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL111479 .
Webb, R.W., J.F. Knowles, A. Fox, A. Fabricus, T. Corrie, K. Mooney, and Coauthors, 2024: Energy-water asynchrony principally determines water available for runoff from snowmelt in continental montane forests. Hydrological Processes, 38, e15297, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.15297 .
Yang, J. C., D. R. Bowling, K. R. Smith, L. Kunik, B. Raczka, and Coauthors, 2024: Forest carbon uptake as influenced by snowpack and length of photosynthesis season in seasonally snow-covered forests of North America. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 353, 110054, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110054 .
Bowling, D. R., C. Schadel, K. R. Smith, A. D. Richardson, M. Bahn, M. A. Arain, and Coauthors, 2024: Phenology of photosynthesis in winter-dormant temperate and boreal forests: Long-term observations from flux towers and quantitative evaluation of phenology models. Journal of Geophysical Research (Biogeosciences), 127, e2023JG007839, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007839 .
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Burns, S. J. and S. P. Burns , 2023: The shear contribution to the equation of state: A universal law for the elastic moduli of solids. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 279, 112347, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2023.112347 .
Knowles, J. F., N. R. Bjarke, A. M. Badger, M. Berkelhammer, and Coauthors, 2023: Bark beetle impacts on forest evapotranspiration and its partitioning. Science of the Total Environment, 880, 163260, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163260 .
Still, C. J., G. Page, B. Rastogi, and Coauthors, 2023: Reply to Garen et al.: Within-­canopy temperature data also do not support limited homeothermy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 120, e2302515120, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2302515120 .
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Still, C. J., G. Page, B. Rastogi, and Coauthors, 2022: No evidence of canopy-scale leaf thermoregulation to cool leaves below air temperature across a range of forest ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 119, e2205682119, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2205682119 .
Teets, A., D. J. P. Moore, M. R. Alexander, P. D. Blanken, G. Bohrer, S. P. Burns , and Coauthors, 2022: Coupling of tree growth and photosynthetic carbon uptake across six North American forests. Journal of Geophysical Research (Biogeosciences), 127, e2021JG006690, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006690 .
Raleigh, M. S., E. D. Gutmann, J. T. V. Van Stan II, S. P. Burns , P. D. Blanken, and E. E. Small, 2022: Challenges and capabilities in estimating snow mass intercepted in conifer canopies with tree sway monitoring. Water Resources Research, 58, e2021WR030972, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR030972 .
Yang, J. C., T. S. Magney, L. P. Albert, A. D. Richardson, and Coauthors, 2022: Gross primary production (GPP) and red solar induced fluorescence (SIF) respond differently to light and seasonal environmental conditions in a subalpine conifer forest Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 317, 108904, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.108904 .
Stettz, S. G., N.C. Parazoo, A.A. Bloom, P.D. Blanken, D. R. Bowling, S. P. Burns, and Coauthors, 2022: Resolving temperature limitation on spring productivity in an evergreen conifer forest using a model–data fusion framework. Biogeosciences, 19 , 541–558, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-541-2022 .
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Abolafia-Rosenzweig, R., C. He, S. P. Burns , and F. Chen, 2021: Implementation and evaluation of a unified turbulence parameterization throughout the canopy and roughness sublayer in Noah-MP snow simulations. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES), 13,e2021MS002665, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002665 .
Young, A. M., M. A. Friedl, B. Seyednasrollah, E. Beamesderfer, C. M. Carrillo, and Coauthors, 2021: Seasonality in aerodynamic resistance across a range of North American ecosystems. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 310, 108613, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108613 .
Helbig, M., T. Gerken, E. R. Beamesderfer, D. D. Baldocchi, T. Banerjee, and Coauthors, 2021: Integrating continuous atmospheric boundary layer and tower-based flux measurements to advance understanding of land-atmosphere interactions. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 307, 109509, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108509 .
Sun, J., W. J. Massman, R. M. Banta, and S. P. Burns , 2021: Revisiting the surface energy imbalance. Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), 126, e2020JD034219, doi:10.1029/2020JD034219 .
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Tai, X., W. R. L. Anderegg, P. D. Blanken, S. P. Burns, , L. Christensen, and P. D. Brooks, 2020: Hillslope hydrology influences the spatial and temporal patterns of remotely sensed ecosystem productivity Water Resources Research, 56, e2020WR027630, doi:10.1029/2020WR027630 .
Pastorello, G., C. Trotta, E. Canfora, H. Chu, D. Christianson, and Coauthors, 2020: The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data. Scientific Data, 7, 1-27, doi:10.1038/s41597-020-0534-3 .
Cheng, R., Magney, T. S., Dutta, D., Bowling, D. R., Logan, B. A., Burns, S. P., Blanken, P. D., Grossmann, K., Lopez, S., Richardson, A. D., Stutz, J., and Frankenberg, C., 2020: Decomposing reflectance spectra to track gross primary production in a subalpine evergreen forest. Biogeosciences, 17 , 4523–4544 .
Knowles, J. F., R. L. Scott, J. A. Biederman, P. D. Blanken, S. P. Burns , S. Dore, T. E. Kolb, M. E. Litvak, G. A. Barron‐Gafford, 2020: Montane forest productivity across a semiarid climatic gradient. Global Change Biology, 26, 6945-6958, doi:10.1111/gcb.15335 .
Parazoo, N. C., Magney, T., Norton, A., Raczka, B., Bacour, C., Maignan, F., Baker, I., Zhang, Y., Qiu, B., Shi, M., MacBean, N., Bowling, D. R., Burns, S. P. , Blanken, P. D., Stutz, J., Grossmann, K., and Frankenberg, C., 2020: Wide discrepancies in the magnitude and direction of modeled solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence in response to light conditions. Biogeosciences, 17 , 3733–3755 .
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Lawrence, D. M., R. A. Fisher, C. D. Koven, K. W. Oleson, S. C. Swenson, G. Bonan, and Coauthors, 2019: The Community Land Model version 5: Description of new features, benchmarking, and impact of forcing uncertainty. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES), 11,4245-4287, doi:10.1029/2018MS001583 .
Magney, T. S., D. R. Bowling, B. A. Logan, and Coauthors, 2019: Mechanistic evidence for tracking the seasonality of photosynthesis with solar-induced fluorescence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 116, 11640-11645, doi:10.1073/pnas.1900278116 .
Raczka, B., A. Porcar-Castell, T. Magney, E. Lee, P. Kohler, C. Frankenberg, K. Grossmann, B. A. Logan, J. Stutz, P. D. Blanken, S. P. Burns , H. Duarte, X. Yang, J. C. Lin, and D. R. Bowling, 2019: Sustained nonphotochemical quenching shapes the seasonal pattern of solar-induced fluorescence at a high-elevation evergreen forest. Journal of Geophysical Research (Biogeosciences), 124, 2005-2020, doi:10.1029/2018JG004883 .
Swenson, S. C., Burns, S.P. , and D.M. Lawrence, 2019: The impact of biomass heat storage on the canopy energy balance and atmospheric stability in the Community Land Model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES), 11, 83-98, doi:10.1029/2018MS001476 .
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Berryman, E. M., M. K. Vanderhoof, J. B. Bradford, T. J. Hawbaker, P. D. Henne, S. P. Burns, J. M. Frank, R. A. Birdsey, and M. G. Ryan, 2018: Estimating soil respiration in a subalpine landscape using point, terrain, climate, and greenness data. Journal of Geophysical Research (Biogeosciences), 123, doi:10.1029/2018JG004613 .
Chu, H., D. D. Baldocchi, C. Poindexter, M. Abraha, A. R. Desai, G. Bohrer, and Coauthors, 2018: Temporal dynamics of aerodynamic canopy height derived from eddy covariance momentum flux data across North American flux networks. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 9275-9287, doi:10.1029/2018GL079306 .
Helliker, B. R., X. Song, M. L. Goulden, K. Clark, P. Bolstad, J. W. Munger, J. Chen, A. Noormets, D. Hollinger, S. Wofsy, and Coauthors, 2018: Assessing the interplay between canopy energy balance and photosynthesis with cellulose delta_18_O: large-scale patterns and independent ground-truthing. Oecologia, 187, 995-1007, doi:10.1007/s00442-018-4198-z .
Bowling, D. R., B. A. Logan, K. Hufkens, D. M. Aubrecht, A. D. Richardson, S. P. Burns, W. R. L. Anderegg, P. D. Blanken, and D. P. Eiriksson, 2018: Limitations to winter and spring photosynthesis of a Rocky Mountain subalpine forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 252, 241-255, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.01.025 .
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Albert, L. P., T. F. Keenan, S. P. Burns, T. E. Huxman, R. K. Monson, 2017: Climate controls over ecosystem metabolism: insights from a fifteen-year inductive artificial neural network synthesis for a subalpine forest. Oecologia, 184, 25-41, doi:10.1007/s00442-017-3853-0 .
Richardson, A.D., Hufkens, K., Milliman, T., Aubrecht, D.M., and Coauthors, 2017: PhenoCam Dataset v1.0: Vegetation Phenology from Digital Camera Imagery, 2000-2015. ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center, doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1511
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Molotch, N. P., D. M. Barnard, S.P. Burns, and T.H. Painter, 2016: Measuring spatiotemporal variation in snow optical grain size under a subalpine forest canopy using contact spectroscopy Water Resources Research, 52, doi:10.1002/2016WR018954 .
Winchell, T.S., D.M. Barnard, R.K. Monson, S.P. Burns, and N. P. Molotch, 2016: Earlier snowmelt reduces atmospheric carbon uptake in midlatitude subalpine forests Geophysical Research Letters, 52, doi:10.1002/2016GL069769 .
Berkelhammer, M., D. Noone, T.E Wong, S.P. Burns, J.F. Knowles, A. Kaushik, P.D. Blanken, and M.W. Williams, 2016: Convergent approaches to determine an ecosystem's transpiration fraction Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 30, doi:10.1002/2016GB005392 .
Metzger, S, Burba, G., Burns, S. P., Blanken, P.D., Li, J., Luo, H. and Zulueta, R. C., 2016: Optimization of an enclosed gas analyzer sampling system for measuring eddy covariance fluxes of H2O and CO2. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9, 1341-1359, doi:10.5194/amt-9-1341-2016 .
Biederman, J. A., Scott, R. L., Goulden, M. L., Vargas, R., Litvak, M. E., Kolb, T. E., Yepez, E. A., Oechel, W. C., Blanken, P. D., Bell, T. W., Garatuza-Payan, J., Maurer, G. E., Dore, S. and Burns, S. P., 2016: Terrestrial carbon balance in a drier world: the effects of water availability in southwestern North America. Global Change Biology, 22, 1867–1879, doi:10.1111/gcb.13222 .
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Knowles, J. F., A. A. Harpold, R. Cowie, M. Zeliff, H. R. Barnard, S. P. Burns, P. D. Blanken, J. F. Morse, and M. W. Williams, 2015: The relative contributions of alpine and subalpine ecosystems to the water balance of a mountainous, headwater catchment. Hydrological Processes, 29 , 4794-4808, doi:10.1002/hyp.10526 .
Toomey, M., M. A. Friedl, S. Frolking, and Coauthors, 2015: Greenness indices from digital cameras predict the timing and seasonal dynamics of canopy-scale photosynthesis. Ecological Applications, 25 , 99-115, doi:10.1890/14-0005.1 .
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Knowles, J. F., S. P. Burns, P. D. Blanken, and R. K. Monson, 2014: Fluxes of energy, water, and carbon dioxide from mountain ecosystems at Niwot Ridge, Colorado. Plant Ecology & Diversity, doi:10.1080/17550874.2014.904950 .
Bowling, D. R., A. P. Ballantyne, J. B. Miller, S. P. Burns, T. J. Conway, O. Menzer, B. B. Stephens, and B. H. Vaughn, 2014: Ecological processes dominate the 13C land disequilibrium in a Rocky Mountain subalpine forest. Global Biogeochmical Cycles 28, 352--370, doi:10.1002/2013GB004686 .
Burns, S. J. and S. P. Burns, 2014: Is there a layer deep in the Earth that uncouples heat from mechanical work? Solid Earth Discussions 6, 487-509, doi:10.5194/sed-6-487-2014 .
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Scott-Denton, L. E., D. J. P. Moore, N. A. Rosenbloom, T. G. F. Kittel, S. P. Burns, D. S. Schimel, and R. K. Monson, 2013: Forecasting net ecosystem CO2 exchange in a subalpine forest using model data assimilation combined with simulated climate and weather generation. Journal of Geophysical Research (Biogeosciences), 118, 1-17, doi:10.1002/jgrg.20039 .
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Brooks, B.-G. J., A. R. Desai, B. B. Stephens, and Coauthors, 2012: Assessing filtering of mountaintop CO2 mole fractions for application to inverse models of biosphere-atmosphere carbon exchange. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, 2099-2115, doi:10.5194/acp-12-2099-2012 .
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Desai, A. R., D. J. P. Moore, and Coauthors, 2011: Seasonal pattern of regional carbon balance in the central Rocky Mountains from surface and airborne measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, G04009, doi:10.1029/2011JG001655 .
Patton, E. G., T. W. Horst, and Coauthors, 2011: The Canopy Horizontal Array Turbulence Study. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92, 593-611, doi:10.1175/2010BAMS2614.1 .
Riveros-Iregui, D. A., J. Hu, S. P. Burns, D. R. Bowling, and R. K. Monson, 2011: An interannual assessment of the relationship between the stable carbon isotopic composition of ecosystem respiration and climate in a high-elevation subalpine forest. Journal of Geophysical Research (Biogeosciences), 116, G02005, doi:10.1029/2010JG001556 .
Xiao, J., and Coauthors, 2011: Assessing net ecosystem carbon exchange of U.S. terrestrial ecosystems by integrating eddy covariance flux measurements and satellite observations. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 151, 60-69, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.09.002 .
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Yi, C., and Coauthors, 2010: Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents. Environmental Research Letters, 5 (3), 0304007 (10 pp), doi:10.1088/1748-9326/5/3/034007 .
Sun, J., S. P. Oncley, S. P. Burns, B. B. Stephens, D. H. Lenschow, and Coauthors, 2010: A multiscale and multidisciplinary investigation of ecosystem-atmosphere CO2 exchange over the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91 (2) , 209-230, doi:10.1175/2009BAMS2733.1 .
Hu, J., D. J. P. Moore, D. A. Riveros-Iregui, S. P. Burns, and R. K. Monson, 2010: Modeling whole-tree carbon assimilation rate using observed transpiration rates and needle sugar carbon isotope ratios. New Phytologist, 185 , 1000-1015, doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03154.x .
Xiao, J., and Coauthors, 2010: A continuous measure of gross primary production for the conterminous United States derived from MODIS and AmeriFlux data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114 (3), 576-591, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2009.10.013 .
Monson, R. K., M.R. Prater, J. Hu, S. P. Burns, J. P. Sparks, K. L. Sparks, and L.E. Scott-Denton, 2010: Tree species effects on ecosystem water-use efficiency in a high-elevation, subalpine forest. Oecologia, 162 , 491-504, doi:10.1007/s00442-009-1465-z .
Hu, J., D. J. P. Moore, S. P. Burns, and R. K. Monson, 2010: Longer growing seasons lead to less carbon sequestration by a subalpine forest. Global Change Biology, 16 , 771-783, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01967.x .
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Bowling, D. R., J. B. Miller, M. E. Rhodes, S. P. Burns, R. K. Monson, and D. Baer, 2009: Soil, plant, and transport influences on methane in a subalpine forest under high ultraviolet irradiance. Biogeosciences, 6 , 1311-1324 .
Molotch, N. P., P. D. Brooks, S. P. Burns, M. Litvak, R. K. Monson, J. R. McConnell, and K. Musselman, 2009: Ecohydrological controls on snowmelt partitioning in mixed-conifer sub-alpine forests. Ecohydrology, 2 , 129-142, doi:10.1002/eco.48 .
Turnipseed, A. A., S. P. Burns, D. J. P. Moore, J. Hu, A. B. Guenther, and R. K. Monson, 2009: Controls over ozone deposition to a high elevation subalpine forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 149, 1447-1459, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.04.001 .
Oncley, S. P., K. Schwenz, S. P. Burns, J. Sun, and R. K. Monson, 2009: A cable-borne tram for atmospheric measurements along transects. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 26 , 462-473, doi:10.1175/2008JTECHA1158.1 .
Blanken, P. D., M. W. Williams, S. P. Burns, R. K. Monson, J. Knowles, K. Chowanski, and T. Ackerman, 2009: A comparison of water and carbon dioxide exchange at a windy alpine tundra and subalpine forest site near Niwot Ridge, Colorado. Biogeochemistry, 95 , 61-76, doi:10.1007/s10533-009-9325-9 .
Bowling, D. R., W. J. Massman, S. M. Schaeffer, S. P. Burns, R. K. Monson, and M. W. Williams, 2009: Biological and physical influences on the carbon isotope content of CO2 in a subalpine forest snowpack, Niwot Ridge, Colorado. Biogeochemistry, 95 , 37-59, doi:10.1007/s10533-008-9233-4 .
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Yi, C., D. E. Anderson, A. A. Turnipseed, S. P. Burns, J. P. Sparks, D. I. Stannard, and R. K. Monson, 2008: The contribution of advective fluxes to net ecosystem CO2 exchange in a high elevation, subalpine forest. Ecological Applications, 18 , 1379-1390, doi:10.1890/06-0908.1 .
Xiao, J., et. al., 2008: Estimation of net ecosystem carbon exchange for the conterminous United States by combining MODIS and AmeriFlux data. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148, 1827-1847, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.06.015 .
Zobitz, J. M., S. P. Burns, M. Reichstein, and D. R. Bowling, 2008: Partitioning net ecosystem carbon exchange and the carbon isotopic disequilibrium in a subalpine forest. Global Change Biology, 14, 1785-1800, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01609.x .
Schaeffer, S. M., D. E. Anderson, S. P. Burns, R. K. Monson, J. Sun, and D. R. Bowling, 2008: Canopy structure and atmospheric flows in relation to the del13C of respired CO2 in a subalpine coniferous forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148, 592-605, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.11.003 .
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Zobitz, J. M., S. P. Burns, J. Ogee, M. Reichstein, and D. R. Bowling, 2007: Partitioning net ecosystem exchange of CO2: A comparison of a Bayesian/isotope approach to environmental regression methods. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, G03013, doi:10.1029/2006JG000282 .
Sun, J., S.P. Burns, A.C. Delany, S.P. Oncley, A.A. Turnipseed, B.B. Stephens, D.H. Lenschow, M.A. LeMone, R.K. Monson, and D.E. Anderson, 2007: CO2 transport over complex terrain. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 145, 1-21, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.02.007 .
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Monson, R.K., S.P. Burns, M.W. Williams, A.C. Delany, M. Weintraub, and D.A. Lipson, 2006: The contribution of beneath-snow soil respiration to total ecosystem respiration in a high-elevation, subalpine forest. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 20 (3), GB3030, doi:10.1029/2005GB002684 .
Heinsch, F.A., et. al., 2006: Evaluation of remote sensing based terrestrial productivity from MODIS using regional tower eddy flux network observations. IEEE Transactions On Geoscience And Remote Sensing, 44, 1908-1925, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2005.853936 .
Monson, R.K., D.L. Lipson, S.P. Burns, A.A. Turnipseed, A.C. Delany, M.W. Williams, and S.K. Schmidt, 2006: Winter forest soil respiration controlled by climate and microbial community composition. Nature, 439, 711-714, doi:10.1038/nature04555 .
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Yi, C., R.K. Monson, Z. Zhai, D.E. Anderson, B. Lamb, G. Allwine, A.A. Turnipseed, and S.P. Burns, 2005: Modeling and measuring the nighttime drainage flow in a high-elevation, subalpine forest with complex terrain. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D22303, doi:10.1029/2005JD006282 .
Monson, R.K., J.P. Sparks, T.N. Rosenstiel, L.E. Scott-Denton, T.E. Huxman, P.C. Harley, A.A. Turnipseed, S.P. Burns, B. Backlund, and J. Hu, 2005: Climatic influences on net ecosystem CO2 exchange during the transition from wintertime carbon source to springtime carbon sink in a high-elevation, subalpine forest. Oecologia, 146 , 130-147, doi:10.1007/s00442-005-0169-2 .
Bowling, D. R., S. P. Burns, T. J. Conway, R. K. Monson, and J. W. C. White, 2005: Extensive observations of CO2 carbon isotope content in and above a high-elevation subalpine forest. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 19, GB3023, doi:10.1029/2004GB002394 .
Sun J., S.P. Burns, D. Vandemark, M.A. Donelan, L. Mahrt, T.L. Crawford, T.H.C. Herbers, G.H. Crescenti, and J.R. French, 2005: Measurement of directional wave spectra using aircraft laser altimeters. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 22 , 869-885, doi:10.1175/JTECH1729.1 .
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Yi, C., R. Li, P.S. Bakwin, A. Desai, D.M. Ricciuto, S.P. Burns, A.A. Turnipseed, S.C. Wofsy, J.W. Munger, K. Wilson, and R.K. Monson, 2004: A nonparametric method for separating photosynthesis and respiration components in CO2 flux measurements. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L17107, doi:10.1029/2004GL020490 .
Turnipseed, A.A., D.E. Anderson, S. Burns, P.D. Blanken, and R.K. Monson, 2004: Airflows and turbulent flux measurements in mountainous terrain: Part 2: Mesoscale effects. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 125, 187-205, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2004.04.007 .
Sun J., D.H. Lenschow, S.P. Burns, R.M. Banta, R.K. Newsom, R. Coulter, S. Frasier, T. Ince, C. Nappo, B.B. Balsley, M. Jensen, L. Mahrt, D. Miller, and B. Skelly, 2004: Atmospheric disturbances that generate intermittent turbulence in nocturnal boundary layers. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 110(2), 255-279, doi:10.1023/A:1026097926169 .
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Sun J., S.P. Burns, A.C. Delany, S.P. Oncley, T.W. Horst, and D.H. Lenschow, 2003: Heat balance in the nocturnal boundary layer during CASES-99. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 42 , 1649-1666, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<1649:HBITNB>2.0.CO;2 .
Poulos, G.S., and S.P. Burns, 2003: An evaluation of bulk Ri-based surface layer flux formulas for stable and very stable conditions with intermittent turbulence. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 60 (20) , 2523-2537, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<2523:AEOBRS>2.0.CO;2 .
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Sun, J., S.P. Burns, D.H. Lenschow, R. Banta, R. Newsom, R. Coulter, S. Frasier, T. Ince, C. Nappo, W. Blumen, X. Lee, X.Z. Hu, 2002: Intermittent turbulence associated with a density current passage in the stable boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 105, 199-219, doi:10.1023/A:1019969131774 .
Poulos, G. S., W. Blumen, D.C. Fritts, J.K. Lundquist, J. Sun, S.P. Burns, C. Nappo, R. Banta, R. Newsom, J. Cuxart, E. Terradellas, B. Balsley, and M. Jensen, 2002: CASES-99: A comprehensive investigation of the stable nocturnal boundary layer. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 83, 555-581, doi:10.1175/1520-0477(2002)083<0555:CACIOT>2.3.CO;2 .
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Mahrt, L., D. Vickers, R. Nakamura, M.R. Soler, J. Sun, S.P. Burns, and D.H. Lenschow, 2001: Shallow Drainage Flows. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 101, 243-260, doi:10.1023/A:1019273314378 .
Blumen, W., R. Banta, S. P. Burns, D. C. Fritts, R. Newsom, G. S. Poulos, and J. Sun, 2001: Turbulence statistics of a Kelvin-Helmholtz billow event observed in the night-time boundary layer during the Cooperative Atmosphere-Surface Exchange Study field program. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans , 34, 189-204, doi:10.1016/S0377-0265(01)00067-7 .
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Khelif, D., S.P. Burns, and C.A. Friehe, 1999: Improved wind measurements on research aircraft. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 16, 860-875, doi:10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0860:IWMORA>2.0.CO;2 .

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