Michael Bliss Singer
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Publications by Michael Bliss Singer
Supervised student or postdoc work denoted by *. Work listed as 'In Preparation' to be submitted in current year.
PEER REVIEWED
37. *Nakamura, T., Singer, M.B., Gabet, E.; Remains of the 19th Century: Deep storage of hydraulic mining sediment along the lower Yuba River, California. In Preparation
36. Singer, M.B., Michaelides, K., Hobley, D.E.J.; A simple, flexible, and parsimonious stochastic rainfall generator for simulating climate and climate change. In Preparation
35. *Sargeant, C.I., Singer, M.B., Vallet-Coulomb, C.; Toolkit for detecting historical water use by forest trees, Water Resources Research, In Review
34. Michaelides, K., *Hollings, R., Singer, M.B., Nichols, M., Nearing, M. (2018); Spatial and temporal analysis of hillslope-channel coupling and implications for the longitudinal profile in a dryland basin, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, doi: 10.1002/esp.4340. (pdf) (html)
33. *Evans, C., Dritschel, D., Singer, M.B. (2018); Modelling subsurface hydrology in floodplains, Water Resources Research, doi: 10.1002/2017WR020827. (pdf) (html)
32. Singer, M.B., Michaelides, K. (2017); Deciphering the expression of climate change within the Lower Colorado River basin by stochastic simulation of convective rainfall, Environtmental Research Letters, 12:104011, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa8e50. (pdf) (html) Open Access
31. Jaeger, K., Sutfin, N.A., Tooth, S., Michaelides, K., Singer, M.B. (2017); Geomorphology and sediment regimes of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams; in Datry, T., Bonada, N., Boulton, A. (eds.), Intermittent Rivers: Ecology and Management, Elsevier, pp.21-49, doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-803835-2.00002-4. (pdf) (html)
Singer, M.B.Science of the Total Environmentpdfhtml
Singer, M.B.Science of the Total Environmentpdfhtml
Singer, M.B.Environmental Science and Technologypdfhtml
Singer, M.B.Ecohydrologypdfhtml
This paper received the Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe Publication Award for the Best Publication in Ecohydrology in 2016.
26. *Higson, J.L., Singer, M.B. (2015), The impact of streamflow hydrographs on sediment supply from terrace erosion, Geomorphology, 248:475-488, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.07.037. (pdf) (html) Open Access
This paper was the 6th most downloaded article in Geomorphology from Sep to Dec 2015.
25. Singer, M.B. (2015), Impact scales of fluvial response to management along the Sacramento River, California, USA: Transience versus persistence, in Hudson, P.F. & H. Middlekoop (eds.), Geomorphic Approaches to Integrated Floodplain Management of Lowland Fluvial Systems in North America and Europe, pp. 53-85, Springer New York, doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-2380-9_4. (pdf) (html)
24. *Slater, L.J., Singer, M.B., Kirchner, J.W. (2015), Hydrologic versus geomorphic drivers of trends in flood hazard, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1002/2014GL062482. (pdf) (html) Open Access
This paper has supporting material.
It has generated some media attention.
And it was selected as an AGUniverse Publication Highlight (9 April, Volume 6, Issue 7, 2015).
23. Singer, M.B., Michaelides, K. (2014), How is topographic simplicity maintained in ephemeral, dryland channels?, Geology, 42(12):1091-1094, doi:10.1130/G36267.1. (pdf) (html)
This paper has supporting material.
It has also generated some media attention.
22. Singer, M.B., *Sargeant, C., Piegay, H., *Riquier, J., Wilson, R.J.S., *Evans, C.M. (2014), Floodplain ecohydrology: Climatic, anthropogenic, and local physical controls on partitioning of water sources to riparian trees, Water Resources Research, doi:10.1002/2014WR015581. (pdf) (html) Open Access
21. Michaelides, K., Singer, M.B. (2014), Impact of coarse sediment supply from hillslopes to the channel in runoff-dominated, dryland fluvial systems, Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, doi:10.1002/2013JF002959. (pdf) (html)
This paper was selected as an EOS Research Spotlight.
20. Singer, M.B., James, L.A., Aalto, R., *Kilham, N.E., *Higson, J.L., *Ghoshal, S. (2013), Enduring legacy of toxic fans via episodic redistribution of California gold mining debris, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 110(46): 18436-18441, doi:10.1073/pnas.1302295110. (pdf) (html) Open Access
This paper has supporting material and there is a minor correction.
It has also generated some media attention.
19. Donovan, P.M, Blum, J.D., Yee, D., Gehrke, G.E., Singer, M.B. (2013), An isotopic record of mercury in San Francisco Bay sediment, Chemical Geology, 349-350:87-98, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.04.01. (pdf) (html)
18.*Slater, L.J., Singer, M.B. (2013), The imprint of climate and climate change in alluvial riverbeds: Continental USA, 1950-2011, Geology, 41(5):595-598, doi:10.1130/G34070.1. (pdf) (html) Open Access
There is supplementary material for this paper.
It also won a prize for the best student-led peer-reviewed journal article for 2013 within the Landscape Dynamics theme of the Scottish Alliance for Geosciences, Society, and the Environment (SAGES).
17. Singer, M.B., Stella, J.C., Dufour, S., Piegay, H., Wilson, R.J.S., *Johnstone, L. (2013), Contrasting water-uptake and growth responses to drought in co-occurring riparian tree species, Ecohydrology, 6(3):402-412, doi: 10.1002/eco.1283. (pdf) (html)
16. *Kilham, N.E., Roberts, D.A., Singer, M.B. (2012), Remote sensing of suspended sediment concentration during turbid flood conditions on the Feather River, California--a modeling approach, Water Resources Research, 48, W01521, doi:10.1029/2011WR010391. (pdf) (html)
15. *Springborn, M., Singer, M.B., Dunne, T. (2011), Sediment-adsorbed total mercury flux through Yolo Bypass, the primary floodway and wetland in the Sacramento Valley, California, Science of the Total Environment, 412-413: 203-213, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.10.004. (pdf) (html)
14. Singer, M.B. (2010), Transient response in longitudinal grain size to reduced gravel supply in a large river, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L18403, doi:10.1029/2010GL044381. (pdf) (html)
13. *Ghoshal, S., James, L.A., Singer, M.B., Aalto, R. (2010), Channel and floodplain change analysis over a 100-year period: Lower Yuba River, California, Remote Sensing, 2(7):1797-1825, doi:10.3390/rs2071797. (pdf) (html)
12. Dunne, T., Constantine, J.A., Singer, M.B. (2010), The role of sediment transport and sediment supply in the evolution of river channel and floodplain complexity, Transactions, Japanese Geomorphological Union, 31(2):155-170. (pdf) (html)
11. James, L.A., Singer, M.B., *Ghoshal, S., and Megison, M. (2009), Historical channel changes in the lower Yuba and Feather Rivers, California: Long-term effects of contrasting river-management strategies, Geological Society of America Special Paper, 451:57-81, doi:10.1130/2008.2451(04). (pdf) (html)
10. Singer, M.B. and Aalto, R. (2009), Floodplain development in an engineered setting, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34(2):291-304, doi:10.1002/esp.1725. (pdf) (html)
9. Singer, M.B. (2008), Downstream patterns of bed-material grain size in a large, lowland alluvial river subject to low sediment supply, Water Resources Research, 44, W12202, doi:10.1029/2008WR007183. (pdf) (html)
8. James, L.A. and Singer, M.B. (2008), Development of the lower Sacramento Valley flood-control system: An historical perspective, Natural Hazards Review, 9(3):125-135, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2008)9:3(125). (pdf) (html)
7. Singer, M.B., Aalto, R., and James, L.A. (2008), Status of the lower Sacramento Valley flood-control system within the context of its natural geomorphic setting, Natural Hazards Review, 9(3):104-115, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2008)9:3(104). (pdf) (html)
6. Singer, M.B. (2008), A new sampler for extracting bed material sediment from sand and gravel beds in navigable rivers, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33(14):2277-2284, doi: 10.1002/esp.1661. (pdf) (html)
This paper has a video file as supporting material. You can download the HIGH (478 MB) or LOW (23 MB) resolution of the mpg file.
5. Singer, M.B. (2007), The influence of major dams on hydrology through the drainage network of the Sacramento River basin, California, River Research and Applications, 23(1):55-72, doi:10.1002/rra.968. (pdf) (html)
4. Singer, M.B. and Dunne, T. (2006), Modeling the influence of river rehabilitation scenarios on bed material sediment flux in a large river over decadal timescales, Water Resources Research, 42, W12415, doi:10.1029/2006WR004894. (pdf) (html)
3. Singer, M.B., and Dunne, T. (2004), Modeling decadal bed-material sediment flux based on stochastic hydrology, Water Resources Research, 40, W03302, doi:10.1029/2003WR002723. (pdf) (html)
2. Singer, M.B. and Dunne, T. (2004), An empirical-stochastic, event-based program for simulating inflow from a tributary network: Framework and application to the Sacramento River basin, California, Water Resources Research, 40, W07506, doi:10.1029/2003WR002725. (pdf) (html)
1. Singer, M.B. and Dunne, T. (2001), Identifying eroding and depositional reaches of valley by analysis of suspended-sediment transport in the Sacramento River, California, Water Resources Research, 37(12):3371-3381, doi:10.1029/2001WR000457. (pdf) (html)
Papers 1-4 are based on my PhD dissertation (pdf).
NON-PEER REVIEWED
1. Singer, M. (2003), Modeling Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Flow and Sediment Transport and Storage in Large, Lowland Rivers, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California Santa Barbara, 225 pp. (pdf)
2. James, L.A., Singer, M.B., Aalto, R. (2007), Field trip guide and road log: Tracking hydraulic mining sediment in the Sierra Foothills and Sacramento Valley, American Association of Geographers. (pdf)
3. Singer, M.B. (2011), Review of Julien, P. Y. 2010. Erosion and Sedimentation, 2nd ed., Geological Magazine, Cambridge Univ. Press. (pdf)
Page last updated Dec 1, 2017.