Journal Publications
Fountain, A.G., Ducklow, H.W., Campbell, J.L., Schuur, E.A.G., Stammerjohn, S.E., and Williams, M.W. 2012. The disappearing cryosphere: Impacts and ecosystem responses to rapid cryosphere loss. Bioscience, 62(4), 405-413.
Levy, J.S. and Fountain, A.G., Welch, K.A., and Lyons, W.B. 2012. Hypersaline “wet patches in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 39. L05402, doi:10.1029/2012GL050898
Basagic, H., and Fountain A.G. 2011. Quantifying twentieth century glacier change in the Sierra Nevada, California. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 43, 317-330.
Levy, J. S., Fountain, A.G., Gooseff, M.N., Welch, K.A., Lyons, W.B. 2011. Water Tracks and Permafrost in Taylor Valley, Antarctica: Extensive and Shallow Groundwater Connectivity in a Cold Desert Ecosystem. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 123, 2295-2311.
Gooseff, M.N., McKnight, D.M., Doran, P., Fountain, A.G., Lyons, W.B. 2011. Hydrological connectivity of the landscape of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Geography Compass, 5/9, 666-681.
Bagshaw, E.A., Tranter, M. Wadham, J.L., Fountain, A.G., Mowlem, M. 2011. High-resolution monitoring reveals dissolved oxygen dynamics in an Antarctic cryoconite hole. Hydrological Processes, 10.1002/hyp.8049. (no page numbers yet - only published online)
Bagshaw, E.A, Wadham, J.L., Mowlem, M., Tranter, M, Eveness, J. Fountain, A.G., Telling, J. 2010. Determination of Dissolved Oxygen in the Cryosphere: a comprehensive laboratory and field evaluation of fibre optic sensors. Environmental Science and Technology, 10.1021/es102571j (no page numbers yet - only published online)
Bagshaw, EA, Tranter, M, Fountain, AG, Basagic, HJ & Wadham, JL. 2010. Dynamic behaviour of supraglacial lakes on cold polar glaciers: Canada Glacier, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology, 56, 366-368.
Hall, B., Denton, G., Fountain, A., Hendy, C., Henderson, C. 2010. Sitts, D., Fountain, A.G. 2010. Antarctic lakes suggest millennial reorganizations of Southern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 21355-21359.
Sitts, D., Fountain, A.G., and Hoffman, M. 2010. Twentieth century glacier change on Mount Adams, Washington, USA. Northwest Science, 84, 378-385.
Ayres,
E., Nkem, J.N., Wall, D.H., Adams, B.J., Barrett,
J.E., Simmons, B.I.,
Hunt, H.W., Fountain, A.G., Doran, P.T. and Basagic, H.J. 2010. A dynamic physical model for soil temperature and water in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Antarctic Science. doi: :10.1017/S0954102010000234 16pgs
Fountain, A.G., Nylen, T.H., Monaghan, A., Basagic, H.J. Bromwich, D. 2010. Snow in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. International Journal of Climatology, 30, 5, 633-789.
Fortner,
S.K.,
Fountain, A.G., Hoffman, M.J., Granshaw, F.,
Riedel, J. 2009. The benchmark
glacier concept - does it work? Annals of Glaciology, 50,
163-168.
Moore, D., Fleming, S., Menounos, B., Wheate, R., Fountain, A., Stahl, K., Holm, K., Jakob, Matthias. 2009. Glacier change in western North America: Influences on hydrology, geomorphic hazards, and water quality. Hydrological Processes, 23, 42-61.
Hoffman, M.J., Fountain, A.G., Liston, G.E. 2008. Surface energy balance and melt thresholds over 11 years at Taylor Glacier, East Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, F04014, doi:10.1029/2008JF001029.
Barrett, J.E.,
Hodson, A., Anesio, A.M. Tranter, M., Fountain, A., Osborn, M., Priscu, J., Laybourn-Parry, J., Sattler, B. 2008. Glacial ecosystems. Ecological Monographs, 78, 41-67.
Doran, P.T., McKay, C.P., Fountain, A.G., Nylen, T., McKnight, D.M., Jaros, C., Barrett, J.E. 2008. Hydrologic response t extreme warm and cold summers in the McMurdo Dry Valleys East Antarctica . Antarctic Science. DOI: 10.1017/S0954102008001272
Marcott, S., Fountain, A.G., O'Conner, J.E., Sniffen, P.J., and Dethier, D.P.
2008. A Latest Pleistocene and Holocene glacial
history and paleoclimate reconstruction at Three
Sisters and Broken Top Volcanoes,
Fountain, A. G., and M. Tranter 2008, Introduction - The Biogeochemistry of Cryoconite Holes. Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2008JG000698
Fountain, A.G., Nylen, T.H. Tranter, M. and Bagshaw, E. 2008, Temporal variations in physical and chemical features of cryoconite holes on Canada Glacier, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, G01S92, doi:10.1029/2007JG000430.
Bagshaw, E., Tranter, M., Fountain, A., Welch, K., Basagic, H., and Lyons, B. 2007. The biogeochemical evolution of cryoconite holes on glaciers in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research. 113, G04S35, doi:10.1029/2007JG000442.
Hoffman, M.J., Fountain, A.G., Achuff, J.M. 2007. Twentieth-century variations in area of cirque glaciers and glacierets, Rocky Mountain National Park , Rocky Mountains Colorado , USA. Annals of Glaciology, 46, 349-354.
Harris, K.J., Carey, A.E.,
Barrett, J.E.,
Cozzetto, K., McKnight, D., Nylen T., Fountain, A., 2006. Experimental investigations into processes controlling stream and hyporheic temperatures, Fryxell Basin, Antarctica. Advances in Water Resouces, 29, 130-153.
Fountain, A.G., Nylen, T.H., MacClune, K.J., Dana, G.L. 2006. Glacier mass balances (1993-2001) Taylor Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology, 52(178), 451-462.
Granshaw, F.D., and Fountain A.G. 2006. Glacier change (1958-1998) in the North Cascades National Park Complex. Washington USA. Journal of Glaciology, 52(177), 251-256.
Gooseff, M,N., W.B., McKnight, D.M., Vaughn, B.H., Fountain, A.G., Dowling, C.2006. A stable isotopic investigation of a polar desert hydrologic system, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 38(1), 60-71.
Witherow, R.A. Lyons, W.B., Bertler,
N.A.N., Welch, K.A., Mayewski, P.A., Sneed, S.B., Nylen, T., Handley, M.J., and Fountain, A. 2006. The aeolian flux of calcium,
chloride, and nitrate to the
Lyons, W. B., Dowling, C., Welch, K. A., Synder, G., Poreda, R. J., Doran, P.T., and Fountain, A. 2005. Dating water and solute additions to ice-covered Antarctic lakes, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69: A720-A720.
Fortner, S.K., Tranter, M., Fountain, A.,
Walder, J.S.,
Vaughn, B.H., Fountain, A.G., 2005.Stable isotopes and electrical conductivity as keys to understanding water pathwaysand storage in South Cascade Glacier, Washington. Annals of Glaciology, 40, 107-112
Fountain, A.G., Schlichting, R.B., Jansson, P., Jacobel, R.W., 2005. Observations of englacial flow passages - a fracture dominated system. Annals of Glaciology, 40, 25-30.
Ebnet, A.F, Fountain, A.G., Nylen, T.H., McKnight, D.M., Jaros, C.I., 2005. A temperature-index model of stream flow at below freezing temperatures in Taylor Valley Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 40, 76-82.
Tranter,M., Fountain, A.G.,
Fountain, A.G., Neumann,T., Glenn, P., Chinn, T.2004. Can warming induce advances of polar glaciers, Taylor Valley, Antarctica. J. Glaciology. 50(171), 556-564.
Fountain, A.G., Schlicting, R.B., Jacobel, R.W., and Jansson, P. 2005. Fractures as main pathways of water flow in temperate glaciers. Nature, 433, 618-621.
Fountain, A.G., Tranter, M., Nylen, T., Booth, D., Lewis, K.2004. Cryoconite holes on polar glaciers and their importance for meltwater runoff. J. Glaciology, 50(168), 25-45.
Porazinska,D.L., Fountain, A.G. Nylen, T.H.,Tranter, M. Virginia, R. A., and Wall, D. H., 2004. The biodiversity and biogeochemistry of cryoconite holes from McMurdo Dry Valley glaciers, Antarctica. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 36(1), 84-91.
Nylen, T., Fountain, A.G., Doran, P. 2004. Climatology of katabatic winds in theMcMurdo Dry Valleys, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. J. Geophysical Research, 109, D03114, doi10.10292003JD003937, 9p.
Tranter, M., Fountain, A., Fritsen C.,
Leonard, K., and Fountain, A.G., 2003. Map-based methods for estimating glacier equilibrium line altitudes. Journal of Glaciology, 49(166), 329-336.
Anderson, S. P.; Walder, J.S.; Anderson, R.S.; Kraal, E. R.; Cunico, M.; Fountain, A. G.; Trabant, D.C., 2003. Integrated hydrologic and hydrochemical observations of Hidden Creek Lake jokulhlaups, Kennicott Glacier, Alaska. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, No. F1, 6003 10.1029/2002JF000004
McClung, K.J., Fountain, A.G., Kargel, J.S., MacAyeal. D.R.2003. Glaciers of the McMurdo Dry Valleys: Terrestrial analog for Martian polar sublimation. Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 108(E4),1-1210.1029/2002JE001878
Doran, P.T., McKay, C.P., Clow, G.D., Dana, G.L., Fountain, A.G., Nylen, T., Lyons, W.B. 2002. Climate observations from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, 1986-2000. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 107, 1-12, DOI: 10.1029/2001JD002045
Gooseff, M.N., Barrett, J.E., Doran, P.T.
Fountain, A.G.,
Bardel, P., Fountain, A.G., Hall, D.K., and Kwok, R. 2002. Synthetic Aperture Radar Detection of the Snowline on Commonwealth and Howard glaciers, Taylor Valley, Antarctica . Annals of Glaciology. 34, 177-183.
Rignot, E., Hallet, B., Fountain, A. 2002. Rock glacier surface motion in Beacon Valley, Antarctica, from synthetic-aperture radar interferometry Geophysical Review Letters. 10.1029/2001GL013494
Doran P.T., Priscu, J.C. Lyons,W.B. Walsh, J.E., Fountain, A.G., McKnight, D.M., Moorhead, D.L., Virginia, R.A., Wall, D.H. Clow, G.D., Fritsen, C.H. McKay, C.P. Parsons, A.P. 2002. Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response. Nature, 415, 517-520.
Mennis, J.L., and Fountain, A.G. 2001. A spatio-temporal GIS database for monitoring alpine glacier change. Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 67,967-975
Dana, G.L.,
McCabe, G.J., Fountain, A.G., Dyurgerov, M. 2000. Variability in winter mass balance of Northern Hemisphere
glaciers and relations with atmospheric circulation. Arctic,
Selected Journal Publications Pre-2000
Fountain, A.G., and Vecchia, A., 1999. How many stakes does it take to measure a glacier? Geografiska Annalar, 81A, 563-573.
Fountain, A.G., and Walder, J.S., 1998. Water flow through temperate glaciers. Reviews of Geophysics, 36, 299-328.
Fountain, A.G., Krimmel, R.M., and
Fountain. A.G., 1996. The effect of snow and firn hydrology on the physical and chemical characteristics of glacial runoff. Hydrological Processes, 10, 509-521.
Fountain, A.G., 1989. The storage of water in, and hydraulic characteristics of, the firn of South Cascade Glacier, Washington State, U.S.A. Annals of Glaciology, 13, 69-75.
Fountain, A.G., and Tangborn, W.V. 1985. The effect of glaciers on streamflow variations. Water Resources Research, 21(4), 579-586.
Books (edited
journal volumes)
Kaser, G., Fountain, A., Jansson, P. 2002. A manual for monitoring the mass balance of mountain glaciers . UNESCO, International Hydrological Programme, Technical Documents in Hydrology, No. 59.107 pp.
Nakawo, M., Raymond, C., and Fountain A.G., 2000. Debris-Covered Glaciers, International Association of Hydrological Sciences Press, 264, 288 pp.
Book Chapters
Gulley, J.D., and Fountain, A.G. 2012. Glacier Caves. In: William B. White and David C.Culver, editors, Encyclopedia of Caves. Chennai: Academic Press, 353-357.
Peterson, D.L., C.D. Allen, J.S. Baron, D.B. Fagre,
D. McKenzie, N.L. Stephenson, A.G. Fountain, J.A. Hicke,
G.P. Malanson, C.L. Tague,
and P.J. van Mantgem. 2011. Response of Western mountain ecosystems to climatic
variability and change: a collaborative research approach. In J. Belant and E. Beever (eds.),
Ecological Consequences of Climate Change: Mechanisms, Conservation, and
Management.
Tranter, M., Bagshaw, L., Fountain, A., Forman, C., 2010. The biogeochemistry and hydrology of Dry Valley glaciers: is there life on Martian ice now? In P.T. Doran, W.B. Lyons and D.M. McKnight (eds), Life in Antarctic Deserts and other Cold Dry Environments. Cambridge University Press.
Hawes,
Zemp, M., Haeberli, W., Bajracharya, S., Chinn, T.J., Fountain, A.G.,Hagen, J.O., Huggel, C., Kääb, A., Kaltenborn, B.P., Karki, M., Kaser, G., Kotlyakov, V.M., Lambrechts, C., Li, Z.Q., Molnia, B.F., Mool, P., Nellemann, C., Novikov, V., Osipova, G.B., Rivera, A., Shrestha, B.,Svoboda, F., Tsvetkov D.G. and Yao, T.D. 2007. Glaciers and ice caps. Part I: Global overview and outlook. Part II: Glacier changes around the world. In: UNEP: Global outlook for ice & snow. UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Norway.115–152.
Fountain, A.G. 2004.Glacier caves. In D.C. Culver and W.B. White eds. Encyclopedia
of Caves. Elsevier Academic Press,
Fountain, A.G. and Lyons, W.B., 2003. Century
to millennial scale climate change and ecosystem response in Taylor Valley,
Antarctica In D. Greenland , D.G. Goodin and
R.C. Smith eds. Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Long-Term
Ecological Research Sites.
Welch, K.A., Lyons, W.B., McKnight, D.M., Jaros
C., Fountain, A., Nylen T., Doran, P.T.,
Howard-Williams, C., 2003, Climate and hydrologic
variations and implications for lake and stream ecological response in the
McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, in Climate Variability and
Ecosystem Response at Long Term Ecological Research Sites. eds. D. Greenland,
D.G. Goodin and R.C. Smith,
Welch, K.A., Neumann, K., McKnight, D.M., Fountain, A.G., and