2023
Shea, J., Sims, D., et al. (In press). Mountain Environments. In McDowell, G. et al., The Canadian Mountain Assessment, pages NA. University of Calgary Press
Koppes, M., Smiles, D., et al. (In press). Mountains Under Pressure. In McDowell, G. et al, The Canadian Mountain Assessment, pages NA. University of Calgary Press
Lightning, K., Higgs, E., et al. (In press). Desirable Mountain Futures. In McDowell, G. et al., The Canadian Mountain Assessment, page NA. University of Calgary Press
Darychuk SE, Shea JM, Menounos B, Chesnokova A, Jost G, Weber F. Snowmelt Characterization from Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar Observations in the Lajoie Basin, British Columbia. Cryosphere, https://tc.copernicus.org/preprints/tc-2022-89/
2022
Mukherjee K, Menounos B, Shea JM, Mortezapour M, Ednie M, & Demuth, M. (2022). Evaluation of surface mass-balance records using geodetic data and physically-based modelling, Place and Peyto glaciers, western Canada. Journal of Glaciology, 1-18. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.83
Orr et al. (2022). Knowledge Priorities on Climate Change and Water in the Upper Indus Basin: A Horizon Scanning Exercise to Identify the Top 100 Research Questions in Social and Natural Sciences. Earth’s Future, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002619 (open access)
2021
Shea JM, Kraaijenbrink PDA, Immerzeel WW, Brun F. Debris emergence elevations and glacier change. Frontiers in Earth Science (Cryospheric Science). https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.709957 (open access)
Azam F, Kargel J, Shea JM, Nepal S, Haritashya UK, Srivastava S, Maussion F, Qazi N, Chevallier P, Dimri AP, Kulkarni AV, Cogley JG, Bahuguna IM (2021). Glacio-hydrology of the Himalaya-Karakoram. Science, https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abf3668
Steiner JF, Shea JM, Saloranta T, Koch I, Stigter E, Shrestha A, Immerzeel WW (2021). Multi-year observations of the high mountain water cycle in the Langtang catchment, Central Himalaya. Hydrological Processes, 35:e14189, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14189
Pradhananga D, Pomeroy JW, Aubry-Wake C, Munro DS, Shea JM, Demuth MN, Kirat NH, Menounos B, Mukherjee K. (2021) Hydrometeorological, glaciological and geospatial research data from the Peyto Glacier Research Basin in the Canadian Rockies. Earth System Science Data, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2020-219
Shea JM, Whitfield PW, Fang X, Pomeroy JW. (2021) The Role of Basin Geometry in Mountain Snowpack Responses to Climate Change (2021). Frontiers in Water [pdf] https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2021.604275
2020
Vionnet V, Marsh CB, Menounos B, Gascoin S, Wayand NE, Shea JM, Mukherjee K, and Pomeroy JW. Multiscale snowdrift-permitting modelling of mountain snowpack. The Cryosphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-743-2021
2019
Litt M, Shea JM, Wagnon P, Steiner J, Koch I, Stigter E, Immerzeel W. Glacier ablation and temperature indexed melt models in the Nepal Himalaya. Scientific Reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41657-5
Bolch T, Shea JM, Liu S et al. Status and Change of the Cryosphere in the Extended Hindu Kush Himalaya Region (edited by K Fujita). Chapter 7 in Wester P, Mishra A, Mukherji A, Shrestha AB (eds), The Hindu Kush Himalayan Assessment: Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability, People. Springer, Dordrecht. http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319922874
Menounos B, Hugonnet R, Shean D, Gardner A, Howat I, Berthier E, Pelto B, Tennant C, Shea JM, Noh, MJ and Brun F. Heterogeneous changes in western North American glaciers linked to decadal variability in zonal wind strength. Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080942
2018
Brun F, Wagnon P, Berthier E, Shea JM, Immerzeel WW, Kraaijenbrink P, Reverchon C, Vincent C, Shrestha D, Arnaud Y. Ice cliffs cannot explain the “debris-cover anomaly”: a case study on Changri Nup Glacier, Nepal, Central Himalaya. The Cryosphere 12: 3439-3457, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3439-2018
Steiner JF, Litt MHV, Stigter EE, Shea JM, Bierkens MFP, Immerzeel WW. The importance of turbulent fluxes in the surface energy balance of a debris-covered glacier in the Himalayas. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6:144, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00144
Stigter EE, Litt M, Steiner JF, Bonekamp PNJ, Shea JM, Bierkens MFP, Immerzeel WW. The importance of snow sublimation on a Himalayan glacier. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6:108. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00108
Kraaijenbrink, PDA, Shea, JM, Litt M, Steiner JF, Treichler D, Koch I, and Immerzeel WW, 2018. Mapping Surface Temperatures on a Debris-Covered Glacier with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, p.64. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00064
Wayand NE, Marsh CB, Shea JM, and Pomeroy JW, 2018. Globally scalable alpine snow metrics. Remote Sensing of Environment, 213, pp.61-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.05.012
2017
Radić V, Menounos B, Shea JM, Fitzpatrick N, Tessema MA, & Dery SJ.Evaluation of different methods to model near-surface turbulent fluxes for an alpine glacier in the Cariboo Mountains, BC, Canada. The Cryosphere 11:2897-2918, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2897-2017
Shea JM. Climate Change, Glacier Response, and Vegetation Dynamics in the Himalaya: Contributions Toward Future Earth Initiatives (book review). Mountain Research and Development, 37(3):383-383, https://doi.org/10.1659/mrd.mm209
Stigter ES, Wanders N, Saloranta TM, Shea JM, Bierkens MFP, & Immerzeel WW. Climate sensitivity of snow water equivalent and snowmelt runoff in a Himalayan catchment. The Cryosphere 11: 1647-1664, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1647-2017
Fujita K, Inoue H, Izumi T, Yamaguchi S, Sadakane A, Sunako S, Nishimura K, Immerzeel WW, Shea JM, Kayastha RB, Sawagaki T, Breashears DF, Yagi H, & Sakai A. Anomalous winter snow amplified earthquake induced disaster of the 2015 Langtang avalanche in Nepal. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science 17: 749-764, doi:10.5194/nhess-17-749-2017
Bolch T, Pieczonka T, Mukherjee K, & Shea JM. Brief Communication: Glaciers in the Hunza Catchment (Karakoram) are in balance since the 1970s. The Cryosphere 11: 531–539, [pdf] doi:10.5194/tc-11-531-2017
2016
Kraaijenbrink PDA, Shea JM, Pellicciotti F, de Jong SM, & Immerzeel WW. Object-based analysis of unmanned aerial vehicle imagery to map and characterise surface features on a debris-covered glacier. Remote Sensing of Environment, 186: 581-595, [pdf] http://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.09.013
Vincent C, Wagnon P, Shea JM, Immerzeel WW, Kraaijenbrink PDA, Shrestha D, Soruco A, Arnaud Y, Brun F, Berthier E, & Sherpa SF. Reduced melt on debris-covered glaciers: investigations from Changri Nup Glacier, Nepal. The Cryosphere 10: 1845–1858, [pdf] doi:10.5194/tc-10-1845-2016
Trubilowicz J, Shea JM, Moore RD, & Jost. G. Suitability of North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) output for hydrologic modelling and analysis in mountainous terrain. Hydrological Processes, [pdf] doi:10.1002/hyp.10795
Shea JM, and Immerzeel WW. Assessments of basin-scale glaciological and hydrological sensitivities in the Hindu Kush – Himalaya. Annals of Glaciology, 57:308-318, [pdf] doi:10.3189/2016AoG71A073
Kargel JS, Leonard GJ, Shugar DH, Haritashya UK, Bevington A, Fielding EJ, Fujita K, Geertsema M, Miles ES, Steiner J, et al. Geomorphic and geologic controls of geohazards induced by Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake. Science, 351(6269):aac8353, [pdf] doi:10.1126/science.aac8353
2015
Gertler C, Puppala SP, Panday A, Stumm D, & Shea JM. Black Carbon and the Himalayan Cryosphere: A Review. Atmospheric Environment, 125(B): 404-417, [pdf]doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.08.078
Immerzeel WW, Wanders N, Lutz AF, Shea JM, & Bierkens MFP. Reconciling high altitude precipitation in the upper Indus Basin with glacier mass balances and runoff. Hydrological and Earth Systems Science 19: 4673-4687, [pdf] doi:10.5194/hess-19-4673-2015
Kraaijenbrink P, Meijer SW, Shea JM, Pellicciotti F, de Jong SM, Immerzeel WW. Seasonal surface velocities of a Himalayan glacier derived by automated correlation of unmanned aerial vehicle imagery. Annals of Glaciology, 57(71), [pdf] doi:10.3189/2016AoG71A072
Herreid S, Pellicciotti F, Ayala A, Chesnokova A, Kienholz C, Shea, JM. Satellite observations of supraglacial debris cover evolution in Northern Pakistan from 1977 to 2014. Journal of Glaciology, 61(227): 524-536, [pdf] doi:10.3189/2015JoG14J227
Shea JM, Immerzeel WW, Wagnon P, Vincent C, & Bajracharya S. Modelling glacier change in the Everest region, Nepal Himalaya. The Cryosphere, 9: 1105-1128, [pdf] doi:10.5194/tc-9-1105-2015
Shea JM, Wagnon P, Immerzeel WW, Biron R, Brun F, & Pellicciotti F. A comparative study of high-elevation meteorological data in the Nepalese Himalaya. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 31 (2): 174-200, [pdf]doi:10.1080/07900627.2015.1020417
Ayala A, Pellicciotti F, & Shea JM. Modeling 2 m air temperatures over mountain glaciers: Exploring the influence of katabatic cooling and external warming. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. [pdf] doi:10.1002/2015JD023137
Ragettli S, Pellicciotti F, Immerzeel WW, Miles ES, Petersen L, Heynen M, Shea JM, Stumm D, Joshi S & Shrestha A. Unraveling the hydrology of a Himalayan watershed through integration of high resolution in-situ data and remote sensing with an advanced simulation model. Advances in Water Resources Research, 78: 94 – 111, [pdf] doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.01.013
Brun, F., Dumont, M., Wagnon, P., Berthier, E., Azam, M.F., Shea, J.M., Sirguey, P., Rabatel, A. & Ramanathan, Al. Seasonal changes of surface albedo of Himalayan glaciers from MODIS data and links with the annual mass balance. The Cryosphere, 9, 341-355, [pdf] doi:10.5194/tc-9-341-2015
2014
Parajuli A, Kayastha R, Shea JM, Chand M & Mool P. Modified temperature index model for estimating the melt water discharge from debris covered Lirung Glacier, Langtang Valley, Nepal. Proceedings of IAHS Symposium on Remote Sensing and GIS for Hydrology and Water Resources, IAHS Publication No. 368: 409-414, doi:10.5194/piahs-368-409-2015
Immerzeel WW, Kraaijenbrink P, Shea JM, Shrestha AB, Pellicciotti F, Bierkens MFP, de Jong SM.High resolution monitoring of Himalayan glacier dynamics using unmanned airborne vehicles. Remote Sensing of Environment, 150: 93-103. [pdf] doi:10.1016/j.rse.2014.04.025
2013
Wagnon P, Vincent C, Arnaud Y, Berthier E, Vuillermoz E, Gruber S, M ́en ́egoz M, Gilbert A, Dumont M, Shea JM, Stumm D, and Pokhrel BK. Seasonal and annual mass balances of Mera and Pokalde glaciers (Nepal Himalaya) since 2007. The Cryosphere, 7, 1769-1786. [pdf] doi:10.5194/tc-7-1769-2013
Shea JM, Menounos B, Moore RD, and Tennant C. An approach to derive regional snowlines and glacier mass change from MODIS imagery, western North America. The Cryosphere 7:1-14. [pdf] doi:10.5194/tc-7-1-2013.
Wheate R., Berthier, E., Bolch, T., Menounos, B., Shea, J.M., Clague, J.J., Schiefer, E., Remote Sensing of Glaciers in the Canadian Cordillera, Western Canada. Chapter 14 in: Global Land Ice Measurements from Space, J.S. Kargel, G.J. Leonard, M.P. Bishop, A. Kaab, B. Raup (Eds), Springer-Praxis, in press. ISBN: 978-3-540-79817-0/
2011
Tennant, C., Menounos, B., Ainslie, B., Shea, J.M., and Jackson, P. Comparison of modeled and geodetically-derived glacier mass balance for Tiedemann and Klinaklini glaciers, southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. Global and Planetary Change, 82-83:74-85. [pdf] doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.11.004
Marshall, S.J., White, E.C., Demuth, M.N., Bolch, T., Wheate, R., Menounos, B., Beedle, M.J., and Shea, J.M. Glacier water resources and forecasts of glacier decline on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies. Canadian Water Resources Journal 36:109-134. doi:10.4296/cwrj3602823
2010
Shea, J.M. Regional-scale distributed modelling of glacier meteorology and melt, southern Coast Mountains, Canada. PhD Thesis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Canada. [pdf, 15 MB]
Shea, J.M., and Moore, R.D. Prediction of spatially distributed regional-scale fields of air temperature and vapour pressure over mountain glaciers. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres (115):D23107. [pdf] doi:10.1029/2010JD014351
2009
Shea, J.M., Moore, R.D., and Stahl, K. Derivation of melt factors from glacier mass balance records in western Canada. Journal of Glaciology 55 (189): 123-130. [pdf]doi:10.3189/002214309788608886
2008
Stahl, K., Moore, R.D., Shea, J.M., Hutchinson, D., and Cannon, A.J. Coupled modelling of glacier and streamflow response to future climate scenarios. Water Resources Research 44, W02422. [pdf] doi:10.1029/2007WR005956.
2007
Shea, J.M. and Marshall, S.J. Atmospheric flow indices, regional climate, and glacier mass balance in the Canadian Rockies. International Journal of Climatology 27, 233-247. [pdf] doi:10.1002/joc.1398
2005
Shea, J.M., Marshall, S.J., and Anslow, F.S. Hydrometeorological relationships on Haig Glacier, Alberta, Canada. Annals of Glaciology 40, 52-60. [pdf] doi:10.3189/172756405781813465
2004
Shea, J.M., Marshall, S.J., and Livingston, S.J. Glacier distributions and climate in the Canadian Rockies. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 26(2), 272-279. [pdf] doi:10.1657/1523-0430(2004)036[0272:GDACIT]2.0.CO;2