Positions

Overview

  • Dr. Elizabeth A Burakowski (she/her/hers) is a Research Faculty member in the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space and Affiliate faculty in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of New Hampshire. Burakowski’s research focuses on winter climate change in the northeastern United States, including what changes we've seen in the past, what we can expect for the future, and the impacts on ecosystems and society. Dr. Burakowski has served on the Boulder-based non-profit Protect Our Winters since 2016, co-chairs the UNH Research Fieldwork Safety Committee, and is a board member at Granite Outdoor Alliance.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title
    2024 A Century of Reforestation Reduced Anthropogenic Warming in the Eastern United States.  Earth's Future.  12. 2024
    2022 Tracking Environmental Change Using Low-Cost Instruments during the Winter-Spring Transition Season.  The American Biology Teacher.  84:219-222. 2022
    2022 Future of Winter in Northeastern North America: Climate Indicators Portray Warming and Snow Loss That Will Impact Ecosystems and Communities.  Northeastern Naturalist.  28. 2022
    2021 Maximum entropy modeling to identify physical drivers of shallow snowpack heterogeneity using unpiloted aerial system (UAS) lidar.  Journal of Hydrology.  602:126722-126722. 2021
    2021 Integrating continuous atmospheric boundary layer and tower-based flux measurements to advance understanding of land-atmosphere interactions.  Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.  307:108509-108509. 2021
    2021 Snow depth mapping with unpiloted aerial system lidar observations: a case study in Durham, New Hampshire, United States.  The Cryosphere.  15:1485-1500. 2021
    2021 Physical Drivers of Thin Snowpack Spatial Structure from Unpiloted Aerial System (UAS) Lidar Observations 2021
    2020 Snowmelt control on spring hydrology declines as the vernal window lengthens.  Environmental Research Letters.  15:114040-114040. 2020
    2020 Reforestation and surface cooling in temperate zones: Mechanisms and implications..  Global Change Biology.  26:3384-3401. 2020
    2020 Divergent carbon cycle response of forest and grass-dominated northern temperate ecosystems to record winter warming..  Global Change Biology.  26:1519-1531. 2020
    2020 Shallow snow depth mapping with unmanned aerial systems lidar observations: A case study in Durham, New Hampshire, United States 2020
    2019 Winter Weather Whiplash: Impacts of Meteorological Events Misaligned With Natural and Human Systems in Seasonally Snow-Covered Regions.  Earth's Future.  7:1434-1450. 2019
    2019 Northern forest winters have lost cold, snowy conditions that are important for ecosystems and human communities..  Ecological Applications.  29:e01974. 2019
    2019 Simulating surface energy fluxes using the variable-resolution Community Earth System Model (VR-CESM).  Theoretical and Applied Climatology.  138:115-133. 2019
    2019 Converting snow depth to snow water equivalent using climatological variables.  The Cryosphere.  13:1767-1784. 2019
    2018 Novel Measurements of Fine-Scale Albedo: Using a Commercial Quadcopter to Measure Radiation Fluxes.  Remote Sensing.  10:1303-1303. 2018
    2018 Modeling canopy-induced turbulence in the Earth system: a unified parameterization of turbulent exchange within plant canopies and the roughness sublayer (CLM-ml v0).  Geoscientific Model Development.  11:1467-1496. 2018
    2018 The role of surface roughness, albedo, and Bowen ratio on ecosystem energy balance in the Eastern United States.  Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.  249:367-376. 2018
    2017 A simple model of snow albedo decay using observations from the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow-Albedo (CoCoRaHS-Albedo) Network.  Journal of Glaciology.  63:877-887. 2017
    2017 A longer vernal window: the role of winter coldness and snowpack in driving spring transitions and lags..  Global Change Biology.  23:1610-1625. 2017
    2016 Winter soil respiration in a humid temperate forest: The roles of moisture, temperature, and snowpack.  Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences.  121:3072-3088. 2016
    2016 Evaluating the Climate Effects of Reforestation in New England Using a Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model Multiphysics Ensemble.  Journal of Climate.  29:5141-5156. 2016
    2016 Trade-offs between three forest ecosystem services across the state of New Hampshire, USA: timber, carbon, and albedo..  Ecological Applications.  26:146-161. 2016
    2015 Tradeoffs between three forest ecosystem services across the state of New Hampshire, USA: timber, carbon, and albedo.  Ecological Applications.  150512173442001-150512173442001. 2015
    2015 Spatial scaling of reflectance and surface albedo over a mixed-use, temperate forest landscape during snow-covered periods.  Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal.  158:465-477. 2015
    2015 Sampling in the Snow.  The Science Teacher.  082. 2015
    2013 Putting the capital 'A' in CoCoRAHS: an experimental programme to measure albedo using the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow (CoCoRaHS) Network.  Hydrological Processes.  27:3024-3034. 2013
    2009 Trends in wintertime climate in the northeastern United States: 1965-2005 (vol 113, art no D20114, 2008).  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.  114. 2009
    2008 Trends in wintertime climate in the northeastern United States: 1965-2005.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.  113. 2008
    Brief communication: Comparison of in situ ephemeral snow depth measurements over a mixed-use temperate forest landscape.  The Cryosphere.  17:3435-3442.
    The implications of warmer winters for ice climbing: A case study of the Mount Washington Valley, New Hampshire, USA.  Frontiers in Human Dynamics.  5.
    Using variable-resolution grids to model precipitation from atmospheric rivers around the Greenland ice sheet.  Weather and Climate Dynamics.  5:1117-1135.

    Article

    Year Title
    2024 From a Shorter Winter Season to More Storm Damage: New Hampshire Outdoor Recreation Providers Feel Climate Impacts Far More than Visitors 2024
    2023 Using variable-resolution grids to model precipitation from atmospheric rivers around the Greenland ice sheet 2023
    2023 A Century Of Reforestation Reduced Anthropogenic Warming in the Eastern United States 2023
    2022 New Hampshire Climate Assessment 2021 2022
    New Hampshire Coastal Flood Risk Science Summary

    Teaching Activities

  • Arctic Research Methods II Taught course
  • Global Environmental Change Taught course
  • Global Environmental Change Taught course
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  • Global Environmental Change Taught course
  • Global Environmental Change Taught course 2024
  • Global Environmental Change Taught course 2024
  • Global Environmental Change Taught course 2024
  • Global Environmental Change Taught course 2024
  • Global Environmental Change Taught course 2023
  • Advanced Research Experience Taught course 2021
  • Global Environmental Change Taught course 2021
  • Paleoclimatology Taught course 2021
  • Paleoclimatology Taught course 2021
  • Paleoclimatology Taught course 2021
  • Global Environmental Change Taught course 2019
  • Adv Rsrch Exp/Earth Sciences Taught course 2019
  • Paleoclimatology Taught course 2019
  • Global Environmental Change Taught course 2018
  • Global Environmental Change Taught course 2018
  • Adv Rsrch Exp/Earth Sys ResCen Taught course 2017
  • Introduction to Climate Taught course 2017
  • Paleoclimatology Taught course 2017

    • Education And Training

  • B.A., Wellesley College
  • M.S., University of New Hampshire
  • Ph.D. Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New Hampshire

    • Full Name

  • Elizabeth Burakowski