My research focuses on the influence of climate variability and change, in conjunction with forest and glacier dynamics, on hydrological processes and the patterns of streamflow and water quality. I work closely with practitioners, government agencies and utilities to integrate the best available science into environmental monitoring, management and policy.

2024

Moore, R.D. (2024). Comment: Forestry influences on salmonid habitat in the North Thompson River watershed, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 81(3), 340-344. doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2023-0259

Moore, R.D. (2024). Fitting power-law relationships in watershed science and analysis, with an example using the R language. Confluence: Journal of Watershed Science and Management, 7(1), doi: 10.22230/jwsm.2024v7n1a53

2023

Moore, R.D., Guenther, S.M., Gomi, T. & Leach, J.A. (2023). Headwater stream temperature response to forest harvesting: Do lower flows cause greater warming? Hydrological Processes, 37(11), e15025. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.15025

Weller, J.D., Moore, R.D. & Iacarella, J.C. (2023). Stream thermalscape scenarios for British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Water Resources Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/07011784.2023.2267028

Moore, R.D., MacDonald, R.J. (2023). Effects of resource road stream crossings on stream temperature – literature review. MacDonald Hydrology Consultants Ltd. Prepared for fRI Research.

Leach, J. A., Kelleher, C., Kurylyk, B. L., Moore, R. D. and B .T. Neilson. (2023). A primer on stream temperature processes. WIREs Water. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1643.

Szeitz, A. J. and R. D. Moore. (2023). Modelling snowpack bulk density using snow depth, cumulative degree-days, and climatological predictor variables. Hydrological Processes, 37, e14800. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14800

2022

Leach, J. A., Hudson, D. T., Moore, R. D. and R. Fleming. (2022). Assessing stream temperature response and recovery for different harvesting systems in northern hardwood forests using 40 years of spot measurements. Hydrological Processes, 36: e14753. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14753.

Exler, J. and R. D. Moore. (2022). Quantifying throughfall, stemflow and interception loss in five vegetation communities in a maritime raised bog. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 327. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109202.

Richardson, J. S., Moore, R. D., Jackson, C. R. and D. P. Kreutzweiser. (2022). Current streamside forest management effects on aquatic habitat and fish. In Reflections on forest management: can fish and fiber coexist? edited by R. J. Danehy, C. A. Dolloff, and G. H. Reeves, 99-142. Bethesda, Maryland: American Fisheries Society, Symposium 92.

Winter-Billington, A., Dadic, R., Moore, R. D., Flerchinger, G., Wagnon, P. and A. Banerjee. (2022). Modelling debris-covered glacier ablation using the Simultaneous Heat and Water (SHAW) transport model. Part 1: model development and application to North Changri Nup. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, 1-22. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.796877

Bird, L. Moyer, A. Moore, D. and M. Koppes. (2022). Hydrology and thermal regime of an ice-contact proglacial lake: implications for stream temperature and lake evaporation. Hydrological Processes,  36(4): e14566. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14566

Leach, J.A. Buahin, C. B. Neilson, R. D. Moore, and H. Laudon. (2022). Do headwater lakes moderate downstream temperature response to forest harvesting? Illustrating opportunities and obstacles associated with virtual experiments. Hydrological Processes, 36(6). doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14593

Moore, R. D. Winkler, R. D. and G. D. Hope. (2022). Streamwater colour in snow-dominated headwater catchments: natural variability and the effects of forest harvesting. Hydrological Processes, 36(6). doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14594.

2021

Gronsdahl, S. McParland, D. Eaton, B. Moore, R. D. and J. Rosenfeld. (2021). Evaluation of a geomorphic instream flow tool for conducting hydraulic-habitat modelling. River Research and Applications, 37(10): 1520-1537. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3847

Moore, R.D. Allen, D. M. McKenzie, L. M. Spittlehouse, D. L. and R. D. Winkler. (2021). Data sets for the Upper Penticton Creek Watershed Experiment: a paired-catchment study to support investigations of watershed response to forest dynamics and climatic variability in an inland snow-dominated region. Hydrological Processes, 35(10), e14391. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14391

Winkler, R. D. Allen, D. M. Giles, T. R. Heise, B. A. Moore, R. D. Redding, T. E. Spittlehouse, D. L. and X. WEI. (2021). Approaching four decades of forest watershed research at Upper Penticton Creek, British Columbia: A synthesis. Hydrological Processes, 35(5). doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14123

Oanh, D. Q. GOMI, T. Moore, R. D. Chiu, C. W. Hiraoka M. Onda, Y. and B. X. Dung. (2021). Stream Temperature Response to 50% Strip-Thinning in a Temperate Forested Headwater Catchment. Water, 13(8), 1022. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13081022

Moore, R. D. and J. A. Leach. (2021). Predicting Latent and Sensible Heat Fluxes in Stream Temperature Models: Current Challenges and Potential Solutions. Water Resources Research, 57(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR028712

Leach, J.A. Neilson, B. T. Buahin, C. A. Moore, R. D. and H. Laudon. (2021). Lake outflow and hillslope lateral inflows dictate thermal regimes of forested streams draining small lakes. Water Resources Research, 57(6). doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR028136

2020

Winter-Billington, A. Moore, R. D. and R. Dadic. (2020). Evaluating the transferability of empiricalmodels of debris-covered glacier melt. Journal of Glaciology, 66(260), 978-995. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.57

West, D. T. and Moore, R. D. (2020). Influences of upstream reservoir stratification and downstream tidal fluctuations on the summer thermal regime of a regulated coastal river. Hydrological Processes, 34(24), 4660-4674. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13906

Szeitz, A. J. and Moore, R. D. (2020). Predicting evaporation from mountain streams. Hydrological Processes, 34(22), 4262-4279. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13875

Moore, R. D. Gronsdahl, S. and R. McCleary. (2020). Effects of Forest Harvesting on Warm-Season Low Flows in the Pacific Northwest: A Review. Confluence: Journal of Watershed Science and Management, 4(1), 29. doi: https://doi.org/10.22230/jwsm.2020v4n1a35

Moore, R. D. Pelto, B. Menounos, B. and Hutchinson, D. (2020). Detecting the Effects of Sustained Glacier Wastage on Streamflow in Variably Glacierized Catchments. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8(136). doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00136

Howie, S. A. Whitfield, P. H. and Moore, R. D. (2020). Plant community type is an indicator of the seasonal moisture deficit in a disturbed raised bog. Ecohydrology, 13(4). doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2209

Hunter, C. S. Moore, R. D. and McKendry, I. G. (2020). Evaluation of the North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) precipitation fields in a topographically complex domain. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 65(5), 786-799. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2019.1591624

2019

Eaton, B. C. Moore, R. D. and Mackenzie, L. G. (2019). Percentile-based grain size distribution analysis tools (GSDtools) – estimating confidence limits and hypothesis tests for comparing two samples. Earth Surface Dynamics, 7(3), 789–806. doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-789-2019

Leach, J. A. and Moore, R. D. (2019). Empirical Stream Thermal Sensitivities May Underestimate Stream Temperature Response to Climate Warming. Water Resources Research, 55(7), 5453-5467. doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR024236

Gronsdahl, S. Moore, R. D. Rosenfeld, J. McCleary, R. and R. Winkler. (2019). Effects of forestry on summertime low flows and physical fish habitat in snowmelt‐dominant headwater catchments of the Pacific Northwest’ Hydrological Processes, 33(25). 3152–3168. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13580

Kuglerová, L. Kielstra, B. W. Moore, R. D. and Richardson, J. S. (2019). Importance of scale, land‐use, and stream network properties for riparian plant communities along an urban gradient. Freshwater Biology, 64(3), 587-600. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13244