Publications in VIVO

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Lestak, Leanne

Sr Professional Research Asst

Positions

Sr Professional Research Asst, Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR)

Research Areas

Research

research overview

Snow hydrology, coastal change, flooding, climate change and policy in high-latitude and high-altitude environments. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing as applied to western water, snow hydrology, coastal change, and the creation and distribution of high resolution scientific data.

keywords

Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, western water, snow hydrology, coastal change, creation and distribution of high resolution scientific data, flooding, climate change and policy in high-latitude and high-altitude environments.

Publications

selected publications

chapter
- Narratives of Shoreline Erosion and Protection at Shishmaref, Alaska: The Anecdotal and the Analytical. 73-92. 2012
journal article
- Extreme Runoff Generation From Atmospheric River Driven Snowmelt During the 2017 Oroville Dam Spillways Incident. Geophysical Research Letters. 2020
- On the use of a snow aridity index to predict remotely sensed forest productivity in the presence of bark beetle disturbance. Water Resources Research. 4891-4906. 2017
- A factorial analysis of storm surge flooding in Barrow, Alaska. Monthly Weather Review. 898-912. 2008
- An Arctic disaster and its policy implications. Arctic. 336-346. 2004
- Case studies of high wind events in Barrow, Alaska: Climatological context and development processes. Monthly Weather Review. 719-732. 2003

Other Profiles

ORCID iD

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4234-3816

ResearchGate

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leanne_Lestak