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Schwartz, A., Cowherd, M., McGurk, B., Mason, M., Riker-Coleman, K., Zutter, B., & Lewis, G. (2026). Modernization of the Central Sierra Snow Laboratory–A new chapter in a storied existence. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-25-0112.1

Cowherd, M., Schwartz, A., Marks, J., Collins, B., Kim, L., Brandt, G., Stephens, S. and Girotto, M. (2026). Vegetation and Topographic Controls on Post-Fire Snowpack: Evidence From the 2021 Caldor Fire. Ecohydrology
https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.70235

Cowherd, M., Mital, U., Rahimi, S., Girotto, M., Schwartz, A., and Feldman, D. (2024). "Climate change-resilient snowpack estimation in the Western United States." Communications Earth & Environment.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01496-3.

Girotto, M., Formetta G., Azimi, S., Bachand, C., Cowherd, M., de Lannoy, G., Lievens, H., Modanesi, S., Raleigh, M., Rigon, R., and Massari, C. (2024). "Identifying snowfall elevation patterns by assimilating satellite-based snow depth retrievals." Science of the Total Environment.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167312

Cowherd, M. Leung, L. R., and Girotto, M. Evolution of global snow drought characteristics from 1850 to 2100. (2023). Environmental Research Letters.
doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acd804

Cowherd, M., Egan, G., Monismith, S., & Fringer, O. (2021). Phase‐resolved wave boundary layer dynamics in a shallow estuary. Geophysical Research Letters.
doi.org/10.1029/2020GL092251

Egan, G., Cowherd, M., Fringer, O., & Monismith, S. (2019). Observations of near-bed shear stress in a shallow, wave- and current-driven flow. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.

doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015165

Eduati, et. al., NIEHS-NCATS-UNC DREAM Toxicogenetics Collaboration*. (2015) Prediction of human population responses to toxic compounds by a collaborative competition. Nature Biotechnology. *Collaborator
doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3299