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Charlie Luce
Research Hydrologist at the Boise Aquatic Sciences Laboratory

 

email: cluce [at] fs.fed.us
phone: 208-373-4382

 

Personal Research Program

Briefing Papers

Recent Publications

 

Charlie Luce

 
Personal Research Program

 

Accomplishments
Research highlighted in the Oregonian: Driest years hit NW with a 1-2 punch

 

 

Briefing Papers

 

Climate Change and Wildfires: Effects on Stream Temperature and Thermal Habitat

 

Cutthroat Trout and Climate

 

Bull Trout and Climate

 

GRAIP - Quantifying and Prioritizing Road Impacts

 

Water Resources Availability Trends and History

 

Stream Temperature Modeling

 

Sediment Sources and Yields in the Idaho Batholith

 

Recent Publications

 

2013

Goode, J. R., J. M. Buffington, D. Tonina, D. J. Isaak, R. F. Thurow, S. Wenger, D. Nagel, C. Luce, D. Tetzlaff, and C. Soulsby. 2013. Potential effects of climate change on streambed scour and risks to salmonid survival in snow-dominated mountain basins. Hydrologic Processes. 27(5): 750-765.

Eiriksson, David; Whitson, Michael; Luce, Charles H.; Marshall, Hans Peter; Bradford, John; Benner, Shawn G.; Black, Thomas; Hetrick, Hank; McNamara, James P. 2013. An evaluation of the hydrologic relevance of lateral flow in snow at hillslope and catchment scales. Hydrological Process. doi: 10.1002/hyp.9666.

Luce, Charles H.; Tonina, Daniele; Gariglio, Frank; Applebee, Ralph 2013. Solutions for the diurnally forced advection-diffusion equation to estimate bulk fluid velocity and diffusivity in streambeds from temperature time series. Water Resources Research. 49: 1-9.

 

2012

 

Ryan, M. G., Vose, J. M., Ayres, M. P., Band, L. E., Ford, C. R., Hanson, P. J., Hicke, J. A., Iverson, L. R., Kerns, B. K., Klein, S. L., Littell, J. S., Luce, C. H., McKenzie, D., Wear, D. N., Weed, A. S. 2012. Chapter 2: Effects of Climatic Variability and Change, pp. 7-95, In Vose, J. M., Peterson, D. L., and Patel-Weynand, T., editors. Effects of Climatic Variability and Change on Forest Ecosystems: A Comprehensive Science Synthesis for the U.S. Forest Sector, General Technical Report PNW-GTR-870. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR.

 

Luce, Charles; Morgan, Penny; Dwire, Kathleen; Isaak, Daniel; Holden, Zachary; Rieman, Bruce 2012. Climate change, forests, fire, water, and fish: Building resilient landscapes, streams, and managers. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-290. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 207 p.

Vose, James M.; Ford, Chelcy R.; Laseter, Stephanie; Dymond, Salli; Sun, Ge; Adams, Mary Beth; Sebestyen, Stephen; Campbell, John; Luce, Charlie; Amatya, Devendra; Elder, Kelly; Heartsill, Tamara. 2012. Can forest watershed management mitigate climate change effects on water resources. In: Webb, Ashley A.; Bonell, Mike; Bren, Leon; Lane, Patrick N. J.; et. al., eds. 2012. Revisiting Experimental Catchment Studies in Forest Hydrology, Proceedings of a Workshop held during the XXV IUGG General Assembly in Melbourne, June–July 2011. IAHS Publ. 353:Oxfordshire, UK. 12-25.

Holden, Z. A., Luce, C. H., Crimmins, M. A., Morgan, P., 2012, Wildfire extent and severity correlated with annual streamflow distribution and timing in the Pacific Northwest, USA (1984–2005), Ecohydrology, 5(5), 677-684, DOI: 10.1002/eco.257.

Adams, Henry D.; Luce, Charles H.; Breshears, David D.; Allen, Craig D.; Weiler, Markus; Hale, V. Cody; Smith, Alistair M. S.; Huxman, Travis E. 2012. Ecohydrological consequences of drought- and infestation-triggered tree die-off: Insights and hypotheses. Ecohydrology. Ecohydrology. 5: 145-159.

Black, Thomas A.; Cissel, Richard M.; Luce, Charles H. 2012. The Geomorphic Road Analysis and Inventory Package (GRAIP) Volume 1: Data Collection Method. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR- 280WWW. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 110 p.

Cissel, Richard M.; Black, Thomas A.; Schreuders, Kimberly A. T.; Prasad, Ajay; Luce, Charles H.; Tarboton, David G.; Nelson, Nathan A. 2012. The Geomorphic Road Analysis and Inventory Package (GRAIP) Volume 2: Office Procedures. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-281WWW. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 160 p.

Goode, J. R., C. H. Luce, and J. M. Buffington. 2012. Enhanced sediment delivery in a changing climate in semi-arid mountain basins: Implications for water resource management and aquatic habitat in the northern Rocky Mountains. Geomorphology 139-140: 1-15.

2011

Dillon, Gregory K.; Holden, Zachery A.; Morgan, Penelope; Crimmins, Michael A.; Heyerdahl, Emily K.; Luce, Charles H. 2011. Both topography and climate affected forest and woodland burn severity in two regions of the western US, 1984 to 2006. Ecosphere. 2(12): 130. doi: 10.1890/ES11-00271.1.

Wenger, Seth J.; Isaak, Daniel J.; Luce, Charlie; Neville, Helen M.; Fausch, Kurt D.; Dunham, Jason B.; Dauwalter, Daniel C.; Young, Michael K.; Elsner, Marketa M.; Rieman, Bruce E.; Hamlet, Alan F.; Williams, Jack E. 2011. Flow regime, temperture, and biotic interactions drive differential declines of trout species under climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). 108(34): 14175-14180.

Wenger, Seth J.; Isaak, Daniel J.; Dunham, Jason B.; Fausch, Kurt D.; Luce, Charlie; Neville, Helen M.; Rieman, Bruce E.; Young, Michael K.; Nagel, David E.; Horan, Dona L.; Chandler, Gwynne L.  2011.  Role of climate and invasive species in structuring trout distributions in the interior Columbia River Basin, USA.   Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science. 68: 988-1008.

Holden, Zachary A.; Abatzoglou, John T.; Luce, Charles H.; Baggett, L. Scott. 2011. Empirical downscaling of daily minimum air temperature at very fine resolutions in complex terrain. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 151: 1066-1073.

Homan, J. W., Luce, C. H., McNamara, J. P. and Glenn, N. F., 2011, Improvement of distributed snowmelt energy balance modeling with MODIS-based NDSI-derived fractional snow-covered area data. Hydrological Processes, 25: 650–660. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7857.

2010

Wenger, Seth J.; Luce, Charles H.; Hamlet, Alan F.; Isaak, Daniel J.; Neville, Helen M. 2010. Macroscale hydrologic modeling of ecologically relevant flow metrics. Water Resources Research. 46: W09513. doi:10.1029/2009WR008839.

Luce, Charles H.; Rieman, Bruce E.  2010.  Landscape scale effects of fuel management or fire on water resources: The future of cumulative effects analysis?.   In: Elliot, William J.; Miller, Ina Sue; Audin, Lisa, eds. Cumulative watershed effects of fuel management in the western United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-231. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 234-245.

Furniss, Michael J.; Staab, Brian P.; Hazelhurst, Sherry; Clifton, Cathrine F.; Roby, Kenneth B.; Ilhadrt, Bonnie L.; Larry, Elizabeth B.; Todd, Albert H.; Reid, Leslie M.; Hines, Sarah J.; Bennett, Karen A.; Luce, Charles H.; Edwards, Pamela J.  2010.  Water, climate change, and forests: watershed stewardship for a changing climate.   Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-812. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 75 p.

Isaak, D.J., C. Luce, B.E. Rieman, D. Nagel, E. Peterson, D. Horan, S. Parkes, and G. Chandler. 2010. Effects of climate change and wildfire on stream temperatures and salmonid thermal habitat in a mountain river network. Ecological Applications: Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 1350-1371. doi: 10.1890/09-0822.1. ------------Appendices

Related website: Spatial Statistical Stream Temperature Model -  with data, maps, methods and related presentations and publications

Troendle, Charles A.; MacDonald, Lee H.; Luce, Charles H.; Larsen, I. J.  2010.  Fuel management and water yield.   In: Elliot, William J.; Miller, Ina Sue; Audin, Lisa, eds. Cumulative watershed effects of fuel management in the western United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-231. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 124-148.

Rieman, Bruce E.; Hessburg, Paul F.; Luce, Charles; Dare, Matthew R.  2010.  Wildfire and management of forests and native fishes: Conflict or opportunity for convergent solutions?.   BioScience. 60(6): 460-468. 

Luce, C. H. and Tarboton, D. G.: Evaluation of alternative formulae for calculation of surface temperature in snowmelt models using frequency analysis of temperature observations, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 535-543, 2010. 

2009

Luce, C. H., and Z. A. Holden (2009), Declining annual streamflow distributions in the Pacific Northwest United States, 1948–2006, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L16401, doi:10.1029/2009GL039407.  

Rutter, Nick; Essery, Richard; Pomeroy, John; Altimir, Nuria; Andreadis, Kostas; Baker, Ian; Barr, Alan; Bartlett, Paul; Boone, Aaron; Deng, Huiping; Douville, Herve; Dutra, Emanuel; Elder, Kelly; and others  2009.  Evaluation of forest snow processes models (SnowMKIP2).   Journal of Geophysical Research. 114: D06111, doi: 10.1029/2008JD011063. 

Earlier

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Tonina, D., Luce, C.H., Clayton, S., Alì, M.D., Barry, J.J., Rieman, B.E., Goodwin, P., Buffington, J.M., Berenbrock, C., 2008, Hydrological Response to Timber Harvest in Northern Idaho: Implications for Channel Scour and Persistence of Salmonids, Hydrological Processes, doi: 10.1002/hyp.6918. 

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Rieman, D.E., Isaak, D., Adams, S., Horan, D., Nagel, D., Luce, C., and D. Myers. 2007. Anticipated climate warming effects on bull trout habitats and populations across the Interior Columbia River Basin. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:1552-1565.  

Dunham, J.B., Rosenberger, A.E., Luce, C.H., Rieman, B.E., 2007, Influences of wildfire and channel reorganization on spatial and temporal variation in stream temperature and the distribution of fish and amphibians: Ecosystems, v. 10, p. 335-346. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-007-9029-8. 

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Luce, C. H., 2005, Fire Effects on Runoff Generation Processes, in Anderson M.G. and J.J. McDonnell eds., Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences, Vol 3, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester. Pp. 1831-1838. 

Luce, C. H., D. G. Tarboton, E. Istanbulluoglu, and R. T. Pack. 2005. Reply to comment by Jonathan J. Rhodes on ‘‘Modeling of the interactions between forest vegetation, disturbances, and sediment yields.’’   J. Geophys. Res., 110, F01013, doi:10.1029/2004JF000279.

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Luce, C. H. and D. G. Tarboton. 2004. The application of depletion curves for parameterization of subgrid variability of snow. Hydrological Processes, 18: 1409-1422. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1420

Istanbulluoglu, E., D. G. Tarboton, R. T. Pack, and C. H. Luce. 2004. Modeling of the interactions between forest vegetation, disturbances, and sediment yields.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, F01009, doi:10.1029/2003JF000041.

Luce, C. H. and D. G. Tarboton. 2004. The application of depletion curves for parameterization of subgrid variability of snow. Hydrological Processes 18: 1409-1422.  

Switalski, T. A., J. A. Bissonette, T. H. DeLuca, C. H. Luce, and M. A. Madej. 2004. Benefits and impacts of road removal.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2(1): 21-28.  
Bisson, P. A., B. E. Rieman, C. H. Luce, P. F. Hessburg, D. C. Lee, J. L. Kershner, G. H. Reeves, and R. Gresswell. 2003. Fire and aquatic ecosystems of the western USA: Current knowledge and key questions. Forest Ecology and Management. 178(1-2): 213-229.

 

 

Research Scientists

 

bulletBuffington, John

bulletDwire, Kate

bulletElder, Kelly

bulletElliot, William

bulletFoltz, Randy

bulletGoode, Jaime

bulletHubbard, Robert

bulletIsaak, Daniel

bulletLuce, Charlie

bulletMagana, Hugo

bulletMcCormick, Frank

bulletMcKean, James

bulletMusselman, Bob

bulletNeary, Daniel

bulletOverton, Kerry

bulletRhoades, Chuck

bulletRieman, Bruce

bulletRinne, John

bulletRobichaud, Pete

bulletRyan-Burkett, Sandra

bulletThurow, Russ

bulletWagenbrenner, Joe

bulletWagenbrenner, Natalie

bulletYoung, Mike


RESEARCH SUBJECT AREAS

 

 

Resources

 

NEW: NorWeST Stream Temperature- Regional Database and Model

 

Geomorphic Road Analysis and Inventory Package (GRAIP)

 

2011 Climate-Aquatics Decision Support Workshop

 

Western US Stream Flow Metric Dataset

 

Stream Temperature Modeling Website

 

Bull Trout and Climate Change - Risks, Uncertainties and Opportunities for Mapping the Future

 

Technology Transfer Program

 

Western Watersheds and Climate Change Workshop - November 17-19, 2009


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