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Molotch, Noah Paul

Associate Professor

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Research

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  • My research and teaching interests are focused on the processes controlling hydrologic fluxes in cold regions and within the greater Earth system. My research projects utilize ground-based observations, remote sensing, and computational modeling to obtain comprehensive understanding of hydrological processes; in particular the distribution of snow and ice. Studies relating fluxes of water, carbon, and nitrogen are also a focus of my current projects - in particular the feedbacks between water availability and carbon cycling in montane forests.

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  • Surface water and snow hydrology, remote sensing, ecohydrology

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Teaching

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  • GEOG 1001 - Our Changing Planet: Climate and Vegetation
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Fall 2022
    Understanding our fragile planet and the life it harbors requires understanding how the distribution of the sun's energy at the surface, the atmosphere and its circulation, and the distribution of ocean and lands shape patterns of temperature, precipitation and vegetation across the globe. Along with providing a foundation for understanding planet Earth, this course addresses the growing impacts of human systems on climate change and environmental quality.
  • GEOG 2321 - Geography of Skiing and Snowboarding
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
    Skiing and snowboarding (hereafter, skiing) are sports that lie at the convergence of diverse Earth science disciplines. Skiing is about the unique interaction between mountains, climate, the physics of glissading, technological innovation, and human expression. This course studies skiing through the lens of geographic inquiry, introducing students to the science of geography, by investigating the physical processes that govern mountain weather, snow properties, and the dynamics by which humans glissade over snow.
  • GEOG 3251 - Mountain Geosystems
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2023
    Surveys mountain environments and their human use with illustrations from temperate and tropical mountain areas.
  • GEOG 4093 - Remote Sensing of the Environment
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2020
    Covers acquisition and interpretation of environmental data by remote sensing. Discusses theory and sensors as well as manual and computerized interpretation methods. Stresses infrared and microwave portions of the spectrum. Same as GEOG 5093 and GEOL 4093 and GEOL 5093.
  • GEOG 4321 - Snow Hydrology
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
    Offers a multidisciplinary and quantitative analysis of physico-chemical processes that operate in seasonally snow-covered areas, from the micro- to global-scale: snow accumulation, metamorphism, ablation, chemical properties, biological aspects, electromagnetic properties, remote sensing, GIS and quantitative methods. Same as GEOG 5321.
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