Steve Lyon
About me
Research
Steve Lyon's research centers on identifying the underlying physical processes that determine how landscapes and water interact across scales and coevolve with time. Unraveling these feedbacks has significant implications for the viability of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies associated with the current and future sustainability of coupled terrestrial and aquatic systems.
Teaching
Selected Publications
Ten highly cited publications
McDonnell, J., K. McGuire, P. Aggarwal, K. Beven, D. Biondi, G. Destouni, S. Dunn, A. James, J. Kirchner, P. Kraft, S. Lyon, P. Maloszewski, B. Newman, L. Pfister, A. Rinaldo, A. Rodhe, T. Sayama, J. Seibert, K. Solomon, C. Soulsby, M. Stewart, D. Tetzlaff, C. Tobin, P. Troch, M. Weiler, A. Western, A. Wörman, S. Wrede (2010), How old is the water? Open questions in catchment transit time conceptualization, modelling and analysis, Hydrological Processes, 24(12), 1745-1754, doi:10.1002/hyp.7796.
Lyon, S.W., M.T. Walter, P. Gérard-Marchant, and T.S. Steenhuis (2004), Using a topographic index to distribute variable source area runoff predicted with the SCS-curve number equation, Hydrological Processes, 18(15), 2757-2771.
Agnew, L.J., S.W. Lyon, P. Gérard-Marchant, V.B. Collins, A.J. Lembo, T.S. Steenhuis, and M.T. Walter (2006), Identifying hydrologically sensitive areas: Bridging the gap between science and application, Journal of Environmental Management, 78, 63-76.
Lyon, S.W., G. Destouni, R. Giesler, C. Humborg, M. Mörth, J. Seibert, J. Karlsson, and P.A. Troch (2009), Estimation of permafrost thawing rates in a sub-arctic catchment using recession flow analysis, Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciences, 13, 595-604, doi:10.5194/hess-13-595-2009.
Heidbüchel, I., P.A. Troch, S.W. Lyon, and M. Weiler (2012), The master transit time distribution of variable flow systems, Water Resources Research, 48, 6, doi:10.1029/2011WR011293.
Lyon, S.W., A.J. Lembo, M.T. Walter, and T.S. Steenhuis (2006), Defining probability of saturation with indicator kriging on hard and soft data, Advances in Water Resources, 29(2), 181-193.
Broxton, P.D., P.A. Troch, and S.W. Lyon (2009), On the role of aspect to quantify water transit times in small mountainous catchments, Water Resources Research, 45, W08427, doi:10.1029/2008WR007438.
Lyon, S.W., M. Nathanson, A. Spans, T. Grabs, H. Laudon, J. Temnerud, K. Bishop, and J. Seibert (2012), Specific discharge variability in a boreal landscape, Water Resources Research, 48, 8, doi:10.1029/2011WR011073.
Lyon, S.W., J. Seibert, A.J. Lembo, M.T. Walter, and T.S. Steenhuis (2006), Geostatistical investigation into the temporal evolution of spatial structure in a shallow water table, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 10, 113-125, doi:10.5194/hess-10-113-2006.
Lyon, S.W., S.L.E. Desilets, and P.A. Troch (2009), A tale of two isotopes: Differences in hydrograph separation for a runoff event when using dD vs. d18O, Hydrological Processes, 23(4), 2095-2101, doi:10.1002/hyp.7326.
Research
Steve Lyon's research centers on identifying the underlying physical processes that determine how landscapes and water interact across scales and coevolve with time. Unraveling these feedbacks has significant implications for the viability of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies associated with the current and future sustainability of coupled terrestrial and aquatic systems.